Arts & Entertainment

New book offers Game of Thrones back story
Books

New book offers Game of Thrones back story

October 27, 2014

Author George R.R. Martin’s new book, The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones, a companion volume to Martin’s Ice and Fire…

Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff
Performing Arts

Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff

October 27, 2014

Michael Esper, left, and Fred Applegate, in a scene from the play, “The Last Ship.”Associated Press photo/Sam Rudy Media Relations, Joan Marcus Such are the foot-stomping, testosterone-filled feelings that emerge…

Johnny Marr returns to rock roots on ‘Playland’
Music

Johnny Marr returns to rock roots on ‘Playland’

October 27, 2014

British singer Johnny Marr performs at Camp Bestival in England. The former guitarist for The Smiths has just released his second solo album, “Playland.”Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP, file The former…

New Mexico wants home of noted artist recognized
Arts and Entertainment

New Mexico wants home of noted artist recognized

October 24, 2014

New Mexico preservation officials are pushing for the home and studios of Luis Jimenez to be added to the National Register of Historic Properties.Associated Press photo/Dick George via The Corpus…

‘Little Dancer’ musical readies for opening in DC
Arts and Entertainment

‘Little Dancer’ musical readies for opening in DC

October 24, 2014

The Little Dancer Company visits the “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture by Edgar Degas at the National Gallery of in Art in Washington.Associated Press photo/The Kennedy Center The production imagines…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

October 23, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

October 23, 2014

Three Springs invites the community to its eighth annual Fall Festival from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at 175 Mercado Street. The event will include trick or treating, face painting, cupcake…

Review: John Wick
Film

Review: John Wick

October 23, 2014

With much of the marketplace distracted by awards contenders and the seasonal onslaught of horror offerings, “John Wick” may find an opening to start building some seriously sustained momentum with…

Review: St. Vincent
Film

Review: St. Vincent

October 23, 2014

If “St. Vincent” writer-director Ted Melfi hadn’t somehow landed the notoriously elusive Murray for the lead, this film easily could have slipped from sentimental to mawkish, from heartwarming to shamelessly…

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 24-30
Film

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 24-30

October 23, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) My Old lady. Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he…

A&E Happenings Oct. 24-30
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Oct. 24-30

October 23, 2014

“Evening of the Dead” opening reception, 5-9 p.m., Studio &, 1027 Main Ave., a group art show honoring the past, www.anddurango.com. “An Enduring Wilderness” opening reception, 5-7 p.m., Durango Arts…

‘One Day Like This’
Performing Arts

‘One Day Like This’

October 23, 2014

The Fort Lewis College Concert Choir – seen here during a recent rehearsal at Roshong Recital Hall – will perform an encore of Charissa Chiaravalloti’s much buzzed-about original, “Grace,” today…

40 years later, Power Broker is standard reading
Books

40 years later, Power Broker is standard reading

October 23, 2014

Author and biographer Robert Allan Caro’ 1,300-page, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography The Power Broker was published 40 years ago.Associated Press photo/Bebeto Matthews, File “It had a profound effect on me,” says…

Dancing priests become Internet sensation
Arts and Entertainment

Dancing priests become Internet sensation

October 23, 2014

AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File<br><br>A video of father David Rider, left, and father John Gibson dancing has gone viral. The Rev. David Rider, 29, of Hyde Park, New York, and the…

Annie Lennox embraces jazzy ‘Nostalgia’
Arts and Entertainment

Annie Lennox embraces jazzy ‘Nostalgia’

October 23, 2014

Musician Annie Lennox tried her hand at reinventing jazz standards on her new CD “Nostalgia.”Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP The former Eurythmics star sat down – slowly and deliberately – with…

Still the same: Bob Seger launching tour, album
Arts and Entertainment

Still the same: Bob Seger launching tour, album

October 22, 2014

At 69, Bob Seger just released a new album and is preparing to go back on the road.Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP “I think I’m in pretty good shape,” Seger said…

From Kors to DVF, fashion mourns de la Renta
Arts and Entertainment

From Kors to DVF, fashion mourns de la Renta

October 21, 2014

Designer Oscar de la Renta, right, and model Karlie Kloss backstage before the presentation of the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013 collection at Fashion Week in New York.Associated Press…

Vega to bring folk vibe to Durango
Music

Vega to bring folk vibe to Durango

October 21, 2014

Suzanne Vega will play a show in Durango on Thursday.Photo courtesy of Community Concert Hall Vega, who shot to fame in the late ‘80s before becoming a Lilith Fair staple,…

India, unposed
Arts and Entertainment

India, unposed

October 20, 2014

In the summer of 2013, Craig Semetko was one of 10 photographers worldwide invited by Leica Camera to take part in an exhibition celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Semetko ended up…