Arts & Entertainment

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
Arts and Entertainment

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

November 26, 2013

Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. “Heads Up!” Warner Bros. 2. “Minecraft – Pocket Edition” Mojang 3. “Backflip Madness” Gamesoul Studio 4. “Duck Dynasty: Battle of the Beards HD” A&E Television…

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
Music

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

November 26, 2013

Top Songs 1. “The Monster (feat. Rihanna),” Eminem 2. “Royals,” Lorde 3. “Timber (feat. Ke$ha),” Pitbull 4. “Counting Stars,” OneRepublic 5. “Demons,” Imagine Dragons 6. “Let Her Go,” Passenger 7.…

1640 psalm book could fetch $30M at NYC auction
Books

1640 psalm book could fetch $30M at NYC auction

November 26, 2013

Sotheby’s auction house describes the Bay Psalm Book, which is the first book ever printed in what is now the United States, as “the world’s most valuable book,” Sotheby’s will…

Colorblind gallery
Visual Arts

Colorblind gallery

November 25, 2013

Sub-Stra-Tum celebrates art of black-and-white photography

‘Jeopardy!’ category gives Broadway a boost
Film

‘Jeopardy!’ category gives Broadway a boost

November 25, 2013

The syndicated game show “Jeopardy!” will dedicate a category to the musical “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” starring Laura Osnes, on tonight’s broadcast.Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated Press The hit syndicated game show hosted…

Hallelujah chorus
Music

Hallelujah chorus

November 25, 2013

Symphony, singers deliver ‘Messiah’ with power, emotion

Q&A: Jeffrey Wright considers his career choices
Film

Q&A: Jeffrey Wright considers his career choices

November 25, 2013

Jeffrey Wright as Beetee in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”Murray Close/Lionsgate/Associated Press But he couldn’t care less. Portraying painter Jean-Michel Basquiat in Julian Schnabel’s 1996 biopic set the stage for…

At the Movies
Film

At the Movies

November 21, 2013

Vince Vaughn meets some of his 500 children in a scene from “Delivery Man.”Jessica Miglio/Disney-DreamWorks II/Associated Press Delivery Man (Playing at the Durango Stadium 9) In the 17 years since…

A&E Happenings for Nov. 28 – Dec. 1
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for Nov. 28 – Dec. 1

November 21, 2013

Karaoke, 9 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 375-2568. Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801. Friday, Nov. 29 Greg Ryder, 5:30 p.m., Diamond…

NYC stores trim windows as holiday gifts to the city
Arts and Entertainment

NYC stores trim windows as holiday gifts to the city

November 21, 2013

Reimagining every major holiday covered in a slick coating of ice, re-creating cozy Christmas-morning scenes and paying homage to a local legend can be a yearlong labor of love. “Every…

‘Catching Fire’ premieres end for cast
Film

‘Catching Fire’ premieres end for cast

November 21, 2013

From left, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lawrence and Jena Malone attend a special screening of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” on Wednesday at AMC Lincoln Square in New York.Evan…

Roger Ebert documentary gets thumbs-up from Scorsese
Film

Roger Ebert documentary gets thumbs-up from Scorsese

November 21, 2013

FILE – In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert works in his office at the WTTW-TV studios in Chicago. The Sundance Institute announced…

Arts Briefs for Nov. 22
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Nov. 22

November 21, 2013

San Juan Symphony will usher in the holiday season with selections from Handel’s “Messiah” at concerts this weekend in Farmington and Durango. Concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at…

Wu-Tang forever, but not with RZA on the mic
Music

Wu-Tang forever, but not with RZA on the mic

November 21, 2013

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, aka RZA, left, and Clifford Smith, aka Method Man, of Wu-Tang Clan perform in April at the second weekend of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts…

Review: Xbox One a great game player – and more
Arts and Entertainment

Review: Xbox One a great game player – and more

November 20, 2013

Microsoft promises eight times the graphical performance of the Xbox 360 in the new Xbox One.Microsoft/Associated Press If you’re a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It’s Microsoft’s latest game…

Paramount would fight ‘Wonderful Life’ sequel
Film

Paramount would fight ‘Wonderful Life’ sequel

November 20, 2013

James Stewart as George Bailey is reunited with his wife played by actress Donna Reed, third from left, and family during the last scene of Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful…

Film festival announces new board members
Film

Film festival announces new board members

November 18, 2013

“We are pleased and grateful to have added a depth of talent and wisdom to our board of directors this year,” said Joanie Fraughton, executive director of Durango Film in…

Red Rocks new home for music hall
Music

Red Rocks new home for music hall

November 18, 2013

“Starting with Mayor Hancock, the city of Denver has been an amazing ally in our quest to find a permanent home,” says Chuck Morris, CMHOF’s chairman. “This has been our…

U.S. Best-selling books for Nov. 19
Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Nov. 19

November 18, 2013

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan (Ecco Press) 3. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. Aimless…

Hungry for more?
Film

Hungry for more?

November 18, 2013

Review: ‘Catching Fire’ an upgrade for franchise

Who’s next?
Visual Arts

Who’s next?

November 18, 2013

Festival provides top exposure for lucky artists

At the Movies
Film

At the Movies

November 14, 2013

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a free man who is duped into bondage in “12 Years a Slave.”Jaap Buitendijk/Fox Searchlight Enough Said (Playing at the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive)…

A&E Happenings for Nov. 21-24
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for Nov. 21-24

November 14, 2013

The Clods (folk/bluegrass), 5 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792, www.skabrewing.com. Trivia Night, 5:30 p.m., Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, 259-9234, www.durangodiscovery.org. Donny Johnson, 5:30 p.m.,…

Jolie, Martin, Lansbury, Tosi discuss new Oscars
Film

Jolie, Martin, Lansbury, Tosi discuss new Oscars

November 14, 2013

Costume designer Piero Tosi, left, and Silvana Mangano are shown during production of the 1971 film, “Death in Venice.” The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…

Andy Kaufman’s ‘daughter’ likely hoax
Film

Andy Kaufman’s ‘daughter’ likely hoax

November 14, 2013

CinemaBlend points out the resemblance of the woman to a photo of the actress on a theater website (www.cinemablend.com/new/Video-Watch-Andy-Kaufmaxn-Suppxxosed-Daughter-Claim-He-Still-Alive-40298.html), and The Smoking Gun reports she met Michael Kaufman at a…