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Film
Movies playing in Durango Feb. 17-23
Allison Williams, left, and Daniel Kaluuya star in “Get Out.”Justin Lubin/Universal Pictures via AP (102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133, www.allentheatresinc.com) Lion (102 Fifth St. Next to…
Arts and Entertainment
David Cassidy fighting memory loss, wants to ‘enjoy life’
The 66-year-old actor-singer tells People magazine his family has a history of dementia and he had sensed “this was coming.” He says for now he wants to stay focused and…
Arts and Entertainment
4CFO to offer free panel discussion at Durango Film Festival
Courtesy Emmy-award-winning producer Michael Killen will moderate a panel of regional film-making experts, talent and state film office representation to illustrate how area businesses and residents benefit when there is…
Music
As the stars he parodied disappeared, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic remains
“Weird Al” Yankovic poses for a portrait at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 19. Done with multiple exposures on one frame in the camera.Photo by Brinson+Banks for…
Music
James Brown’s ‘Funky Drummer’ Clyde Stubblefield dies at 73
His wife, Jody Hannon, says Stubblefield died of kidney failure at a Madison, Wisconsin, hospital Saturday. She says he had been suffering from kidney disease for 10 years, and had…
Arts and Entertainment
What do you see when you look inward?
one-woman ‘Cover Girl’ show this weekend
Music
Blues train returning to Durango this summer
du1-i-syn The 3½-hour ride will include six live blues performances, each in individual coaches, and refreshments from Telluride Brewing Co. and Ska Brewing Co. The blues train is a 21-and-older…
Music
San Juan Symphony celebrates Gershwin
du1-i-syn Heuser could be describing George Gershwin’s energetic “American in Paris” or the muscular “Rhapsody in Blue,” but the music director of the San Juan Symphony is commenting on John…
Music
Grammy producer apologizes for Metallica, Caesar glitches
Lady Gaga, right, and James Hetfield of Metallica perform “Moth Into Flame” at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.Matt Sayles/Invision/AP The mic for Metallica’s James Hetfield…
Arts and Entertainment
Silver pants, jigsaw dresses, rock ’n’ roll shoes: Pure joy from Proenza Schouler
Proenza Schouler Fall-Winter 2017 Collection.Photo for The Washington Post by Jonas Gustavsson/MCV Photo It is not incomprehensible experimental craft; it is not cultural messaging. It isn’t a protest. And while…
Film
‘A Cure for Wellness’ may leave you feeling both invigorated and confused
Dane DeHaan stars in “A Cure for Wellness.”Twentieth Century Fox For most of that duration, the gorgeously disturbing new film by Gore Verbinski adamantly refuses to spill its secrets, which…
Music
Imagine Dragons, Macklemore, Skrillex lead ACLU concert
DJ and producer Zedd, a Russian-born immigrant whose real name is Anton Zaslavski, has organized a concert called, “Welcome!”, on April 3, to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union. The…
Film
‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ a fun action-comedy
Characters voiced by Will Arnett, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Adam Devine in “The LEGO Batman Movie.”Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures On its surface, the film is a well-written, tongue-in-cheek…
Music
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers reunite for Grammy honor
Foo Fighters, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Gary Clark Jr., Jackson Browne, the Head and the Heart, and George Strait were among those honoring the 66-year-old singer-songwriter as MusiCares Person of…
Film
‘Fifty Shades Darker’: No, spank you!
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star in “Fifty Shades Darker.”Doane Gregory, Universal Pictures With the arrival two years later of “Fifty Shades Darker,” the secret ingredients to the original’s success…
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Durango Arts Center offers free lecture series
Burgess and Reynolds team up for ‘Art in Context’
Arts and Entertainment
Air Force Academy Band to play Bayfield, Cortez
50 musicians to perform in Southwest Colorado during 8-day tour
Arts and Entertainment
Tommy Hilfiger leans on model Gigi Hadid for new collection
Gigi Hadid walks the runway at the Tommy Hilfiger TommyxGigi Runway Show at Venice Beach on Wednesday in Los Angeles.Rich Fury/Invision/AP Hadid helped pick out the models, the music and…
Music
Aretha is retiring: Singer plans 1 more album
Aretha Franklin is planning to retire this year. The singer says she has one more album planned, with several tracks produced by Stevie Wonder, and will otherwise limit herself to…
Books
Stephen King and son Owen King to team up at book convention
Convention organizers ReedPop told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the authors will be featured at a June 1 breakfast at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. They will…
Books
Rushdie novel takes on age of Obama, and Trump
The author best known for Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses is working on a narrative set against “the panorama” of American life since Barack Obama’s arrival at the White…
Film
‘John Wick: Chapter 2’: Stylish, hyperviolent and almost irrationally satisfying
Keanu Reeves is John Wick in “John Wick: Chapter 2.”Niko Tavernise/Lionsgate If anything, the legend has probably been “watered down” from reality, as one bad guy ruefully notes. Later, the…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Feb. 10-16
Doane Gregory/Universal Pictures via AP<br><br>Jamie Dornan, left, and Dakota Johnson star in “Fifty Shades Darker.”du1-i-syn (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(For movies, visit www.animascitytheatre.com) Gaslight Theatre (102 Fifth St. Next…
Music
Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl appearance spurs huge digital sales
The superstar singer who performed at the halftime show sold about 150,000 digital albums and songs in the U.S. on Sunday, a 1,000 percent increase over the day before, according…
Books
Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale latest dystopian novel to top best-seller lists
Courtesy Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has just become the best-selling book on Amazon.com. “New,” of course, is a relative term. 1984 was published in 1949, yet just two weeks…
Film
American Humane: Third-party report clears ‘A Dog’s Purpose’
John Ortiz performs in a scene from “A Dog’s Purpose.” Marketers would describe “A Dog’s Purpose” as a film with “four-quadrant” appeal, meaning it’s likely to draw moviegoers of both…