Actor-singer Michael Cera released an 18-song indie folk album “true that,” on his Bandcamp website last week.Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/Associated Press “I would record a lot of the songs in…
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Words and Pictures A witty romantic drama, “Words and Pictures” stars Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen working together on-screen for the first time. Prep…
The Durango Arts Center recently announced the 10 recipients of its inaugural Microgrant program, which aims to support local artists’ with small grants. Winners of $250 grants are Dan Groth,…
In case you didn’t deduce it from the title, the film concerns two stumblebums who decide to impersonate policemen for kicks. They are 30-year-olds Ryan (Johnson), a former college athlete…
Despite some ruthless new tactics, there’s no saving “The Expendables 3,” the overpopulated third outing of Sylvester Stallone’s all-star action ensemble. Perhaps recognizing its own mortality, “Expendables 3” goes for…
Brenton Thwaites, left, and Odeya Rush in a scene from “The Giver.”Associated Press photo/ The Weinstein Company, David Bloomer Lois Lowry’s 1993 Newbery Medal-winning source novel has been substantially altered…
There are only two more chances to catch The Durango Arts Center’s colorful and unconventional summer musical, “Pippin.” The play, which features Kenneth Breece (pictured) as the Leading Player and…
Black-and-white movie features celebrities on the cusp
Three hikers, two from Wisconsin and third with no known address, needed help last week after one of them tripped and hurt himself with an ax, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner…
Actor and comedian Robin Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, died Monday by suicide.Associated Press file photo In a statement, Susan Schneider said that Williams,…
Associated Press photo, file<br><br>This 1950 photo shows Gene Kelly, right, and Frank Sinatra in a scene from “On the Town.” The lead producers behind the Broadway revival of “On the…
Associated Press Photo, file<br><br>Actress Lauren Bacall, photographed here in 1950 with her husband, Humphrey Bogart, died Tuesday. She was 89. The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning…
The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning actress. A National Book Award-winning author. A giant of fashion. A friend of the Kennedys. One of the last survivors…
The Magician’s Land is the final book in Lev Grossman’s the three-book Magicians trilogy.Associated Press Photo/Viking Quentin Coldwater – a moody, man-child magician – is finally growing up. And just…
Conrad Bassett-Bouchard beat 29-year-old Jason Li, of Montreal, on Wednesday in the final round of the five-day 25th National Scrabble Championship played at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The final…
Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s new novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, was just published in the Unites States.Associated Press Photo/Alfred A. Knopf “The past is my treasure…
Marvel characters perform in the new live arena show called “Marvel Universe Live!” The show has begun an 85-city over the next two years.Associated Press photo/Marvel Entertainment A new live…
Clarinetist Sol Yaged, left, and comedian Fyvush Finkel, both 91, rehearse at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York.Associated Press Photo/Richard Drew Pianist and composer Irving Fields, who turned…
Actor and Afghan native Fahim Fazli, left, and retired Marine Michael Moffett at the base of Mount Washington, N.H. The two are co-authors of a book about Fazli’s life as…
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 album, “Popular Problems,” that month. Though Cohen’s representative has not…
The True West Railfest is bringing a free screening of the 1957 film “Night Passage” to the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, at 8 p.m. Thursday. The film,…
Western-swing legends Asleep at the Wheel will return to the Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive, for a show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The nine-time Grammy award-winning band, which typically…
Citizens raised $72 million in private funds for project
The teacher from Santa Cruz, California, illustrates a subtle change in society’s attitude toward television. The medium is growing in stature, propelled by both art and technology. More worthy programs…
Singer Femi Kuti performs at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria.Associated Press Photo/Jon Gambrell, File NEW YORK – Femi Kuti is, like his father, a recording artist and an…
Associated Press Photo/ Polk & Co., Harry Fellows<br><br>Julia Stiles and James Wirt in a scene from “Phoenix” in New York. Because “Phoenix,” despite its partly comic tone, is surely a…
