Arts & Entertainment

Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell wins Miss America pageant
Arts and Entertainment

Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell wins Miss America pageant

September 13, 2015

Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell is crowned Miss America 2016 by Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev at the 2016 Miss America pageant Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J.Mel Evans/Associated Press Cantrell rode…

Review: Meru
Film

Review: Meru

September 10, 2015

When you get a climber’s-eye view of the Shark’s Fin jutting skyward at the very top of the 21,000-foot Meru Peak in the Himalayas, you feel a rock sinking in…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

September 10, 2015

iAM Music Fest, more than 20 bands on eight stages, 8 p.m., various locations, Main Avenue, www.iammusicfest.com. Sue Keller, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Lacey Black,…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

September 10, 2015

A reception for Deep Into Nature: New Work by Jim Bagley & Gerald Balciar will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828…

Review: The Visit
Film

Review: The Visit

September 10, 2015

My heart sank about five minutes deeper into “The Visit,” when a single mother sent her two children to spend a week with her estranged parents. Not only is it…

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 11-17
Film

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 11-17

September 10, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Meru In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. Sitting 21,000 feet above the…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

September 10, 2015

picks of what to do this weekend in and around Durango

Variety is the spice of a music festival
Arts and Entertainment

Variety is the spice of a music festival

September 10, 2015

Didgeridoo player Tyler Spencer brings his high-energy one-man show to the iAM Music Fest, with performances both Friday and Saturday.Courtesy of Tyler Spencer The duo of Jesse Ogle and Ashley…

Next week: Not to miss
Arts and Entertainment

Next week: Not to miss

September 10, 2015

David Tart Tart will demonstrate the process of creating an animated scene for a feature film, covering the various components that go into a finished piece such as story writing,…

Q&A: Ken Burns says US civil war still relevant
Arts and Entertainment

Q&A: Ken Burns says US civil war still relevant

September 8, 2015

PBS will air a remastered edition of filmmaker Ken Burns’ 1990 documentary, “The Civil War”on five consecutive nights, from Sept. 7 – 11.Associated Press file photo “It speaks to what…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

September 3, 2015

Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, 259-6580. The Assortment, 5-9 p.m., Macho’s Fast Mexican Food, 1485 Florida Road, 422-8540.…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

September 3, 2015

picks of what to do this weekend in and around Durango

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

September 3, 2015

Author Brooke Smith, a resident of Bayfield, will be available to sign copies of her book, Brinley Discovers Santa, from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Bayfield Farmers Market…

Review: The End of the Tour
Film

Review: The End of the Tour

September 3, 2015

The rave reviews and widespread popularity of the book turned the tall, bandana-wearing Wallace into a literary rock star, something he found equal parts fascinating and mortifying. Wallace was enamored…

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 4-10
Film

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 4-10

September 3, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Mean Girls (Wednesday only) Tina Fey wrote and appears in this comedy about the alternately funny and terrifying pecking order among teenage girls. Cady…

Miley’s bare breast: it’s not like Janet
Music

Miley’s bare breast: it’s not like Janet

August 31, 2015

Miley Cyrus performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday in Los Angeles.Matt Sayles/Invision Cyrus’ exposure – you can’t call it a wardrobe malfunction because…

Horror master Wes Craven dies at 76
Arts and Entertainment

Horror master Wes Craven dies at 76

August 30, 2015

Wes Craven, whose “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream” movies made him one of the most recognizable names in the horror film genre, has died. He was 76.Matt Sayles/Associated Press…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

August 27, 2015

picks of what to do this weekend in and around Durango

Ambition and emotion run high in ‘Rent’
Performing Arts

Ambition and emotion run high in ‘Rent’

August 27, 2015

Everything about this show is big. The subject matter is big and heavy – enduring love, heartbreaking loss, sexuality, addiction, poverty and AIDS in 1990s New York City. The production…