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For some of us, Jim Vlasich is every bit as important of a Durango pioneer as General Palmer, Otto Mears or Henry Strater. When KDUR, Fort Lewis Colleges radio station, broke radio silence in...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment
Some films are so important that they need to be seen, regardless of box-office receipts.Thats the idea behind the Durango Community Cinema series, but it is not an idea unique to Durango. The...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Film and TV
It was chance that brought Elizabeth Kinahans artwork to the walls of the tiny White Dragon Tea Room, and its hard to call it anything other than good luck.Tea Room owner Michael Thunder was...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
Gary Hart is a household name nationwide, but he’s a Colorado guy first and foremost. And his affinity for his home state doesn’t stop at the Front Range, as evidenced by his latest novel, Durango....
DATE: Sept. 7, 2012 | CATEGORY: Books
Mary Kenez, like most artists, is different. Visit Gallery 530, and youll see how different.The unassuming building on Main Avenue is home to a lawyers office, a design firm and a handful of...
DATE: May 3, 2012 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
The Durango Wine Experience will bring the wines of the world to our doorstep this weekend. But one Colorado woman wants to make sure that even if we think globally, we should drink locally.A lot...
DATE: May 3, 2012 | CATEGORY: Books
We hear so much about how hard it is to be a working musician that its really nice to hear that some people are still just in it for the fun of it. Case in point: a Canadian trio, Good...
DATE: April 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Music
Artists find inspiration in a lot of places, but few will ever know exactly what Durango artist Rebecca Barfoot will experience during her artist-in-residency in Greenland this summer.I was doing...
DATE: April 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
The Durango Independent Film Festival ended Sunday seemingly how it began last week: With great fanfare and plenty of celebration at the Durango Arts Center.In fact, four days of celebrating may...
DATE: March 5, 2012 | CATEGORY: Film and TV
The Durango Independent Film Festival is about halfway over, but some of the 2012 highlights are yet to come and theyre not on the silver screen.This years panels, though there are just three...
DATE: March 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Film and TV
Agoraphobics beware.It will be a festive and standing-room-only affair tonight at the Durango Arts Center. On this first Friday, the center will host parties for three new exhibits as movie buffs...
DATE: March 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
There are, by my count, 97 films in this years Durango Independent Film Festival.It could be argued that its my job to review films, and so this would be the place to find what to see and maybe...
DATE: Feb. 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
