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Music in the Mountains announces music lesson scholarships

Applications are now available for the 2021 Music in the Mountains Private Lesson Scholarships for all students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Sponsored by Bank of Colorado,...

DATE: Oct 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

MSI, Maria’s Bookshop to host virtual author event

Mountain Studies Institute and Maria’s Bookshop will host a virtual conversation with author Laura Paskus about her book “At the Precipice” from 6:40 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom. ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Spend a night at the opera: The MET makes it easy online

Will the biggest of all art forms, grand opera, survive the pandemic? Will die-hard Durango fans ever gather again Saturday mornings at Fort Lewis College for The MET Live in HD? ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Haunted history: Downtown ghost tour now available in person, through app

We’re now entering that most wonderful time of the year – leaves are turning, there’s a nip in the air and it’s time to revel in all things scary. And it’s also a good time to cat...

DATE: Oct 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Fort Lewis College to host a virtual music showcase Sunday

Music to calm a COVID-19 time

DATE: Oct 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 2-8

Durango Stadium 9 (Next to Durango Mall, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com) A Call to Spy In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agenc...

DATE: Sep 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits “A Little Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto,” and whose own hits include “Baby Don’t Get Hooked...

DATE: Sep 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

‘I Am Woman’ singer Helen Reddy, ’70s hitmaker, dies at 78

LOS ANGELES – Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Reddy’s childr...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Arts Calendar

Wednesday, Sept. 30 The Great Animas City Passeggiata, 5 p.m., 3057 Main Ave. Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Adam Swanson, 5:30 p...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New frontier for Durango Choral Society

Audience can’t go to singers, so singers will go to audience – virtually

DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

You be the judge: Durango Film brings Manhattan Short festival to Stadium 9

Durango Film has teamed up with Durango Stadium 9 to bring this year’s Manhattan Short Film Festival to town starting Friday and running through Oct. 1 at the movie theater. There...

DATE: Sep 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Grateful’: Gigi Hadid welcomes baby girl with Zayn Malik

LOS ANGELES – Model Gigi Hadid and her musician boyfriend Zayn Malik took to social media to celebrate the arrival of an infant girl, with dad saying he’s “grateful” and “thankful.” ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment