Local News
Durango’s long-awaited art installation ‘Common Threads’ delayed, again
considers alternative locations for steel panels
Arts & Entertainment
Visual Arts
Mike Scieszka’s paintings an exhibit for a cause
Paintings by Mike Scieszka are currently on display in the Durango Arts Center. Proceeds from the paintings he sells are going to the American Cancer Society. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca All…
Downtown Lowdown
Patrick Crossing hosts Celtic gathering
For many, it was Durango’s Celtic Music Festival, the annual March gathering that features some of the best in local, national and international Celtic music. Its 2020 festival was one…
Performing Arts
Merely Players finds another ’found space’
Theater company to stage contemporary French comedy
Arts and Entertainment
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91
Author Eric Carle reads his classic children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” on the NBC “Today” television program in New York on Oct. 8, 2009. The beloved children’s author and…
Arts and Entertainment
Movies playing in Durango May 28-June 3
From left, Paul Walter Hauser, Emma Stone and Joel Fry star in "Cruella." (Disney via AP) A Quiet Place Part II After the deadly events at home, the Abbott family…
Arts and Entertainment
Grammys change rules for album of the year award
The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that any producer, songwriter, engineer or featured artist on an album nominated for the album of the year Grammy will also earn a nomination –…
Arts and Entertainment
Santa Fe Film Institute announces grant program
Colorado artists invited to apply
Arts and Entertainment
Get the party started! Live audience for Eurovision final
Dadi og Gagnamagnid from Iceland perform via video link during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Wednesday. A member of Dadi og Gagnamagnid…
Arts and Entertainment
Center of Southwest Studies exhibits open by appointment
Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College has reopened the museum galleries to the public, by appointment. Currently on display are “Throughline: Student Works Inspired by the Center’s Collections”…
Visual Arts
Stitch has magazine cover all sewn up
Downtown Durango’s Stitch quilt shop is featured in the latest issue of Quilt Sampler Magazine. (Katie Chicklinski-Cahill/Durango Herald) Durango quilt shop featured in Quilt Sampler Magazine When photographers and stylists…
Film
Movies playing in Durango May 21-27
Scooby, Shaggy and the gang are together for another mystery in “Scoob!” (Courtesy of IMDB) Scoob! “Scoob!” reveals how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined…
Arts and Entertainment
Billy Porter breaks silence on HIV status
Billy Porter has broken his silence about his HIV diagnosis, saying he no longer wants to live under a cloud of shame. The “Pose” star said in an interview published…
Arts and Entertainment
Demi Lovato comes out as nonbinary
Demi Lovato revealed on Wednesday they identify as nonbinary and are changing their pronouns, telling fans the decision came after “self-reflective work.” Lovato said they picked gender-neutral pronouns them and…
Books
‘Desert Chrome’ chronicles a life lived
Maria’s Bookshop will host a discussion with author Kathryn Wilder about her new book “Desert Chrome.” (Courtesy of Maria’s Bookshop) Maria’s Bookshop to host online discussion with author Wow! Just…
Arts and Entertainment
Janet Jackson’s ensembles from video sold for $125K
American singer Janet Jackson’s entire ensemble she wore in the “Scream” music video opposite of her brother Michael Jackson are among the items up for bid in a three-day auction.…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Well, that’s it.’ 96-year-old DJ bids farewell in Hong Kong
Ray Cordeiro, also known as Uncle Ray, finishes his last show “All The Way with Ray” at the studio in RTHK, the broadcaster in Hong Kong on Feb.15, 2021. After…
Arts and Entertainment
Still time to catch Durango Choral Society’s ‘Cabaret’
“Cabaret” features soloists, choirs and a jazz combo performing tunes from Broadway, opera and the Great American Songbook – there’s even a musical rendering of The Durango Herald police blotter…
Arts and Entertainment
Movies playing in Durango May 14-20
Chris Rock stars in “Spiral: From the Book of Saw.” (Brooke Palmer/Lionsgate via AP)Brooke Palmer Profile An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State,…
Arts and Entertainment
Treasure trove of rock memorabilia includes Kurt Cobain hair
Six strands of blonde hair from Kurt Cobain are part of a series of Nirvana offerings that also includes a Cobain amp and a rare group-signed blue Stratocaster-style guitar at…
Arts and Entertainment
Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Opera reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with the American Guild of Musical Artists, one of three major labor deals needed for the New…
Arts and Entertainment
Report: Ellen DeGeneres to end her TV talk show next year
Ellen DeGeneres, who has seen ratings for her show “Ellen” drop after allegations of running a toxic workplace, has decided the upcoming season next year will be the last. It…
Arts and Entertainment
Go-Go’s, Jay-Z and Foo Fighters in Rock Hall on first try
The Go-Go's, from left, Kathy Valentine, Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock and Jane Wiedlin, made this year's list of honorees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The…
Film
Telluride Horror Show welcomes back in-person audiences in fall
year’s festival moved online because of pandemic
Arts and Entertainment
Nancy Wilson on Eddie Van Halen and her first solo album
Nancy Wilson of Heart performs at RFK Stadium in Washington on July 4, 2015. Wilson released her first solo album, “You and Me,” on Friday. (Photo by Nick Wass/Invision/AP, file)Nick…
Arts and Entertainment
Tawny Kitaen, star of ’80s rock music videos, dies at 59
Tawny Kitaen, the sultry red-haired actress who appeared in rock music videos during the heyday of MTV, has died. She was 59. Authorities in Orange County, Calif., say she died…
Visual Arts
Animas students create art for a cause
from ’Trash Art’ online auction will help The Hive DGO
Visual Arts
KDUR’s Furniture As Art auction moved online
“Bite Rack" is a functional bike rack created by Noah Stotz and Monica Louise. It’s a piece being auctioned during KDUR’s Furniture As Art fundraiser. (Courtesy of KDUR) KDUR’s annual…