culture and entertainment

Animas High School senior turns magic into money

Business leads to entrepreneurship scholarship

April 26, 2016

Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ turns life’s lemons into furious pop

That’s because “Lemonade” is a surprisingly furious song-cycle about infidelity and revenge – and its indignation becomes clear the moment…

April 26, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima to be made into an opera

National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque announced this week that it is collaborating with Opera Southwest to commission the new…

April 26, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Prince record sales jump by 40,000 percent after death

Prince performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLI in 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami. After the artist’s…

April 26, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Music icon Prince dead at 57

Musician died at his Minnesota home

April 21, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Viewers not amused by SNL’s joke about the heroin epidemic

Right there on “Saturday Night Live,” a little white line was showing the rapid pace of America’s heroin epidemic. Up…

April 19, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

‘Jungle Book’ ensures it: Parade of Disney-classic remakes will continue, whether we want it or not

From panthers to tigers to post-”Oz” bears, the studio behind “The Jungle Book” became the Mouse House That Roared again…

April 19, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Artists with N.C. tours: Skip out or speak out?

To boycott or not to boycott? Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Ani DiFranco and author Sherman Alexie are among those who…

April 19, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Doris Roberts of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’: ‘None of the men in my life ever wanted me to be successful’

Actress Doris Roberts arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2015. A family spokeswoman said that…

April 19, 2016

Local News

Miss Hozhoni Pageant a test of cultural lessons

Traditional skills, knowledge demonstrated

April 14, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

The Met series continues with ‘Roberto Devereux’ at Fort Lewis

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, left, sings the role of Queen Elizabeth I, with tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role of…

April 14, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

The A&E editor torch is passed: An introduction

Chicklinski-Cahill Every once in a while, the job as editor for the Arts & Entertainment section opens up and a…

April 14, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Record Store Day is Saturday

Store Day to be celebrated at Southwest Sound

April 14, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown is this weekend

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown turns 22

April 14, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Goodbye, Lake Wobegon: ‘Prairie Home’ is getting a new host

Chris Thile will replace Garrison Keillor as host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” the popular public radio variety show, after…

April 12, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Zeppelin musicians lose bid to dodge trial over ‘Stairway to Heaven’

A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that a jury must decide whether the British rockers ripped off the opening…

April 12, 2016

Local News

Navajo artists express experience with Gold Mine spill

exhibition shows how tribe dealt with blowout last August

April 10, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Steve Miller, after induction, slams Rock Hall of Fame

Inductee Steve Miller performs at the 31st Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center…

April 9, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

Kesha says she was offered ‘freedom’ if she recanted her rape claim

She made it clear that this offer had outraged her. “I would have to APOLOGIZE publicly and say that I…

April 5, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

O.J. Simpson courtroom-sketch artist: ‘O.J. was miscast’ in FX’s crime miniseries

In this Oct. 3, 1995, file photo, O.J. Simpson, center, is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown…

April 5, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

to do in and around Durango

March 17, 2016

View from the Center

Art abounds at Creativity Festivity

– Howard Ikemoto Nurturing imagination and creativity are essential components in educating our children. Creativity is one of the innate…

March 17, 2016

Visual Arts

Diane West, one block down

Jewelry & Art Gallery moves in downtown Durango

March 3, 2016

Nation & World

Oscars 2016

actors will win, who should win and who should have been nominated for coveted award

February 27, 2016