Featured Happenings
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8:00pm / Animas City Theatre
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4:30pm / Durango Public Library
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4:30pm / Perbacco Cucina Italiana
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5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
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5:00pm / Carver Brewing Company Beer Garden
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10:00am / Memorial Park
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5:00pm / Four Leaves Winery
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6:00pm / The Powerhouse
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9:00am / VFW Durango
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10:00am / Durango Tool Library
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5:30pm / Rochester
February 2013 Events
Snowdown Light Parade
6:00pm / Main from College Dr. to 12th
Join the nerds, geeks and teckies on the streets!
Ski Softball
7:00pm / FLC Softball Complex
Durango Mountain Resort Ski Patrol and Ski/Snowboard School - 35 year rivalry.
Saturday Bird Walk
9:00am / For the Birds
On the first Saturday of each month, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory leads a bird walk along the Animas River Trail. Meet at For the Birds, and bring...
Shootout 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
9:00am / Durango Rec Center
Shootout 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Snowdown Rocket Launch
9:00am / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Build a paper rocket on site and then launch to try and get it on a designated target.
Sponge Splash
9:30am / Durango Rec Center
PADI professional instructors lead you through an exciting maze/obstacle course.
Broomball Tournament
10:00am / Chapman Hill Ice Rink
This coed single-elimination tournament provides plenty of excitment!
Snowdown Strongman/Strongwoman Competition
11:00am / Crossfit Durango
Come down and demonstrate your strength in this FOR FUN event @ Crossfit Durango. Logs, Yokes, Axles, and 3 short 3 minute workouts.
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Bloody Mary Contest
12:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Takes place during the Snowdown Chili cook off.
Snowdown Hoedown Contra Dance
7:30pm / Park Elementary School
Special snowdown theme "get your geek on' for this dance. Live music and a caller make for great fun. Band : Hey from Albuquerque, NM; Caller: Wendy Graham,...
La Plata Cty Search & Rescue Breakfast and Auction
7:00am / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Come and enjoy a breakfast - this is a fundraiser!
San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens
4:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
49ers vs. Ravens ~ Sunday, February 3 at 4:30pm ~ Doors open at 4pm
The Back Space Theatre has football fever! So we will be showing the San Francisco...
Super Bowl Party
4:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
$20 Cover Charge
Includes 2 free drinks, free appetizer platters
Drink specials, food specials
Irish Embassy Pub Ambassador’s Lounge
Limited...
First Thursdays Art Walk
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
The Durango Arts Center is proud to coordinate the First Thursdays Art Walk, a program designed to promote artists and art activities beyond the traditional...
Brian Cartwright Fundraiser
5:00pm / Palace Restaurant
A fundraising benefit for firefighter and long-time Durango resident Brian Cartwright will take place Thursday evening, February 7 at the Palace Restaurant...
Durango Nature Studies’ Winter Social at Carver’s
5:00pm / Carver's Brewery and Restaurant
Winter is a great time to get together to celebrate. The staff and board of Durango Nature Studies likes to have the chance to meet people that support...
Woven to Wear Exhibit and Textile talk by Jackson Clark, Center of Southwest Studies, FLC
5:00pm / Center of Southwest Studies
An exhibit featuring Navajo and Puebloan textiles opens Thursday with a talk by Jackson Clark, of Toh-Atin Gallery, Thursday night.
Blues Concert Fundraiser
6:30pm / Henry Strater Theatre
Musicians Garrett Lebeau and Bonnie Bishop will perform “Blues for the Rivers – Blues for the Skies†on Thursday, February 7 at the...
27th Annual Chocolate Fantasia
5:30pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Chocoholics Unite!! It’s time for the 27th annual CHOCOLATE FANTASIA at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. On Friday, February 8, from 5:30 p.m....
Matt Flinner Trio
7:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Sun Dog Entertainment Presents the Matt Flinner Trio at the Durango Arts Center.
$22 all ages
“Deeply Rooted New Acoustic Musicâ€
Since...
Family Art Camp: PAINT THE TOWN
1:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Download the Winter//Spring 2013 catalog of DAC art classes at www.DurangoArts.org
Practice perspective while painting a local Durango scene.
$25...
Red Ball Express
4:00pm / Durango Mountain Resort
Red Ball Express is a local fundraising event organized by the Rotary Clubs of La Plata County. All proceeds from the event support Rotary projects in...
Sweethearts of the Arts
7:00pm / Durango Arts Center
The Durango Arts Center will present its fifth Sweethearts of the Arts on Saturday, February 9. This signature fundraising event honors three special women...
Locals Day at Purgatory
9:00am / Durango Mountain Resort
The next Locals Day at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort will benefit Animas High School. Locals Day is Sunday, February 10. Lift tickets are $40...
