Arts & Entertainment

Photos: Arts and Crafts

Emma Regan, 3, tries out upcycled table and chairs painted by local artist Lisa Morales, of Diddle Lee Doodle Lee…

August 5, 2023

A small town big on art

City of Durango grant programs empower artists Durango artist Maddie Sanders touches up her mural at Manna soup kitchen on…

August 4, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Purgatory Resort to become a chain saw battleground

Wars sets up shop for the weekend

August 3, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Don’t you just hate live theater? The Grunch does, too

Brenda Macon If you’re a curmudgeon, a cynic, or a righteous opponent of giggles, I invite you to the DAC…

August 2, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

For Durango artist, still life runs deep

&’s Tim Kapustka advances a time-honored genre

August 2, 2023

Local News

What happened to ‘Common Threads,’ an art piece built by Durango residents?

Project was to be installed in medians near DoubleTree intersection

July 31, 2023

Local News

Dancing Spirit Center for the Arts building begins to take shape in Ignacio

‘We really want a permanent home. We are tired of moving’

July 30, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Paul Folwell’s ‘Last Picture Show’

30 years of annual Studio Show, artist says this one may be the last

July 27, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

‘That’s SO Durango!’ Upcoming exhibit showcases the quirks of a small mountain town

Brenda Macon When you think of Durango, what comes to mind? How do you explain it to your friends from…

July 27, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Tickets available for Merely Players’ 2023-24 season

Merely Players is now selling tickets for its 2023-24 theater season. The show lineup includes Shakespeare’s magical tale “The Tempest”;…

July 27, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56

Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'’Connor performs in 2013. O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but…

July 26, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Stravinsky, Figueroa, Brahms and Salsa

37th Music in the Mountains comes to a sizzling conclusion

July 26, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

DAC Member Exhibit is a Legacy Showcase

Brenda Macon “Art is the proper task of life,” said the philosopher Friedrich Neitzsche. From Grandma Moses to Charlie Parker,…

July 26, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Films to help forget the heat

inside and chill with these ice-cold flicks

July 20, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Behind the wigs and the bourbon glasses, a serious purpose

Mack Berven’s pre-concert talks for Music in the Mountains

July 20, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Got the summertime blues? Art and theater are the cure

Brenda Macon Yesterday, I was sitting outside the Durango Arts Center on a bench enjoying my lunch when a large…

July 20, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College announces upcoming season

span genres, cultures

July 13, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Prepare to laugh: SCRIPTprov comes to Durango

Brenda Macon “Take My Wife – Please!” Old school one-liner jokes like this are classic groaners and may prompt the…

July 13, 2023

New Mexico

College to host Anthony Chee Emerson exhibit

Project was a multiyear collaboration with the college

July 12, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Merely Players announces auditions for two shows

Merely Players announces open auditions for “Hands on Hard Body,” a heartfelt musical about the pursuit of the American dream,…

July 12, 2023

Local News

New gates turn La Plata County Fairgrounds into optimal concert venue

Changes will be able to accommodate 7,000 people

July 7, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

U.S. history’s about to get a little frenetic and weird …

Durango Arts Repertory Theatre stages ‘Complete History of America (Abridged)’

July 6, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

The Figueroa Express

No. 37 Music in the Mountains starts up

July 6, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Appreciating live theater makes you sexier

Brenda Macon What two countries border the U. S.? How many amendments are there to the Constitution? Can you name…

July 6, 2023

Local News

Durango Poet Laureate Program to launch this fall

Proponents hope the development will solidify town ‘as a hub for poetry within the state of Colorado and nationally’

July 3, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Photographer releasing book of landscapes chronicling healing journey

Rosenberg starts Kickstarter campaign to publish ‘Healing in the Southwest’

June 29, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Madonna postpones upcoming Celebration tour because of ‘serious bacterial infection’

Madonna appears at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York in 2019. Madonna has postponed her career-spanning 2023…

June 28, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Art vs. athletics: What’s better?

Brenda Macon It’s a long standing and unnecessary rivalry. Which is more important? Engagement in the arts or in sports?…

June 22, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

A new and revised PlayFest

A party, workshops, a panel discussion, seven readings, a solo show and over all – a tribute

June 22, 2023

Community

First Friday Art Crawl will feature oil painting demonstration

The ArtRoom Collective First Friday Art Crawl runs from 4 to 7 p.m. July 7 at the Smiley Building, 1309…

June 21, 2023