Arts & Entertainment

Performing Arts

Tony Award nominations might have a British accent

“Kinky Boots” and “Matilda” are each a virtual lock to get a Tony Award nomination today for best musical, and…

April 29, 2013

Visual Arts

Walk into the season of art

Thursday is a warm-up for May events

April 29, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for May 2

STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald – DURANGO – 04/20/13 – From left: Paige Moore, 12, Brook Gauthier, 13, Sierra Heller, 16, and…

April 25, 2013

Film

Now Playing for April 26 – May 2

(1120 Main Ave., 259-7940, www.thebackspacetheatre.org) Hyde Park on Hudson. HHH½ Bill Murray stars as FDR, who, while entertaining the king…

April 25, 2013

Performing Arts

Cleopatra’s happy ending closes MET season

Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra and Christophe Dumaux as Tolomeo rehearse a scene from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” on March 25 at…

April 25, 2013

Visual Arts

Glass spouses

Home & Ranch Show artists also part of Smithsonian exhibit

April 25, 2013

Music

Choral Society to preview summer Europe excursion

The Durango Choral Society will give a preview of its European summer tour tonight at St. Columba Catholic Church.Courtesy of…

April 25, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for April 26

Merely Players and Durango Performing Arts Company will present the youth theater extravaganza, Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at Durango…

April 25, 2013

Film

To ‘3’ or not to ‘3’: Hollywood’s got the franchise fever

there’s only one prescription:More billion-dollar blockbusters

April 25, 2013

Music

iTunes celebrates a decade, faces new challenges

After 10 years, the iTunes music store is not only music’s biggest retailer, it also dominates the digital video market,…

April 24, 2013

Film

Boston bombings manhunt draws about 42M viewers

A police vehicle probes the boat where 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding Friday in Watertown, Mass.…

April 22, 2013

Music

Review: Martin’s banjo melds well with Brickell

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have released “Love Has Come For You.”Rounder/Associated Press It’s clear from the opening line on…

April 22, 2013

Books

U.S. Best-selling books for April 23

Fiction 1. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books) 2. The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)…

April 22, 2013

Music

Singer Richie Havens dies at 72

Woodstock folk artist performed in Durango beginning in 1996

April 22, 2013

Music

Big finale for local symphony

Guest soloist Mary Elizabeth Bowden performed Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E flat major in the final two concerts of the…

April 22, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

Drawing inspiration

take over Arts Center for creativity

April 22, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for April 25

Supporters for Tim DeChristopher in a scene from “Bidder 70,” the documentary about the activist’s attempts to derail an oil…

April 18, 2013

Film

Now Playing for April 19-25

(1120 Main Ave., 259-7940, www.thebackspacetheatre.org) Hyde Park on Hudson. HHH½ Bill Murray stars as FDR, who, while entertaining the king…

April 18, 2013

Music

Musical superpowers to hold summit

soloists star in rare collaboration

April 18, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for April 19

Colorado Creative Industries is accepting applications for its largest grant program, Colorado Creates. Nonprofit cultural organizations and communities can access…

April 18, 2013

Books

Evison to share stories and beer

Evison writes with an edge but softens it with genuine compassion and intelligence. The novel is a story of personal…

April 18, 2013

Music

Tuning in: Twitter launches music app

Twitter said in a blog post that an app will be available for download from Apple’s online store Thursday. A…

April 18, 2013

Music

Judge allows Flavor Flav to attend Hall of Fame

A judge on Thursday agreed to postpone arraignment for the rapper and former reality TV star on felony assault with…

April 18, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

For those about to rock

Hall inducts 2013 class at LA ceremony

April 18, 2013

Film

Cannes lineup celebrates world film

favorites also on deck for May festival

April 18, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

Fiction Pulitzer returns for North Korea novel

Pulitzer judges on Monday praised Johnsons book as an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey…

April 15, 2013

Books

U.S. Best-selling books for April 16

Fiction 1. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books) 2. The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)…

April 15, 2013

Film

Fort Lewis to host Ignacio film festival

Fort Lewis College teacher education students Diana Williams and Crystal Pennington help Ignacio High School student Veronica Gonzalez, center, with…

April 15, 2013

Music

Weather or not, Meltdown is here

than 25 bands to play bluegrass festival

April 15, 2013

Visual Arts

Equine tourism

Durango saddle makers share techniques in Siberia

April 15, 2013