Arts & Entertainment

Adventures in food and farming
Arts and Entertainment

Adventures in food and farming

September 3, 2014

Prairie bonnets, souped-up rototillers, crazy goat ladies and feed-store humor. It’s all there in “Growing: Adventures in Food and Farming,” a one-act play written by and starring Mancos farmer/actor Sarah…

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

September 3, 2014

Award-winning journalist Beth Baker will be signing copies of her book, With a Little Help from Our Friends: Creating Community as we Grow Older, during an author event at 4…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

September 3, 2014

top picks for things to do in Durango this weekend

No commercial hits, but success just the same
Arts and Entertainment

No commercial hits, but success just the same

September 3, 2014

Walter Salas-Humara is a perfect example of a musician whose many years of low-profile work are respected in the world of independent music. He’ll be opening for rock band GrooveSession…

Maya Angelou’s work mixed with hip-hop for album
Music

Maya Angelou’s work mixed with hip-hop for album

September 3, 2014

Associated Press Photo/Charles Dharapak<br><br>President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom during. Angelou’s words will be blended with hip-hop beats for…

Book offers a chorus of women on women’s clothing
Books

Book offers a chorus of women on women’s clothing

September 3, 2014

Women in Clothes,” by authors Sheila, Heti Heidi Julavits and Leanne Shapton, is an exhaustive compilation of women’s thoughts on clothes, fashion and self-image.Associated Press/Blue Rider Press In 1995 an…

Michael Cera, actor, venturing into Broadway, music
Performing Arts

Michael Cera, actor, venturing into Broadway, music

September 3, 2014

Michael Cera is performing in Kenneth Lonergan’s Broadway production of “This Is Our Youth,” which opens this month in New York.Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press The 26-year-old star of “Juno”…

‘She Blinded Me With Science’ musician becomes teacher
Music

‘She Blinded Me With Science’ musician becomes teacher

September 3, 2014

Musician Thomas Dolby speaks with students in his class, “Sound on Film,” at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute music conservatory in Baltimore.Associated Press photo/Patrick Semansky Not bad for a guy…

Review: Summer of the Dead has powerful plot
Books

Review: Summer of the Dead has powerful plot

September 3, 2014

Associated Prss photo/Minotaur Books<br><br>Julia Keller’s Summer of the Dead delivers a compelling tale of small town secrets. Small towns – where everyone knows your name and keeping secrets seems unfathomable…

‘Guardians’ tops Labor Day, summer box office
Film

‘Guardians’ tops Labor Day, summer box office

September 2, 2014

Chris Pratt stars in “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” The movie has topped the box office this summer.Associated Press photo/Disney Marvel’s cosmic romp topped the Labor Day box office with a…

Study: Action-packed TV might make you snack more
Arts and Entertainment

Study: Action-packed TV might make you snack more

September 2, 2014

THE SKINNY: Cornell University researchers randomly assigned almost 100 undergraduates to watch one of three 20-minute sessions featuring: “The Island,” a 2005 sci-fi thriller starring Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor;…

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

September 1, 2014

An opening reception for Bayfield artist Peter Ladd Berriman’s new exhibit will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday at Pine River Valley Bank, 1701 Main Ave. The show opened on…

Dustin Diamond returns again to his inner Screech
Performing Arts

Dustin Diamond returns again to his inner Screech

September 1, 2014

Dustin Diamond, center, stars in the off-Broadway show “Bayside! The Musical!” with Adriana Spencer as Jessie Spano, Katie Mebane as Kelly Kapowski and Shamira Clark as Lisa Turtle, at Theatre…

Kanye, Juanes enliven LA’s Made in America fest
Music

Kanye, Juanes enliven LA’s Made in America fest

September 1, 2014

Juanes performs at the Made In America Festival at Grand Park in Las Angeles on Sunday.Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/Associated Press “This whole place is full of good, loving people,”…

Owen Wilson in Venice with ‘She’s Funny That Way’
Film

Owen Wilson in Venice with ‘She’s Funny That Way’

August 29, 2014

Owen Wilson, who stars in Peter Bogdanovich’s new comedy, “She’s Funny That Way,” is seen here at the Venice Film Festival, where the film is premiering Friday.Associated Press photo/Andrew Medichini…

Daughter: Joan Rivers is in ‘serious condition’
Arts and Entertainment

Daughter: Joan Rivers is in ‘serious condition’

August 29, 2014

Joan Rivers was rushed to a New York Hospital on Thursday after reportedly going into cardiac arrest. She remained in serious condition on Friday, according to her daughter.Associated Press photo/Charles…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

August 28, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend around Durango

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 29-Sept. 4

August 28, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Boyhood Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes…

Review: As Above, So Below
Film

Review: As Above, So Below

August 28, 2014

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Perdita Weeks, left, and Ben Feldman in a scene from the film, “As Above, So Below.”Universal Pictures/Associated Press Hardly credible, even for a…

Review:The November Man
Film

Review:The November Man

August 28, 2014

This image released by Relativity Media shows Pierce Brosnan in a scene from the film, “The November Man.”Aleksandar Letic/Relativity Media Here, Brosnan plays Peter Devereaux, who in his day was…

A&E Happenings Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Aug. 29-Sept. 4

August 28, 2014

Four Corners Folk Festival, 2 p.m., Reservoir Hill Park, Pagosa, through Sunday, featuring Elephant Revival, Sam Bush Band, The Oh Hellos and more, www.folkwest.com. Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m.,…

Gregg Hurwitz delivers in Don’t Look Back
Books

Gregg Hurwitz delivers in Don’t Look Back

August 28, 2014

Don’t Look Back, by Gregg Hurwitz, is a thrilling reading experience.Associated Press photo/St. Martin’s Press A single mother takes a vacation that descends into hell in Gregg Hurwitz’s latest thriller,…