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Art commission approves butterfly mural in north Durango

Piece to combine nature, technology on building on north Main Avenue

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 31-Sept. 6

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Leave No Trace Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived ...

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

Fans mourn Aretha Franklin at gospel-infused public viewing

DETROIT – The regal presence Aretha Franklin exuded in life was captured at her viewing on Tuesday, with the late Queen of Soul in a gold-plated casket dressed completely in red, including h...

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Living with Wolves’ exhibit opens at Southern Ute Museum

Wolves – both images of them and the live, furry kind – filled the Southern Ute Museum on Aug. 16. Ambassador animals from Wolfwood Refuge attended the opening reception and talk ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Dylan Farrow to publish two young adult fantasy novels

NEW YORK – Dylan Farrow is getting into the book business by releasing two young adult novels. The story is set in a fantasy world where those in control of society use magic to c...

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Before ‘MTV Cribs’ and the Kardashians, there was Robin Leach’s ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’

Robin Leach, who died Thursday at 76, blazed a new trail in our celebrity- and wealth-obsessed culture. His idolizing of “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” wasn’t entirely new i...

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Photo: ‘Next to Normal’ opens at Durango Arts Center

“Next to Normal,” opened Thursday at Durango Arts Center and will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Thursday, Aug. 31, Sept. 6, 7 and 8. There will be a 2 p.m. matinee Sept. 9. The...

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Local musicians committed to the cause

Durango has a rich music community, but can you make it playing here?

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Merely Players tickets available

Merely Players is now selling tickets for its 2018-19 season. The show lineup includes a found-space production of “Sense and Sensibility,” which will be presented in the Old Fort Library bu...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango native competes for $15,000 on new game show

‘America Says’ will air Tuesday

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday Dolores Quilt Show, 9 a.m., Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave., Dolores. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 37...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Steven Tyler sends cease-and-desist to Trump for use of song

BOSTON – Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is again demanding that President Donald Trump stop using the band’s songs at rallies. Tyler’s attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

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.