Performing Arts
10-Minute Play Festival stages best of the best
plays will come to life at Durango Arts Center
Arts & Entertainment
Performing Arts
Cowboy poet Sam Noble takes the stage again
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates 30 years
Visual Arts
Taking their painting outside: Sorrel Sky to host Plein Air Artists Colorado show
“Merfeld Homestead” is an oil painting by Gerald Merfeld, this year’s awards judge.Courtesy of Plein Air Artists Colorado Along with the exhibition, artists also participated in a PAAC “paint-out” in…
Performing Arts
Review: Merely Players celebrate Jane Austen in historic library
Jason Lythgoe, left, as Willoughby; Mary-Catherine McAlvany, rear, as Elinor Dashwood; and Gyana B. Gomar as Marianne Dashwood perform a scene from Merely Players’ production of “Sense and Sensibility.”Courtesy of…
Arts and Entertainment
Studio & seeks artists for Celebration of Remembrance
The gallery will host an exhibit that offers everyone a chance to honor the memory of things that have moved on from the world of the living. Loved ones, ideas,…
Arts and Entertainment
Durango Arts Center to stage play festival
The festival features the five winners and finalists of the annual 10-Minute Play contest from 161 submissions from across North America. All plays are produced with local actors and directors.…
Arts and Entertainment
Metropolitan Opera presents encore performance of ‘Aida’
Tickets are $23 for members and children and $26 for nonmembers. To buy tickets, visit www.durangoconcerts.com or call 247-7657.
Arts and Entertainment
FLC Art Gallery hosts Peter Precourt
Precourt’s “The Katrina Chronicles” are a firsthand account of the artist’s encounter with Hurricane Katrina and the loss he experienced as an artist and instructor. The presentation will be on…
Music
‘Peggy Sue,’ immortalized by Buddy Holly, dies at 78
Peggy Sue Gerron unveils her new book “What Ever Happened to Peggy Sue” during a press conference in 2008 in Tyler, Texas. Gerron, the Texas woman who inspired the 1958…
Music
Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick dies at 72
Abbey Road Studios confirmed the death Wednesday and vowed to ensure that Emerick’s legacy lives on at the studio where many Beatles classics were recorded. Colleague William Zabaleta told Variety…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Oct. 5-11
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper star in “A Star is Born.”Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) NTLive: Julie (1 p.m. Sunday only) . Wild…
Arts and Entertainment
Oprah Winfrey reality show filmed in Dolores
Filming by OWN channel featured area attractions
Music
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
Rock band Jefferson Airplane in 1968, from left: Marty Balin, Grace Slick, Spencer Dryden, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. Balin has died at age 76. Spokesman Ryan Romenesko…
Music
Changes coming to local music hub
Balcony Bar and Grill’s Backstage downsized, outdoor patio to stay open year-round
Film
‘Night School’ funny, heartfelt
Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart star in “Night School.”Eli Joshua Adé/Universal Pictures Teddy (Kevin Hart) is a smooth-talking salesman who lives beyond his means, trying to impress his fiancee, Lisa…
Performing Arts
‘Space speaks’: Merely Players to perform at Old Fort Lewis
The Merely Players’ fall production will open tonight, Sept. 28, at the Old Fort Lewis property in Hesperus. It is 15 miles west of Durango at 18683 County Road 140.…
Film
Retired Hollywood stuntman looks back at his career
Durangoan Bud Davis: ‘It was great fun; the best job I could imagine.’
Arts and Entertainment
Arts calendar
Bayfield Heritage Days Kick Off Event, 5:30 a.m., $20, Bayfield Community Gym, 658 S. East Street. Do-It-Yourself Bankruptcy Workshop, 9:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave. Dedication Ceremony…
Arts and Entertainment
Mancos gallery to feature New Mexico artist
Mockewich, who lives in Shiprock, New Mexico, uses the technique of painting in open air and focuses on famous rock formations.
Arts and Entertainment
Live portrait and figure drawing classes for adults to be held at DAC
The fee for this class is $15 for DAC members and $20 for non-members. More information and online registration is available at www.durangoarts.org/visual-adult, or contact Visual Arts Education Director Deena…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Center hosts annual members exhibit
The exhibit explores the concept of identity. Members may drop off artwork from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the DAC. Submissions are restricted to DAC members, and there…
Arts and Entertainment
Durango Arts Center to host clay tile workshop
Cut, carve and paint individual handmade clay tiles and then combine them to make a large class mosaic. All levels, including beginners are welcome. The fee for this class is…
Visual Arts
BLM artist-in-residence plans Canyons of the Ancients presentation
Wagner will share process of night photography
Arts and Entertainment
CBS’ ‘Murphy Brown’ is back, ready to ‘make some noise’
This image released by CBS shows Joe Regalbuto, Candice Bergen and Faith Ford from the comedy series, “Murphy Brown.” Political, social issues and the role of journalism will be central…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Sept. 28-Oct. 4
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Tiffany Haddish, left, and Kevin Hart in a scene from “Night School,” in theaters nationwide on Sept. 28.Eli Ade/Universal Pictures via AP (128…
Music
Blondie to play Cuba on four-day cultural exchange
The iconic group announced Monday that they will play two concerts during their March 14-18 visit in Havana, which will also feature Cuban musicians Alain Perez, David Torrens and Sintesis.…
Arts and Entertainment
Netflix’s ‘Maniac’ is an engaging, retro-futuristic romp through the subconscious
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in Netflix’s “Maniac.”Michele K. Short/Netflix Style is slightly ahead of substance here, as Somerville and Fukunaga spend an impressive amount of energy introducing us…
Film
This horror movie for kids mixes high-tech special effects and old-school storytelling
From left, Jack Black, Owen Vaccaro and Cate Blanchett star in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls.”Quantrell D. Colbert/Universal Pictures via AP The scary movie is based on…