Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Lucy’

Scarlett Johansson stars in “Lucy.”Universal Pictures via Associated Press Well, wow. It would be sort of like … nothing new.…

July 24, 2014

Film

Review: ‘And So It Goes’

Hold on. I’m mentally flipping through each scene. Let me rephrase that: Absolutely nothing unexpected happens in “And So It…

July 24, 2014

Film

Durango filmmaker holding auditions Saturday

Wallace’s film, “Social Interrogation,” is described as a commentary on social media. The casting calls for six male actors —…

July 23, 2014

Music

Kitten’s debut album is synth heaven

Kitten’s self-titled debut is filled with synth anthems and pop jams.Associated Press photo/Elektra Records The debut album from rising band…

July 22, 2014

Music

Sunrise at Purgatory

in the Mountains celebrates contemporary music

July 21, 2014

Music

Musician’s infamous road goes on and on

Earl Keen celebrating musical milestones in 2014

July 21, 2014

Music

Bringing home the Bacon

Durango band kicking off debut album with concert

July 21, 2014

Music

‘Weird Al’ on his weirdly successful week in music

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album, “Mandatory Fun,” debuted at No. 1 this with more than 80,000 units sold.Photo by Casey…

July 21, 2014

Books

Burke fashions epic story in Wayfaring Stranger

James Lee Burke’s epic novel Wayfaring Stranger is thick with tension throughout.Associated Press photo/Simon & Schuster Author James Lee Burke…

July 21, 2014

Music

Trent Reznor contemplates the future, the road

Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails embark on a North America tour co-headlining with Soundgarden on Saturday.Associated Press photo/Rebecca Blackwell,…

July 18, 2014

Performing Arts

Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89

Elaine Stritch, an inimitable performer on stage and the big screen, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Michigan. She…

July 18, 2014

Visual Arts

In Studio & Group Show, a mixture of musings

artists will be featured in annual juried show

July 17, 2014

Film

With ‘Joe,’ Cage proves he’s still got what it takes

drama is out on DVD and Blu-ray this summer

July 17, 2014

Visual Arts

Woven through history

A collection of Navajo weavings dating from the 1860s through the 1950s opens with a reception from 5 to 9…

July 17, 2014

Film

Movies playing in Durango July 18-24

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) A Long Way Down Four lost souls – a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed…

July 17, 2014

Music

Blues legend Johnny Winter dies at 70 in Zurich

Texas blues icon Johnny Winter died in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday.Associated Press Photo/The Repository, Bob Rossiter His contrasting appearance and…

July 17, 2014

Performing Arts

Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ – the stage

Actress Julia Stiles stars this summer in the one-act dark romantic comedy “Phoenix” by Scott Organ at the intimate Cherry…

July 17, 2014

Film

Review: ‘Purge’ sequel provides requisite thrills

A scene from “The Purge: Anarchy,” which opens in Durango on July 18.Universal Pictures via Associated Press Set ten years…

July 17, 2014

Film

Film review: Begin Again

With the help of musician-turned-filmmaker John Carney, comedy producer Judd Apatow and songwriter Gregg Alexander of the New Radicals comes…

July 17, 2014

Film

Film Review: Sex Tape

Judd Apatow’s landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, but it has also inspired a now sizable…

July 17, 2014

Film

Film Review: A Long Way Down

Much as new releases like “Happy Christmas” and “Obvious Child” are set during the colder months, “A Long Way Down”…

July 17, 2014

Performing Arts

Felder combines acting and piano playing in masterful performances

Hershey Felder at the piano onstage at The Town Hall in New York, where he will perform his one-man show…

July 16, 2014

Music

Ron Howard to direct new Beatles documentary

It was announced Wednesday that Apple Corps Ltd., White Horse Pictures and Imagine Entertainment will produce the documentary, with the…

July 16, 2014

Visual Arts

UK museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWI

Silhouettes of British soldiers are projected onto a trench scene in the new “First World War Galleries” at the Imperial…

July 16, 2014