Arts & Entertainment

Movies playing in Durango June 13-19

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows the character Hiccup, voiced by Jay Baruchel, in a scene from “How To…

Crafting a hit: How many songwriters does it take?

top songs are written by 4 or more people

Bonnaroo features mini-British Invasion in 2014

Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP<br><br> Lauren Mayberry of the electronic band Chvrches performs during the 2013 Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia,…

Grammys to allow samples in songwriting categories

Previously, samples – snippets of previously recorded material or songs incorporated into a new work – had been allowed only…

Museum chronicles 100 years of humanitarian group

Associated Press photo/JDC<br><br>The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a 100-year-old humanitarian assistance organization that helps Jews and non-Jews around…

Chrissie Hynde a Pretender no more on ‘Stockholm’

Chrissie Hynde has released her first solo venture, “Stockholm,” six years after the last Pretenders album.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/Associated Press…

Eric Hill, children’s author/illustrator, dead at 86

In announcing Hill’s death June 6, Don Weisberg, president of Penguin Young Readers Group, said Tuesday that Hill “created one…

Book Buzz: J.K. Rowling donates big to keep Scotland in U.K.

The author just announced that she is making a big donation to Better Together, a campaign against Scottish independence. Scots…

Colin Firth to grin and bear it in upcoming ‘Paddington’

Paddington, that is, the Peruvian bear who has been the hero of 70 books that have sold more than 30…

Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced’ to jump to Broadway

“Disgraced” had its world premiere at Chicago’s American Theater Company in 2012 and then ran at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire…

There’s a new path to art in Durango

transplants open Sendero Gallery

Professionals and paint buckets

The legacy of our fathers lives on

'Love, Dad' theater readings at DAC celebrate Father's Day

Bill Watterson of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ returns to print

Bill Watterson drew the syndicated and über-popular Calvin and Hobbes for 10 years before shutting it down in 1995. The…

Jack White goes country on second solo

This photo released by Third Man Records/Columbia shows the cover of Jack White’s new album, “Lazaretto.”Associated Press Photo/Third Man Records/Columbia…

Maxwell plans for tour, new music & possible baby

Singer Maxwell performs on “The Early Show” in New York in 2008. Maxwell’s new album, “Summers,” originally supposed to be…

The Week in Music: Fred Schneider, a Journey cover, more

In no particular order, these go to 11: 1. Bob Mould’s video for “I Don’t Know You Anymore;http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/65f616aff7/bob-mould-i-don-t-know-you-anymore.” Mould has…

Review: ‘Edge of Tomorrow’

Tom Cruise is a military marketer who finds himself fighting in a time loop in “Edge of Tomorrow.”David James, Warner…

Jerry Lewis keeps the comedy coming

in show business spans 70 years

Mike Myers returns … as a director of ‘Supermensch’

Legendary Hollywood manager and insider Shep Gordon is the subject of Mike Myers’ directorial debut, the documentary “Supermensch.”Associated Press So…

Book buzz: ‘Caged Bird’ sales soar after Angelou’s death

hits No. 4 on USA TODAY’s best seller list

Review: ‘Locke’

Harding strong in ‘Locke’ but story needs more action

Movies playing in Durango June 6-12

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Locke. Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has worked diligently to craft the life he has…

Review: ‘Chef’

John Leguizamo, from left, Emjay Anthony and Jon Favreau in a scene from “Chef.”Open Road Films via Associated Press Marking…