Arts & Entertainment

‘I Am Eleven’: Growing up is hard to do
Film

‘I Am Eleven’: Growing up is hard to do

October 3, 2014

Jamira is one of the 11-year-old subjects featured in the new documentary “I Am Eleven.”International Film Circuit/Henrik Nordstrom That’s what Australian documentarian Genevieve Bailey does in “I Am Eleven,” a…

Arts briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts briefs

October 2, 2014

A Western Swing Dance featuring emcee Mike Diamond and music by Wild Country will take place at 7 p.m. today at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. The…

Apples for days
Arts and Entertainment

Apples for days

October 2, 2014

C.J. Clayton and Sue Plvan sort through apples for making cider during the 2012 Apple Days festival. It’s harvest time in Southwest Colorado, which means the region’s apple trees are…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

October 2, 2014

top picks for things to do this weekend in Durango

Review: Gone Girl
Film

Review: Gone Girl

October 2, 2014

In his latest, the Gillian Flynn adaptation “Gone Girl,” he shines it into the deepest depths of not a serial killer’s mind or a schizophrenic’s madness, but on a far…

Review: Left Behind
Film

Review: Left Behind

October 2, 2014

In the faith-based apocalyptic disaster film that is “Left Behind,” we get a lot of scenes of mass panic. People running amok in the streets, looting, arson, cats and dogs…

Review: Annabelle
Film

Review: Annabelle

October 2, 2014

Usually, movie spin-offs attempt to up the ante – witness this summer’s “The Purge: Anarchy,” which considerably ramped up the scale of its low-budget predecessor. Here, director John R. Leonetti…

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 26-Oct. 2
Film

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 26-Oct. 2

October 2, 2014

(102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133, www.allentheatresinc.com) Left Behind Millions of people disappear without a trace. All that remains are their clothes and belongings. In an instant,…

A&E Happenings Oct. 3-9
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Oct. 3-9

October 2, 2014

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, all day, various locations around town, with a Cowboy Poet Train, film screenings, art exhibits, performances and more, www.durangocowboygathering.org. Film: “Penny and Red,” 4 and 6…

Oops! UK council destroys Banksy immigration mural
Visual Arts

Oops! UK council destroys Banksy immigration mural

October 2, 2014

Authorities in Clacton-on-Sea, England, ordered this mural destroyed before realizing it was the work of the internationally famous artist Banksy.Associated Press photo/banksy.co.uk Banksy’s often satirical works have fetched up to…

London exhibit charts chilling allure of gothic
Visual Arts

London exhibit charts chilling allure of gothic

October 2, 2014

A Victorian vampire slaying kit is one of the items on display in “Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination” at the British Library in London.Associated Press photo/Royal Armouries/British Library How…

Philippines seizes 15 paintings from Marcos family
Visual Arts

Philippines seizes 15 paintings from Marcos family

October 1, 2014

AP Photo/Presidential Commission on Good Government<br><br>This photo shows a painting by Michelangelo Buenarroti titled “Madonna and Child,” which was allegedly part of the rare art collections of the late Philippine…

Review: The Glass Cage is an absorbing read
Arts and Entertainment

Review: The Glass Cage is an absorbing read

October 1, 2014

Nicholas Carr’s new book, The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, is an absorbing look at humankind’s growing reliance on automation.Associates Pressphoto/W. W. Norton & Company I haven’t needed to memorize…

John Mellencamp finds some impressive co-authors
Music

John Mellencamp finds some impressive co-authors

October 1, 2014

John Mellencamp just released his 22nd album, “Plain Spoken.”Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP That they’re both dead doesn’t really matter. Mellencamp believes in channeling, that other voices speak through him when…

Lena Dunham sticks to candid style with new book
Books

Lena Dunham sticks to candid style with new book

September 30, 2014

Actress Lena Dunham’s new book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned,’ was released Tuesday.Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file “I think I may be…

Music Review: As usual, Lucinda Williams digs deep
Music

Music Review: As usual, Lucinda Williams digs deep

September 30, 2014

Lucinda Williams’ new album, “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone,” is a testament to the power of patience and a good guitar solo.Associated Press photo/Highway 20 Records “Have compassion…

Celebrating the cowgirl
Arts and Entertainment

Celebrating the cowgirl

September 29, 2014

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering makes women the focus

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

September 29, 2014

The New York Film Critic Series continues at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, with a screening of “Gone Girl.” The David Fincher film…

Book offers exhaustive look at local outlaws
Books

Book offers exhaustive look at local outlaws

September 29, 2014

Maddox did well over five years of investigating the brothers by combing through libraries, newspaper archives, Fort Lewis College documents and interviewing family members. There were many conflicting accounts of…

A&E Happenings Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Sept. 30-Oct. 2

September 29, 2014

Terry Hartzel, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Informal Tango Practice, 6-9 p.m., Rotary Park Gazebo, 1565 East Second Ave., www.tangodurango.com. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12…

Exclusive: Prince exalts in his ‘heaven’
Music

Exclusive: Prince exalts in his ‘heaven’

September 29, 2014

On Tuesday, Prince will release his first album in four years, “Art Official Age,” along with music from his latest protege act, 3RDEYEGIRL, “PLECTRUMELECTRUM.”Associated Press photo/NPG Records There are few…

Author delivers ‘Star Wars’ tour de force
Books

Author delivers ‘Star Wars’ tour de force

September 29, 2014

Chris Taylor mines the history and culture of the “Star Wars” franchise in his new book, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion…