Arts & Entertainment

A&E Happenings Nov. 11-13
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Nov. 11-13

November 10, 2014

Veterans Day at Fort Lewis College, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Student Union lobby, people are invited to write a name of a veteran in their life on the Path of Honor…

LaDuke coming to FLC
Arts and Entertainment

LaDuke coming to FLC

November 10, 2014

Orator, writer and activist Winona LaDuke has a quite the résumé: graduate of Harvard, founder of Honor the Earth, vice presidential candidate (alongside Ralph Nader), prolific author, National Women’s Hall…

Youthful mastery
Arts and Entertainment

Youthful mastery

November 10, 2014

mounts big, colorful production of ‘Les Misérables’

Music legend Les Paul gets hometown honor
Music

Music legend Les Paul gets hometown honor

November 10, 2014

Lester Polfuss, who later became known as Les Paul, at 15 years old. Paul went to a Wisconsin school that has been renamed Les Paul Middle School-Central Campus to honor…

Review: Big Hero 6
Film

Review: Big Hero 6

November 6, 2014

It could be the finale of a dozen superhero films, with one difference: “Big Hero 6” is animated. But strike that. The majority of comic book films are computer-generated, too,…

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6
Film

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6

November 6, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Skeleton Twins. When estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) feel they’re at the end of their ropes, an unexpected reunion…

Review: Interstellar
Film

Review: Interstellar

November 6, 2014

As our chief large-canvas illusionist, Nolan’s kaleidoscope puzzles have often dazzled more than they have moved, prizing brilliant, hocus-pocus architecture over emotional interiors. But a celestial warmth shines through “Interstellar,”…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

November 6, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Photography, the old fashioned way
Visual Arts

Photography, the old fashioned way

November 6, 2014

Mancos artist Brian Killigrew has been creating black and white photographs the old-fashioned way for nearly 30 years – capturing the images on film on a large-format camera and hand-developing…

A&E Happenings Nov. 7-13
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Nov. 7-13

November 6, 2014

Jack Ellis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Documentary: “Riding My Way Back Home,” 5:30 p.m., Elk’s Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Mountainfilm on Tour, doors at…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

November 6, 2014

The fifth annual Living Tarot Oracle will take place Friday through Sunday at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. The event will feature readings, presentations and workshops with…

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age
Film

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age

November 6, 2014

James Franco, left, and Chris O’Dowd in a scene from “Of Mice and Men,” in New York.Associated Press photo/Polk & Co., Richard Phibbs But hold onto your popcorn: It’s not…

Harry Belafonte says activism inspired his art
Arts and Entertainment

Harry Belafonte says activism inspired his art

November 6, 2014

Harry Belafonte will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Saturday at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles.Associated Press photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman, file LOS ANGELES – As Harry Belafonte joins…

David Chase intrigued by ‘Sopranos’ prequel idea
Arts and Entertainment

David Chase intrigued by ‘Sopranos’ prequel idea

November 5, 2014

David Chase, was the showrunner for HBO’s “The Sopranos,” which is being released on Blue-ray for the first time.Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/Associated Press, File The 69-year old show runner says…

Connelly has another winner with Burning Room
Books

Connelly has another winner with Burning Room

November 5, 2014

The Burning Room is another fine crime novel by Michael Connelly.AP Photo/Little, Brown and Co. Harry Bosch and his rookie partner tackle a cold case with present-day ramifications in Michael…

Dinosaur head in police custody
Local News

Dinosaur head in police custody

November 4, 2014

Durango awoke to a Halloween surprise atop the Arc of History sculpture, only to see it stolen three days later

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne
Film

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne

November 4, 2014

Eddie Redmayne stars as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.”Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Eddie Redmayne estimates that the euphoria of being cast as Stephen Hawking for the film “The…

Co-host of NPR’s Car Talk dies at 77
Arts and Entertainment

Co-host of NPR’s Car Talk dies at 77

November 3, 2014

Brothers Ray, left, and Tom Magliozzi, co-hosts of National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” show, are seen in Cambridge, Mass in this 2008 photo. Tom Magliozzi died Monday at the age…