Traditional Irish Music Jam Session
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Performers sing and play traditional songs and tunes from the Irish, English and Scottish traditions, using instruments such as the fiddle, accordion,...
FLC Music Department, Alexander Murray, Red Shoe Trio
3:00pm / Roshong Recital Hall
FLC Music Department, Alexander Murray, Red Shoe Trio
The Infamous Stringdusters Ski Tour 2013 with special guests Jon Stickley Trio & Waiting on Trial
7:00pm / Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
While critics have often declared the Infamous Stringdusters as newgrass torchbearers, the band is actually a broad melting pot of American music. The...
Singing Valentines
8:00am / Anywhere in LaPlata County
A barbershop quartet will deliver 2 songs, a carnation, and a box of chocolates to your loved one, anywhere in LaPlata County for $39.95 between 8 a.m....
Valentine Day!
6:30pm / Cocktails and Creations
Happy Valentines Day! What can be better than painting, champagne and chocolate? Join us to paint this fabulous semi-nude and toast it with a glass of...
Pop Meets the Classics with Gillian Kelly
8:00pm / Durango Arts Center - Theater
Tickets $30 all ages
Tickets available online, or by calling the Box Office at 259-2606.
On Friday, February 15 enjoy a 3-course dinner at...
Valentine's Dinner - Creatively Delicious Local & Wild Foods
6:00pm / Turtle Lake Refuge
. Seven course gourmet meal
. Live music, candles, rose misting, hot face towels
. Aphrodisiac chocolate hot tottie finishing...
Kitchen Witchery
6:00pm / Osadha Herbal Wellness
FREE CLASS
Thyme for a cold? Cinnamon for the bedroom? Learn how to use herbs and spices from your kitchen for first aid and general wellness. You’ll...
Blue Lotus Feet
6:00pm / Cafe of Life
Opening Your Heart
Join Blue Lotus Feet at the Cafe of Life on Friday 2/15 from 6pm - 8pm for improvisational chanting. Through the freedom of improvisational...
A Royal Affair
7:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
Pop Meets the Classics with Gillian Kelly
8:00pm / Durango Arts Center - Theater
Tickets $30 all ages
Tickets available online, or by calling the Box Office at 259-2606.
On Friday, February 15 enjoy a 3-course dinner at...
The Metropolitan Opera - Live in HD - Rigoletto
10:55am / Vallecito Room at the FLC Student Union
Rising Italian conductor Michele Mariotti leads the new production premiere of Rigoletto, seen in a new staging by the Tony Award-winning director Michael...
CALL FOR AUDITIONS - Neil Simon Summer Productions
1:30pm / Durango Arts Center - Theater
Saturday, February 16
1:30–3:30 p.m. individual appointments; 4–5:30 p.m. dance call & callbacks
Men and women between the ages of 18...
A Royal Affair
3:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
A Royal Affair
6:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
Traditional Irish Music Jam Session
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Performers sing and play traditional songs and tunes from the Irish, English and Scottish traditions, using instruments such as the fiddle, accordion,...
A Royal Affair
3:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
SoloDuo Concert
5:00pm / The Smiley Auditorium
As SoloDuo, Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli have performed throughout Europe, Asia, the USA, Canada and Latin America, and have been acclaimed everywhere...
A Royal Affair
6:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
Girls’ Opportunities through Arts and Leadership (G.O.A.L.)
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
Download the Winter//Spring 2013 catalog of art classes at www.DurangoArts.org
$150
This dynamic program uses the visual arts as a framework to...
Bird Walk
9:00am / Meet at For the Birds
Meet at For the Bids near Rotary Park for an informative walk along the river trail.
Negotiation Skills & Strategies Class
12:00pm / Durango Recreation Center (Eolus Room)
Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado presents the dynamic, inspiring international speaker S. Robert August, Marketing, Sales Strategies and...
Discussion on capital punishment
4:00pm / Room 211, Student Union
Coordinator: Political Science Club
BID Coffee & Conversation
8:00am / Carver Brewing Co.
In an effort to gather new ideas and learn of challenges, as well as get to know the constituents of the Durango Business Improvement District (BID) =...
Year: A Brief Underview of the History of Time
5:00am / Studio &
An Art show retelling the history of time. Featuring 30 artists in an alternative timeline of history.
Tim O'Brien Concert
7:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Sun Dog Entertainment presents Tim O’Brien in a solo, acoustic show at the Durango Arts Center at 7 pm on Friday, February 2. Tickets are $22 at...
A Royal Affair
7:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
St. Mark's Recital Series presents James Pellerite on Native Flute
7:00pm / St. Mark's Episcopal Church
As a champion of new music for the native flute and a strong proponent of collaboration, Indiana flutist James Pellerite has commissioned new compositions...
