Arts & Entertainment

U.S. Best-selling Books for Aug. 27
Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Aug. 27

August 26, 2013

Fiction 1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith; J. K. Rowling (Mulholland Books) 2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow & Co.) 3.…

Threads of connection
Visual Arts

Threads of connection

August 26, 2013

Exhibit links ancient, modern papermaking at local arts center

Album review: Another portrait of Bob Dylan
Music

Album review: Another portrait of Bob Dylan

August 26, 2013

At least one music critic is underwhelmed by Bob Dylan’s “Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10.”Courtesy of Columbia Records It was hard not to see why. The…

A&E Happenings for Aug. 29
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for Aug. 29

August 22, 2013

The Cortez quartet Not Quite Dry will play an intimate show Saturday night at the Mancos Valley Distillery.Courtesy of Mancos Valley Distillery Terry Rickard, 5 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill,…

Arts Briefs for Aug. 23
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Aug. 23

August 22, 2013

Durango Scottish Dancers will present New Zealand Scottish fiddler Catherine Fraser and pianist Duncan Smith at 7 p.m. Monday at the Rocky Mountain Retreat, 848 East Third Ave. Their repertoire,…

Former ‘Today’ news anchor Lew Wood dies at age 84
Arts and Entertainment

Former ‘Today’ news anchor Lew Wood dies at age 84

August 21, 2013

This 1970s image shows, clockwise from foreground left, Jim Hartz, Lew Wood, Gene Shalit and Barbara Walters from the NBC News “Today” show in New York. Wood died Wednesday at…

Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87
Books

Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87

August 20, 2013

Elmore Leonard works on a manuscript in 2010 at his home in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Leonard, a former adman who later in life became one of America’s foremost crime writers,…

Priority for Salinger book, movie is secrecy
Books

Priority for Salinger book, movie is secrecy

August 19, 2013

This undated photo shows author J.D. Salinger at home in Cornish, N.H., with Emily Maxwell, the wife of William Maxwell, a close friend and Salinger’s editor at The New Yorker.…

U.S. Best-selling books for Aug. 20
Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Aug. 20

August 19, 2013

Fiction 1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith; J. K. Rowling (Mulholland Books) 2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow & Co.) 3.…

Durango’s John L. Kessell to talk about his new book
Books

Durango’s John L. Kessell to talk about his new book

August 19, 2013

University of Oklahoma Press But Durango author John L. Kessell shines a light on Pacheco’s many other pursuits in Miera y Pacheco: Domínguez and Escalante’s Unruly Cartographer. According to Kessell,…

‘Cabaret’ auditions are this week
Performing Arts

‘Cabaret’ auditions are this week

August 19, 2013

Available roles include the leads of Sally Bowles (acting/singing/dancing) and the Emcee (acting/singing/dancing) as well as Kit-Kat Girls (6-8 singing and dancing), Kit Kat Boys (2-4 singing and dancing), 2-4…

A&E Happenings for Aug. 22
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for Aug. 22

August 15, 2013

Durango artist Judy DeVincentis Morgan will open an exhibit at Houshang’s Gallery in Santa Fe at 5 p.m. Thursday. Morgan’s plein air painting “Los Pinos River” was a winner at…

Arts Briefs for Aug. 16
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Aug. 16

August 15, 2013

Members of the community are invited to audition to sing in the Durango Choral Society. Auditions will be held Monday by appointment in the late afternoon and evening at St.…

Calamity Jane film seeks extras for Durango shoot
Film

Calamity Jane film seeks extras for Durango shoot

August 15, 2013

Producers are looking for doppelgängers of Martha Jane Canary, aka Calamity Jane, at various points in the Western legend’s life for an upcoming docudrama. Filmmakers will shoot a portion of…

Finding a ‘leak’
Local News

Finding a ‘leak’

August 12, 2013

whatever reason, public urination is a common sight in Durango

U.S. Best-selling books for Aug. 13
Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Aug. 13

August 12, 2013

Fiction 1. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith; J. K. Rowling (Mulholland Books) 2. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow & Co.) 3.…