culture and entertainment

Books

Cortez Western writer bringing back dime novel

Ranching trilogy wins another award

January 6, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Jerry Van Dyke, ‘Coach’ star and brother of Dick, dies at 86

Jerry Van Dyke, left, and his brother, Dick, laugh during a party in Los Angeles. Jerry Van Dyke has died…

January 6, 2018

Books

Forget Harry Potter. In D.C., people lined up at midnight for Michael Wolff’s Trump exposé.

Customers line up at Kramerbooks late Thursday for the midnight sale of Michael Wolff’s Trump White House book, Fire and…

January 5, 2018

Visual Arts

Durango’s Diane West Jewelry & Art specializes in custom jewelry

Diane West Jewelry & Art on Main Avenue in Durango offers custom-made wedding and engagement rings along with contemporary art.Courtesy…

January 5, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

‘Jeopardy’ host Trebek has surgery for blood clots on brain

Trebek appeared in a video on the “Jeopardy” Facebook page Thursday to announce that he’d had the surgery during the…

January 5, 2018

Music

Quadrivium ensemble continues outreach with the best in vocal music

A cappella group to offer performance, master class

January 5, 2018

Visual Arts

Meow Wolf expanding to Denver

The for-profit arts company Meow Wolf said it will launch a new business venture to build a kaleidoscopic walk- and…

January 4, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Role-playing games regaining popularity in Durango

place to play in town, appearance on popular shows aid in resurgence

January 4, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380. Maker Mingle Friday Night Extravaganza, 5 p.m.,…

January 4, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Jan. 5-11

Jessica Chastain stars as Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became…

January 3, 2018

Music

Famed Muscle Shoals music producer Rick Hall dies at 85

Rick Hall, an Alabama record producer who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and ’70s and…

January 2, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

Leader of NYC Ballet retiring amid misconduct investigation

Peter Martins wrote a letter to the company’s board of directors on Monday announcing his retirement, saying the scandal had…

January 2, 2018

Arts and Entertainment

NBC names Hoda Kotb as Lauer replacement on ‘Today’

NBC News opened the new year by appointing Hoda Kotb, left, as co-anchorwoman of the “Today” show’s first two hours…

January 2, 2018

Books

Sue Grafton, writer of popular ‘alphabet’ mysteries, dies

Mystery writer Sue Grafton has died in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 77. Her daughter, Jamie Clark, says…

December 29, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

The second season of ‘The Crown’ feels as restricted as the monarch herself

Jodi Balfour as Jackie Kennedy and Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II meet for the first time in Season 2…

December 29, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Durango’s New Year’s Eve parties taking over Sunday night

Here’s where you can find some of the parties: The Polar Express train ride, 5 and 6:30 p.m., for fares…

December 28, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Actress Rose Marie of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ fame dies at 94

Marie had been resting in bed at her Los Angeles-area home when a caretaker found she had stopped breathing, said…

December 28, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Maria Samora, 9 a.m., Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., 247-3555. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900…

December 28, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

2017: The year’s top moments in arts and entertainment

Looking back at what made us laugh, cry and think in Durango and beyond

December 28, 2017

Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 29-Jan. 4

Charlie Plummer stars as John Paul Getty III in “All the Money in the World.”Fabio Lovino/Sony Pictures via AP (128…

December 27, 2017

Regional News

Head of Santa Fe Indian Market nonprofit stepping down

Dallin Maybee took over the nonprofit at a turbulent time and leaves after a contentious period. Changes to the application…

December 25, 2017

Film

Review: Downsizing

Hong Chau plays Ngoc Lan Tran and Matt Damon plays Paul Safranek in the new movie “Downsizing.”Paramount Pictures Those contradictory,…

December 25, 2017

Film

Review: Pitch Perfect 3

From left, Chrissie Fit, Anna Camp, Alexis Knapp, Brittany Snow, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Ester Dean are back in…

December 24, 2017

Music

Mariah Carey returns to ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

Mariah Carey is returning to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” after last year’s debacle. They released…

December 23, 2017