culture and entertainment

Madonna pays tribute to Prince at Billboard Music Awards

Madonna performs a tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas.Chris…

May 22, 2016

Identical acrobat twins make you see double at ‘Paramour’

Aerial acrobats and twins Kevin, left, and Andrew Atherton are featured in “Paramour,” the first Cirque du Soleil production created…

May 21, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Jussie Smollett of ‘Empire’ learns from prank tweet

Jussie Smollett attends the “Empire” FYC Event held at 20th Century Fox Studios on Friday in Los Angeles.Richard Shotwell/Invision “I…

May 21, 2016

Music

Bad Boy concert rocks hard with Puff Daddy, Jay Z, Lil Kim

Puff Daddy, left, performs with Lil Kim at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Puff Daddy is reuniting…

May 21, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Andy Janowsky, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Dustin Burley, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.,…

May 19, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Yarn shop set to close its doors

Along with the retail space, the store also had room set aside for the four fiber-arts groups that would get…

May 19, 2016

Performing Arts

Pagosa company stages taut Sorkin play

Thingamajig Theatre Company of Pagosa Springs has chosen to stage Aaron Sorkin’s play, “A Few Good Men.”Courtesy of Doug Chapin…

May 19, 2016

Books

Third time’s a charm for mystery series

Graham launching new book

May 19, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Dig at theater where Shakespeare worked uncovers a surprise

An archaeologist works on the exposed remains as the site of Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre is excavated in Shoreditch in London…

May 17, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

to do in and around Durango

May 12, 2016

Visual Arts

Spring Gallery Walk

Thirteen galleries will fling open their doors Friday night for an fun evening that showcases what they’ve got going on.…

May 12, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Native American artists redo hotel

Albuquerque hotel lets painters loose

May 12, 2016

Performing Arts

High school explores collaborative theater

Troupe’s ‘Shattered Constellations’ celebrates the art of improvisation

May 12, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

William Schallert, actor and union activist, has died at 93

In an Oct. 14, 1979, file photo, actor Gregory Peck, left, points out someone to actor William Schallert, formerly of…

May 10, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

In a France darkened by fear, Cannes hopes to supply light

Ruby Barnhill portrays Sophie in a scene from “The BFG,” opening nationwide on July 1.Doane Gregory/Disney via AP “It was…

May 10, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Salsa Dance Durango wants to spice up your Tuesday nights

offers lessons, social night

May 5, 2016

View from the Fort

Blaylock Marc Reed is coordinating the rehearsal facility schedule and chairing the Youth Competitions at the upcoming International Trumpet Guild…

May 5, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

‘It’s the soul of Durango’

artist dedicates show to Animas River

May 5, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Longtime chef: Prince fought throat, stomach pains recently

Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in 1985. Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive and…

May 2, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Jazz fest’s last day finishes soggy, but strong

The Acura Stage area is flooded after a storm dumped several inches of rain on the second Saturday of the…

May 2, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

At Tony Award nominations Tuesday, all eyes on ‘Hamilton’

Lin-Manuel Miranda, foreground, performs with the cast during “Hamilton,” in New York.Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored…

May 2, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

‘Elektra’: The first Freudian opera

Met downloads Greek tragedy

April 28, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Time to celebrate indie bookstores

Maria’s Bookshop plans full day for Independent Bookstore Day

April 28, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

‘Shrek’: From swap to a stage near you

Players putting on ‘Shrek the Musical’

April 28, 2016