Visual Arts
In Studio & Group Show, a mixture of musings
artists will be featured in annual juried show
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs
The ninth annual Animas River Blues Fest will bring two days of blues shows to Riverside Park and the Historic Aztec Theatre in Aztec this weekend. This year’s lineup features…
Film
With ‘Joe,’ Cage proves he’s still got what it takes
drama is out on DVD and Blu-ray this summer
Arts and Entertainment
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 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. The Assortment,…
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 p.m. today at Toh-Atin Gallery, 145 W. Ninth St. The…
Film
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 teen, an isolated single mother and a solipsistic muso –…
Music
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 devotion to the blues pioneers of the 20th century turbo-charged…
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 Lane Theatre in New York.Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/Associated Press The…
Film
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 in the future, the film written and directed by James…
Film
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 “Begin Again.” Within the span of 12 hours, once-hot music…
Film
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 cottage industry of thin movies (“The Hangover,” “The Five-Year Engagement,”…
Film
Film Review: A Long Way Down
Much as new releases like “Happy Christmas” and “Obvious Child” are set during the colder months, “A Long Way Down” centers around New Year’s Eve. And as “Obvious Child” dealt…
Performing Arts
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 about Leonard Bernstein called “Maestro Bernstein.”Associated Press photo/Mark Kennedy “You…
Music
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 cooperation of surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as…
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 War Museum in London.Associated Press photo/Matt Dunham But this is…
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 venture into high-tech public art by the Navajo Nation and…
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 Elvis Festival.Associated Press photo/John Locher The correct term is Elvis…
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 dozen other performances of Carmen. The opera’s season will end…
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 Wee Bit Gay,” reports Billboard;http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6157621/dolly-parton-lgbt-dance-album . “At some point I…
Books
What goes into editing a book? Ask the editors
of New York publishing figures to discuss books, more at Maria’s Bookshop
Music
Keeping the singing-cowboy tradition alive
in the Sky have played over 6,700 concerts in 36 years
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 East Second Ave., www.tangodurango.com. Greg Ryder, live music, 6 p.m.,…
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 the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. The band,…
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 Morrissey runs out of gripes. Throughout his 37-year career, he’s…
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 Arias Gordimer, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in…
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 made of found objects designed to empower and protect the…
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 Jarrett’s illustrious nearly 50-year career to hit No. 1 on…
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 though his own website.Associated Press photo/Mark Humphrey NASHVILLE, Tenn. –…
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 buffs. His World of Trouble arrives in stores July 15,…