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Sale
9:00am / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will have a sale at the La Plata Country Fair Grounds.
A Royal Affair
3:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
SJMA Winter Nature Tour: Big Moon in the La Platas
5:35pm / La Plata Canyon
A winter nature tour, Big Moon in the La Platas, will take place Saturday evening, February 23rd from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Folks of all ages are invited to...
A Royal Affair
6:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
Traditional Irish Music Jam Session
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Performers sing and play traditional songs and tunes from the Irish, English and Scottish traditions, using instruments such as the fiddle, accordion,...
A Royal Affair
3:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
A Royal Affair
6:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between...
Meet the Author: Canyoneer Steve Allen
5:30pm / Maria's Bookshop
Durango-based canyoneer Steve Allen has spent the last five years doing intensive research & writing on top of the last forty years he has hiked & explored...
Full Moon Snowshoe Hike Under the Snow Moon
5:30pm / Haviland Lake
Join DNS Staff on a dusky exploration of natural history, nocturnal animals, local landforms, and cool moon facts and legends. On snowshoes you’ll...
Artist Collaborative: Session II – Open Studio with On-Site Instructor
9:00am / Durango Arts Center
Download complete Winter // Spring 2013 Art Class Catalog at www.DurangoArts.org.
*For adults & teens.
Wednesdays, 9 to 11:30 a.m. | $50
This open...
Essential Oils for Pain - Workshop
6:00pm / Osadha Herbal Wellness
Learn 10 essential oils that are helpful for pain - arthritis, injury, stomach pain, cramps, nerve pain and more. You’ll make several pain-relieving...
“The Intergalactic Nemesisâ€
7:00pm / Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Launched in the 1990s as a traditional radio play, “The Intergalactic Nemesisâ€
morphed first into a graphic novel, and now to a live performance....
3rd Annual Community Challenge: Meeting the Needs of Seniors, Providers and Caregivers.
8:00am / La Plata County Fairgrounds
* Keynote Speaker, Viki Kind, MA, Clinical Bioethicist and author of The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who...
Durango Film, an Independent Film Festival
9:00am / Gaslight Theatre
Durango Film kicks off its 8th annual Independent Film Festival starting Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Gaslight Theatre. Free movie night will be...
Bird Walk
9:00am / Meet at For the Birds
Meet at For the Bids near Rotary Park for an informative walk along the river trail.
Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project
7:00pm / Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Founded in 1993 by Dave Samuels, The Caribbean Jazz Project has set a new standard in original, improvised music based on the rich musical traditions of...
Durango Independent Film Festival
9:00am / Gaslight Theatre
Durango Film kicks off its 8th annual Independent Film Festival starting Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Gaslight Theatre. Don’t miss five...
Dave Spencer Ski Classic
5:00pm / DMR
15th Annual Dave Spencer Ski Classic
February 28th – March 3rd
...
Durango Film Festival Gallery Walk @ the Rochester
5:00pm / Rochester Hotel Bar
Come and celebrate creativity with lobby art by Mariah Kaminsky and a special showing of pieces by Tina Mion (artist and subject of the Durango Film Festival...
Backcountry Film Festival
7:00pm / The Back Space Theatre
DNS is known for the great party we throw every year when we host Mountain Film on Tour at the Smiley building. This is a new film festival that focuses...
Scattered Hamlet returns to Desperados!!!
8:00pm / Desperados Bar and Grill
The HollyWood Band is coming back to Desperados!!!
Some of the greatest music this country has to offer-
Admission is Free -
come on over to Desperados-...
Durango Independent Film Festival
9:00am / Gaslight Theatre
Durango Film kicks off its 8th annual Independent Film Festival starting Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at the Gaslight Theatre. Don’t miss five...
Art Journaling: Session II – Taught by Various Instructors
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
Download Winter // Spring 2013 Catalog of DAC Art Classes at: www.DurangoArts.org
Fridays | 10 a.m. to noon | $75
This fun-filled journaling group...
Firkin Friday
3:00pm / Steamworks Brewery
It is just about time for another Firkin Friday (March 1st at 3pm) and we are bringing back a classic. “The “Irish Car Bomb†–has...
Discussion, “Are Men Really from Mars and Women from Venus?†with Dr. Michelle Hemingway
5:30pm / Durango Discovery Museum
Discussion
$7.50/Free for Women’s Resource Center members
Coordinator: Gender & Women’s Studies Department
Durango Choral Society - Lives Well Lived
7:00pm / First United Methodist Church
Lives Well Lived
Friday, March 1 • 7:00 p.m. &
Saturday, March 2 • 2:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church • 2917 Aspen Dr. •...
