More than 400 hundred bicycles have arrived at Fort Lewis College and not a single one is accompanied by a world-class cyclist – or any cyclist for that matter. No, these bikes are yours, mine and...

There is a dry itch for water getting under the skin of farmers, outdoor enthusiasts and even artists across the West. Fires, barren crops and low running rivers are just the tip of the proverbial...

During intermission of the Durango Arts Center’s production of “Beehive: The ’60s Musical,” more than one theatergoer announced “I had no idea I knew the words to these songs!” From The Chiffons to...

Inside a furnace burning at 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit, Bengt Hokanson spins a glowing orb of fiery hot glass. He quickly pulls it from the furnace and flips it hand over hand before Trefny Dix blows...

Ben Simpson is almost obsessive in his quest to find your favorite bar song – and your least favorite. He wants to know what’s overdone, what gets your foot tapping and what gets you to put another...

Good grief! Charlie Brown is in Pagosa Springs and he still can’t fly a kite, hit a baseball or win the little red-haired girl. In its revival of the 1967 Broadway classic, “You’re a Good Man,...

What’s that they say about history repeating itself? In the late 1880s, Ed Wright and his well-meaning wife, Letitia, sought to shine a light of culture into the smelter haze of Ouray by building...

It’s about time, some might say, that Mancos had its own Open Studios Tour. And come Saturday, the small, burgeoning arts community finally will. Both big names and small will open their homes and...

You know it’s summer in Durango when the echoes of “gunshots” ricochet down Main Avenue and the villains, heroines and hesitant heroes of the Henry Strater Theatre elicit boos, yays and hisses from...

Music fans hungry for the lines, crowds and fervor of big summer festivals would have been sorely disappointed with the lack thereof at the Pagosa Folk ’N Bluegrass Festival last weekend.A true...

Durango is known for a lot of things, but a hot nightlife is, unfortunately, not one of them. However, one of Main Avenue’s newest additions, Cocktails & Creations, is not only seeking to give...