Music
Fort Lewis College grad’s song celebrates Durango
‘Back to Durango’ a single from Cara Elizabeth’s new album ’Sonic Empath’
Arts & Entertainment
Performing Arts
Broadway readies imminent ticket sales for a fall reopening
Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening at full capacity. New York Gov. Andrew…
Film
Movies playing in Durango May 7-13
Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal star in “Here Today.”Cara Howe/Sony Pictures via AP 900 Translux Drive, Durango 247-9799, www.allentheatres.com Here Today Veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz is going through a…
Film
Ariz. town readies for tourists after ‘Nomadland’
Regardless, Phil Bates, owner of the Main Trading Post, told The Arizona Republic that he plans to be ready to sell “Nomadland”-related T-shirts and tchotchkes to any of the newly…
Film
Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning ‘Moonstruck’ star, dies at 89
Actress Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died. She…
Arts and Entertainment
Former reality TV star Josh Duggar faces child porn charges
Duggardu1-i-syn Federal prosecutors announced the indictment a day after Duggar was arrested by U.S. Marshals in northwest Arkansas. Prosecutors said Duggar possessed the material, some of which depicts the sexual…
Performing Arts
Durango High School theater returns to the stage with ‘Carrie’
1096 wants to take you to the prom
Arts and Entertainment
Music in the Mountains seeks volunteers, hosts trainings
In-person training will be held at 5 :30 p.m. May 25 on the covered patio at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Light refreshments will be provided. Virtual training will be…
Arts and Entertainment
Taos Writers Conference to be held virtually
The conference will feature Luci Tapahonso as keynote speaker and will offer a weekend of workshops on fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, memoir, short stories and writing about race, class, culture…
Music
English rockers Genesis announce 1st U.S. tour in 14 years
Genesis band members from left, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Phil Collins, are returning to the U.S. for their first tour in 14 years. The trio announced The Last Domino?…
Local News
Durango’s biggest public art piece scheduled for installation
‘Common Threads’ delayed by two years
Film
Movies playing in Durango April 30-May 6
Frances McDormand stars in “Nomadland.”Courtesy of IMDB 900 Translux Drive, Durango 247-9799, www.allentheatres.com Nomadland After the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and…
Arts and Entertainment
Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert
Burners surrounded by playa dust climb onto an art installation called, “Night of the Climb,” in 2018 at Burning Man, in Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday they are…
Books
Publisher pulls Philip Roth biography, cuts ties with author
“Norton is permanently putting out of print our editions of ‘Philip Roth: The Biography’ and ‘The Splendid Things We Planned,’ Blake Bailey’s 2014 memoir,” the publisher announced Tuesday. “Mr. Bailey…
Local News
Durango offers paid opportunities for artists
Brigade provides funding for public art projects around town
Performing Arts
Fort Lewis College stages an evening of musical theater
Dancers Abby Kerr and Vivien Orchid Bakowski perform “Drag Blues,” from “Victor,Victoria.”Courtesy of Fort Lewis College Today and Saturday, the departments of music and theater at Fort Lewis College will…
Music
Prince fans pay respects at Paisley Park five years after death
A fan takes a photo of a memorial, Wednesday as others line up to go into Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minn., on the fifth anniversary of Prince’s death. Fans were…
Film
Movies playing in Durango April 23-29
Hiroyuki Sanada stars in “Mortal Kombat.”Warner Bros. Pictures via AP 900 Translux Drive, Durango 247-9799, www.allentheatres.com Mortal Kombat MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth’s greatest champions in order to…
Arts and Entertainment
College wraps up spring free lecture series with van Gogh
“The Starry Night” was painted in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh.Courtesy Now in its 21st year, the Life-long Learning series has continued to offer programs on a variety of topics…
Books
‘The Diné Reader’ an unforgettable experience
Maria’s Bookshop to host a talk with book’s contributors
Music
Jim Steinman, hitmaker for Meat Loaf and Celine Dion, dies
Inductee Jim Steinman speaks at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala in New York on June 14, 2012. Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer and playwright who wrote…
Music
Ted Nugent, who once dismissed COVID-19, sickened by virus
Ted Nugent revealed he was in agony after testing positive for the coronavirus – months after he said the virus was “not a real pandemic.” “I thought I was dying,”…
Performing Arts
Scott Rudin will ‘step back’ after allegations of bullying
Amid mounting anger about allegations of bullying, Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin broke his silence Saturday, saying he is “profoundly sorry” and will step back from his theater work.Matt…
Music
Durango filmmaker behind Chevel Shepherd’s latest videos
takes storytelling approach to music videos
Film
‘Peaky Blinders’ actor Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52
Actors Helen McCrory, left, and Damian Lewis attend the premiere of “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,” in London in 2019. McCrory, who starred in the television show “Peaky Blinders”…
Music
Summer music parties make their return
in the Park, Four Corners Folk Fest set for July, Labor Day weekend
Arts and Entertainment
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez have split – for real this time
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez told the “Today” show Thursday in a joint statement that they are calling off their two-year engagement.Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated Press file Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez…
Performing Arts
Broadway star Karen Olivo protests Scott Rudin silence
Tony Award-winner Karen Olivo says she won’t return to “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” once it reopens, saying she’s frustrated by the Broadway industry and especially the silence in the wake…