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After 40 seasons, ‘SNL’ boss looks ahead
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After 40 seasons, ‘SNL’ boss looks ahead

May 14, 2015

Lorne Michaels, “Saturday Night Live” creator and executive producer, will conclude his 40th season of “SNL” on Saturday. Louis C.K. will host the show. “It’s still scary every week,” Michaels…

Cannes opens with French drama, Coen brothers
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Cannes opens with French drama, Coen brothers

May 14, 2015

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is a member of the jury at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in France.Thibault Camus/Associated Press “Standing Tall,” a film about a juvenile delinquent co-starring Catherine Deneuve,…

A&E Calendar
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A&E Calendar

May 10, 2015

Life Drawing with Ed Bolster, 2-4 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www. DurangoArts.org. Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Super Ted’s Super…

Missing paintings return to Germany
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Missing paintings return to Germany

May 10, 2015

The paintings, including three won by an American GI in a poker game, were turned over to the German government last week. Their return was organized by the State Department…

Arts Briefs
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Arts Briefs

May 10, 2015

Durango Public Library’s children’s librarian Amadee Ricketts and photographer James Orndorf announces the release of their picture book, Cortez the Gnome. The photo-illustrated book tells the story of a gnome…

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A&E Calendar

May 7, 2015

Mixed-media artist Kellie Day’s “Bikes, Birds & Blossoms,” 5-7 p.m., Eno Wine Bar and Coffee Cafe, 723 East Second Ave., www.kelliedayart.com. The Assortment Trio, 5-9 p.m., Macho’s Restaurant South Courtyard,…

Arts Briefs
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Arts Briefs

May 7, 2015

The Durango Choral Society closes its 2014-2015 season, “Seasons of Song,” with Cabaret! at 6:15 p.m. May 16 at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Doors will open…

The Weekender
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The Weekender

May 7, 2015

top picks for what to do this weekend in Durango

David Letterman’s sidekick thankful for ‘wonderful run’
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David Letterman’s sidekick thankful for ‘wonderful run’

May 7, 2015

Bandleader Paul Shaffer, 65, has been the gravel-voiced sidekick of David Letterman since 1982. Letterman is retiring on May 20.Associated Press file photo The gravel-voiced sidekick, who’s 65, isn’t ready…

Dolores River Festival full of funk, Gypsy rock
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Dolores River Festival full of funk, Gypsy rock

May 7, 2015

Pimps of Joytime will headline the Dolores River Festival on June 6 at Joe Rowell Park in Dolores.Courtesy photo Pimps of Joytime will headline the event for the main show…

Movies playing in Durango May 8-14
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Movies playing in Durango May 8-14

May 7, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Danny Collins Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer)…

Review: Hot Pursuit
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Review: Hot Pursuit

May 7, 2015

Michael Mosley, from left, Matthew Del Negro and Reese Witherspoon star in “Hot Pursuit.”Sam Emerson/Associated Press Derivation in and of itself isn’t a crime, especially in Hollywood, where the same…

Review: Danny Collins
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Review: Danny Collins

May 7, 2015

This month, we get to see Pacino as a has-been rock star who has lost practically all of his inspiration and dignity in Dan Fogelman’s “Danny Collins.” Folk singer turned…

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A&E Calendar

May 4, 2015

Orb lands in Durango<br><br>The Orb began making ambient house DJ music in England in the late 1980s. The DJ duo had hits like “Little Fluffy Clouds” and “Blue Room” in…

New McCullough book celebrates the Wright Brothers
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New McCullough book celebrates the Wright Brothers

May 4, 2015

In a 2011 file photo, historian and author David McCullough poses with art by George Catlin, one of the artists featured in his new book, The Greater Journey, at the…

Movies playing in Durango May 17-23
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Movies playing in Durango May 17-23

April 30, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Adult Beginners A young, hipster entrepreneur (Nick Kroll) crashes and burns on the eve of his company’s big launch. With his entire life in…

Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron

April 30, 2015

Chris Evans is Captain America/Steve Rogers in the new film, “Avengers: Age Of Ultron.”Jay Maidment/Associated Press Any time a giant superhero movie makes time for self-referential humor, not to mention…

Review: Adult Beginners
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Review: Adult Beginners

April 30, 2015

From left, Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne and Nick Kroll try to get along in “Adult Beginners.”Radius-TWC/Associated Press The latter film starred Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as estranged twins who…

The Weekender
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The Weekender

April 29, 2015

top picks for what to do this weekend in Durango

TLC finds some heart, abandons ‘freak shows’
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TLC finds some heart, abandons ‘freak shows’

April 29, 2015

Whitney Thore stars in “My Big Fat Fabulous Life,” part of the TLC channel’s programming of family, style and life milestones.TLC via Associated Press Yes, Honey Boo Boo is in…

Arts Briefs
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Arts Briefs

April 29, 2015

In residence through May 10 at Mesa Verde National Park, visual artist and photographer Jerry Fleury will offer free photography workshops Thursday. “Moving from Automatic to Manual” will be offered…

Third-generation shoemaker gives Broadway its sole
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Third-generation shoemaker gives Broadway its sole

April 29, 2015

Bifulco Gino Bifulco, who runs the Time Square-area custom shoe company T.O. Dey, makes the footwear for 80 percent of Broadway’s musicals. “No one does it the way we do…