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Fundraiser, gathering to be held for Dale Kraemer

A community gathering will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Rotary Park for Dale Kraemer, who has been diagnosed with a fast-spreading form of cancer. He was a teacher at many schools in the Dura...

DATE: Oct 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Prostate Cancer Support group to meet

The Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Guest speakers will be Drs. Binder and Brock, radiation oncologist...

DATE: Oct 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge Scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play – all pairs received 50+ percent Oct. 16 – Open Pairs First: J. Edmondson/J. Edmondson Second: B. Gantner/B. Dobson Third:...

DATE: Oct 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Senior Center Calendar: Oct. 17-21

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events Monday 10:30 a.m.: Watch Your Step Marvel Methodist Church. 11 a.m.: Chair Zumba. 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge. ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” then click “Events” to view the complete calendar. Saturday Homebuyer Education Class, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Balloon glow to be held downtown

There will be a balloon glow starting at 6 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 15) in the 500 block of Main Avenue in Durango. To see the balloons inflate, arrive around 6 p.m. The glow will start at about ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

CDOT to hold career fair

Colorado Department of Transportation will host a career fair from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. At the fair, people will be able t...

DATE: Oct 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge Scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play – all pairs received 50+ percent Oct. 6 – Non Life Masters First: P. Hemphill/E. Norton Second: S. Croom/S. Russell Third:...

DATE: Oct 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Boulevard association to meet Sunday in Mason Park

The Boulevard Neighborhood Association will hold its annual meeting from 1-3 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 16) at Mason Park on East Third Avenue between 12th and 13th streets. All East Third Avenue pro...

DATE: Oct 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

March for Choice to be held Sunday

A “March for Choice” will be held Sunday in downtown Durango. Participants are asked to gather at 12:45 p.m. at Roosa Avenue and Ninth Street. The march will begin at 1 p.m. and marchers wil...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senior Center Calendar: Oct. 10-14

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events Monday 10:30 a.m.: Watch Your Step Marvel Methodist Church 11 a.m.: Chair Zumba 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 ...

DATE: Oct 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” then click “Events” to view the complete calendar. Saturday FLC Football vs. Chadron State, noon, Ray ...

DATE: Oct 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

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

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Fundraiser, gathering to be held for Dale Kraemer

Prostate Cancer Support group to meet

Bridge Scores

Senior Center Calendar: Oct. 17-21

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Balloon glow to be held downtown

CDOT to hold career fair

Bridge Scores

Boulevard association to meet Sunday in Mason Park

March for Choice to be held Sunday

Senior Center Calendar: Oct. 10-14

Fort Lewis College Calendar

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