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‘Snowdown Fashion Do’s & Don’ts’ tickets available Jan. 21

Ticket sales for the “Snowdown Fashion Do’s & Don’ts” will open at 6 a.m. Saturday at Magpie’s Newsstand, 707 Main Ave. The event is expected to sell out quickly. Ticke...

DATE: Jan 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Purgatory, Four Corners Alliance for Diversity to host first gay ski weekend

Following in the footsteps of towns such as Telluride and Aspen, Durango will celebrate its first gay ski weekend next week. The event will include ski meet-ups, tubing, a dance party, per...

DATE: Jan 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Streep, Meyers, ‘Moonlight’ to be honored at LGBTQ gala

NEW YORK – Actress Meryl Streep, TV host Seth Meyers, and the Golden Globe-winning movie “Moonlight” will be honored next month by the Human Rights Campaign, the LGBT civil rights organizati...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A movie about three black female mathematicians is beating Affleck and Scorsese at the box office

There are no guarantees in life, least of all in the movie business. Megastars Ben Affleck and Martin Scorsese have reliably provided hits before. But both men’s films bombed at t...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Aladdin’ star James Monroe Iglehart switches to ‘Hamilton’

NEW YORK – Tony Award-winner James Monroe Iglehart is trading in his genie bottle for a place in American history onstage. Iglehart, the star of “Aladdin” on Broadway, will join “...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘The Founder’ spins the sordid success story of McDonald’s mogul Ray Kroc

‘The Founder” is a wink of a title. It’s about Ray Kroc, the man who turned a California hamburger stand called McDonald’s into a global empire, although the original restaurant wasn’t even ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Paul Boyer to speak Jan. 19 at Durango Photography Club meeting

The Durango Photography Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Pine Room at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Participants will learn what defines a winning photograph...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Curator and artist lecture to be held at Durango Arts Center

There will be a free lecture with curator and a featured artist of the exhibit “Vision All Together: Performance Art for Video” Adam Forrester at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Durango Arts Center ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Music in the Mountains to hold ‘High Notes’ meeting Jan. 18

Music in the Mountains will hold the next High Notes committee meeting 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Music in the Mountains office, 1063 Main Ave. Wine and light snacks will be pro...

DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Rocky Mountain Animation Labs now offering ‘free Friday’ animation classes

Rocky Mountain Animation Labs will offer free introductory animation classes 4-5:30 p.m. every Friday from Jan. 13 to Feb. 10, at the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave. Each cl...

DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Volunteers needed for Durango Film Festival

Volunteers are needed for the 2017 Durango Independent Film Festival, March 1-5. The film festival is an opportunity for volunteers to have fun and connect with filmmakers and the...

DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Brie Larson and Jennifer Hudson to announce Oscar nominees

LOS ANGELES – Oscar winners Brie Larson and Jennifer Hudson will help announce this year’s Academy Award nominees. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Friday revea...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | 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.