Arts & Entertainment

Robin Williams’ wife: He had Parkinson’s disease

Actor and comedian Robin Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, died Monday by suicide.Associated Press…

August 14, 2014

Performing Arts

You too can be a Broadway producer with just $10K

Associated Press photo, file This 1950 photo shows Gene Kelly, right, and Frank Sinatra in a scene from “On the Town.”…

August 14, 2014

Film

Bacall’s legend more than just acting and Bogart

Associated Press Photo, file Actress Lauren Bacall, photographed here in 1950 with her husband, Humphrey Bogart, died Tuesday. She was 89.…

August 13, 2014

Film

Bacall’s legend more than just acting and Bogart

The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning actress. A National Book Award-winning author. A giant of fashion.…

August 13, 2014

Books

Magician’s Land closes a trilogy that matures

The Magician’s Land is the final book in Lev Grossman’s the three-book Magicians trilogy.Associated Press Photo/Viking Quentin Coldwater – a…

August 13, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

W-I-N-N-E-R! Oregon man crowned Scrabble champ

Conrad Bassett-Bouchard beat 29-year-old Jason Li, of Montreal, on Wednesday in the final round of the five-day 25th National Scrabble…

August 13, 2014

Books

Haruki Murakami’s new novel journeys to the past

Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s new novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, was just published in the Unites…

August 12, 2014

Performing Arts

Marvel heroes and villains fight it out – live

Marvel characters perform in the new live arena show called “Marvel Universe Live!” The show has begun an 85-city over…

August 12, 2014

Music

Age is not a cage: 90-year-old musicians go strong

Clarinetist Sol Yaged, left, and comedian Fyvush Finkel, both 91, rehearse at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York.Associated…

August 11, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Afghan actor links cultures as U.S. war interpreter

Actor and Afghan native Fahim Fazli, left, and retired Marine Michael Moffett at the base of Mount Washington, N.H. The…

August 11, 2014

Music

Leonard Cohen due to celebrate 80th with new album

Rolling Stone;http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-new-album-80th-birthday-next-month-20140811 is reporting that the revered singer/songwriter, who will turn 80 Sept. 21, is set to unveil a new…

August 11, 2014

Books

Bunny Mother looks back at 1960s

author tells true story of sister at her Playboy Club gig

August 10, 2014

Music

Dean Ween keeps playing

of seminal band Ween plays show at ACT today

August 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

The True West Railfest is bringing a free screening of the 1957 film “Night Passage” to the Animas City Theatre,…

August 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

The swing of things

Western-swing legends Asleep at the Wheel will return to the Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive, for a show at…

August 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Big money meets big art at Aspen’s new museum

Citizens raised $72 million in private funds for project

August 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Attitudes toward TV are changing in subtle ways

The teacher from Santa Cruz, California, illustrates a subtle change in society’s attitude toward television. The medium is growing in…

August 8, 2014

Music

Son of Nigerian star Fela talks of father’s legacy

Singer Femi Kuti performs at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria.Associated Press Photo/Jon Gambrell, File NEW YORK – Femi…

August 8, 2014

Performing Arts

In ‘Phoenix,’ hooking up is hard to do

Associated Press Photo/ Polk & Co., Harry Fellows Julia Stiles and James Wirt in a scene from “Phoenix” in New York.…

August 8, 2014

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 8-14

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lucky Them More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran…

August 7, 2014