Arts & Entertainment

Youth Orchestra to perform in Durango, Bayfield

Concerto winner and a premiere on ambitious program

Arts Calendar

Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. STEAM Lab, 3:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, various times and venues. Visit…

DHS Fine Arts showcase to be held

Choir All day Friday: CHSAA Large Group Festival – Montezuma-Cortez High School (band, orchestra and choir). April 24-26: Greeley Jazz Festival – DHS Colours and Concert choirs. 7 p.m. May…

Durango Photography Club to meet

The club will present a talk about how and where to photograph the blooms of summer. Comisar, a photography workshop instructor and the owner-exhibitor at Scenic Aperture on Main Avenue,…

Mariah Carey to receive Icon Award at Billboard Music Awards

NBC and Dick Clark Productions announced Thursday that the Grammy-winning superstar will also perform at the May 1 event in Las Vegas. Carey has 18 No. 1 hits, including “Vision…

Twitter removes Trump video for use of ‘Dark Knight’ score

Trump on Tuesday tweeted the video, which featured images of Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton juxtaposed with images from Trump’s two years in office. The text, set against the…

Newcomer Emma Corrin nabs Diana role in ‘The Crown’

British newcomer Emma Corrin will play the ill-fated future wife of Prince Charles in the drama series. Corrin’s credits include a guest part on the PBS series “Grantchester” and the…

Seymour Cassel, mischievous character actor of independent films, dies at 84

Actor Seymour Cassel, who appeared frequently in the films of John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, has died.Louis Lanzano/Associated Press file The cause was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, said his son,…

Billie Eilish’s casually morbid music defined Gen Z. Now she has No. 1 Billboard debut

Billie Eilish performs at the Uber Eats House during the South by Southwest Music Festival on March 16 in Austin, Texas.Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP The question is as provocative as those the…

Sara Gilbert exits ‘The Talk,’ cites work-life balance

Gilbert announced Tuesday on CBS’s “The Talk” that she’s decided to exit as a co-host because of her packed work and personal schedule. Gilbert, who produces and stars on ABC’s…

Movies playing in Durango April 12-18

Legendary half-demon superhero (David Harbour, “Stranger Things”) is caught in a clash between the supernatural and the human in “Hellboy.”Mark Rogers/Lionsgate via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Bolshoi…

Tom Selleck, star of television and films, is writing memoir

The “Magnum P.I.” star has a deal with Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The book, announced Monday, is currently untitled and does not yet have a release…

The streaming age is making it easier than ever to discover great movies

Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn) in “Dragged Across Concrete.”Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate Co. Set aside Netflix, for a moment, with its movie-of-the-week model and its dependence on ’90s…

Art Institute delays Native American exhibit amid concerns

Native American scholars against the scheduled opening said that much of the Mimbres pottery pledged to the Art Institute by one Chicago collector had come from ancestral gravesites. “It’s not…

Let’s talk about ‘Project Runway’ stars using ‘old lady’ to describe unflattering clothes

Tim Gunn was the original mentor on “Project Runway.” He encouraged contestants to “make it work.”Photo for The Washington Post by Ian Maddox She is a longtime fan of the…

We’ve been waiting for ‘Shazam!’

Jack Dylan Grazer plays Freddy Freeman and Zachary Levi is the title character in “Shazam!”Steve Wilkie, Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics That’s largely because of director David F. Sandberg, whose 2017…

Durango Arts Center presents ‘Lion King Jr.’

That’s a selection of the animals, birds and insects you’ll see in puppet and human form on the Durango Art Center stage this weekend. “The Lion King Jr.” will open…

Durango Public Library to host Literary Festival

Bohjaliandu1-i-syn The keynote speaker will be best-selling author Chris Bohjalian. Some of his standout titles include “Midwives,” “The Sandcastle Girls” and “The Flight Attendant.” The festival will begin with two…

Durango Voice to crown a winner this weekend

du1-i-syn The competition is similar to the television show “The Voice,” where contestants perform in a blind audition. The four judges sat with their backs to the singers and turned…

New Mexico eyes film studio near Navajo Nation

The Farmington Daily Times reports San Juan County is waiting for the governor to sign a capital outlay bill that includes $1 million for construction of a film studio in…

Arts Calendar

Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. STEAM Lab, 3:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. One-woman show with Peggy Immel, opening reception, 5…

Durango Public library to host Literary Festival

The keynote speaker will be best-selling author Chris Bohjalian. Some of his standout titles include “Midwives,” “The Sandcastle Girls” and “The Flight Attendant.” The festival will begin with two special…

Swedish superstars ABBA: New song later this year

Ulvaeus told Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet tabloid on Wednesday that “it takes an extremely long time” to make the video with the avatars of the group members, adding “it has been…

Movies playing in Durango April 5-11

Jeté Laurence stars in the reboot of “Pet Sematary.”Kerry Hayes/Paramount Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Apollo 11 A cinematic space event film 50 years in the…

Eagles to perform ‘Hotel California’ album in its entirety

Live Nation says it will take place Sept. 27 and 28 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster on April 12. Don…

Photos: ‘Creativity Festivity’ features art from Durango students

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Alex Paul and Birds of Play perform at 7 p.m. Friday at The Indigo Room. Tickets are $15.Courtesy of Alex Paul and Birds of Play Aerial Workshops with Valerie Morris,…

Movies playing in Durango March 29- April 4

Colin Farrell, left, Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins star as a family who takes care of the baby elephant in “Dumbo.” In this remake, none of the animals utter a…

FLC Art and Design Gallery to host graduating senior exhibition

The Senior Exhibition will have a wide variety of works on display, created by Studio Art Majors and Communication Design Majors. The works vary in medium from digital prints, sculptures,…

Music in the Mountains welcomes new board members

Elizabeth Cartier is a tenure-track associate professor at the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College, and she and her husband own J.Bo’s Pizza and Rib, Co. Dwight Frankfather…