Arts & Entertainment

A Tribe Called Quest delivers final masterpiece
Music

A Tribe Called Quest delivers final masterpiece

November 17, 2016

Phife Dawg and Q-Tip of the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest perform in 2010.Kyle Gustafson/The Washington Post Despite sporadic reunion tours over the past decade, the Golden Age hip-hop…

Time for holiday markets and bazaars
Arts and Entertainment

Time for holiday markets and bazaars

November 17, 2016

The First United Methodist Church will offer sloppy joes and other food during its annual Holiday Bazaar.Durango Herald file Here are some shows that are on the calendar so far:…

Photo: Picture Perfect
Local News

Photo: Picture Perfect

November 16, 2016

A pedestrian walking along East Second Avenue becomes part of a strange juxtaposition of art discovered within the Durango Art Center on Wednesday involving a large photograph, called “JC and…

DAC taking proposals for 2017 grants
Arts and Entertainment

DAC taking proposals for 2017 grants

November 11, 2016

du1-i-syn These grants are made possible by the city of Durango’s Community Support Funding program and are administered by DAC under the Arts & Culture Block Grant. For more information,…

Get your tickets for ‘A Christmas Carol’
Arts and Entertainment

Get your tickets for ‘A Christmas Carol’

November 11, 2016

du1-i-syn The traditional holiday classic is reimagined in theater, dance, music and puppetry by Merely Players and 20MOONS Dance Theatre. The show will run at 7 p.m. Dec. 2, 3,…

Playwrights invited to submit plays to DAC
Performing Arts

Playwrights invited to submit plays to DAC

November 11, 2016

du1-i-syn Annually, DAC receives more than 100 submissions from around the country that are reviewed through a series of reading by community members. The top five plays are selected for…

Singer-Songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen dead at age 82
Arts and Entertainment

Singer-Songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen dead at age 82

November 10, 2016

In this April 17, 2009, file photo, Leonard Cohen performs during the first day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Cohen, the gravelly-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter…

Sarah Vowell to perform Thursday at concert hall
Performing Arts

Sarah Vowell to perform Thursday at concert hall

November 10, 2016

Author Sarah Vowell will be performing at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of Owen Brooker Q: What will you be doing in Durango? A: I read and…

Gregg Allman cancels shows due to vocal cord injury
Music

Gregg Allman cancels shows due to vocal cord injury

November 9, 2016

The 68-year-old musician said in a statement posted on his website Tuesday he’s taking several months off from touring so he can “focus on his health.” The statement said he’s…

‘Doctor Strange’ satisfactory but not quite strange enough
Film

‘Doctor Strange’ satisfactory but not quite strange enough

November 5, 2016

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange.”Disney/Marvel via AP If “Doctor Strange” has one weakness, it’s the plot. The titular hero, a brilliant, narcissistic surgeon irreparably injures his hands in…

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 4-10
Film

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 4-10

November 3, 2016

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange.”Jay Maidment/Disney/Marvel via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) A Man Called Ove (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Stepping from the pages of…

Lynching Waltz conveys message of hope
Books

Lynching Waltz conveys message of hope

November 3, 2016

Courtesydu1-i-syn It was a favorite and cherished tradition for junior high students to participate in a ballroom dancing class called Fortnighty. The incident began when the new teacher sent a…

A homecoming for a once-wimpy kid
Books

A homecoming for a once-wimpy kid

November 2, 2016

And when he strolled into his old elementary school gymnasium on Tuesday as a multimillionaire author, not the Dungeons-and-Dragons-playing goofball he once was, he was greeted like a celebrity. More…