Arts & Entertainment

Performing Arts

Pursuing happiness

Theatre Dept. stages Depression-era comedy

October 17, 2013

Visual Arts

Open Studios offers rooms with a view

22 artists where they live and do their work

October 17, 2013

Books

Book offers juicy peak inside Johnny Carson’s life

Henry Bushkin’s Johnny Carson offers a peak inside the TV host’s life.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Associated Press Hell hath no fury like…

October 16, 2013

Music

SXSW Festival releases initial music lineup

The first batch of 183 acts from 27 countries will only be the first of many, said Elizabeth Derczo, publicist…

October 16, 2013

Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Oct. 15

Fiction 1. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner) 2. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking Adult) 3.…

October 14, 2013

Visual Arts

Southern hospitality

will be inspiration for Durango artist

October 13, 2013

Film

3rd season for Community Cinema

films scheduled for PBS collaboration

October 13, 2013

Music

Satchmo house marks 10 years as museum

Armstrong, who documented his career in unusual ways, had the life mask with a painted bronze-patina finish made in the…

October 13, 2013

Music

Tribal Seeds starts tour in Durango

Diego band a rising star in reggae music

October 10, 2013

Performing Arts

Willkommen!

morphs into the Kit Kat Klub for ‘Cabaret!’

October 10, 2013

Visual Arts

Pagosa Springs celebrates those who create

Well, a lot of people do, but they can’t be talking about the town of Pagosa Springs. To prove it,…

October 10, 2013

Books

Canada’s Alice Munro wins Nobel for literature

Munrodu1-i-syn “Among writers, her name is spoken in hushed tones,” fellow Canadian author Margaret Atwood once wrote. “She’s the kind…

October 10, 2013

Film

Reel Rock 8 gives adrenaline junkies a needed fix

Courtesy of Reel Rock 8<br><br>Climbing legend Yuji Hirayama took a raw but powerful young climber under his wing to summit…

October 9, 2013

Music

Setting the stage

opens Symphony season with a little Ives, Bruch and a big Beethoven

October 7, 2013

Music

Pixies look for revival in new songs, tour

The Pixies, from left, Kim Shattuck, Joey Santiago, Black Francis and David Lovering, in New York. In late June 2013,…

October 7, 2013

Performing Arts

Linda Emond, Danny Burstein join ‘Cabaret’

Linda Emond will join fellow actors Danny Burstein, Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams in the upcoming Broadway revival of “Cabaret.”Charles…

October 7, 2013

Performing Arts

No joke – farce is serious comedy

Felicia Lansbury Meyer, a visiting instructor of writing at theater at Fort Lewis, will give the first “Theatrically Speaking” event…

October 7, 2013

Film

Twitter turns on, tunes in television

tweets explode ahead of website IPO

October 7, 2013

Books

Malcolm Gladwell book cheers underdogs

Little, Brown & Co./Associated Press Here are some facts to chew on: About one in three highly successful entrepreneurs –…

October 7, 2013

Books

E-books are changing consumer reading habits

In a digital age, packing is easier. Last summer, Delk; his wife, Ruthie; their three children, ages 17 to 22;…

October 7, 2013

Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Oct. 8

Stephen King’s Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, debuted at No. 1 on most national book lists this week.Scribner…

October 7, 2013

Music

Top 20 Concert Tours

1. Taylor Swift; $2,789,937; $84.88. 2. Kenny Chesney; $2,564,447; $76.71. 3. Beyonce; $1,680,005; $113.64. 4. Phish; $1,590,139; $50.54. 5. Justin…

October 3, 2013

Music

Apple happy with iTunes Radio

iTunes Radio launched its music streaming service late last month as part of its update to its iOS 7 operating…

October 3, 2013

Music

Romania music festival is gaining credibility

Russian-born violinist Maxim Vengerov reacts to applause during the George Enescu classical music festival in Bucharest, Romania.Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press The…

October 3, 2013