Visual Arts
Check out Salvador Dali in Colorado Springs
Artist’s ‘Divine Comedy’ prints on display through December
Arts & Entertainment
Music
Jazz on the Hill set for Sept. 17
The evening will feature Lyons accompanied by Graydon Peterson (bass), Jay Epstein (drums), and Phil Aaron (keyboards). Tickets are limited and can be purchased at www.durangoconcerts.com, by calling 247-7657, or…
Film
Worldwide short film fest screening locally
The finalists were picked from 844 submissions from 52 countries. They will be shown simultaneously around the world from Sept. 23 – Oct. 2. All 10 films are Oscar-qualified, meaning…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Calendar
Check out Las Cafeteras – Latin, Diez y Seis Celebration at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College The Assortment, 5-9…
Performing Arts
Durango High School’s Troupe 1096 kicking off season
Ben Mattson, who’s in his second year as director of the program, “There’s a lot of excitement and love,” he says, but the kids’ energy level shouldn’t be mistaken for…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Sept. 9-15
Tom Hanks stars as Captain “Sully” Sullenberger in “Sully.”Warner Bros. Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Equity (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)When senior investment banker Naomi…
Music
Rap groups once reigned supreme – what happened?
With all the hip-hops acts that have come and gone, De La Soul has managed to stay the course. Their new album, “And the Anonymous Nobody” was released last week.Courtesy…
Music
Jerry Heller, former N.W.A manager dies at 75
Music industry veteran Jerry Heller, who helped introduce N.W.A. to the world has died. Heller’s cousin, Gary Ballen, said Heller died Friday in Southern California.Jim Cooper/Associated Press file Heller’s cousin,…
Performing Arts
Wendie Malick, Dan Lauria to perform ‘The Guys’ in Durango
“Hollywood in the Rockies” is a two-part event presented by New Face Productions, an all-volunteer fundraising group of the Durango Arts Center. The weekend will begin Sept. 9 with a…
Film
David Petersen featured in new film
Courtesydu1-i-syn A literary heir to Edward Abbey, but with a sharp hunting knife and a deadly accurate long bow, Petersen’s evolution from six years in the U.S. Marine Corps to…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment Calendar
The Moetones, a high-energy four-piece band from Cortez, will be playing at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave. There’s no cover.Courtesy Four Corners Folk Festival, 2…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Sept. 2-8
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Café Society (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Set in the 1930s, Woody Allen’s bittersweet romance “Café Society” follows Bronx-born Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) to…
Music
Chris Brown bailed out of jail after police standoff that ended in his arrest
Singer Chris Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos leaves Brown’s property in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday. Police arrested Brown on Tuesday on suspicion of assault with a deadly…
Music
Britney Spears is a pop star permanently stuck in another era
Britney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday in New York.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP At the 2007 VMAs, during the year of her difficulties, Spears…
Film
Here’s how Ryan Lochte can win ‘Dancing With the Stars’
United States’ Ryan Lochte checks his time in a men’s 4×200-meter freestyle heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Lochte will be competing tis season…
Film
Why Gene Wilder’s marriage to Gilda Radner was so moving
Gilda Radner, center, and Gene Wilder, right, perform in a scene from the film “Hanky Panky,” directed by Sidney Poitier in 1981 in Boston. Wilder, who died late Sunday at…
Performing Arts
Sam Shepard’s tale of love, hate, Old West playing at Durango Arts Center
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Aug. 19-25
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Café Society (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Set in the 1930s, Woody Allen’s bittersweet romance “Café Society” follows Bronx-born Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) to…
Film
‘Don’t Breathe’ a scary game of cat-and-mouse
Dylan Minnette, left, and Stephen Lang star in the new horror movie “Dont Breathe.”Sony/Screen Gems via AP The criminals are not completely unsympathetic. Alex (Dylan Minette) seems like he might…
Books
Looking at the life of prospector Cass Hite
Courtesy Cass Hite, born in Illinois in 1845, died in Glen Canyon, Utah, in 1914, having traveled the West on the lookout for pay dirt but willing to take profits…
Film
‘Teacher’s Pet’ dodges clichés
Now 58 years old, “Teacher’s Pet” is a smart, prototypical rom-com. The delightfully deadpan Clark Gable plays a self-taught newspaper editor who believes real-world experience is the only way to…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment calendar
Rayland Baxter will be heading to Durango to play the Balcony Backstage from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 and are available…
Arts and Entertainment
Looking Ahead
Courtesy “Explore Space: A Cosmic Journey” is a traveling exhibit for libraries that offers interactive activities for everyone. Patrons will have the chance to learn about our universe, how stars…
Performing Arts
Sam Shepard’s ‘Fool for Love’ opens at Durango Arts Center
May and Eddie are former lovers who encounter each other again when Eddie tracks May down to the old motel and threatens to drag her back to the life she…
Arts and Entertainment
It’s all about the beer and music
It’ll be breweries galore at 18th San Juan Brewfest