culture and entertainment

Arts Calendar

Do-it-yourself bankruptcy workshop, 9:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library,…

May 24, 2018

Visual Arts

Mancos sculptor to open Bomdiggity art and spirituality store

Mystical Market to open in honor of artist’s daughter

May 23, 2018

Books

Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

Philip Roth, prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, religion and mortality, has died at age 85, his literary agent…

May 23, 2018

Film

Clint Walker, star of TV’s ‘Cheyenne,’ dies at age 91

Walker’s daughter Valerie Walker tells The Associated Press that her father died Monday of congestive heart failure at a hospital…

May 22, 2018

Books

Book World: What Stephen King gets right – and wrong – in The Outsider

The Outsider is the newest novel by Stephen King.Scribner via AP His scene transitions are as smooth as Corinthian leather.…

May 22, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango May 25-31

Alden Ehrenreich, right, and Joonas Suotamo star in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm via AP (128 E. College Drive,…

May 22, 2018

Books

Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, pioneer of celebrity Q&A, goes bankrupt and shuts down

Interview magazine announced it is shutting down.Courtesy So when he founded inter/VIEW in 1969 – as it was called then…

May 22, 2018

Local News

‘History, Hikes, Hops’ takes readers on a Colorado beer adventure

reporter writes second book on state’s breweries

May 21, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Dolores library plans summer concert and family film series

The Aloha Club is scheduled to perform on July 11 as part of the Dolores Public Library’s “Summer on the…

May 20, 2018

Visual Arts

Mesa Verde artist Gwen Sullivan uses soil pigments for painting

One of Gwen Sullivan’s favorite paintings is of a dirt road on a farm that has been in her family…

May 19, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Givenchy’s Clare Waight Keller designs Markle’s sleek dress

Meghan Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry stand on the steps of St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle after their wedding…

May 19, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Royal wedding: Where to watch online and on TV

Frank Augstein/Associated Press<br><br>A royal fan puts on masks in Windsor on Friday. Preparations are being made in the town ahead…

May 18, 2018

Film

‘Deadpool 2’ has subversive power

Ryan Reynolds, left, with Colossus (voice of Stefan Kapicic), returns as the titular contract killer in the action-comedy “Deadpool 2.”Twentieth…

May 18, 2018

Books

Local’s mystery series returns

Graham to release Yosemite Fall

May 18, 2018

Visual Arts

Exhibit will feature Georgia O’Keeffe’s sister

Canterbury has spent the ensuing years tracking down the works of renowned artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s sister Ida Ten Eyck O’Keeffe.…

May 17, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. STEAM Lab, 3:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900…

May 17, 2018

Film

Redmesa native explores imagination in ‘The Thunderbird’

film features actors on autistic spectrum

May 17, 2018

Performing Arts

Ignacio High School rubs lantern, hopes to let theater out of the bottle

Student actors will take the stage for ‘Aladdin’

May 16, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango May 18-24

Ryan Reynolds and Karan Soni star in “Deadpool 2.”Twentieth Century Fox via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) RBG…

May 15, 2018

Books

Tom Wolfe, apostle of ‘New Journalism’ who captured extravagance of his times, dies at 88

Tom Wolfe as a Washington Post staff writer in 1961.The Washington Post Photos of lacquer-painted cars were laid out on…

May 15, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

SWOS students will exhibit archaeology-inspired artwork

Exhibit will be at Canyons of the Ancients museum

May 14, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Dolores River Festival will kick off summer with full slate of music

Dolores River Festival features events, seven bands all day long

May 11, 2018

Film

Can Melissa McCarthy make a good movie anymore?

In “Life of the Party,” Melissa McCarthy stars as Deanna, a divorced mom who re-enrolls in college 23 years after…

May 11, 2018

Performing Arts

Circus classes teach kids confidence, life lessons

Durango Aerial Arts & Acrobatics students to perform this weekend

May 10, 2018