Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Nov. 7-13

Jack Ellis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Documentary: “Riding My Way Back Home,” 5:30 p.m., Elk’s…

November 6, 2014

Arts Briefs

The fifth annual Living Tarot Oracle will take place Friday through Sunday at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second…

November 6, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Harry Belafonte says activism inspired his art

Harry Belafonte will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Saturday at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles.Associated Press photo/Oxford Eagle,…

November 6, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

David Chase intrigued by ‘Sopranos’ prequel idea

David Chase, was the showrunner for HBO’s “The Sopranos,” which is being released on Blue-ray for the first time.Photo by…

November 5, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Co-host of NPR’s Car Talk dies at 77

Brothers Ray, left, and Tom Magliozzi, co-hosts of National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” show, are seen in Cambridge, Mass in…

November 3, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Q&A: ‘Interstellar’ filmmaker Nolan on his robots

Matthew McConaughey, left, and Anne Hathawa, in a scene from the film ‘”Interstellar.”Associated Press photo/Paramount Pictures, Melinda Sue Gordon “The…

November 3, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Fort Lewis College will be hosting art events and workshops through the month of November to highlight Native American Heritage…

November 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Desert phenomena

Courtesy of Friends of the Art Library<br><br>Graphic designer Mariah Richstone grew up in Durango, but she’s spent a good deal…

November 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

MacLaine comes to terms with her work, life

winner stars in remake of 2005’s ‘Elsa & Fred’

November 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp talk their beloved creation, Marcel the Shell

The Washington Post/RazorbillThis image shows the cover of Marcel the Shell: The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been, by Jenny Slate…

November 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts organizations are hiring in-house journalists to tell their stories

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra published a story on its website about young composers using crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, while the…

November 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Ghost tracks

Over the years, railroad passengers, workers and others on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks have heard, seen…

October 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

The Russians are coming – to the opera

Smart, sexy ‘Carmen’ to screen Saturday

October 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts briefs

The Downtown Business Improvement District, Durango Chamber of Commerce and more than 90 local businesses have teamed up to host…

October 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Oct. 31-Nov. 6

Downtown Trick-or-Treating, 4-6 p.m., stores downtown, more than 90 merchants will offer Halloween goodies and surprises, for children 10 and…

October 30, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Brief Chaplin bio captures essence of ‘the Tramp’

Peter Ackroyd’s book, Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life, looks at self-taught comic’s complexities.Associated Press Photo/Nan A. Talese/Doubleday In 1914, Keystone…

October 28, 2014

Arts and Entertainment