Arts & Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs
Trivia buffs can test their knowledge of useless information Wednesday at Super Ted’s Super Trivia, a fundraiser for the Durango Arts Center. The event will take place at 6:12 p.m.…
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 (on Dec. 23, 2010). Sales increased in recent months again…
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 for “10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” on Wednesday…
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 Animas, noon-6 p.m., Santa Rita Park along the River Walk,…
Music
Music in the Mountains Conservatory rebuilds
director, faculty, direction for organization’s education program
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 a world where all but 1 in 500 humans have…
Film
Review: Obvious Child
The moment would cost her – she only lasted only one season on the show – and she would not earn the same type of fame as Bill Hader, Kristen…
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 ample material for her incredibly relatable brand of humor. On…
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 photo/HBO The meth kingpin drama “Breaking Bad” was next in…
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 Pres Photo/The O and M Co., Joan Marcus The Talking…
Film
A summer without swagger for Hollywood
Ansel Elgort, left, and Shailene Woodley star in“The Fault In Our Stars.” Despite the fact that it’s a niche-based film that appeals mainly to female viewers, “The Fault in Our…
Film
Documentary follows dream of 4 young U.S. Hispanics
On its surface, the story seems unremarkable. But their parents are Mexicans who are living in the United States illegally, and their high school is plagued by gangs and poverty.…
Music
Weezer to release new album on Sept. 30
Their ninth studio album is the band’s first new material in four years. Ric Ocasek, the frontman of the Cars and husband of model Paulina Porizkova, produced the album. He…
Music
Nash sees young people as saviors of the future
Associated Press photo/Statesman.com, Jay Janner<br><br>Graham Nash, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter and member of Crosby, Stills and Nash, says he is optimistic about the future because he…
Film
‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ to show in Nigeria
It was unclear what changes were made to satisfy the National Film and Video Censors Board. The movie is partly set in the 1960s during Nigeria’s civil war, which remains…
Music
Music Vault unleashes 13,000 videos on YouTube
The collection holds 2,000 hours of exclusive video spanning the past 50 years and rare performances by some of the biggest names in music history, including Bob Dylan, The Who,…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings July 4-July 10
Adam Swanson, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Greg Ryder, live music, 6 p.m., Pura Vida Cafe, 14810 County Road 501 in Vallecito, 884-2766. The Jeff Solon…
Arts and Entertainment
Art Briefs
Groove Factory Four, a Durango band that melds jazz, funk and rock, will play the free Concert in the Park series Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Buckley Park. The band…
Performing Arts
Shakespeare galore shaping up in the West
Shakespeare Festival celebrates brothers, sisters, twins
Film
A new concept in movie-going
City Theatre brings New York Film Critic National Series to Durango
Film
Hollywood’s ape man — the evolution
Associated Press photo/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Hollywood stuntman Terry Notary plays more than 100 primates in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” which opens Friday. An expert in…
Music
Garth Brooks stirs intrigue with cryptic message
Last week, a cryptic message appeared on Garth Brooks’ website, saying, “The wait is over … 7/7.” Today, that message has been replaced with a communiqué, accompanied by lightning flashes…
Books
Review: New Neil Armstrong book glides, not soars
Jay Barbree’s “Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight,” is a fine book, but it may leave space buffs wanting more.AP Photo/St. Martin’s Press This is not a definitive biography of…
Film
After 50 years, Eastwood continues to evolve
Prolific actor, director, producer’s newest project is ‘Jersey Boys’
Music
New EP in hand, Hello Dollface hits the road
Durango indie soul project to play tour kick-off party
Books
War hero, Olympian Louis Zamperini dies at 97
Runner’s life was the subject of best-seller ‘Unbroken’