culture and entertainment

Visual Arts

David ‘Chethlahe’ Paladin: Painting the Dream

Kilgore American Indian Art featuring work by famed Navajo artist

June 14, 2019

Arts and Entertainment

Durango prepares to celebrate Pride

Parties, parade, festival and history highlight next week’s events

June 14, 2019

Film

‘Shaft’: Sequel to blaxploitation classic shifts gears in the age of Uber

That’s to be expected: A 2018 USC study found that just more than 76 percent of film critics are white.…

June 13, 2019

Visual Arts

New show at Studio & takes closer look at animals

Exhibit will benefit local horse rescue

June 13, 2019

Local News

Benton Yazzie: Art as therapy

artist talks personal journey at Mancos library

June 12, 2019

Music

‘Super fan’ buying childhood home of rocker Tom Petty

Kevin Beauchamp tells The Gainesville Sun he quickly made an offer of $175,000 for the nearly 1,200-square-foot home after seeing…

June 12, 2019

Film

Movies playing in Durango June 14-20

Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth star in “Men in Black: International.”Giles Keyte/Sony/Columbia Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281,…

June 12, 2019

Music

Publicist: Geto Boys’ Bushwick Bill is critically ill

Bill’s publicist, Dawn P., told The Associated Press that the rapper is on a ventilator at a Colorado hospital. She…

June 11, 2019

Music

Woodstock 50 in doubt but organizers say in talks with venue

The festival has faced a series of setbacks, and the latest came Monday afternoon, when Watkins Glen International announced it’s…

June 11, 2019

Books

‘Moby-Dick’ fan sailed from Italy to Nantucket – ending 1,500 feet short

Things did not go according to plan. As the Falmouth Enterprise reported, Fabris was not the most experienced seaman. He…

June 11, 2019

Film

X-Men’s probable swan song a dirge

Rather, if a movie can be said to suffer from low-grade depression, this one certainly seems to be, shuffling in…

June 8, 2019

Books

Blake Crouch’s new novel worth the ‘time’

will launch ‘Recursion’ next week at El Moro

June 8, 2019

Music

‘Dr. John,’ funky New Orleans ‘night-tripper’ musician, dies

Dr. John performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. The family of the Louisiana-born…

June 7, 2019

Film

‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’: Not a good dog, but an OK one

Max the terrier (voice of Patton Oswalt), left, and Duke the mutt (Eric Stonestreet) must get used to a toddler…

June 7, 2019

Visual Arts

Longtime Fort Lewis College professor, artist Mick Reber leaves lasting legacy

For those who did not have him as a professor at FLC or knew him when he called Durango home…

June 6, 2019

Arts and Entertainment

Concerts at the Park free concert series to return Thursday

will begin on Thursday with Baracutanga

June 6, 2019

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Louisiana-based blues/jazz guitarist Tab Benoit will take the stage Wednesday at Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, as a…

June 6, 2019

Local News

David ‘Chethlahe’ Paladin: Painting the Dream

Kilgore American Indian Art featuring work by famed Navajo artist

June 5, 2019

Music

Rolling Stones add guest artists to North American tour

The band announced Wednesday they’ll be joined by an eclectic group of guest artists as the No Filter Tour travels…

June 5, 2019

Film

Movies playing in Durango June 7-13

Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain, left, star in “Dark Phoenix.”Twentieth Century Fox via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)…

June 5, 2019

Music

Get your tickets to Ska’s anniversary party now

invitational will be held Sept. 7

June 4, 2019

Film

Explosion on ‘Bond 25’ set causes injury, damage to studio

The film’s official Twitter account said the accident Tuesday came from a “controlled explosion.” No one was injured on set,…

June 4, 2019

Arts and Entertainment

‘Jeopardy!’ producer: ‘Appropriate’ action planned in leak of James Holzhauer’s loss

James Holzhauer competes on his final episode of “Jeopardy!”Jeopardy Productions Inc. Then, Sunday afternoon, Friedman and his fellow producers received…

June 4, 2019

Arts and Entertainment

Chicago librarian dethrones record-shattering ‘Jeopardy!’ champ

Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher, 27, who wrote her thesis about “Jeopardy!” clues, called on her knowledge of Shakespeare to defeat…

June 4, 2019