Arts & Entertainment

Disturbed young man all too familiar in ‘Fathers’

If only Kev had answered Thomas’ obsessive letters, Eggers may not have had to write this peculiar, marginal novel that…

Checker to Rock Hall: Induct me or ‘drop dead’

Chubby Checker performs at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards on Thursday in New York.Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/Associated Press Checker…

Ruby Dee’s legacy of activism, acting mourned

Actress Ruby Dee arrives for the Apollo Theater’s annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York in this 2008…

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley heads to California

LOS ANGELES – The old farm boy who used to raise cattle in a place called Big Spraddle Creek says…

Amazon launches music streaming for Prime members

Company hoping to hook new customers on free-shipping plan

Hollywood is on a fairy-tale kick

live-action adaptations, few great ones

Arts Briefs

Fans of old West literature and film will converge in Durango next week to celebrate the eminent Western author Zane…

Playwright Ayad Akhtar finds his groove

latest play, ‘The Who & The What,’ opens Monday

Husband-wife duo married to the music

Mastersons to open for Steve Earle tonight

Weekender

top picks of things to do in Durango this weekend

Lovely visuals, smart writing in ‘Dragon’

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows the character Hiccup, voiced by Jay Baruchel, in a scene from “How To…

Inspired comic chemistry in ‘22 Jump Street’

He’s talking about their next assignment, but of course, it’s an inside joke – with the audience. “22 Jump Street,”…

Movies playing in Durango June 13-19

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows the character Hiccup, voiced by Jay Baruchel, in a scene from “How To…

Crafting a hit: How many songwriters does it take?

top songs are written by 4 or more people

A&E Happenings June 13-19

TOPS Jewels Artist Reception, 5-7 p.m., There’s No Place Like Home, 822 Main Ave., 385-7300. Jack Ellis acoustic blues, 5-8…

Bonnaroo features mini-British Invasion in 2014

Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP<br><br> Lauren Mayberry of the electronic band Chvrches performs during the 2013 Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia,…

Grammys to allow samples in songwriting categories

Previously, samples – snippets of previously recorded material or songs incorporated into a new work – had been allowed only…

Museum chronicles 100 years of humanitarian group

Associated Press photo/JDC<br><br>The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a 100-year-old humanitarian assistance organization that helps Jews and non-Jews around…

Chrissie Hynde a Pretender no more on ‘Stockholm’

Chrissie Hynde has released her first solo venture, “Stockholm,” six years after the last Pretenders album.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/Associated Press…

Eric Hill, children’s author/illustrator, dead at 86

In announcing Hill’s death June 6, Don Weisberg, president of Penguin Young Readers Group, said Tuesday that Hill “created one…

Book Buzz: J.K. Rowling donates big to keep Scotland in U.K.

The author just announced that she is making a big donation to Better Together, a campaign against Scottish independence. Scots…

Colin Firth to grin and bear it in upcoming ‘Paddington’

Paddington, that is, the Peruvian bear who has been the hero of 70 books that have sold more than 30…

Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced’ to jump to Broadway

“Disgraced” had its world premiere at Chicago’s American Theater Company in 2012 and then ran at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire…

There’s a new path to art in Durango

transplants open Sendero Gallery

Arts Briefs

The Durango Public Library encourages local authors to apply for inclusion in this fall’s Local Authors Fair, which will be…

Professionals and paint buckets

The legacy of our fathers lives on

'Love, Dad' theater readings at DAC celebrate Father's Day

Bill Watterson of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ returns to print

Bill Watterson drew the syndicated and über-popular Calvin and Hobbes for 10 years before shutting it down in 1995. The…

Jack White goes country on second solo

This photo released by Third Man Records/Columbia shows the cover of Jack White’s new album, “Lazaretto.”Associated Press Photo/Third Man Records/Columbia…

Maxwell plans for tour, new music & possible baby

Singer Maxwell performs on “The Early Show” in New York in 2008. Maxwell’s new album, “Summers,” originally supposed to be…