culture and entertainment

‘Battle of the Sexes’ is about a tennis match – but it feels a lot like the 2016 election

Emma Stone stars as Billie Jean King and Steve Carell is Bobby Riggs in “Battle of the Sexes.”Melinda Sue Gordon/Fox…

October 8, 2017

Resignations, fallout grows for embattled producer Weinstein

The developments are the latest fallout from sexual harassment allegations against the Oscar-winning producer that The New York Times detailed…

October 7, 2017

Music

Bellini’s ‘Norma’ launches MET Live in HD at FLC

The MET Live in HD kicks off with ‘Norma.’Courtesy At 11 a.m. Saturday at Fort Lewis College, The Met Live…

October 6, 2017

Film

‘Blade Runner 2049’ beats original

“Blade Runner 2049,” the superb new sequel by Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”), doesn’t just honor that legacy, but, arguably, surpasses it,…

October 6, 2017

Music

San Juan Symphony, choral societies unite for concert

At 7 pm. Saturday, David Lingle’s contemporary version of the ancient Latin Mass for the Dead will fill Durango’s Community…

October 6, 2017

Film

Manhattan Short Film Festival screens in Durango, Cortez theaters

Audience will vote on 10 shorts at screenings this weekend

October 5, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Sorrel Sky Gallery 2017 Workshop Series, 9 a.m. Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave. Cowboy Poetry Train, 10 a.m., $59-$159,…

October 5, 2017

Performing Arts

Garrison Keillor ‘Just Passing Through’ Durango

‘Prairie Home Companion ’ host headed to town on Tuesday

October 5, 2017

Music

Radiohead, Simone and Moody Blues are Rock Hall nominees

Nine of the 19 acts nominated Thursday are on the ballot for the first time, with Radiohead and Rage Against…

October 5, 2017

Film

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 6-12

Ryan Gosling, left, and Harrison Ford star in “Blade Runner 2049.”Stephen Vaughan/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive,…

October 4, 2017

Music

Jennifer Lopez cancels Las Vegas performances after shooting

The entertainer on Tuesday announced the postponement of her “Jennifer Lopez: All I Have” appearances. Performances set for Wednesday, Friday…

October 4, 2017

Books

Garth Brooks releasing 5-part anthology of his music, career

The country music superstar announced last week that “The Anthology Part 1: The First Five Years” will go on sale…

October 3, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

‘This Is Us’ returns, and this is what made us cry the hardest

Milo Ventimiglia stars as Jack in “This Is Us.”Ron Batzdorff/NBC Weep-inducing “This Is Us” has returned, and the NBC drama…

October 2, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

The pleasant, but entirely unnecessary, return of ‘Will & Grace’

Those sappy denouements seen in the show’s finale back in 2006? It was all just a flash of catatonia experienced…

October 1, 2017

Performing Arts

Bruce Springsteen: Born to run on Broadway?

It’s a safe bet that Kerr’s name will mean nothing to many of the Bruce Springsteen fans who, starting Tuesday,…

October 1, 2017

Film

Cruise is a roguish antihero in ‘American Made’

Tom Cruise stars as Barry Seal in “American Made.”Universal Pictures Directed by Doug Liman from a cheeky screenplay by Gary…

September 30, 2017

Books

In Quality of Mercy, a new crime-fighting duo is born

du1-i-syn Medhat’s childhood was spent in Germany and Iran. Her education continued in London and Berlin. Medhat has a Ph.…

September 30, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

‘Let’s Make a Deal’ host, philanthropist Monty Hall dies

Monty Hall, left, recipient of the second annual George Burns Lifetime Award, laughs with George Burns in 1993 at the…

September 30, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

‘SNL’ gears up for new season launch with Gosling, Jay-Z

This combination photo shows Ryan Gosling at CinemaCon 2017 in Las Vegas, left, and Jay-Z performing at a campaign rally…

September 30, 2017

Visual Arts

Artist Maura Allen to open new show at Sorrel Sky

Allen will open her newest show, “The Only Road You Know,” on Oct. 6 at Sorrel Sky Gallery, the same…

September 29, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering to celebrate 29th year

This year, the focus of the gathering is on humor – an important device used to cope with the dangers…

September 28, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer

Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” posted word of her…

September 28, 2017

Books

Hefner dreamed of being cartoonist; instead, he changed market for top comic artists

Special guest Hugh Hefner in the 1993 “Krusty Gets Kancelled” episode of “The Simpsons.”Fox Al Jaffee. Jules Feiffer. Shel Silverstein.…

September 28, 2017

Film

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Tom Cruise stars as Barry Seal in “American Made.”David James/Universal Pictures via Associated Press (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)…

September 27, 2017