Arts & Entertainment

At Elvis Fest, impersonations are reverent tribute

Elvis tribute artists, from left, Daniel Jenkins, Tyler James and Jacob Roman, performed in a competition at the Las Vegas…

July 15, 2014

Music

Extra ‘Carmen’ performance added by Santa Fe Opera

General Manager Charles MacKay said an Aug. 18 performance was scheduled because of a heavy demand for tickets at the…

July 15, 2014

Music

Dolly Parton wants to record dance track

The country diva has decided to toss her cowboy hat in the EDM ring, starting with a song, “Just a…

July 15, 2014

Books

What goes into editing a book? Ask the editors

of New York publishing figures to discuss books, more at Maria’s Bookshop

July 14, 2014

Music

Faster, higher, stronger

Quartet performing in Durango on Thursday

July 14, 2014

Music

Keeping the singing-cowboy tradition alive

in the Sky have played over 6,700 concerts in 36 years

July 14, 2014

Music

Morrissey gets political on new album

Morrissey gets political on his new album, “World Peace Is None Of Your Business.”Associated Press photo/Harvest Rue the day when…

July 14, 2014

Books

Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, author, activist, dies

Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer of South Africa died in her sleep in Johannesburg, Sunday. She was 90.Associated Press photo/Guillermo…

July 14, 2014

Visual Arts

Artist creates ‘empowering’ wearable sculptures

Artist-activist Linda Stein runs her hand over the surface of one of her sculptural avatars, a wearable piece of art…

July 14, 2014

Music

Jazz masters evoke joy, sadness on duet CD

There’s a sense of both joy and sadness to “Last Dance,” which surprisingly is the first album in pianist Keith…

July 11, 2014

Music

Garth Brooks’ music coming to digital via his own site

Country music star Garth Brooks held a news conference on Thursday to announce that will make his songs available digitally…

July 11, 2014

Books

For author Ben Winters, the apocalypse is now

But the best-selling novelist is responsible for an end-of-days trilogy that has captured the imagination of Armageddon enthusiasts and mystery…

July 11, 2014

Music

Grammy winner takes helm

Albert succeeds Arkady Fomin at festival’s conservatory

July 10, 2014

Music

Music in the Mountains Conservatory rebuilds

director, faculty, direction for organization’s education program

July 10, 2014

Film

Review: Obvious Child

The moment would cost her – she only lasted only one season on the show – and she would not…

July 10, 2014

Film

Movies playing in Durango July 11-17

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Obvious Child For aspiring comedian Donna Stern, everyday life as a female twenty-something provides…

July 10, 2014

Performing Arts

David Byrne readies ‘Here Lies Love’ in London

Ruthie Ann Miles stars as Imelda Marcos in David Byrnes’ “Here Lies Love” at The Public Theater in New York.Associated…

July 10, 2014

Film

A summer without swagger for Hollywood

Ansel Elgort, left, and Shailene Woodley star in“The Fault In Our Stars.” Despite the fact that it’s a niche-based film…

July 9, 2014

Film

Documentary follows dream of 4 young U.S. Hispanics

On its surface, the story seems unremarkable. But their parents are Mexicans who are living in the United States illegally,…

July 9, 2014

Music

Weezer to release new album on Sept. 30

Their ninth studio album is the band’s first new material in four years. Ric Ocasek, the frontman of the Cars…

July 9, 2014

Music

Nash sees young people as saviors of the future

Associated Press photo/Statesman.com, Jay Janner<br><br>Graham Nash, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter and member of Crosby, Stills and…

July 8, 2014

Film

‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ to show in Nigeria

It was unclear what changes were made to satisfy the National Film and Video Censors Board. The movie is partly…

July 8, 2014

Music

Music Vault unleashes 13,000 videos on YouTube

The collection holds 2,000 hours of exclusive video spanning the past 50 years and rare performances by some of the…

July 8, 2014

Performing Arts

Shakespeare galore shaping up in the West

Shakespeare Festival celebrates brothers, sisters, twins

July 7, 2014