Arts & Entertainment

Banksy artwork sale gives youth club lifeline

Banksy artwork sale gives youth club lifeline

Dennis Stinchcombe of Broad Plain Boys’ Club in Bristol stands near the Banksy piece “Mobile Lovers.” The club sold the…

August 28, 2014

William Greaves, TV host and filmmaker, dead at 87

William Greaves, TV host and filmmaker, dead at 87

Filmmaker William Greaves, seen at left with Harry Belafonte, has died. He was 87.Associated Press Photo/Rick Maiman, file Greaves died…

August 27, 2014

Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark

Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark

Alan Connor’s new book, The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief, is a fascinating…

August 27, 2014

Book Buzz: Lena Dunham talks OCD in new memoir excerpt

Book Buzz: Lena Dunham talks OCD in new memoir excerpt

In a new excerpt from Dunham’s forthcoming memoir, Not that Kind of Girl, published in The New Yorker, the actress…

August 27, 2014

5 things to watch for at the Venice Film Festival

5 things to watch for at the Venice Film Festival

Enricco Masserdotti prepares a sign for the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice earlier this week. The…

August 27, 2014

Soggy start: Burning Man crews stuck at Wal-Mart

Soggy start: Burning Man crews stuck at Wal-Mart

Travelers en route to Burning Man parked more than 100 recreational vehicles at a Wal-Mart and the Grand Sierra Resort…

August 26, 2014

Not a good night for movie stars at Emmys

Arts and Entertainment

Not a good night for movie stars at Emmys

Julianna Margulies won the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her work on “The Good Wife”…

August 26, 2014

Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark

Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark

Associated Press Photo/Gotham<br><br>Alan Connor’s book, The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief, is a…

August 25, 2014

Bow down: Beyonce owns the MTV Video Music Awards

Bow down: Beyonce owns the MTV Video Music Awards

Beyonce accepts the Video Vanguard Award with Blue Ivy and Jay-Z at left during the MTV Video Music Awards at…

August 25, 2014

Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90

Arts and Entertainment

Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90

Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough died on Sunday at the age of 90.Associated Press photo/Lefteris Pitarakis Baby-faced as…

August 25, 2014

China shuts down Beijing Independent Film Festival

China shuts down Beijing Independent Film Festival

Film criti Li Xianting, who organizes the Beijing Independent Film Festival, speaks to journalists near the festival’s artistic director, Wang…

August 25, 2014

After rejections, a book publishing deal

After rejections, a book publishing deal

Mikulencak’s new novel to be published next fall

August 24, 2014

Unsettling landscapes

Unsettling landscapes

Mexico art exhibits question traditions and assumptions

August 24, 2014

So many new celebrity memoirs, so little time

So many new celebrity memoirs, so little time

Plethora of fall fiction titles will also keep you busy

August 24, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

Ballet Folklorico de Durango will offer new classes for youth and adults in September, and the cultural educational dance group…

August 24, 2014

India blocks film on Indira Gandhi assassination

India blocks film on Indira Gandhi assassination

A young Sikh protester holds a placard as dozens of others burn tires during a protest against Congress party leader…

August 22, 2014

Ice Bucket standouts — celebrities take on the challenge

Arts and Entertainment

Ice Bucket standouts — celebrities take on the challenge

Jimmy Fallon, left, dumps a bucket of ice water over the head of actress Lindsay Lohan as she participates in…

August 22, 2014

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 22-28

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 22-28

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Boyhood Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” is a…

August 21, 2014

Review: If I Stay

Review: If I Stay

Just two months ago, we had the charming Shailene Woodley as a teen cancer patient, fighting for time while learning…

August 21, 2014

Review: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

Review: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

Most of the film is in spectacular, stunning shades of black and white, but every once in a while there’s…

August 21, 2014

Review: ‘Boyhood’

Review: ‘Boyhood’

One minute your son is cuddly and adorable and all yours – dressing up as Harry Potter for a midnight…

August 21, 2014

Super amazing art

Super amazing art

The Super Amazing Art Show, an annual one-day summer art sale, will take place Saturday at the home of Miki…

August 21, 2014

Growing vegetables, animals – and self

Performing Arts

Growing vegetables, animals – and self

One-woman play about food and farming opens today

August 21, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

top picks for what to do this weekend in Durango

August 21, 2014

A&E Happenings Aug. 22-28

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Aug. 22-28

Lacey Black, 5-8 p.m., Serious Texas Bar-B-Q, 650 South Camino del Rio, 259-9507. Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas…

August 21, 2014

Radkey unlocks door to success

Radkey unlocks door to success

of brothers play metal rock with ferocity

August 21, 2014

The Emmy winners are…? We’re happy to guess!

Arts and Entertainment

The Emmy winners are…? We’re happy to guess!

A season of great TV makes predictions tough

August 21, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Joy Kilpatrick and Rachel Turiel are teaming up to lead a writing and yoga retreat in Durango from Sept. 19…

August 21, 2014

Vampire Weekend member makes a Broadway play sing

Performing Arts

Vampire Weekend member makes a Broadway play sing

Grammy-winning musician takes talents to theater production

August 21, 2014

Review: Country artists rock out for Motley Crue

Review: Country artists rock out for Motley Crue

Country stars take on the hair metal of Motley Crue in the new album, “A Tribute to Motley Crue,” by…

August 21, 2014