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Arts and Entertainment

Dolores Mountain Quilters Guild’s show to be held Aug. 24-25

Show times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 24 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 25. The show…

August 9, 2018

Music

Sweetwater Station to performs at Mancos State Park

restarts music series as fire threat declines

August 9, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380. Kids Summer Reading Program: Caregiver Cafe, 11…

August 9, 2018

Film

A revamped Oscars

The Oscars are adding a new category to honor popular films and promising a brisk 3-hour ceremony on a much…

August 9, 2018

Music

A musical prelude from out of the 416 Fire’s ashes

Thomas brings together music and photography to commemorate firefighters

August 9, 2018

Visual Arts

Two artists, living 7 hours apart, bridge a divide

‘Parallel Intersections’ opens at Studio & Gallery

August 9, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

‘Making It’: Cutting and gluing without being cut-throat

Amy Poehler is co-host of “Making It,” a competition show on NBC that challenges a group of makers to create…

August 8, 2018

Books

A ‘tantalizing’ theory from Stephen King’s son: Shark thriller ‘Jaws’ holds the clue to an unsolved 1974 murder

A three-dimensional plaster reconstruction of the face of “Lady in the Dunes,” (left) and a composite sketch.Town of Provincetown Joe…

August 7, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 10-16

There’s a new threat in the water in “The Meg.”Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)…

August 7, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

ABC to celebrate 90 years of Mickey Mouse

ABC on Tuesday announced “Mickey’s 90th Spectacular,” a two-hour prime-time special, will air on Nov. 4. The program will feature…

August 7, 2018

Music

Demi Lovato breaks silence after apparent drug overdose: ‘I will keep fighting’

“I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction,” Lovato wrote in a letter posted on her Instagram. “What…

August 7, 2018

Books

Hemingway story from 1956 published for first time

The Strand Magazine said that “A Room on the Garden Side,” a World War II story written by novelist Ernest…

August 3, 2018

Film

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis made a spy comedy, and somehow it’s really not funny

You enter the restaurant with a few dishes in mind, only to have so many offered to you that the…

August 3, 2018

Music

Sundance Head, ‘The Voice’ winner, coming to Durango

Soul country singer Sundance Head will perform at this year’s La Plata County Fair.Courtesy of Community Concert Hall at Fort…

August 3, 2018

Film

‘Christopher Robin’ a sweet tale

The title character of Disney’s gently charming new live-action/CGI hybrid, played by an earnest and winsome Ewan McGregor, is a…

August 3, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Telluride Jazz Festival, all day, Telluride. For schedule and tickets, visit www.telluridejazz.org. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library,…

August 2, 2018

Music

New music store owned by a familiar face

But not long after Katzin’s retail doors closed for good, new ones opened. Jimmy’s Music & Supply, owned by Jim…

August 2, 2018

Performing Arts

Durango PlayFest is newest addition to region’s staged-reading circuit

National and local actors will read plays, keeping alive 50-year tradition

August 2, 2018

Local News

42nd annual Escalante Days to be held Aug. 10-11

Festival will feature games in the streets, 10-band concert

August 1, 2018

Visual Arts

Cortez painter brings ‘personal’ art show to Olio in Mancos

Reed’s work showcases rural life

August 1, 2018

Local News

42nd annual Escalante Days party scheduled for Aug. 10-11

Festival features games in the streets, 10-band concert

July 31, 2018

Film

Faced with losses, MoviePass discount ticket service increases fee

MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases…

July 31, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 3-9

Ewan McGregor is a man who has lost his way in “Christopher Robin.”Laurie Sparham/Disney via AP (128 E. College Drive,…

July 31, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

‘It hasn’t stopped my life at all’: Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson’s disease

Actor Alan Alda says he has Parkinson’s disease. Appearing Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” the former “M.A.S.H.” star said he…

July 31, 2018