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The Weekender

December 11, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Arts Briefs
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Arts Briefs

December 11, 2014

The Stillwater Foundation’s fourth annual Winter Wonder Bands fundraising concert will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Durango VFW Hall, 1533 Main Ave. The musical event…

A&E Happenings Dec. 12-18
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Dec. 12-18

December 11, 2014

Living in Peace workshop, noon-1 p.m., with Beverly Anderson, free, Inhabit, 1970 East Third Ave., 382-2727. Project Merry Christmas Fundraiser, 5-11 p.m., Lost Dog Bar and Lounge, a holiday party…

Review: Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
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Review: Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me

December 11, 2014

Filmmaker James Keach went along for the ride, including the appointment at the Mayo Clinic when Kim and Glen Campbell first received the diagnosis. With sometimes startling candor, Keach chronicles…

Review: Exodus
Film

Review: Exodus

December 11, 2014

A genre that was once as moldy as stale communion wafers has been reborn this year, first with Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” and now with Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods & Kings.”…

Microgrants available to local artists
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Microgrants available to local artists

December 11, 2014

Minna Jain created this outfit of mirrors for a show called Down the Rabbit Hole. She also was a 2014 recipient of the Durango Arts Center microgrant program. Betzi Sherman…

Lena Dunham and the uncertain territory of memoir
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Lena Dunham and the uncertain territory of memoir

December 11, 2014

With her best-selling essay collection, Not That Kind of Girl, published this fall, she waded into memoir territory, where writers are held to some standards of reliability and often subject…

At 84, Rowlands dances back onscreen in ‘Lessons’
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At 84, Rowlands dances back onscreen in ‘Lessons’

December 10, 2014

Gena Rowlands stars in “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” a screen adaptation of the stage play, which opens in cinemas this weekend.Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file “I can say,…

Anderson goes back to Cali for ‘Inherent Vice’
Film

Anderson goes back to Cali for ‘Inherent Vice’

December 9, 2014

Joaquin Phoenix, left, and director/writer/producer Paul Thomas Anderson on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and IAC Films’ “Inherent Vice.”Associated Press photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Wilson Webb “It’s just there, isn’t…

Sundance fest reveals documentary, drama premieres
Film

Sundance fest reveals documentary, drama premieres

December 9, 2014

The Egyptian Theatre on Main Street in Park City, Utah, is one of Sundance Film Festival’s venues. Sundance unveiled its documentary and drama premiered on Monday.Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File…

New Munro collection contains masterful prose
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New Munro collection contains masterful prose

December 8, 2014

Associated Press photo/Penguin Random House<br><br>Family Furnishings is a new collection of short stories by Nobel Prize winning writer Alice Monro. A year after Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for…

‘Happy,’ ‘Frozen’ top iTunes end of year list
Music

‘Happy,’ ‘Frozen’ top iTunes end of year list

December 8, 2014

Pharrell Williams’ viral hit “Happy” was the top single on iTunes in 2014.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File Apple announced Monday that Taylor Swift’s “1989,” just released in October, is behind…

Hanks, Sting, Green among Kennedy Center honorees
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Hanks, Sting, Green among Kennedy Center honorees

December 8, 2014

2014 Kennedy Center Honorees Tom Hanks, and Sting share a laugh as they gather with Patricia McBride, front left, Lily Tomlin, front right, and Al Green, right, Saturday at the…

An American master
Film

An American master

December 7, 2014

John Wimberley, a self-taught photographer known for his ethereal black and white images, is the subject of documentary that will premiere at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Open Shutter Gallery, 735…

Yoga: From mat to stage
Arts and Entertainment

Yoga: From mat to stage

December 7, 2014

Performance project fuses dance, music with ancient practice

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

December 7, 2014

The work of Durango photographer Joaquin Salazar is featured in a new online exhibit “Visions of the Bosque.” The exhibit is part of the “Save the Bosque” campaign, which aims…

Grammy nominations go to Smith, Swift, Azalea
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Grammy nominations go to Smith, Swift, Azalea

December 5, 2014

Taylor Swift’ single “Shake it Off” has been nominated for a Grammy for record of the year.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP The Recording Academy was announcing the nominees for its 57th…

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 28-Dec. 4
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Movies playing in Durango Nov. 28-Dec. 4

December 4, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Birdman. A black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles…

Still Showing
Film

Still Showing

December 4, 2014

From left, Kowalski, voiced by Chris Miller, Skipper, voiced by Tom McGrath, Rico, voiced by Conrad Vernon and Private, voiced by Christpher Knights return for another adventure in “The Penguins…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

December 4, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

December 4, 2014

Ruth Cutcher and The Guitar Dojo Kids – musicians who range in age from 6 to 12 – will perform a free classical guitar concert from 3 to 5 p.m.…