Film
Review: Spotlight
The Chicago Sun-Tmes Ask anyone who has worked for a newspaper to name the best movie ever made about our profession, and it’s an upset when “All the President’s Men”…
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A growing backlash over Oscars sequel
Comedian Chris Rock is scheduled to host the Oscars Feb. 28, and has unveiled a new promotion for the broadcast, calling the ceremony “The White BET Awards.”Associated Press The Academy…
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Sundance’s returning greats reflect on their first festival
Whit Stillman attends the “Frank” premiere in New York in 2014. “Sundance is much more open to comedies and sort of quiet, humanistic films than some other festivals where it’s…
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Boston orchestra loaning patrons iPads
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is loaning iPads to concertgoers during performances in hopes of drawing new audiences to classical music.CHARLES KRUPA/Associated Press But as part of an effort to draw…
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Mixed-media artist Anna Hepler ready to make a big splash in Durango
‘Site Unseen’ opens at Fort Lewis College gallery
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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
Pete Giuliani solo acoustic show, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Dante’s Bistro, Purgatory. Opening reception: Site Unseen: Anna Hepler, 4:30 -6 p.m., Fort Lewis College Gallery, fortlewis.edu/art-design/ArtGallery.aspx. Eric Hisaw, 7…
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Country-blues guitarist to perform at Cortez theater
Hisaw The solo artist from Las Cruces, New Mexico, is known for his heart-felt lyrics that take the audience on a journey of loss, inspiration, movement and recovery. Playing guitar…
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Wild and Scenic film festival to benefit land conservancy
The event is a benefit for the Montezuma Land Conservancy. “Eleven films will shown from all over world that inspire action for conservation,” said MLC director Jon Leibowitz. Tickets are…
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Arts Briefs
The Durango Arts Center announces the following events: “Viewpoints: An Inspiring Approach to Creating Theatre” with Leah Brewer will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 6 in…
Film
Ride Along 2
This is 100 minutes of recycled shtick – a cop film with no roots in actual police work, but a deep connection to dozens of other cop films. From the…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Jan. 15-21
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Danish Girl The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work…
Performing Arts
Bizet’s bromance: A tale of a twisty love triangle
Live brings ‘Pearl Fishers’ to FLC Saturday
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Creative advice from Pixar and Bowie
Learning from two artistic visionaries: Take risks, make mistakes and push to be an individual
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A&E Calendar
Andy Janowsky, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Kirk James, 6 p.m. 6512 Restaurant & Lounge, 152 E College Drive, 247-9083., Lisa Blue and Her Big Dance Band,…
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A&E Briefs
Durango Friends of the Arts, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, will host a general membership meeting on Jan. 21. A social will be held at 10 a.m., followed by the meeting…
Film
‘Norm of the North’ goes south, fast
Does “Norm of the North” focus on a protagonist who happens to be a furry creature? Yes (see above). Like most movie polar bears, Norm is terrible at hunting seals…
Film
Movie: Truth
Having said that, “Truth” is a strange interpretation of events, in which the visuals and the music sometimes seem to be nudging us in one direction, even as the screenplay…
Music
David Bowie taught us the limitless potential of renewal
David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Sunday after battling cancer for 18 months. He was 69.Associated Press file photo For five decades,…
Music
Legendary musician David Bowie dies of cancer at 69
David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Sunday after battling cancer for 18 months. He was 69.Associated Press file photo Bowie, whose hits…
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‘The Martian’ claims Globes’ award for best film comedy
Ridley Scott accepts the award for best motion picture comedy for “The Martian” at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on…
Regional News
In northeast Colorado, Bonnie, Lawton Lieder carry on artistic tradition
Bonnie Lieder looks out the back door of the house she shares with her husband, Lawton, in Wiggins, in northeast Colorado. The walls are covered in her paintings.Stephanie Alderton/Fort Morgan…
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Hollywood is telling women to date nerds … bad advice
The magnate – and new, first-time father of a daughter – deflected the supposed compliment, suggesting, “Even better would be to encourage them to be the nerd in school so…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Jan. 8-14
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Brooklyn The profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise…
Film
All hail ‘The Hateful Eight’
“The Hateful Eight” is Tarantino’s second Western in a row, and while it’s not as audacious or as provocative or as brutally violent as “Django Unchained,” it’s still an exhilarating…
Film
‘The Revenant’ is unforgettable
Get up. Stretch your legs. Go to the movies. Please. The enormously talented Alejandro G. Inarritu (“Amores Perros,” “21 Grams,” “Birdman”) strikes again with this 19th-century American fable, one of…
Film
1950s-set ‘Brooklyn’ is a rich, deeply moving melodrama
The exquisite adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel about a young Irish woman immigrating to America in the early 1950s dispenses with trendy flourishes and sniffy commentary to deliver the kind…
Books
‘The Star Bright Factory’: Charming, lyrical and rhythmic
Durangoans’ children’s book encourages questions to better understand the world
Visual Arts
Durango artist’s unique artwork on display
Pack’s fabric works explore tensions in medium, form and gender stereotypes