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Preserving the artist residency
Willowtail’s ‘Three Artists Working’ to raise money, awareness for program
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Picture perfect
Ann Locke, front, and Ana Troutman were among a small group of artists who setup Wednesday in the median at East Third Avenue and Eighth Street as part of a…
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Why the director of ‘Amy’ hopes his documentary makes you angry
Critics love the new movie entitled “Amy” directed by Asif Kapadia and top performers sing the praises of the late Amy Winehouse (above).Associated Press Q: “Amy” contains some surprising footage,…
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The mystery of Dorothy’s missing ruby slippers: Solve it, and you’ll get $1 million
Your heels, Dorothy, where are your heels? Nearly 10 years ago, someone stole the famous “Wizard of Oz” ruby slippers from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. There’s…
Music
Taylor Swift: Pop’s queen conquers a crowd
Singer Taylor Swift performs during her “1989” world tour at MetLife Stadium on July 11, 2015, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Charles Sykes/Associated Press “I’m smiling so much,” Swift told a…
Books
Harper Lee’s attorney recalls finding ‘Watchman’ manuscript
FILE – In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol…
Music
Isbell nails follow-up to career-making disc
Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell’s upcoming solo album “Something More Than Free” releases Friday.Dan Hallman/Associated Press The song about sacrifices made by a teenage mother is also the moment where the new…
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David Letterman escapes retirement to trash Donald Trump
Retired “Late Show” host David Letterman appeared with comedians Martin Short and Steve Martin at their live comedy show on Friday, July 10, 2015, in San Antonio, where Letterman read…
Local News
My, what a big play you have here
The youth cast of Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon rehearses a subway scene Thursday at Durango Arts Center. The play will debut at 1 p.m. Friday, and a second performance will be…
Film
Review: Minions
The Minions, having been the best part of the two previous “Despicable Me” movies, have swarmed the screen in “Minions.” As candidates for center stage, they are seemingly ill-suited. Slavishly…
Film
Review: Self/Less
We all know Sir Ben is a world-class actor. But this accent. Whoa. Kingsley plays Damian (there’s an omen), a Manhattan kingpin who has immeasurable wealth (he lives in an…
Film
Review: The Wolfpack
Ranging in age from 11 to 18 at the time that this remarkable film was shot, the siblings seem to have learned about life from two main sources. First is…
Film
Movies playing in Durango July 10-16
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Wolfpack Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world…
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Arts Briefs
Organizers of the Secret Garden Concert Series at the Rochester Hotel are partnering with the Community Foundation to add a philanthropic component to this summer’s events. Portions of the proceeds…
Music
Figueroa and Faust: Music in the Mountains opens with a fairy tale
Sound familiar? It’s the Faustian bargain as told in a Russian fairy tale, one that Igor Stravinsky set to music in 1918. Stravinsky’s compact and charming music-drama, “The Soldier’s Tale,”…
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A&E Calendar
20th annual Black Canyon Quilt Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $4, Montrose Pavilion, 1800 Pavilion Drive, Montrose. blackcanyonquiltshow.com. 24th annual Art on the Animas Arts & Crafts Festival, noon-6 p.m., Durango…
Music
Answers with Thom Chacon: ‘…the head frat guy was like, ‘Get ’em outta here.’’
Thom Chacon’s self-titled album on vinyl.Courtesy of Thom Chacon A California native, Chacon lives in Durango, working as a part-time fishing guide when not touring or playing. Many of his…
Music
Buy this fracking album: Local featured on compilation to raise environmental awareness
featured for environmental cause
Music
The best albums of 2015 (so far)
Music critic Bryant Liggett has compiled a list of his favorite albums so far in 2015.Photo illustration by Jerry McBride and David Holub/Durango Herald Six months into 2015 and the…
Local News
From ‘Seinfeld’ to song: Former actress finds fulfillment with ukulele
Heidi Swedberg is one of the guest presenters at the inaugural Rocky Mountain UkeFest on Friday and Saturday at The Strater Hotel and Durango Arts Center.James Barnett/wetakenicepictures.com So it might…
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How Bill Cosby’s 2004 ‘Pound Cake’ speech exploded into his latest legal disaster
While many lauded comedian Bill Cosby for tackling the delicate subject of responsible parenthood so directly, it wasn’t long before the trouble began. Before the allegations of sexual assault surfaced,…
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Quiz: Did these 15 musicals start on the stage or on the screen?
“Once” is a highly-acclaimed Broadway musical. But did it start on the stage or the screen?Courtesy image It almost makes you forget that “Once” had its start in 2007 as…
Film
The Bechdel Test is 30 years old – it’s time to raise our expectations
One of the strongest elements of Pixar’s “Inside Out” was the way writers and directors Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen captured the relationship between Joy (Amy Poehler) and Sadness…
Film
Spockumentary? Leonard Nimoy’s son makes Spock documentary to honor father
Lawyer-turned-director Adam Nimoy, son of the late Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, poses for a portrait in New York to promote his documentary about his father, “For the Love of…
Film
Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Olivia Cooke, from left, as Rachel, Thomas Mann as Greg, and RJ Cyler as Earl star in the film “Me and Earl and The Dying Girl.”Anne Marie Fox/Fox Searchlight Pictures…
Film
Movies playing in Durango July 3-9
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) I’ll See You in My Dreams In this vibrant, funny, and heartfelt film, a widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew…
Film
Review: Terminator Genisys
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the Terminator in “Terminator Genisys.”Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures The human part, at least in theory, is capable of appreciating what everybody else goes to summer…
Film
Review: Magic Mike XXL
Alternately steamy and wholesome, raunchy and childlike, “Magic Mike” reveled in the glistening, undulating, six-pack musculature of the male body, focusing chiefly on that of its star, Channing Tatum. There…