Arts & Entertainment

Film

Woody Allen’s allies come to rescue

In an Op-Ed piece by Nicholas Kristof published on the New York Times website on Saturday, the author referenced a…

February 3, 2014

Film

Stars young and old reflect on Hoffman’s death

Phillip Seymour Hoffman poses Jan. 19 for a portrait at The Collective and Gibson Lounge Powered by CEG, during the…

February 3, 2014

Performing Arts

This is not Disney’s ‘Little Mermaid’

Rusalka, Dvorak’s tragic opera, comes to FLC in HD

February 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Music without a genre finally arrives in Durango

One-man-band Keller Williams to play Animas City Theatre

February 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Short month is long on culture

The Fort Lewis College Art Gallery will welcome a new presentation starting Feb. 19. The exhibit – “Journey of an…

February 2, 2014

Film

At the Movies

Kate Winslet falls for wanted fugitive Josh Brolin in “Labor Day.”Dale Robinette/Paramount Pictures/Associated Press It’s the pie scene. If you…

January 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for Feb. 6-9

First Thursday Art Walk, 5-7 p.m., downtown galleries and venues, www.durangoarts.org. Souper Thursday with Diabolical Sound Platoon, 5 p.m., Ska…

January 30, 2014

Music

The return of movie soundtracks

Musicals and Westerns now come once in a blue moon. Romcoms and horror have lost a lot of credibility from…

January 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Jan. 31

Playwright Danny Mitarotondo’s work commissioned especially for Fort Lewis College Theatre, “Sun and Room,” has been invited to participate in…

January 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Beyonce by the book: Rutgers offers course on star

Beyonce on Sunday at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at…

January 30, 2014

Performing Arts

Follies just a little ‘Less Miserable’

Snowdown veterans lampoon – predictably – pot, bags and more

January 29, 2014

Music

Simple, complicated Seeger changed American music

Pete Seeger, 92, foreground left, marches in 2011 with nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests…

January 28, 2014

Music

Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in NY

A surging crowd, two canes and seven decades as a history-sifting singer and rabble-rouser buoyed him as he led an…

January 28, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

The top 10 songs, albums and apps on the iTunes Store

Top Songs 1. “Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)”, Katy Perry 2. “Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz)”, Jason Derulo 3. “Happy…

January 28, 2014

Music

Spotify’s Top 10 most viral and streamed tracks

UNITED STATES 1. Tycho, “Montana” (Ghostly International) 2. Manchester Orchestra, “Top Notch” (Seven Four Entertainment, LLC./Republic Records) 3. Beck, “Blue…

January 28, 2014

Music

Max Roach music, records go to Library of Congress

Max Roach performs in 2001 at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.Kevork Fjansezian/Associated Press Roach…

January 27, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Grammys reach 28.5M viewers

Numbers barely surpassed those from last year

January 27, 2014

Film

Who should be sued over leaked script?

Quentin Tarantino gave it to few people; Gawker linked to it

January 27, 2014

Visual Arts

Jasper John N.Y. art trial ends

Knockoffs were said to buyers to be real deal

January 27, 2014

Visual Arts

Beens here, Beens there

Durango painter gets local spotlight

January 27, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Ex-Marlboro man dies from smoking-related disease

He died Jan. 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,…

January 27, 2014

Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Jan. 28

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd…

January 27, 2014

Music

At Grammys, Daft Punk, Lorde, Macklemore win

The French electronic duo won record of the year at the awards show, beating hits like “Blurred Lines” and “Royals.”…

January 26, 2014

Film

At the Movies

I. FRANKENSTEIN (Not yet reviewed) 200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But…

January 23, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for Jan. 30-Feb. 1

The Denver group Juno What?! calls themselves a “shameless dance party” and they’ll play a Snowdown Jungle Funk party Thursday…

January 23, 2014

Visual Arts

Theme shows lead to exploration

Exhibits highlight locals’ talents

January 23, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Jan. 24

Area artists are invited to submit works for the Lost Dog Bar & Lounge annual Snowdown Art Show. The show…

January 23, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Bradley Cooper to take Broadway role in fall

Producers said Thursday that the “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle” actor will star in “The Elephant Man” this fall.…

January 23, 2014

Film

Predictable, but awards season lets us escape

For a set of ceremonies so subjective and self-involved, it is interesting how we tune in to watch what happens…

January 23, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Best album for Macklemore, Daft Punk or Swift?

Those three nominees, along with Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid,” m. A.A.d city and Sara Bareilles’ “The Blessed Unrest,” are vying…

January 23, 2014