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Cortez OKs outdoor dining

Opening of Sunflower Theatre prompts rule’s adoption

DATE: Feb 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Culinary arts program shifts after college drops course

Manna Soup Kitchen picks it up

DATE: Jan 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Consumer Affairs website ranks Cortez among state’s safest towns

Ranked No. 5 in for low risk to home burglary

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez to mull allowing outdoor dining, drinking

Cortez officials are expected to review a draft ordinance Tuesday night that would allow downtown businesses to offer outdoor dining and alcohol consumption. According to the prop...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Cafe makes hay in football bet

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango’s Olde Tymer’s Cafe no longer ‘cheating tourists and drunks’

Restaurant drops slogan amid backlash

DATE: Dec 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

East by Southwest to open late December

Folks jonesing for East by Southwestâ€™s hibiscus margaritas, sashimi tiradito or tea-smoked duck are going to have to wait a little longer. Owner Hydi Verduzco said repairs from ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

More jobs, fewer workers may pressure local wages

Some employers struggle to fill positions

DATE: Nov 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Fire closes two popular Durango restaurants

Dryer fire causes smoke damage at East by Southwest, Golden Triangle

DATE: Nov 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Steamworks Brewing Co. to close Nov. 9 for one-week remodel

New lighting fixtures and restrooms part of renovation

DATE: Nov 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Egg shortage cracking wallets

Higher prices expected to linger in Durango, across nation

DATE: Oct 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Denver’s Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe to close after 30 years

Tradition of free Thanksgiving meal won’t make it to 2015

DATE: Oct 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Cortez OKs outdoor dining

Culinary arts program shifts after college drops course

Consumer Affairs website ranks Cortez among state’s safest towns

Cortez to mull allowing outdoor dining, drinking

Durango Cafe makes hay in football bet

Durango’s Olde Tymer’s Cafe no longer ‘cheating tourists and drunks’

East by Southwest to open late December

More jobs, fewer workers may pressure local wages

Fire closes two popular Durango restaurants

Steamworks Brewing Co. to close Nov. 9 for one-week remodel

Egg shortage cracking wallets

Denver’s Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe to close after 30 years

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