Arts &#038; Entertainment

Review: ‘Lucy’

Scarlett Johansson stars in “Lucy.”Universal Pictures via Associated Press Well, wow. It would be sort of like … nothing new.…

July 24, 2014

Review: ‘And So It Goes’

Hold on. I’m mentally flipping through each scene. Let me rephrase that: Absolutely nothing unexpected happens in “And So It…

July 24, 2014

Durango filmmaker holding auditions Saturday

Wallace’s film, “Social Interrogation,” is described as a commentary on social media. The casting calls for six male actors —…

July 23, 2014

La Roux returns with sexy, sassy second LP

Five years after La Roux’s widely acclaimed debut, Elly Jackson returns with “Trouble in Paradise.”Associated Press photo/Interscope/Cherrytree Coming off an…

July 23, 2014

Thomas Berger, ‘Little Big Man’ author, dead at 89

Berger’s literary agent, Cristina Concepcion, said Monday that he died in Nyack Hospital on July 13, just days before his…

July 22, 2014

Kitten’s debut album is synth heaven

Kitten’s self-titled debut is filled with synth anthems and pop jams.Associated Press photo/Elektra Records The debut album from rising band…

July 22, 2014

Sunrise at Purgatory

in the Mountains celebrates contemporary music

Storytime on the mountain

From the playful filigree of Mozart’s Overture to “Cosi fan tutte,” to the chordal decathlon that tragically concludes Tchaikovsky’s “Swan…

Musician’s infamous road goes on and on

Earl Keen celebrating musical milestones in 2014

Bringing home the Bacon

Durango band kicking off debut album with concert

A&E Happenings July 22-24

“The Long Road,” taken by Bayfield photographer Angie Wingerd of Ignited Imagery, is part of an exhibit of her photos…

Arts Briefs

Family Festivo, Music in the Mountainsâ€™ free community music event, will return to Rotary Park today. The concert, which also…

‘Weird Al’ on his weirdly successful week in music

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album, “Mandatory Fun,” debuted at No. 1 this with more than 80,000 units sold.Photo by Casey…

Books

Burke fashions epic story in Wayfaring Stranger

James Lee Burke’s epic novel Wayfaring Stranger is thick with tension throughout.Associated Press photo/Simon & Schuster Author James Lee Burke…

Family-friendly classical music, for free

Suanna Gustavson, 12, as Peter, leads the captured wolf, Aulden Hahn, 10, through the crowd as hunters, Nizhoni Benally, 7,…

July 18, 2014

Trent Reznor contemplates the future, the road

Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails embark on a North America tour co-headlining with Soundgarden on Saturday.Associated Press photo/Rebecca Blackwell,…

July 18, 2014

Performing Arts

Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89

Elaine Stritch, an inimitable performer on stage and the big screen, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Michigan. She…

July 18, 2014

The Weekender

top picks of things to do in Durango this weekend

Visual Arts

In Studio & Group Show, a mixture of musings

artists will be featured in annual juried show

Arts Briefs

The ninth annual Animas River Blues Fest will bring two days of blues shows to Riverside Park and the Historic…

With ‘Joe,’ Cage proves he’s still got what it takes

drama is out on DVD and Blu-ray this summer

A&E Happenings July 18-24

Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, 259-6580. Adam Swanson, 5:30…

Visual Arts

Woven through history

A collection of Navajo weavings dating from the 1860s through the 1950s opens with a reception from 5 to 9…

Movies playing in Durango July 18-24

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) A Long Way Down Four lost souls – a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed…

Blues legend Johnny Winter dies at 70 in Zurich

Texas blues icon Johnny Winter died in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday.Associated Press Photo/The Repository, Bob Rossiter His contrasting appearance and…

Performing Arts

Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ – the stage

Actress Julia Stiles stars this summer in the one-act dark romantic comedy “Phoenix” by Scott Organ at the intimate Cherry…

Review: ‘Purge’ sequel provides requisite thrills

A scene from “The Purge: Anarchy,” which opens in Durango on July 18.Universal Pictures via Associated Press Set ten years…

Film review: Begin Again

With the help of musician-turned-filmmaker John Carney, comedy producer Judd Apatow and songwriter Gregg Alexander of the New Radicals comes…

Film Review: Sex Tape

Judd Apatow’s landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, but it has also inspired a now sizable…