Arts & Entertainment

YouTube criticized for showing terrifying horror movie ad that viewers couldn’t click away from

The jump-scare ad was over in an instant, but it’s apparently so startling to many who’ve seen it that their…

August 14, 2018

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 17-23

Constance Wu, left, and Awkwafina star in the film “Crazy Rich Asians,” which is opening this week in Durango.Warner Bros.…

August 14, 2018

Music

How Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ became an anthem for civil rights and feminism

Aretha Franklin sings for the crowd at the National Portrait Gallery gala on Nov. 15, 2015, in Washington.Katherine Frey/Washington Post…

August 14, 2018

Books

Chronicling the culinary world of the Navajo

‘Food Sovereignty’ offers recipes, history

August 11, 2018

Film

This rom-com for dog lovers is entertaining, but it has some ﬂeas

Although structured by screenwriters Elissa Matsueda and Erica Oyama like the now-classic rom-com anthology “Love Actually,” “Dog Days” lacks the…

August 10, 2018

Visual Arts

An artist found a parasitic worm in his eye – and turned it into art

British artist Ben Taylor created “The Host” after he realized that a parasitic worm had been living in one of…

August 10, 2018

Film

‘Meg’ is big but has no teeth

Both films center on superlatives: the world’s tallest skyscraper; the world’s biggest shark. (In this case, it’s a living specimen…

August 10, 2018

Music

Sweetwater Station to performs at Mancos State Park

restarts music series as fire threat declines

August 9, 2018

Film

A revamped Oscars

The Oscars are adding a new category to honor popular films and promising a brisk 3-hour ceremony on a much…

August 9, 2018

Music

A musical prelude from out of the 416 Fire’s ashes

Thomas brings together music and photography to commemorate firefighters

August 9, 2018

Visual Arts

Two artists, living 7 hours apart, bridge a divide

‘Parallel Intersections’ opens at Studio & Gallery

August 9, 2018

Books

A ‘tantalizing’ theory from Stephen King’s son: Shark thriller ‘Jaws’ holds the clue to an unsolved 1974 murder

A three-dimensional plaster reconstruction of the face of “Lady in the Dunes,” (left) and a composite sketch.Town of Provincetown Joe…

August 7, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 10-16

There’s a new threat in the water in “The Meg.”Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)…

August 7, 2018

Music

Demi Lovato breaks silence after apparent drug overdose: ‘I will keep fighting’

“I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction,” Lovato wrote in a letter posted on her Instagram. “What…

August 7, 2018

Books

Hemingway story from 1956 published for first time

The Strand Magazine said that “A Room on the Garden Side,” a World War II story written by novelist Ernest…

August 3, 2018

Film

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis made a spy comedy, and somehow it’s really not funny

You enter the restaurant with a few dishes in mind, only to have so many offered to you that the…

August 3, 2018

Music

Sundance Head, ‘The Voice’ winner, coming to Durango

Soul country singer Sundance Head will perform at this year’s La Plata County Fair.Courtesy of Community Concert Hall at Fort…

August 3, 2018

Film

‘Christopher Robin’ a sweet tale

The title character of Disney’s gently charming new live-action/CGI hybrid, played by an earnest and winsome Ewan McGregor, is a…

August 3, 2018

Music

New music store owned by a familiar face

But not long after Katzin’s retail doors closed for good, new ones opened. Jimmy’s Music & Supply, owned by Jim…

August 2, 2018

Performing Arts

Durango PlayFest is newest addition to region’s staged-reading circuit

National and local actors will read plays, keeping alive 50-year tradition

August 2, 2018

Visual Arts

Cortez painter brings ‘personal’ art show to Olio in Mancos

Reed’s work showcases rural life

August 1, 2018

Film

Faced with losses, MoviePass discount ticket service increases fee

MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases…

July 31, 2018

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 3-9

Ewan McGregor is a man who has lost his way in “Christopher Robin.”Laurie Sparham/Disney via AP (128 E. College Drive,…

July 31, 2018

Music

Neil Diamond thanks Colorado firefighters with performance

The 77-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer took to the stage Friday night to play “Sweet Caroline” for dozens…

July 31, 2018