Books - The Durango Herald

Claude Steelman chronicles ‘Wild Journey’

Durango photographer releases new book of photos

DATE: Jan 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Debut novel transforms ‘The Perfect Home’ into a gut-roiling thriller

Dawn and Wyatt Decker are a reality TV couple renovating homes on-screen and dealing with fertility problems offscreen. Their story and their marriage seem like a foregone conclusion, but on...

DATE: Jan 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Santa’s book picks for young readers

From babies to young adults, there are plenty of fun options

DATE: Dec 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Calendar celebrates knitting in unexpected places

‘Extreme Knitting 2025’ also helps support nonprofits

DATE: Nov 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Kate Niles’ new novel a veritable New Mexico buffet

Kate Niles’ new novel, “The Last Hanging of Ángel Martinez,” is a glorious New Mexican buffet of all the good – and not so good – about this unique state. Nowhere else but northern New Mexi...

DATE: Nov 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Retired Navajo Ranger talks about paranormal in new book

Milford to hold talks, signings in Durango and Farmington

DATE: Oct 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New book shows La Plata County history through images

Author Ed Horvat contributes photos to Herald’s And the West is History

DATE: Sep 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Walt Longmire returns for new adventure

Author Craig Johnson releases ‘First Frost’

DATE: Jul 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Scott Graham back with another mystery

Durango author will talk about ‘Death Valley Duel’ at Maria’s Bookshop

DATE: Jul 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Long-distance runner chronicles 460-mile trek, grief in new book

Emily Halnon will be in Durango to talk about ‘To the Gorge’

DATE: Jun 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Anne Hillerman returns with new novel

Author will be At Maria’s Bookshop next week in Durango

DATE: May 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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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