Performing Arts
In this Russian historic opera, timing is everything
revisits 12th-century upheaval in ‘Prince Igor’
Arts & Entertainment
Books
U.S. Best-selling books for Feb. 25
Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking Adult) 3. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna…
Film
Local filmmaker finds beauty in all
The film follows the doctors and the patients along with their families as it tells a remarkable healthcare story – a timely topic on this side of the border, as…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings for Feb. 27
One man’s vision<br><br>Durango photographer Howard Rachlin’s “Visions of the West” is the February exhibit at Sub-stra-tum Gallery on Main Avenue. The venue with different color walls and stone walls lends…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs for Feb. 21
New Face Productions and the Durango Arts Center invite artists to submit original works for a national juried jewelry design exhibition to be held May 16 through June 28 at…
Performing Arts
Manipulating marionettes
Acclaimed puppeteer Blair Thomas on FLC campus for one night only
Film
Hollywood’s dirty secrets retweeted
For the next week, a series of statements, articles, Tweets and commentary on the allegations would resurface as if it were exactly 22 years ago. Mia and her son, Ronan…
Visual Arts
You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone
Artists make do without for ‘Extinct’ exhibit
Film
Olympics coverage keeps NBC the ratings leader
Tuesday was NBC’s biggest night, seen by more than 23 million viewers. Its least-followed Olympics coverage, on Saturday, still placed seventh for the week, drawing 17 million viewers. Right behind,…
Arts and Entertainment
The top iPhone and iPad apps and music on App Store
Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. “Threes!”, Sirvo LLC 2. “Card Wars – Adventure Time”, Cartoon Network 3. “Minecraft – Pocket Edition”, Mojang 4. “Heads Up!”, Warner Bros. 5. “Afterlight”, Simon…
Music
Spotify’s Top 10 most viral tracks
UNITED STATES 1. Tegan and Sara, “Everything Is AWESOME!!! (feat. The Lonely Island)” (WaterTower Music) 2. The Chainsmokers, “(hash)Selfie” (Dim Mak Inc.) 3. The Wyld, “Odyssey” (The Wyld) 4. Lana…
Film
Reinhold, Studi add star power to Durango Film
Reinhold will speak and answer questions Feb. 28 at the Animas City Theatre during a special screening of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” He starred as Brad Hamilton in the…
Music
Montgomery, Jones voted into Jazz Hall of Fame
JALC announced the 2014 inductees Monday after tallying votes by jazz fans worldwide from a list of 10 nominees selected by a committee of musicians and scholars. Montgomery influenced countless…
Music
Jamaican reggae star to plant roots at Durango theater
Riley’s been topping the Billboard charts for the genre and will be in town this Thursday
Visual Arts
Fla. artist smashes $1M vase in Miami museum
Maximo Caminero, 51, was charged with criminal mischief after Sunday’s incident at the Perez Art Museum Miami. According to a Miami Police Department arrest affidavit, a security guard told officers…
Books
U.S. Best-selling books for Feb. 18
Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking Adult) 3. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna…
Film
At the Movies
“RoboCop,” starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, left, and Joel Kinnaman, is one of three Hollywood remakes opening this weekend in Durango.Kerry Hayes/Columbia Pictures-Sony/Associated Press (Playing at the Durango Stadium 9) About Last…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings for Feb. 20-23
Laura Garza Hovel debuts as one of “Las Marthas,” Wednesday’s feature in the Durango Community Cinema/PBS Independent Lens series at the Durango Discovery Museum. The film gives access to an…
Music
Oscar Concert to honor composers
The film academy announced Thursday it plans to present a live Oscar Concert celebrating the year’s nominated composers, including John Williams for “The Book Thief.” Besides music from “Gravity,” “The…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs for Feb. 14
Durango Public Library will host Andrew Gulliford from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday for his presentation “Journeys and Wagons West: Families, Covered Wagons and the Settlement of the American West.”…
Arts and Entertainment
Mega TV deal may hit home for you
Comcast buying rival Time Warner, stirring controversy
Music
Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar
1. (1) Beyonce; $1,798,401; $126.05. 2. (2) Justin Timberlake; $1,624,445; $114.53. 3. (3) Pink; $1,420,674; $86.06. 4. (4) Kanye West; $1,060,913; $88.69. 5. (7) Michael Buble; $916,988; $85.98. 6. (6)…