Events on this Day

Happening March 2 - March 10   Founded by Kids Rock, hosted by Allison Ragsdale Photography, this is the 18th annual Cutest Kids Contest!   This year, we built a one-of-a-kind "Enchanted Forest" set for the Cutest Kids Contest!   Dress your kiddo safari or fairy or in earth tones, neutrals or pastels.   Bring props like an animal or things you'd find in an enchanted forest or use any of ours (including a bubble machine)! We also have a mushroom stool and wooden stump.   We'll have fruit snacks and lint rollers on hand too!   Each kiddo will get a quick and easy 15-minute session in our studio.   Each session comes with a credit to use on your order. In the past we included a 5x7. By popular demand, we are going to give you a credit instead. Feel free to use it on a 5x7 if you want.   All orders will be done online at your convenience after the session. All kiddos will have a secure website you can order from.   Let us know what photo is your favorite and we will upload it to a website for voting. May the cutest kiddo(s) win.   1st, 2nd and 3rd will get prizes. 1st prize will be a $1500 gift card to Allison Ragsdale Photography! 2nd will get $1000 and 3rd $500!

The 2024 Winter GOAL Program, Cultural Guards of Durango's Magical History, will occur the first Saturday of January, February and March. Ages 11 to 17   As cultural guards, we will continue creating a book of Illustrations from the stories of Durango's Forgotten Pioneers. Stories in order to preserve the historical significance of Durango. We will be visiting the Elks Lodge, in January, the Rochester Hotel in February, and the 1880's Durango High School Building in March. Students will enjoy learning illustrative drawing techniques, skills in ink drawing and colored inks used in illustrating and painting with gauche.    Each month, you will also learn lessons on leadership by memorable seniors of Durango!   Please Join Us, this is a program you don't want to miss! For questions, please email Deena Carney, Director of Art Education, at deena@durangoarts.org. Scholarships Available! GOAL offers young people, ages 11 to 17, regardless of expression or identity, the opportunity to experience art, leadership and art-based opportunities.

Numerous departure times! Please check the website for more details! This unforgettable roundtrip excursion departs from Durango and journeys to Cascade Canyon offering magnificent views of the Animas River and the snowclad peaks of the Rocky Mountains of southwest Colorado.

This long standing Durango event brings skiers together to celebrate winter from beginning to end.    If there isn't enough snow, this race will be pushed to Sunday, Jan. 1.   Race Lengths: 10 or 5 km (adult); 5, 3, or 1.5 km (kids)   Schedule:   9 AM - 9:45 AM: Check in and bib pick up  10:00 AM: 10 KM race start  10:02 AM: 5 KM race start  10:04 AM: 3 KM race start  10:06 AM: 1.5 KM race start   Medals will be awarded to the first three female and male finishers in each distance. Medal ceremony will take place near the start/finish line after the race.

The 19th annual Durango Independent Film Festival takes place Feb. 28-March 3 at the Durango Arts Center and Gaslight Twin Cinemas, with free events throughout the festival!

Do you enjoy being in nature? Do you value attention and focus? Join us for an Introduction to Nature Journaling. I will introduce a journaling practice that uses numbers, pictures, and words to record observations of nature. The practice will magnify gratitude, help make connections and increase your sense of wonder. It's enjoyable, accessible, and a practice you can take anywhere. Don't worry if you don't consider yourself good at drawing. Everyone is welcome and all supplies provided. $40

A local Fort Lewis College Show!  Written by Sarah DeLappe and directed by Felicia Lansbury Meyer.   A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, The Wolves takes us into the lives of a girls' high school soccer team and the experiences they share during their weekly Saturday morning pre-game warmups. The topics range from idle gossip and dreams of playing collegiate soccer to global politics and personal experiences of puberty and the social pressures of youth.   Ticket Prices:  FLC Student (One ticket per order w/ valid ID) - $0.00,  Non FLC Student (with current ID) - $12.00,  FLC Faculty / Staff (Max of 2) - $12.00,  Individual - $23.00.

Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Tony Award winning "Urinetown" is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

Part of the Durango Independent Film Festival, sponsored by Rocky Mountain Public Media. Beverages, light appetizers by Farm to Fingers Grazing

Native Lens, Vision Maker Media, and the Durango Independent Film Festival welcome the 2024 Native Lens Media Fellows: Jules Joe, Nika Arce, Eva Bear, Ellyse Fredericks, Evan Smith, Sommer Lopez, Tonya Tolino, Sierra Buffalohead, Tyler Socé.   The Native Lens Media Fellowship is a month-long series of workshops for American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians aged 18-24 who are interested in learning the crafts of video production and digital storytelling. Join the Fellows for the premiere of their short films followed by a screening of Indigenous documentaries from Native Lens and the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media's Film Exposure Program.

Every Saturday night Karaoke with Kimmy, play karaoke roulette and get a free pint. Open 12-9pm serving Brunch till 2pm .

"Facets" features ten San Juan Symphony musicians joining forces with 20MOONS contemporary dance theater artists to re-envision and reimagine the music of Johann Sebastian Bach as an embodied journey through the many transformative experiences of a human life.

Tired of winter? Dig your bikinis, board shorts and Hawaiian shirts out of the closet and come on down for a Hawaiian Luau Party!   We will be cranking up the heat and mixing up some special drinks for you in the anticipation of summer beach time. We've got you covered with grass skirts, flower lei's and a group hula lesson. We will also have a Ukulele open Mic for those of you with the skills to be on stage!

Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Tony Award winning "Urinetown" is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

A local Fort Lewis College Show!  Written by Sarah DeLappe and directed by Felicia Lansbury Meyer.   A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, The Wolves takes us into the lives of a girls' high school soccer team and the experiences they share during their weekly Saturday morning pre-game warmups. The topics range from idle gossip and dreams of playing collegiate soccer to global politics and personal experiences of puberty and the social pressures of youth.   Ticket Prices:  FLC Student (One ticket per order w/ valid ID) - $0.00,  Non FLC Student (with current ID) - $12.00,  FLC Faculty / Staff (Max of 2) - $12.00,  Individual - $23.00.