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On the air: KSJD DJ earns international recognition for second consecutive year

Barbara Richhart longtime host of ‘CowTrails’

DATE: Nov 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Work on Netflix series ‘Daybreak’ to begin in N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE – Filming of the Netflix series “Daybreak” is scheduled to begin in New Mexico at the end of November. Officials with the state film office said Wednesday that princip...

DATE: Nov 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 2-8

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Julie (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(11 a.m. Saturday only) Wild...

DATE: Oct 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Classic ‘Hocus Pocus’ turns 25

Twenty-five years ago, the three shrieking witches of “Hocus Pocus” flew across the big screen and, at least for a time, promptly out of everyone’s periphery. Resurrected from the...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Why local production of ‘Rocky Horror’ never gets old

After 11 years at Henry Strater, audiences keep coming back

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

1st Indigenous Arts Festival kicks off at Fort Lewis College

The inaugural Indigenous Arts festival kicked off this week at Fort Lewis College, and if Ginny Davis, head of the FLC theater department, has her way, it’s a festival that is only going to ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Festival at Durango Arts Center will teach significance of holiday

A nine-day event celebrated Dia de Los Muertos through art and performance

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Puccini mines U.S. Gold Rush in latest Met Live in HD

Giacomo Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” (“The Girl of the Golden West”) is a spaghetti opera filled with more clichés than a horse has flies. Based on a popular melodrama by American playw...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Halloween Calendar

Here are some of the events happening for Halloween: Friday 4 p.m.: Ignacio Senior Center Halloween Community Carnival. Haunted house, costume contest, food and more. $1-$5, Ignacio Seni...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

What a way to make a living: Durango High School Troupe 1096 to stage ‘9 to 5’

Production features double cast

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Frankenstein (1 p.m. Sunday only) Features Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating...

DATE: Oct 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Readers pick America’s best-loved novel in nationwide vote

LOS ANGELES – “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overcame wizards and time travelers to be voted America’s best-loved novel by readers nationwide. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

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.