culture and entertainment

Movies playing in Durango March 10-16

King Kong is back in “Kong: Skull Island.”Warner Bros. Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Jackie (128…

March 7, 2017

Performing Arts

Harry Potter play gets 11 Olivier Awards nominations

Jamie Parker, who plays a grown-up Harry in the two-part, five-hour sequel to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga, is nominated for…

March 7, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Is Richard Simmons missing? Or is he just dearly missed?

His fitness studio in Beverly Hills is shuttered. On its stoop is a sun-bleached edition of the Beverly Hills Courier…

March 7, 2017

Film

‘Logan’ is the Wolverine movie Hugh Jackman always deserved

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is not the indestructible mutant he once was in “Logan.”20th Century Fox It is fitting, however, that…

March 7, 2017

Film

‘Before I Fall’: Life lessons delivered over a single day, relived over and over

From left: Zoey Deutsch, Halston Sage, Medalion Rahimi and Cynthy Wu star in “Before I Fall.”Awesonemess Films But even as…

March 5, 2017

Music

Veteran music executive and former pop star Tommy Page dies

FILE – In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, Tommy Page arrives at Billboard's 2013 Power 100 List event…

March 4, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Cirk La Putyka to perform ‘Slapstick Sonata’ on March 16

du1-i-syn The 10-person Czech ensemble dedicates itself as “contemporary circus” and merges acrobatics, contemporary dance, puppetry, concert and athletics to…

March 4, 2017

Music

One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson arrested in airport scuffle

The incident happened Friday after Tomlinson, arriving on a flight with his girlfriend, Eleanor Calder, asked a photographer to stop…

March 4, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Miriam Colon, iconic U.S. Latina movie, theater actress, dies

President Barack Obama awards the 2014 National Medal of Arts to actress, theater founder and director Miriam Colon in 2015.…

March 3, 2017

Music

Rod Stewart sorry for video seen as beheading re-enactment

The video posted on Instagram by Penny Lancaster shows several people clad in black walking in a desert. Stewart is…

March 3, 2017

Film

Subtle (very) ‘gay moment’ in new Disney film generates buzz

Josh Gad stars as Le Fou, left, and Luke Evans as Gaston in “Beauty and the Beast,” opening nationwide March…

March 3, 2017

Film

Schwarzenegger leaves ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ blames Trump for ratings drop

Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Friday he will not be returning to the show “Celebrity Apprentice.”Jordan Strauss/Invision/Associated Press file Schwarzenegger informed NBC…

March 3, 2017

Film

Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange take on Bette and Joan’s infamous feud

“Yes, we did,” Sarandon says with a laugh. “I said to Jess, at the closing of the whole thing, I…

March 3, 2017

Books

Protest books help us examine our values

Courtesy Protests can take many forms – from mass demonstrations to the actions of individuals; from marching on Washington to…

March 3, 2017

Film

‘Soy Cubana’ short included in Durango Film fest kicks off tonight

“Soy Cubana,” the story of a Cuban a cappella quartet, Vocal Vidas, will be shown as part of Durango Film’s…

March 1, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Oprah Winfrey teases at a possible run for president

Could Oprah Winfrey be considering a run for president in 2020?Linda Davidson/Washington Post In a recent interview with Bloomberg TV’s…

March 1, 2017

Film

I pity the fool who doesn’t watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Mr. T, Simone Biles, Nancy Kerrigan among show’s new cast

March 1, 2017

Film

Benedict Cumberbatch to star in short Showtime series

The series is based on Edward St. Aubyn’s series of books, and each episode will track one of five separate…

February 28, 2017

Film

FX to follow ‘Bette and Joan’ with ‘Feud: Charles and Diana’

NEW YORK – Producer Ryan Murphy’s first edition of “Feud,” which tells the story of film legends Bette Davis and…

February 28, 2017

Film

Movies playing in Durango March 3-9

Boyd Holbrook, left, and Hugh Jackman star in “Logan.”Ben Rothstein/Twentieth Century Fox via AP (102 Fifth St. Next to the…

February 28, 2017

Local News

Arts and culture new addition to comp plan

A group working on the first arts and culture section of the city’s Comprehensive Plan wants the city to apply…

February 28, 2017

Visual Arts

Juried exhibition to open Wednesday at FLC Art Gallery

du1-i-syn Peter Hay, exhibits director at Durango Arts Center, will act as the outside juror and select participants for awards…

February 25, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Celtic festival to be held March 9-12

du1-i-syn The festival will feature performances from award-winning bands, including Solas, Colcannon, Goitse and Barrule, and Coleman Academy Irish dancers,…

February 24, 2017

Visual Arts

Durango Arts Center shows early Englehart works

Englehart, who died April 22, 2009, was a child of the Southwest, an eminent landscape painter of canyons, mesas and…

February 24, 2017