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Stephen King’s Maine radio stations will go silent for good on New Year’s Eve

BANGOR, Maine – Stephen King’s raucous rock ’n’ roll radio station is going silent at year’s end. The renowned author and lifelong rocker who used to perform with the Rock Bottom Remainders,...

DATE: Dec 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Slapstick movie about beavers one of 2024’s biggest indie hits

‘Hundreds of Beavers’ made for just $150,000

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The music of Christmas: Two holiday offerings at Community Concert Hall

Santa Claus will even put in an appearance

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Review: Though earnest and visually dazzling, ‘Moana 2’ is more dull than shiny

The warm Polynesian spirit and open-sea sense of adventure is back in “Moana 2,” but little of the original’s humor or catchy songs finds its way into this heartfelt but lackluster sequel se...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Check out what’s playing in Durango movie theaters

Movies playing Nov. 29-Dec. 5

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Events Calendar

Thursday, Nov. 28 “Alice’s Restaurant” and Thanksgiving Music Blend, 9-10 a.m., KSUT Four Corners Public Radio, 90.1 FM Durango, La Plata County. Traditional broadcast of Arlo Guthrie’s...

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83

NEW YORK – Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a we...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Local holiday shopping is here

Bazaars, other Yuletide activities kick off this weekend

DATE: Nov 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Two tales, one stage: The holiday magic of repertory theater

Mounting two theatrical productions in repertory is an exhilarating juggling act. For the past few weeks, Merely Players has been taking on the ambitious challenge of bringing together two p...

DATE: Nov 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Unitarian Universalist recital series launches 17th season

Pianist Marilyn Mangold Garst to play solo show

DATE: Nov 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Check out what’s playing in Durango movie theaters

Stadium 9 900 Translux Drive, Durango, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com Wicked (Also available in 3D) The untold story of the witches of Oz – Elphaba, a young woman who is misund...

DATE: Nov 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday