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Bar D Wranglers’ Christmas Jubilee will be Dec. 17

The annual Bar D Wranglers Gary Cook, Richard Lee Cody, Matt Palmer, and Joel Racheff perform family-friendly traditional western music, cowboy poetry, tall tales, and warm-hearted humor i...

DATE: Dec 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

There’s a new rapper in town

Nikolai Thers to make Animas City Theatre debut

DATE: Dec 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

2 nights of music on tap at ACT

Eufórquestra will be bringing its high-energy live show to Durango for two nights at the Animas City Theatre with Head For the Hills on Dec. 2. We had a chance to talk with Mike ...

DATE: Nov 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Bruno Mars opens AMAs; Drake, twenty one pilots win awards

Bruno Mars kicked off the 2016 American Music Awards with some serious uptown funk: He sang his groovy hit, “24K Magic,” backed by his band who matched his slick, upbeat dance moves. ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Kanye West goes on epic rant, storms out of Sacramento concert after 30 minutes

Kanye West brought his Sacramento concert to an abrupt end Saturday night, going on a stream-of-consciousness rant before walking off the stage to boos and confusion from fans. We...

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Big-voiced Dap-Kings soul singer Sharon Jones dies at 60

NEW YORK – Sharon Jones, the stout powerhouse who shepherded a soul revival despite not finding stardom until middle age, has died. She was 60. Jones’ representative, Judy Miller ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

A Tribe Called Quest delivers final masterpiece

Until recently, the odds of the Cubs winning the World Series and a Donald Trump presidency seemed slim if not fantastical, but still more substantial than the existence of a new A Tribe Cal...

DATE: Nov 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Life-Long Learning series ends with the divas of opera

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “Sirens of Song: The Divas of Opera” at 7 p.m. Thursday. This free lecture will be held in Roshong Recital Hall in Jo...

DATE: Nov 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

DJ-producer Kaskade: Electronic dance music is not over

LOS ANGELES – Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade has seen the headlines proclaiming the beginning of the end of the electronic dance music craze – but he’s not buying it. “I...

DATE: Nov 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Music infuses the visual art of Fort Lewis professor

Hearing and seeing are not separate senses for Fort Lewis College associate professor As an associate professor at Fort Lewis College, his art career has taken him around the country and a...

DATE: Nov 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Consolation in hard times: The Brahms Requiem

Orchestra and singers unite

DATE: Nov 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Martin Shkreli debuts secret Wu-Tang album after Trump win

NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday has prompted embattled pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to publicly debut some songs off the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album...

DATE: Nov 9, 2016 | 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.