Arts & Entertainment

Felder combines acting and piano playing in masterful performances

Hershey Felder at the piano onstage at The Town Hall in New York, where he will perform his one-man show…

July 16, 2014

Ron Howard to direct new Beatles documentary

It was announced Wednesday that Apple Corps Ltd., White Horse Pictures and Imagine Entertainment will produce the documentary, with the…

July 16, 2014

Visual Arts

UK museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWI

Silhouettes of British soldiers are projected onto a trench scene in the new “First World War Galleries” at the Imperial…

July 16, 2014

Regional News

Navajo, Chinese artists join for N.M. public art

Bordered by sandstone outcroppings and dotted with piñon and juniper, the location served as a perfect backdrop for an unprecedented…

July 15, 2014

Music

At Elvis Fest, impersonations are reverent tribute

Elvis tribute artists, from left, Daniel Jenkins, Tyler James and Jacob Roman, performed in a competition at the Las Vegas…

July 15, 2014

Music

Extra ‘Carmen’ performance added by Santa Fe Opera

General Manager Charles MacKay said an Aug. 18 performance was scheduled because of a heavy demand for tickets at the…

July 15, 2014

Music

Dolly Parton wants to record dance track

The country diva has decided to toss her cowboy hat in the EDM ring, starting with a song, “Just a…

July 15, 2014

Books

What goes into editing a book? Ask the editors

of New York publishing figures to discuss books, more at Maria’s Bookshop

July 14, 2014

Music

Faster, higher, stronger

Quartet performing in Durango on Thursday

July 14, 2014

Music

Keeping the singing-cowboy tradition alive

in the Sky have played over 6,700 concerts in 36 years

July 14, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Art happenings July 15-17

Adam Swanson, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Informal Tango Practice, 6-9 p.m., Rotary Park Gazebo, 1565…

July 14, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Hot Buttered Rum, a San Francisco five-piece band that plays Americana-based bluegrass fusion, will perform Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at…

July 14, 2014

Music

Morrissey gets political on new album

Morrissey gets political on his new album, “World Peace Is None Of Your Business.”Associated Press photo/Harvest Rue the day when…

July 14, 2014

Books

Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, author, activist, dies

Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer of South Africa died in her sleep in Johannesburg, Sunday. She was 90.Associated Press photo/Guillermo…

July 14, 2014

Visual Arts

Artist creates ‘empowering’ wearable sculptures

Artist-activist Linda Stein runs her hand over the surface of one of her sculptural avatars, a wearable piece of art…

July 14, 2014

Music

Jazz masters evoke joy, sadness on duet CD

There’s a sense of both joy and sadness to “Last Dance,” which surprisingly is the first album in pianist Keith…

July 11, 2014

Music

Garth Brooks’ music coming to digital via his own site

Country music star Garth Brooks held a news conference on Thursday to announce that will make his songs available digitally…

July 11, 2014

Books

For author Ben Winters, the apocalypse is now

But the best-selling novelist is responsible for an end-of-days trilogy that has captured the imagination of Armageddon enthusiasts and mystery…

July 11, 2014

Music

Grammy winner takes helm

Albert succeeds Arkady Fomin at festival’s conservatory

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Trivia buffs can test their knowledge of useless information Wednesday at Super Tedâ€™s Super Trivia, a fundraiser for the Durango…

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Unbroken rises after Zamperini’s death

The 2010 title has been on USA TODAY’s list for 160 weeks and has been as high as No. 3…

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Zombie Survival 101

Durango Arts Center Applause! summer campers, from left, Rose Hatten, Aiden Quayle, Amelia Rose, Owen O’Toole and Laura Clark, rehearse…

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings July 10-17

Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., www.durangorocks.org. Art on the…

July 10, 2014

Music

Music in the Mountains Conservatory rebuilds

director, faculty, direction for organization’s education program

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

top picks of things to do in Durango this weekend

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Film Review-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

But in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” the tables have turned, and not just because apes now rule…

July 10, 2014

Film

Review: Obvious Child

The moment would cost her – she only lasted only one season on the show – and she would not…

July 10, 2014

Film

Movies playing in Durango July 11-17

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Obvious Child For aspiring comedian Donna Stern, everyday life as a female twenty-something provides…

July 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

‘Game of Thrones’ earns a leading 19 Emmy nods

Peter Dinklage plays Tyrion Lannister in HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” The series garnered 19 Emmy Award nominations on Thursday.Associated Press…

July 10, 2014

Performing Arts

David Byrne readies ‘Here Lies Love’ in London

Ruthie Ann Miles stars as Imelda Marcos in David Byrnes’ “Here Lies Love” at The Public Theater in New York.Associated…

July 10, 2014