Arts & Entertainment

The Sundance Film Festival goes largely virtual for 2021

Organizers on Wednesday said that this year they will premiere more than 70 films on a custom online platform during…

December 3, 2020

Bad Bunny gets 8.3B streams on Spotify

Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the year with 8.3 billion streams globally.Eric Jamison/Invision/AP file The Puerto Rican superstar…

December 1, 2020

Books

Craig Johnson is back with new novel

‘Next to Last Stand’ adds another chapter to Walt Longmire story

December 1, 2020

Music

Happy (virtual) holidays from Durango Choral Society

Singers bringing ‘Joy’ to your living room

November 26, 2020

Music

Elton John, TikTok team up to educate about AIDS epidemic

John’s foundation and the social networking service announced their collaboration Tuesday for a live show on Dec. 1. The event…

November 24, 2020

Film

‘Coming 2 America’ to launch on Amazon Prime in March

Originally a Paramount Pictures theatrical release, the studio sold the film to the streamer last month but had yet to…

November 20, 2020

Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College stages coming-of-age American drama

‘Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them’ will be available online

November 19, 2020

Books

Tarantino has deal for two books on films, including one of his own

Director Quentin Tarantino, right, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, left, film “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” The…

November 18, 2020

Visual Arts

‘The Funny Pages’: Dan Groth’s latest show at Studio & canceled, but there’s good news

project began at beginning of March pandemic lockdown

November 12, 2020

Music

AC/DC is back with new album

Brian Johnson, left, and Angus Young, of AC/DC, perform on the Rock or Bust Tour on Feb. 17, 2016, in…

November 12, 2020

Music

Stones’ Keith Richards cools his jets at home

Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs at the Desert Trip music festival in 2016, in Indio, Calif. On Friday,…

November 12, 2020

Books

Paris’ Shakespeare & Co. appeals for help

bookshop hit hard by COVID-19, long shutdowns

November 10, 2020

Music

Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode set for Rock Hall induction

Depeche Mode will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch…

November 7, 2020

Film

Johnny Depp exits ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise

The U.K. High Court has ruled against American actor Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against the owner of the…

November 6, 2020

Film

‘Tenet’ to head to home release in Dec. after theatrical run

Elizabeth Debicki, left, and John David Washington star in “Tenet.” After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, “Tenet” will head to…

November 5, 2020

Film

Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90

Scottish actor Sean Connery, with actress Shirley Eaton at Pinewood Studios, near London in 1964. Eaton was given a liberal…

October 31, 2020

Performing Arts

Durango High School Troupe 1096 takes to the airwaves with ‘Pontypool’

radio show to be aired Halloween night on 99X

October 29, 2020

Music

Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver dead at 81

Singer Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs for Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Bobby Bare, has died. His friend Connie…

October 28, 2020

Music

Whitney Houston makes history with third diamond album

The late Whitney Houston has earned her third diamond-certified album, becoming the first Black artist to achieve the feat. The…

October 28, 2020

Books

‘Magic Tree House’ books to be adapted into graphic novels

She is teaming with playwright Jenny Laird and the illustrators-sisters Kelly Matthews and Nichole Matthews to adapt her work for…

October 27, 2020

Music

‘Voice’ co-stars Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani engaged

Gwen Stefani, left, and Blake Shelton posted a picture Tuesday announcing their engagement. The two stars met as judges on…

October 27, 2020

Music

Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78

Jerry Jeff Walker, the Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age…

October 24, 2020

Music

Arlo Guthrie, citing health, says he’s retired from touring

In lengthy posts on his Facebook page and website, 73-year-old folk singer Arlo Guthrie announced Friday he is retiring from…

October 23, 2020

Books

Former Durango Police captain releases new mystery

Courtesy of Maria’s Bookshop Jo Wyatt is a town native and a second-generation member of the local police force. She’s…

October 23, 2020