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An American parable: Merely Players revisits ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

Sold-out show runs through the weekend in Durango

DATE: Dec 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

What are your holiday music traditions?

Music traditions of the holidays are deeply ingrained in my memory. Growing up with a father who was a Presbyterian minister, Christmas was incredibly meaningful for our family. We spent man...

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55

Writer had been diagnosed with brain cancer

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Check out what’s playing in Durango movie theaters

Stadium 9 900 Translux Drive, Durango, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com Elf – Sing & Cheer Along Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to a...

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Events Calendar

Wednesday, Dec. 10 Durango Daybreak Rotary Talk, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Free. Joe Bodewes will talk about International work to help eradicate rabies. Detail...

DATE: Dec 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

You can help make love multiply at Durango Arts Center

While listening to filmmaker Ken Burns on a podcast, I heard him say, “My core value is love multiplies.” I wasn’t expecting this from an award-winning documentarian who has brought everythi...

DATE: Dec 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Choral Society’s annual concert offers music, Santa and cheer

Show will be held Sunday at Community Concert Hall

DATE: Dec 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Santa’s picks for young readers

Book suggestions for babies to teens

DATE: Dec 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Movie review: Holiday movies, and moms, deserve better than ‘Oh. What. Fun.’

Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.” If the sarcastic punctuation wasn’t enough of a tip off, Pfeiffer’s character Claire is not havi...

DATE: Dec 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Check out what’s playing in Durango movie theaters

Stadium 9 900 Translux Drive, Durango, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com 100 Nights of Hero When a charming house guest arrives at a remote castle, the delicate dynamic between a ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Events Calendar

Wednesday, Dec. 3 Durango Daybreak Rotary Club, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Free. Learn about the Community VOA shelter with Durango Daybreak Rotary. Free coffee ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Tom Stoppard, playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88

LONDON – British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Satur...

DATE: Nov 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment