Arts & Entertainment

Rolling high
Arts and Entertainment

Rolling high

December 25, 2014

Durango band The High Rollers will be unspooling a night of melodic country, swing, rock and bluegrass-influenced songs Wednesday during the Black & White New Year’s Eve Party at the…

Amy Adams finds the quiet strength in Margaret
Film

Amy Adams finds the quiet strength in Margaret

December 24, 2014

Director Tim Burton, from left, Margaret Keane and actors Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz attend the “Big Eyes” premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.Photo by Evan…

‘Frozen’ is named top entertainer of the year by AP
Arts and Entertainment

‘Frozen’ is named top entertainer of the year by AP

December 24, 2014

This image provided by Disney shows a teenage Elsa the Snow Queen, voiced by Idina Menzel, in a scene from the smash hit “Frozen.”Associated Press Photo/Disney Although the animated film…

Angelina Jolie’s latest incarnation: filmmaker
Film

Angelina Jolie’s latest incarnation: filmmaker

December 23, 2014

Director Angelina Jolie on the set of “Unbroken.”Associated Press photo/Universal Pictures, David James Rarely has an actor, particularly of Jolie’s stature, so fully given over to the other side of…

Telluride Bluegrass releases initial lineup
Music

Telluride Bluegrass releases initial lineup

December 23, 2014

Trampled by Turtles will play the 2015 Telluride Bluegrass Festival.Courtesy photo The lineup features a collaborations of Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs, Grammy-winning country singer Kacey Musgraves and…

South Africa’s high crime rate inspires novelist
Books

South Africa’s high crime rate inspires novelist

December 22, 2014

Author Angela Makholwa’s fascination with South Africa’s violent crime has made her one of the country’s most popular writers.AP Photo/Themba Hadebe Using sharply drawn characters and intriguing plots, Makholwa’s fiction…

Movies: 5 alternatives  to ‘The Interview’
Film

Movies: 5 alternatives to ‘The Interview’

December 22, 2014

Owen Wilson, left, and Ben Stiller in a scene from “Zoolander.”Associated Press photo/Paramount Home Entertainment Queen Elizabeth II, Saddam Hussein and Pope Pius XIII have also been the targets of…

John Waters: Dreaming of a weird Christmas
Performing Arts

John Waters: Dreaming of a weird Christmas

December 19, 2014

But the irrepressible John Waters continues to bring his wicked humor to “A John Waters Christmas,” his annual stand-up show in which he addresses odder aspects of the frenzied holiday…

Farewell, Stephen Colbert. (And hello, Stephen Colbert.)
Arts and Entertainment

Farewell, Stephen Colbert. (And hello, Stephen Colbert.)

December 19, 2014

“The Colbert Report” host Stephen Colbert bade farewell Thursday after nine seasons.Associated Press photo/Comedy Central, Scott Gries The show was so good and so meticulously performed that you could, in…

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 19-25
Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 19-25

December 18, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Glen Campbell: I’ll be me In 2011, music legend Glen Campbell set out on an unprecedented tour across America. They thought it would last…

Review: The Hobbit
Film

Review: The Hobbit

December 18, 2014

In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Martin Freeman appears in a scene from the film, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.”Mark Pokorny/Warner Bros. Pictures The sheer…

An assortment of sounds
Music

An assortment of sounds

December 18, 2014

Durango band The Assortment, a four-person outfit that plays an eclectic mix of multi-genre textures, will perform at Durango Brewing Company, 3000 Main Ave., from 7-10 p.m. Friday. Band members…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

December 18, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Arts briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts briefs

December 18, 2014

Applications are now being accepted for one-week artist residencies at Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center near Mancos. Tucked away in the high desert of the Four Corners, Willowtail…

Sherlock play will hit Broadway in 2017
Arts and Entertainment

Sherlock play will hit Broadway in 2017

December 18, 2014

Producers said Thursday that a play about the cunning detective will come to Broadway in 2017. Called “Sherlock Holmes,” it will be written by the British writing team of Rachel…

Review: Annie
Film

Review: Annie

December 18, 2014

This photo released by Colombia Pictures – Sony shows Quvenzhane Wallis, left, as Annie, and Jamie Foxx as Will Stacks, looking at a card she made for Stacks in a…

Review: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Film

Review: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

December 18, 2014

In this image released by 20th Century Fox shows Ben Stiller, left, and Ricky Gervais in a scene from “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.”Joe Lederer/20th Century Fox…

A&E Happenings Dec. 19-25
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Dec. 19-25

December 18, 2014

Kelly Black artist reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Pine River Valley Bank Bayfield Branch, 301 N. Commerce Drive, 884-9583. Winter Solstice Party and Hibernal Viniferal Release, 5-7 p.m., with live music by…