Arts &#038; Entertainment

A&E Happenings May 20-23

Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Informal tango practice, 6:30-9 p.m., Rotary Park gazebo, 15th Street…

Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight

Durango lawyer stages night of one-act plays

Durangoan’s novel brings mystery to a national park

This promising debut novel introduces Chuck Bender, who makes his living as a contract archaeologist. His business is to assess…

At work in the studio

Thingamajig stages brilliant Tony-award play ‘Red’

Carell impresses as ‘Foxcatcher’ debuts at Cannes

From right, actor Mark Ruffalo, actor Channing Tatum, director Bennett Miller and actor Steve Carell arrive for the screening of…

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$5,000 in prize money handed out at Durango Arts Center jewelry show

Colorado winners in national competition

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Dancing with the Durango Stars

Robert Mestas, center, a client with Community Connections, and several volunteers prepare for Dancing with the Durango Stars on Friday…

May 16, 2014

Arts Briefs

Dancing with the Stars, Durango Style will take place at 7 p.m. today at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East…

Living on the edge: Bad living situations in film

Zac Efron stars as a nuisance in “Neighbors.”Associated Press In the film, Rogen and Efron play opposites who live next…

Rush Limbaugh wins children’s book award

But that doesn’t mean all of his voters were young people. On Wednesday night, Limbaugh received the Children’s Choice Book…

One-man show on screen, big or small

But once in a while, a filmmaker and actor will challenge themselves with limiting their characters to a minimum and/or…

The Weekender

top picks of what to do in and around Durango this weekend

4 clay artists come ‘home’

Residencies, school work inspire new pieces for & show

A&E Happenings May 16-22

Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. TOP Jewels exhibit, opening reception, 5-7 p.m., Barbara Conrad Gallery…

Now playing in Durango May 16-22

This image released by Disney shows Madhur Mittal in a scene from "Million Dollar Arm." (AP Photo/Disney, Ron Phillips)du1-i-syn (128…

Review: Godzilla

Godzilla opens in Durango on May 16.Warner Bros. via Associated Press Well, the latest iteration of the 60-year-old franchise is…

Review: Walking with the Enemy

Few movies have included so many scenes of a beloved character dying in the arms of a loved one or…

Review: Million Dollar Arm

Madhur Mittal appears in a scene from “Million Dollar Arm.”Ron Phillips/Disney via Associated Press And so it is with the…

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Not your mother’s pearls

National jewelry show poised to dazzle Durango

May 14, 2014

Work in progress

Broadway sees gains for black audiences, actors

Mix of celebrity and art set to mingle at Cannes

The 67th annual Cannes Film Festival, in southern France, starts Wednesday and runs to May 25th.ALASTAIR GRANT/Associated Press The obstacles…

No hesitation for TV airing Sam reaction

Networks don’t flinch at NFL player’s kiss

Renowned artists to work at park

to Ruins to benefit Mesa Verde foundation

A&E Happenings May 13-15

“Two Fishes in Chile – Lisa Pedolsky,” artist-in-residence, and Waldemar Winkler, traveler, 5:30-7 p.m., Open Shutter Gallery, 382-8355, www.openshuttergallery.com. Super…

Arts Briefs

TOPS Jewelry National Jewelry Design Exhibition will be in display at Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. An opening…

Review: Rogen, Efron wage comic war in ‘Neighbors’

“Neighbors,” starring (and produced by) Seth Rogen and directed by Nicholas Stoller, proudly straddles these two genres and boldly tosses…

Review: The Railway Man

My standard response is I’d much rather go through an admittedly tough viewing experience with a “Schindler’s List” or a…

Movies playing in Durango May 9-15

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Breathe In Soulful and musical British exchange student Sophie Williams comes to New York…