Visual Arts
Durango artist goes big for debut exhibit
unveils years of large paintings at Lost Dog lounge
Arts & Entertainment
Visual Arts
NY fraud victim gets 18 artworks, worth $33M
The works by such boldface artists as Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and Damien Hirst had belonged to Marc Dreier, a once-prominent Manhattan lawyer whom prosecutors called “the Houdini of impersonation…
Performing Arts
New Carole King musical will star Jessie Mueller
Jessie Mueller will star as Carole King in the new musical “Beautiful—The Carole King Musical” on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre with an official opening night set for Sunday,…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings for Aug. 15
Early Bird Karaoke, 3-7 p.m.; also 8 p.m.-close, 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801. Terry Rickard, 5 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill, 600 Main Ave., 422-8008, www.balconybarandgrill.com. Burger…
Film
Ellen DeGeneres to host Oscars for second time
DeGeneresdu1-i-syn Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced DeGeneres’ selection Friday. The movie awards show will air on ABC on March 2. “There are few stars today who have…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs for Aug. 9
The Durango Photography Club will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Banquet Room at the Holiday Inn & Suites, 21636 Highway 160 west. Instead of the…
Performing Arts
Denver troupe rocks the ballet
Durango High School graduate Claire Snyder performs as the Spring Fairy in Ballet Ariel’s 2012 production of “Cinderella” at the Pace Center in Parker. The Denver troupe will provide Snyder…
Film
‘Fruitvale’ delves deeper into humanity
Michael James, Michael B. Jordan, Trestin George and Thomas Wright are detained by police officers, played by Kevin Durand and Alejandra Nolasco, in a scene from the film “Fruitvale Station.”RON…
Performing Arts
Cars and bugs – Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
Actors rehearse for “Richard III” on July 29 in a parking lot in New York. The bare-boned but enthusiastic summer production has as many as 77 plastic chairs that are…
Books
U.S. Best-selling books for Aug. 6
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.…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings for Aug. 7-8
Durango artist Rebecca Koeppen will open “4 Corners Themes,” an exhibition of her recent work, on Thursday afternoon at Pine River Valley Bank. Koeppen is a member of the Pastel…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs for Aug. 2
Paul Boyer will present an illustrated discussion of his photographic work for the book, 100 over 100: Moments with One Hundred North American Centenarians, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Open…
Arts and Entertainment
Military cuts adult magazines
The 48 “adult sophisticate” magazines being dropped are among a total of 891 periodicals that will no longer be offered by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service at its…
Visual Arts
Pagosa gallery honors printmaking
Though they have long called it a dying art form, owners Michael and Denise Coffee continue their efforts to ensure that printmaking won’t be swept away by the surging tide…
Film
Q&A: ‘Soup’ host dishes on his show, new movie
Joel McHale, who hosts “The Soup” on E! and stars in the NBC comedy “Community,” will also star in the upcoming supernatural thriller “Beware the Night.”John Carucci/Associated Press The 41-year-old…
Performing Arts
Opening on time is the real trick
Music
McCalla Drops in at Studio & with a midweek musical treat
Leyla McCalla, a member of the Grammy award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, will play an intimate solo show Wednesday night at Studio &.Courtesy of Bring It Forward Music The Haitian-American who…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings for Aug. 1
For this month’s First Thursday Art Walk, Toh-Atin Gallery will debut “Native Legends,” a collection of Native American paintings amassed by the gallery over several decades from personal collections throughout…
Music
Music in the Mountains enters the home stretch
‘Swing, Swing, Swing’ opens festival’s final weekend
Music
Waiting is the hardest part
The local punk trio Pelon (Tim Birchard, Chuck Hildner and Justin Repath) began a Kickstarter campaign that would finance production of 100 CDs of the group’s debut self-titled album. The…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs for July 26
The Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave., will hold a Family Day on Saturday. To beat the heat the historic way, drop in between 1 and 3 p.m. to create…
Film
Bullock, Clooney to open 70th Venice Film Festival
Venice Biennale President Paolo Baratta, left, and Venice Film Festival President Alberto Barbera arrive for the festival’s press conference in Rome on Thursday.Andrew Medichini/Associated Press Twenty films will vie for…
Film
After gripping British viewers, ‘Broadchurch’ coming to U.S.
Jodie Whittaker as Beth Latimer and Andrew Buchan as Mark Latimer will bring the popular BBC series “Broadchurch” to U.S. audiences beginning Aug. 7.Patrick Redmond/Associated Press “Broadchurch” is a murder…