Lockout looms as Met contracts set to expire
Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb vowed this week to lock out union members — cutting off pay and health insurance — unless they settle before contracts expire July 31.Associated…
Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb vowed this week to lock out union members — cutting off pay and health insurance — unless they settle before contracts expire July 31.Associated…
Durango filmmaker Gregor Wallace will be holding auditions for a short film Saturday at Durango Joe’s, 732 E. College Drive. The film, “Social Interrogation,” is a commentary on social media.…
At a Comic-Con panel Thursday, “Under the Dome” star Mike Vogel teased the possibility of some of the characters leaving the impenetrable dome that encompasses the town of Chester’s Mill,…
Durango Choral Society joins Festival Orchestra for special performance
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) DamNation This film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the…
Fresh off of a music education tour in Africa, Chicago bluegrass band Henhouse Prowlers will bring its fast-picking mix of traditional numbers and original string tunes to the Animas City…
Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino Del Rio, 259-6580. Roger Deale art demonstration and reception, 5-8 p.m., Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N.…
Late singer-songwriter J.J. Cale plays at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2004 in Texas. Clapton released a 16-track thesis study in Cale’s career this week.Associated Press Photo/Tony Gutierrez…
Last week famously reclusive author Harper Lee, 88, made headlines disavowing;http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/07/15/harper-lee-dispute-the-mockingbird-next-door/12671487/ Marja Mills’ new biography, The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee. Mills’ book lands at No. 35 on…
A cameraman films the Munich apartment of the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt, where authorities discovered more than 1,000 pieces by artists including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse following Gurlitt’s death.Associated…
Scarlett Johansson stars in “Lucy.”Universal Pictures via Associated Press Well, wow. It would be sort of like … nothing new. Because, it turns out, in real life, humans pretty much…
Hold on. I’m mentally flipping through each scene. Let me rephrase that: Absolutely nothing unexpected happens in “And So It Goes.” When we meet each of the main characters and…
Wallace’s film, “Social Interrogation,” is described as a commentary on social media. The casting calls for six male actors — three adults in their 30s-40s and three teenagers. Auditions will…
Five years after La Roux’s widely acclaimed debut, Elly Jackson returns with “Trouble in Paradise.”Associated Press photo/Interscope/Cherrytree Coming off an artistic hiatus after a widely acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning debut, La…
Berger’s literary agent, Cristina Concepcion, said Monday that he died in Nyack Hospital on July 13, just days before his 90th birthday. He had been in failing health, Concepcion said.…
Kitten’s self-titled debut is filled with synth anthems and pop jams.Associated Press photo/Elektra Records The debut album from rising band Kitten will have you purring. The Los Angeles-based group’s self-titled…
From the playful filigree of Mozart’s Overture to “Cosi fan tutte,” to the chordal decathlon that tragically concludes Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” the Festival Orchestra demonstrated its prowess and range once…
“The Long Road,” taken by Bayfield photographer Angie Wingerd of Ignited Imagery, is part of an exhibit of her photos on display at The Soup Palette, 555 Rivergate Lane, Suite…
Family Festivo, Music in the Mountains’ free community music event, will return to Rotary Park today. The concert, which also includes free lunch, will take place at 11 a.m. today…
“Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album, “Mandatory Fun,” debuted at No. 1 this with more than 80,000 units sold.Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/Associated Press Such was the case for artists like Pharrell…
James Lee Burke’s epic novel Wayfaring Stranger is thick with tension throughout.Associated Press photo/Simon & Schuster Author James Lee Burke is a descendant of tough Texas lawmen. In fact, his…
Suanna Gustavson, 12, as Peter, leads the captured wolf, Aulden Hahn, 10, through the crowd as hunters, Nizhoni Benally, 7, left, Stanton Gustavson, 8, and Cyrus Holt, 7, follow behind…
Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails embark on a North America tour co-headlining with Soundgarden on Saturday.Associated Press photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails are preparing for a North…
Elaine Stritch, an inimitable performer on stage and the big screen, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Michigan. She was 89.AP Photo/The O+M Company, Walter McBride, File A spokesman…