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Some sci-fi recommendations ahead of Intergalactic Snowdown

DATE: Jan 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Snowdown Follies marketplace opens at Bank of San Juans

The Snowdown Follies ticket marketplace will open Tuesday at the Bank of the San Juans, 144 E. Eighth Street. Snowdown Follies tickets will be sold in lots of four to the highest ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

How good are your chili, Bloody Marys?

Snowdown contests seek entries

DATE: Jan 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

‘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

Kids’ Follies auditions will be Jan. 10, 11

Auditions for the annual Youth performers of all backgrounds, singers, dancers, comedians, musicians, magicians, etc. are invited to audition. Acts are limited to three minutes ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photo: Snowdown stout

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown Beard Growing competition starts Nov. 4

The 2017 Intergalactic Snowdown Beard Growing Competition will start at 8 p.m. Nov. 4. Participants must show up, clean shaven, at Carver’s Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., to have th...

DATE: Oct 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown volunteer meeting set for Monday

Organizers of the The 39th annual Cabin Fever Reliever is scheduled to take place Feb. 1-5. For more information, call Marlene Gebhardt at 749-8913, or email info@snowdown.org;...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photo: Durangalactic

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sober as a judge?

Not quite, at Snowdown’s annual chili cook-off

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Snowdown says goodbye to Reagan-era Star Wars, hello to intergalactic travel

Iowa man gives thumbs up to Light Parade

DATE: Jan 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman arrested in connection to broken El Rancho window

Damages estimated at $3,500

DATE: Jan 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango High School girls basketball wins bigDHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

DHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

Photos: Horsing around

Photos: Winter storm leaves over a foot of snow

Photos: FLC hoops at WhalenSkyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Skyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Lights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Photos: Feel the heatSnowdown 2025 Hot Wing Eating Contest

Snowdown 2025 Hot Wing Eating Contest

Launch your reading out of this galaxy

Snowdown Follies marketplace opens at Bank of San Juans

How good are your chili, Bloody Marys?

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

Kids’ Follies auditions will be Jan. 10, 11

Photo: Snowdown stout

Snowdown Beard Growing competition starts Nov. 4

Snowdown volunteer meeting set for Monday

Photo: Durangalactic

Sober as a judge?

Snowdown says goodbye to Reagan-era Star Wars, hello to intergalactic travel

Durango woman arrested in connection to broken El Rancho window

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