Arts & Entertainment

HBO’s Scientology film grabs millions of viewers
Arts and Entertainment

HBO’s Scientology film grabs millions of viewers

April 16, 2015

Director Alex Gibney, left; Sara Bernstein, senior vice president of programming for HBO Documentaries; and author/producer Lawrence Wright attend the premiere of “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”…

Review: Woman in Gold
Film

Review: Woman in Gold

April 16, 2015

She tells him she is worried. He inquires: “About what?” “The future,” she replies. The artist is the Austrian icon Gustav Klimt, and his subject is Adele Bloch-Bauer, and the…

Review: True Story
Film

Review: True Story

April 16, 2015

James Franco stars in “True Story.”Mary Cybulski/Twentieth Century Fox Ted Bundy is far better known than any of his victims. Charles Manson is world-famous. Scott Peterson and Joran van der…

Movies playing in Durango April 17-23
Film

Movies playing in Durango April 17-23

April 16, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) True Story When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) meets accused killer Christian Longo (James Franco) – who has taken on…

A new host for ‘Face the Nation’
Arts and Entertainment

A new host for ‘Face the Nation’

April 15, 2015

CBS News political director John Dickerson will replace the retiring Bob Schieffer as moderator of “Face the Nation.”CBS News via Associated Press Dickerson, a former Time magazine and Slate writer…

The Arc of History is expecting …
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The Arc of History is expecting …

April 15, 2015

Birds are not the only ones sitting on eggs. Apparently, the Arc of History at U.S. Highway 550/160 also is nesting, as indicated Wednesday. Besides laying eggs, the sculpture has…

Of wives and women
Arts and Entertainment

Of wives and women

April 13, 2015

“Wearing Through: Unraveling the Tapestry of the Betrothed” explores the theme of survival in the moment and across generations by mixing historical and personal stories in a stage show that…

Mariel Hemingway looks back
Arts and Entertainment

Mariel Hemingway looks back

April 13, 2015

Hemingway But Hemingway herself, then only 16, was living a life with much darkness in it; her family was plagued by alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness. And suicide: seven…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

April 13, 2015

Theater Ensemble Arts will present “Song of Extinction” by E.M. Lewis at 7:30 p.m. April 17, 18, 24, and 25 and 2:30 p.m. April 26 at the Totah Theater, 315…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

April 13, 2015

Stand-up comedian Peter Story will present his one-man show “Men Are From Mars – Women Are From Venus LIVE!” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Concert at Fort Lewis…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

April 9, 2015

Community Artist Program will present The Fine Art Photography of Rich Miller, artist reception, 4:30-6 p.m.; on display through May 1, Pine River Valley Bank, 301 N. Commerce Drive, Bayfield.…

The Weekender
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The Weekender

April 9, 2015

top picks of what to do this weekend in Durango

A&E Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Briefs

April 9, 2015

Music in the Mountains will host the next installment in its “Bite of Jazz” dinner and concert series at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third…

Tough trio remakes reality TV
Arts and Entertainment

Tough trio remakes reality TV

April 9, 2015

From left, Matt Galland, Blake Josephson and Danny Bryson film their own rugged adventures on Animal Planet’s “100 Miles From Nowhere,” which airs Sundays.Animal Planet via Associated Press Happily, “100…

At 15, poet writes with swagger, vulnerability
Arts and Entertainment

At 15, poet writes with swagger, vulnerability

April 9, 2015

The Folger Shakespeare Library was crowded with the well-heeled literati, writers and thinkers and philanthropists in fancy dresses and suits circulating in the stately Elizabethan-style theater, exchanging pithy remarks and…

Twisted Sister’s not gonna take it
Arts and Entertainment

Twisted Sister’s not gonna take it

April 9, 2015

Dee Snider of the metal band Twisted Sister performs. Twisted Sister has announced the heavy metal group will disband next year.Associated Press file photo The band said Wednesday it chose…

‘Thrones’ star Kit Harington is a quiet force
Arts and Entertainment

‘Thrones’ star Kit Harington is a quiet force

April 9, 2015

Jon Snow, played by Kit Harington, left, appears with Mance Rayder, played by Ciaran Hinds, in a scene from season four of “Game of Thrones.” Season five premieres Sunday on…

Review: The Longest Ride
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Review: The Longest Ride

April 9, 2015

Scott Eastwood as Luke, and Britt Robertson, as Sophia, star in the film, “The Longest Ride,” directed by George Tillman, Jr.Michael Tackett/Twentieth Century Fox Here’s the deal: Scott Eastwood, bearing…

Movies playing in Durango April 10-16
Film

Movies playing in Durango April 10-16

April 9, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter In this darkly comedic odyssey, Rinko Kikuchi stars as Kumiko, a frustrated Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of…

Review: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
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Review: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

April 9, 2015

Based on the debunked urban legend that an Asian woman died while trying to search for the money Steve Buscemi buried in “Fargo,” “Kumiko” is even stranger than its previous…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

April 6, 2015

The high-energy Las Vegas entertainment group Recycled Percussion will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Reminiscent of the musical Stomp, the four-man…

Cabaret star Julie Wilson dies
Performing Arts

Cabaret star Julie Wilson dies

April 6, 2015

Singer-actress Julie Wilson sings the songs of Stephen Sondheim at Michael’s Pub in New York on April 25, 1984. Christopher Denny, Wilson’s friend, said she died Sunday, April 5, 2015,…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

April 6, 2015

Local authors are invited to apply and audition for an opportunity to present and sell their books at this year’s Durango Public Library Literary Festival on Sept. 26. Readers will…