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Movies playing in Durango Aug. 8-14
Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 8-14

August 7, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lucky Them More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug (Toni Collette) has one last chance…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

August 7, 2014

top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Review: ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’
Film

Review: ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’

August 7, 2014

Helen Mirren in a scene from “The Hundred-Foot Journey.”François Duhamel/DreamWorks II And then heap on a heavy serving of corn. What is it about recent food movies – Jon Favreau’s…

Review: ‘A Most Wanted Man’
Film

Review: ‘A Most Wanted Man’

August 7, 2014

Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives a superb performance in his final starring role in the film “A Most Wanted Man.”Victoria Will, Invision/Associated Press But it’s also a smart espionage thriller with…

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

August 7, 2014

The Durango Arts Center will hold auditions for its popular 10-Minute Play Festival from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Arts Center Theater, 802 East Second Ave. No experience…

A&E Happenings Aug. 8-14
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Aug. 8-14

August 7, 2014

DAC Applause! Program Presents: “Jungle Book” and “Peter Pan Jr.,” 1 p.m., Durango Arts Center Theatre, 802 East Second Ave., $8, www.durangoarts.tix.com. Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River…

A Listening Room experience
Music

A Listening Room experience

August 7, 2014

Kai Welch, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who has toured extensively with banjo maven Abigail Washburn, will play a show at 7:30 p.m. today in the Listening Room of Studio &, 1027…

New ‘trashy’ reality TV show focuses on recyclers
Arts and Entertainment

New ‘trashy’ reality TV show focuses on recyclers

August 7, 2014

TerraCycle Inc. founder Tom Szaky works in his office amid walls of recycled bottles in Trenton, N.J. The company is the subject of a new reality television show.Associated Press Photo/Mel…

Helen Mirren to bring ‘The Audience’ to Broadway
Performing Arts

Helen Mirren to bring ‘The Audience’ to Broadway

August 7, 2014

Producers of Peter Morgan’s play said Wednesday that Mirren will return to Broadway this spring as Elizabeth II in the work that wowed London audiences and earned the actress an…

While ‘Avatar’ waits, Cameron dives into an abyss
Film

While ‘Avatar’ waits, Cameron dives into an abyss

August 6, 2014

Filmmaker James Cameron emerges from the Deepsea Challenger after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench during the filming of “Deepsea Challenge 3D,” which will be released on Friday.AP…

Prize-winning poet still at work at age 86
Books

Prize-winning poet still at work at age 86

August 6, 2014

AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, file<br><br>At 86, U.S. poet laureate W.S. Merwin continues to write. But W.S. Merwin continues to write poems; he cannot help himself. “I wrote the last one about…

Not so lonely: Jack Antonoff spins off from fun.
Music

Not so lonely: Jack Antonoff spins off from fun.

August 6, 2014

Jack Antonoff of Bleachers performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park.Photo by Steve C. Mitchell/Invision/Associated Press The 30-year-old guitarist has taken a break from the Grammy Award-winning pop-rock trio for…

Spoon shines on ‘They Want My Soul’
Arts and Entertainment

Spoon shines on ‘They Want My Soul’

August 5, 2014

Austin, Texas band Spoon released the fine new album, “They Want My Soul,” this week.Associated Press Photo/Loma Vista The Austin, Texas-born band Spoon is out with its eighth album, “They…

Book Review: Miranda Corbie confronts her own City of Ghosts
Arts and Entertainment

Book Review: Miranda Corbie confronts her own City of Ghosts

August 5, 2014

Kelli Stanley’s new book, “City of Ghosts,” is engrossing historical fiction.Associated Press Photo/Minotaur A love of San Francisco — its flaws, strengths and eccentricities — permeates Kelli Stanley’s intriguing novels…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

August 4, 2014

Grammy-nominated songwriter and Austin Music Hall of Famer Eliza Gilkyson will perform with her trio at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mancos Opera House, 136 W. Grand Ave., Mancos. Gilkyson…

A mile in their shoes
Visual Arts

A mile in their shoes

August 4, 2014

Photo Divine’s inaugural “A Mile in My Shoes” scholarship and photography show, which will be up at Studio & for one night only Thursday, features work of incoming high school…

Horse power
Visual Arts

Horse power

August 4, 2014

Sky Gallery celebrates emblematic animal with show

Public art tour added to Art Walk
Visual Arts

Public art tour added to Art Walk

August 4, 2014

Beautified dumpsters are some of the public art that can be found in Durango.Durango Herald file photo But this week, a new Art Walk feature will take patrons outside, for…

Ailing ‘Ghostbusters’ artist gives bird to cancer
Visual Arts

Ailing ‘Ghostbusters’ artist gives bird to cancer

August 4, 2014

Artist Michael Gross, who is battling cancer, sits in his studio between one of his paintings and one of his photos on his computer screen in Oceanside, California.Associated Press Photo/Lenny…

Bible Belt filmmakers expand box office horizons
Film

Bible Belt filmmakers expand box office horizons

August 4, 2014

Alex, left, and Stephen Kendrick, who make faith-based film,s review footage of a project.Associated Press Photo/AFIRM Films/Provident Films, David Whitlow Filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick seem to have the formula…

Trombone Shorty replaces boy’s stolen trombone
Music

Trombone Shorty replaces boy’s stolen trombone

August 3, 2014

Associated Press Photo/Michael Dwyer<br><br>On Saturday, the foundation of New Orleans performer Trombone Shorty delivered a new trombone to a boy who had his instrument stolen at gunpoint. Bill Taylor, executive…

Met Opera talks halted for financial review
Performing Arts

Met Opera talks halted for financial review

August 3, 2014

The Metropolitan Opera and unions representing its singers, dancers and musicians agreed Saturday to halt labor negotiations for a week and avoid a threatened lockout while an independent analyst studies…