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Mancos Creative District offers scholarship for artists

Young Mancos artists are invited to apply for a new scholarship established by the Mancos Creative District. The Create 81328 Scholarship fund aims to support local college-bound,...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oscar predictions: Who will win?

Ahead of Sunday’s 91st Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for a ceremony that has few sure things. Best Picture The ...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94

LOS ANGELES – Director Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Funny Face” helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and i...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

New judge takes seat for ‘Durango Voice’

When the 17 contestants of the fourth annual Durango Voice singing competition take the stage this weekend, there will be a new judge watching. Added to this year’s roster is Lind...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

San Juan Symphony weaves magic of storytelling

A sultan, a faithless queen, emirs, wazirs, lords, grandees, pirates, carnivals and shipwrecks. A pair of star-crossed lovers. Beauty and the Beast. Tom Thumb. And, most of all, one very sma...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Durango High School Troupe 1096 to stage magical ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’

Performances will begin March 1

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durangoan to screen film about epic river journey during Durango Independent Film Festival

Annual movie extravaganza to start Wednesday

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Feb. 22-28

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: I’m Not Running (Saturday only) Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring lea...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Night photography at the Mancos Public Library

Lanny Wagner will present Canyons of the Ancients work, technique

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Designer Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel’s global icon, dies in Paris

PARIS – Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic couturier whose designs at Chanel and Fendi had an unprecedented impact on the entire fashion industry, died Tuesday in Paris, prompting an outpouring of l...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Isn’t It Romantic’ is a rom-com parody for people who hate rom-coms (but also secretly love them)

The comic actress Rebel Wilson makes any movie better – and frequently steals the show. She did it in “Pitch Perfect,” among many other films in which she plays the second lead, with a combi...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ keeps the ‘Groundhog Day’ premise and goes back to the future

The 2017 thriller “Happy Death Day” took a “Groundhog Day”-like concept – a young woman must relive the same day, over and over – and put it in service of a largely uninspired college-set ho...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.