Arts & Entertainment

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Tommy Tune to get a special lifetime achievement Tony Award

Choreographer and stage director Tommy Tune clicks his heels while posing in the theater district in New York in 1980. Tune will receive a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement…

Billy Ray Cyrus to play Elvis impersonator in CMT series

Cyrus Cyrus will star in the comedy, “Still the King,” as Vernon Brown, a one-hit country star turned Elvis Presley impersonator who becomes a minister at a country church outside…

‘Meet the Smiths’

Former NBA player Kenny Smith and his wife Gwendolyn Osborne-Smith pose for a portrait to promote their TBS network reality series "Kenny Smith and Family" on Wednesday, April 1, 2015,…

Fast & Furious: Franchise remains in high gear

movies and 14 years since ’01 debut, Universal tentpole is studio’s crown jewel

The Weekender

top picks for what to do this weekend in Durango

Arts Briefs

The Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., will present a special Red Room exhibit of photography by Durango High School students. The show will begin Friday and will continue through…

A&E Calendar

Firkin Fridays featuring Irish Car Bomb, 3 p.m., Steamworks Brewing Co., www.steamworksbrewing.com. The Cannondolls, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Tim Telep, 6-8 p.m, Four Leaves Winery,…

Review: It Follows

Daniel Zovatto, left, Maika Monroe and Lili Sepe star in “It Follows.”RADiUS/Associated Press Set in and around Detroit and alternating between eerily still suburban streets and the most decaying parts…

Review: Furious 7

The late Paul Walker plays Brian in “Furious 7.”Universal Pictures/Associated Press That changes with “Furious 7,” which unleashes the usual cockamamie car chases and Imax-ready explosions but also earnestly marks…

Review: The Hunting Ground

In 2012, filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering made “The Invisible War,” a documentary about the horrific epidemic of military sexual assault. The film helped crystallize a heretofore hidden and…

Movies playing in Durango April 3-9

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Hunting Ground From the team behind “The Invisible War” comes a startling exposé of rape crimes on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the…

Elephant Revival performs at Animas City Theatre

Here it is: The latest in artful style

9-R headquarters gets new student art

A&E Calendar

Joel Racheff, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.,…

Studio & to open collective

With their CSArt program, participants can get eight pieces of art from local artists over a four-month period and feel good about supporting the local community. Studio &, which recently…

Arts Briefs

Maria’s Bookshop will host author David Roberts for a reading and signing of his new book, Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, at 6:30 p.m.…

The mountains beckon

West Gallery celebrates fourth anniversary

Purple cats, orange dogs, joy all around

Center presents show of ebullient art

April brings entertainment for everyone

Stop by the Art Gallery to view the 54th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, open April 3 through April 14. The art of graduating seniors will be on display from April…

Elephant Revival to bring folk to Durango

Nederland band to play 2 nights at Animas City Theatre

Meet the ‘Mother of the Colorado Trail’ at Arts Center

Gaskill will close out Women’s History Month

Carlile’s music captures her life changes

Fans, new fans and old fans, have been tipping their cap to singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile for her new album, “The Firewatcher’s Daughter.” “It bursts right out of the gate, such…

A&E Calendar

Courtesy photo<br><br>Loudon Wainwright III is lauded as being the “most candid diarist since Bob Dylan to bring confessional poetry into song.” Besides being an award-winning musician, he is often best…

Arts Briefs

“The Dave Ramsey Show” now can be heard on KDGO 1240 AM from 7 to 8 p.m. weekdays. Hosted by author Dave Ramsey, the live radio talk show focuses on…

The Weekender

top picks for what to do this weekend in Durango

Stiller happy nobody tripped during stunt

It was a maneuver to announce a sequel, “Zoolander 2,” which Stiller also will direct. The actors were met with cheers and whistles in person as guests hurried to catch…

‘Blurred Lines’ isn’t the only case of copycat songs

Whether you think the verdict in the case is bad for pop music or not – it gives a whole new meaning to “tone policing,” does it not? – the…

School of the West announces April classes

Students have been lining up to learn painting, weaving, fabric-dyeing and how to write their life stories. “We filled up four classes,” said School of the West organizer Brian Killigrew.…