Arts and Entertainment

Studio & Gallery has new online shop

Studio & Gallery has opened a new, revamped online shop. The new shop features jewelry from Crystal Hartman; prints from…

January 25, 2023

FLC to hold auditions for ‘Messiah’

Wesley Dunnagan of the Fort Lewis College Department of the Performing Arts announces that auditions will be held Feb. 5…

January 25, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Local arts and the economy: It’s all connected

Brenda Macon You may have 99 problems but art isn’t one of them. There’s rent to pay, medical bills, the…

January 19, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Argentine tango heats up Durango

Workshop to be held this weekend

January 19, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

‘Dirty South’ exhibit celebrates hip-hop’s place among American art forms

of Contemporary Art Denver displays visual, sonic output of Southern culture

January 18, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization

Lisa Marie Presley arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Mad Max: Fury Road” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on…

January 12, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Forecast for the arts: Sunny with a chance of lightning bolts of inspiration

Brenda Macon The year is fresh, which prompts the leaders in every industry to ask the Magic 8 Ball the…

January 12, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Snowdown Follies at the DAC: The best adult, youth variety shows in the land

Brenda Macon Have you ever watched “America’s Got Talent”? You know that special “golden buzzer” moment, when someone exceptional is…

January 5, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

These portraits at Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum are reuniting Native people with their ancestors – and forging new bonds

part of the Clyfford Still Museum’s 10th anniversary, a special exhibition of the portraits and other works is forging a…

January 3, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Barbara Walters, dead at 93, was cultural fixture, TV icon

Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, center right, responds to a question from American NBC reporter Barbara Walters, center left, during…

December 31, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood sits suspended in a giant bird cage in protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian…

December 30, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Looking back at 2022: A most artistic year

theater to galleries to ‘Unsolved Mysteries,’ A&E in Durango was anything but dull

December 29, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Top 3 reasons why you need to embrace your inner artist in 2023

Brenda Macon I’ve heard this from countless art students over the years, “My parents said my sister Becky was the…

December 29, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

The DAC has what you need to lighten up during these dark winter days

Brenda Macon There’s a fresh art exhibit coming your way in the new year, and all community artists are welcome…

December 22, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Top 3 reasons to give to the arts this season that will make you feel warm and fuzzy

Brenda Macon Now more than ever the arts hold communities together. As you consider your year-end charitable giving, I’d like…

December 15, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Most Coloradans think ‘Rocky Mountain High’ is the state’s only official song. Here’s the story of the other.

you know the state has an official song too? Well, two, to be exact.

December 13, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

The DAC will rock your holiday with the music of Queen

Brenda Macon “WE WILL ROCK YOU, young@part” is a delightful musical featuring more than 20 songs by the legendary rock…

December 8, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

The DAC is your HBA: Holiday Blues Antidote!

Brenda Macon The holiday buzz is getting louder and the best tonic for the end of year blues is laughter.…

December 1, 2022

Community

ArtRoom Collective to host exhibition and market

The ArtRoom Collective to host its Celebrate! Holiday Exhibition & Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 10 at…

December 1, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Want to hang out at the Durango Arts Center? You can start now

Brenda Macon Friday night (Nov. 25), the Durango Arts Center will celebrate the opening of the Winter Gift Gallery featuring…

November 24, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Your unique artistic vision is worthy of celebration

Brenda Macon It’s that time of year again. The holidays are almost upon us and I have but one simple…

November 17, 2022

New Mexico

Alec Baldwin sues to ‘clear his name’ in movie set killing

In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin stands in costume and speaks…

November 15, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Gallagher, watermelon smashing comedian, dies at 76

Comedian Gallagher smashes strawberry syrup and flour at the end of his performance at the Five Flags Theater in Dubuque,…

November 11, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Last weekend to see ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’

Nothing can move an audience emotionally like live theater, especially when the play is powerfully written, carefully directed, and performed…

November 10, 2022