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Music in the Mountains’ Mischa Semanitzky ‘very dedicated to adopting Durango’

Friends, colleagues remember one of festival’s founders

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Sixth annual Messiah Sing-in open to public on Dec. 10 in Cortez

The Cortez community will come together for the annual Messiah Sing-in at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at Cortez Methodist Church. The program aims to make this famous choral work accessible to...

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Jim Nabors, TV’s homespun Gomer Pyle and singer, dies at 87

HONOLULU – Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, d...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Russell Simmons steps down from companies amid allegation

NEW YORK – Russell Simmons has stepped away from his companies after a second allegation of sexual misconduct, though the Def Jam founder again denied ever being violent. “Rachel ...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

NEW YORK – Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard-rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Hell,” “Hells Bells” and “Ba...

DATE: Nov 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

FLC to host pianist as artist in residence

Fort Lewis College will host pianist Mark Valenti as its artist in residence, and will offer two events at the end of November at Roshong Recital Hall, Room 205, in Jones Hall: Va...

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

Country-folk singer to visit WildEdge on Friday

Jackson Emmer stops in Cortez on album tour

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

CMA Awards predictions: Who will win, and who won’t

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The 2017 Country Music Association Awards take place Wednesday, and we at The Associated Press are placing bets on who will have a great night, and who won’t. M...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Cortez Middle School premieres 'Into the Woods, Jr.'

Students perform to standing ovation

DATE: Nov 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Symphony navigates the new world

At the heart of the next San Juan Symphony concert is a serenade that may have been a marriage proposal. Howard Hanson’s “Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings” was composed in 19...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Record crowd attends star ceremony for Latin icon Selena

LOS ANGELES – About 4,500 fans gathered on Vine Street in Hollywood on Friday to pay tribute to the late Tejano music queen Selena Quintanilla, who was honored with the 2,622nd star on the H...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music