Visual Arts
‘Be confident and find your happiness’
Hotchkiss artist opening new show at Diane West Jewelry & Art
Arts & Entertainment
Film
Outrage after ‘Survivor’outing: ‘Why haven’t you told anyone here you’re transgender?’
From left, contestants Jeff Varner, Sarah Lacina, Zeke Smith and Debbie Wanner appear at the Tribal Council portion of the competition series “Survivor: Game Changers.” Smith was outed as transgender…
Arts and Entertainment
J. Geils, ‘Centerfold’ musician, dies at age 71
Groton police said officers responded to Geils’ home around 4 p.m. Tuesday for a well-being check and found him unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene. “A preliminary investigation…
Film
Movies playing in Durango April 14-20
Charlize Theron, right, and Vin Diesel star in “The Fate of the Furious.”Universal Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Last Word (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281,…
Music
John Mayer’s a stellar guitarist, but his songs are staid
John Mayer performs at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., as part of his The Search For Everything Tour.Kyle Gustafson/The Washington Post It’s hard to hear it on his records,…
Arts and Entertainment
Animas Museum to reopen Native American gallery
du1-i-syn A lecture and opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. for Historical Society members and their guests only. The gallery will include Basketmaker II period rock-art…
Performing Arts
Buy a flower to help Merely Players
du1-i-syn The company is selling 100 simulated flowers that will become a part of an art display to be featured on performance nights throughout their run of the show. Each…
Arts and Entertainment
MTV dumps gender-specific categories for Movie & TV Awards
In place of the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, this year’s awards will honor a non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show. The move…
Music
Pearl Jam, Tupac, Yes, Journey to be inducted into Rock Hall
Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey and Yes will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday.Amy Harris/Invision/AP file Nile Rodgers will…
Film
‘Smurfs’ a psychedelic trip
Smurfblossom (Ellie Kemper), Smurfette (Demi Lovato), Brainy (Dany Pudi), Clumsy (Jack McBrayer), Hefty (Joe Manganiello), Smurflily (Ariel Winter) and Smurfstorm (Michelle Rodriguez) star in “Smurfs: The Lost Village.”Courtesy of Sony…
Music
HillBenders bringing ‘Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry’ to Durango
The HillBenders will be bringing their “Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry” to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Thursday. La La Bones will be the special guest, and…
Performing Arts
Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90
Don Rickles, the hollering, bald-headed “Merchant of Venom” whose barrage of barbs upon the meek and the mighty endeared him to audiences and his peers for decades died Thursday at…
Local News
Creativity Festivity kicks off its 23rd year Thursday
Durango School District 9-R, Animas High and the Durango Montessori schools are participating in the project, which is celebrating its 23rd year. Students 18 years old and under have spent…
Film
Movies playing in Durango April 7-13
From left, Alan Arkin, Morgan Freeman and Michael Cainestar in “Going in Style.”Atsushi Nishijima/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(For information about shows, visit www.animascitytheatre.com.) Gaslight…
Music
Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder to lead Pilgrimage Festival
The two-day annual festival debuted in 2015 on a horse farm in Franklin, Tennessee, and was co-founded by Kevin Griffin of the band Better Than Ezra. Timberlake is a partner…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Boss Baby’ dethrones ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with $49M debut
Paramount Pictures suffered another flop with its controversy-plagued “Ghost in the Shell.” The DreamWorks Animation release from 20th Century Fox, starring Baldwin as a suit-clad baby, narrowly edged out the…
Arts and Entertainment
Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies in Oklahoma
Ginny Hensley, a spokeswoman for Hillcrest Medical Center in the eastern Oklahoma city of Tulsa, confirmed Yevtushenko’s death. Roger Blais, the provost at the University of Tulsa, where Yevtushenko was…
Arts and Entertainment
Fox backs O’Reilly after reports of sexual harassment
Bill O’Reilly of the Fox News Channel program “The O’Reilly Factor” says in a statement posted to his website that he is “vulnerable to lawsuits” because of his high-profile job…
Arts and Entertainment
Dylan finally gets his hands on his Nobel Literature prize
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius enters a Bob Dylan concert at Stockholm Waterfront on Saturday. The Swedish Academy met with singer-songwriter Dylan during the weekend to hand…
Music
Former Durangoan Duncan Jewett talks about debut album
Q: How did you end up in Santa Fe? A: My then-girlfriend-now-wife was going to school here, so I moved here to be with her. That was fall of 2011.…
Music
Durango Voice contestants ready for final competition
Courtesy of RubiStarr<br><br>The second outing of The Durango Voice will begin with auditions Saturday. The event is a fundraiser for Manna.du1-i-syn Like the television show “The Voice,” competitors performed to…
Arts and Entertainment
Telluride Jazz Festival lineup announced
Telluridedu1-i-syn The 2017 jazz festival lineup will include: Mavis Staples, Macy Gray, Bootsy Collins and World-Wide Funk Drive, Lee Fields and The Expressions, Miles Mosley, The Suffers, fatsO, Vaud and…
Arts and Entertainment
Community Concert Hall to host performance program
du1-i-syn Performances will include Eric Whitacre’s “Sleep,” “Equus” and “Seal Lullaby,” John Mackey’s “Xerxes,” and an arrangement of the Scottish/Irish classic, “Mairi’s Wedding.” Tickets are $15 for adults and $5…
Arts and Entertainment
Aztec’s Crash Music to hold benefit for at-risk youth
Admission is free and for all ages. The organization will also offer a raffle for participants to win a Gibson guitar and pick guard, and other donated items from local…
Arts and Entertainment
Durango Blues Train August lineup announced
du1-i-syn Tickets are on sale and cost $100 per person, per night, plus fees. Purchasers must be 21 or older to participate. To purchase tickets and for more information, call…
Arts and Entertainment
‘The Boss Baby’: Grown-up life lessons in a family-friendly animated comedy
Boss Baby (voiced by Alec Baldwin) tries to convince Tim (voiced by Miles Bakshi) that they must cooperate in “The Boss Baby.”Courtesy DreamWorks Animation Seven-year-old Tim (voice of Miles Christopher…