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The Weekender

to do in and around Durango

Arts Calendar

Durango Gallery Association’s annual Spring Gallery Walk, 5-9 p.m., participating downtown galleries. Opening reception for “Animalia” exhibit, by Nine Francois, 5-9 p.m., Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave. Opening reception…

Spring Gallery Walk

Thirteen galleries will fling open their doors Friday night for an fun evening that showcases what they’ve got going on. “Everybody pulls out all the stops,” said KK Patton with…

Native American artists redo hotel

Albuquerque hotel lets painters loose

Arts Briefs

The Durango Friends of the Arts will hold its general membership meeting Tuesday at the Fort Lewis College Theater with a 10 a.m. social, followed by a 10:30 a.m. meeting,…

DGO editor to take the stage

David Holub’s one-man show “We Are Broken and We Are Whole,” will be held Thursday <br><br>at the Durango Arts Center.Courtesy of David Holub Written by Holub and directed by Mancos…

Captain Kirk looks at 50 years of Star Trek

Shatner’s iconic series preparing for new feature film, ‘ Star Trek Beyond’

High school explores collaborative theater

Troupe’s ‘Shattered Constellations’ celebrates the art of improvisation

Movies playing in Durango May 13-19

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Purple Rain (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(Thursday only) Prince is the Kid, a rock star still in the early days of his rise…

Does ‘Money Monster’ want to be ‘Network’ or ‘Speed’? Yes

With his on-air gimmicks, quippy catchphrases and a showgirl on each arm, Clooney’s Lee Gates is a cocky, self-impressed avatar of post-2008 arrogance and self-regard, a one-man booster for Wall…

Photo: Jazzing up Durango with art

William Schallert, actor and union activist, has died at 93

In an Oct. 14, 1979, file photo, actor Gregory Peck, left, points out someone to actor William Schallert, formerly of the “Patty Duke Show,” during the Girls Friday of Show…

In a France darkened by fear, Cannes hopes to supply light

Ruby Barnhill portrays Sophie in a scene from “The BFG,” opening nationwide on July 1.Doane Gregory/Disney via AP “It was kind of like Mr. Toad’s wild ride. It was very…

Art piece to decorate Fort Lewis Community Concert Hall wall

“Reflection,” a sculptural art piece, will be installed on the large eastern wall of the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, courtesy of Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine.Courtesy of…

Still Showing

(Next to Durango Mall, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com) Keanu. Two cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When one of their beloved kittens, Keanu, is catnapped, the pair…

New in Theaters

Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr., stars in “Captain America: Civil War.”Disney-Marvel via AP © 2016, The Washington Post It’s almost not fair that “Captain America: Civil War” is…

The Weekender

to do in and around Durango

Why does Misty Copeland Barbie look so … white?

Misty Copeland unveils a Barbie doll in her likeness Monday in New York to show girls they can be anything they want.Diane Bondareff/Invision for Barbie/AP Images So why doesn’t the…

Salsa Dance Durango wants to spice up your Tuesday nights

offers lessons, social night

Singer Cyndi Lauper adds country record to her career

“Detour,” Cyndi Lauper’s new album, will be released Friday.Sire/Rhino via AP Her country and western covers album “Detour,” which is out Friday, brings another unexpected twist to a career that…

Seven reasons to see ‘Shrek’

Players mounts lively family production

‘It’s the soul of Durango’

artist dedicates show to Animas River

Arts Calendar

Durango Wine Experience 10th Anniversary, various locations, www.durangowine.com. Andy Janowski, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. The Lawn Chair Kings, 6-9 p.m., DJ Icite, 9 p.m., Moe’s,…

Arts Briefs

“Shattered Constellations” is a devised piece of new theater created by the upperclassmen of Durango High School Troupe 1096. The production was crafted using personal life experiences to create fictional…

Movies playing in Durango May 6-12

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) First Monday in May (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)An unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of New York’s premier cultural events, The…

‘Captain America: Civil War’ proves – yet again – Marvel’s chops on the big screen

“Civil War” is by far the more dynamic, entertaining film – and not surprisingly so, considering how well Disney has shepherded the Marvel Comics Universe to big-screen dominance. Crisply photographed,…

Longtime chef: Prince fought throat, stomach pains recently

Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in 1985. Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his era with hits including “Little Red…

Jazz fest’s last day finishes soggy, but strong

The Acura Stage area is flooded after a storm dumped several inches of rain on the second Saturday of the New Orleans Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds on Saturday.David…

At Tony Award nominations Tuesday, all eyes on ‘Hamilton’

Lin-Manuel Miranda, foreground, performs with the cast during “Hamilton,” in New York.Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary has already won…

Mancos pursues affordable housing for artists

to Create program is funded by state groups