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...

The Japanese art of ikebana is one of finding beauty through the simplicity and purity of nature. Mike Brieger’s collection of ikebana vases at the White Dragon Tea Room in Durango poses the...

The final round of bidding Thursday at the Furniture As Art Auction caused more than one jaw to drop. Bids for Jeff and Susan Wise’s sculpture soared past $1,000 in a matter of minutes. Then, the...

Can you imagine Will Ferrell playing one character his entire career? If this was commedia dell’arte of the 16th century, you could very well say that Buddy the Elf, Ricky Bobby and Ron Burgundy...