Arts & Entertainment

Bruno Mars opens AMAs; Drake, twenty one pilots win awards

The song is Mars’ latest smash single after the success of last year’s “Uptown Funk.” He, like many of the…

November 20, 2016

Fake Donald Trump returns to ‘SNL,’ and the real one is not happy

President-Elect Donald Trump is not too thrilled by Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of him on “Saturday Night Live.”Courtesy The cold open…

November 20, 2016

Music

Kanye West goes on epic rant, storms out of Sacramento concert after 30 minutes

Kanye West, seen here in August, abruptly ended his Sacramento show Saturday night after letting loose a stream-of-consciousness rant.Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated…

November 20, 2016

Music

Big-voiced Dap-Kings soul singer Sharon Jones dies at 60

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform at the SPIN Party at Stubb’s during the South by Southwest music festival in…

November 19, 2016

Books

Indie film darling Parker Posey working on off-beat memoir

Blue Rider Press has acquired the actress’ You’re On An Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir in Monologues, Crafts and Recipes. Posey…

November 17, 2016

Performing Arts

Durango High School releases the beast within

Splendid production of ‘Beauty’

November 17, 2016

Music

A Tribe Called Quest delivers final masterpiece

Phife Dawg and Q-Tip of the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest perform in 2010.Kyle Gustafson/The Washington Post Despite sporadic…

November 17, 2016

Visual Arts

Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell wins Trailblazer Award

senator recognized for cultural work

November 17, 2016

Film

TV-lover gifts abound: ‘Mad Men’ opus to Roku to Slanket

There’s lots of ways to achieve that, with creative goods that lets fans flaunt their series allegiances or products new…

November 15, 2016

Music

DJ-producer Kaskade: Electronic dance music is not over

Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade has seen the headlines proclaiming the beginning of the end of the electronic dance music…

November 15, 2016

Film

Star-studded Rob Reiner movie ‘Shock and Awe’ filming in D.C.

A military vehicle is parked in downtown Washington, D.C., during shooting for the film “Shock and Awe.”Amy Brittain/Washington Post Some…

November 15, 2016

Film

‘Almost Christmas’: Dysfunctional family ties up its problems in a too-neat bow

From left to right: Christian (Romany Malco), Cameron (Alkoya Brunson), Sonya (Nicole Ari Parker), Dee (Marley Taylor), Lonnie (JB Smoove),…

November 13, 2016

Performing Arts

Playwrights invited to submit plays to DAC

du1-i-syn Annually, DAC receives more than 100 submissions from around the country that are reviewed through a series of reading…

November 11, 2016

Performing Arts

Sarah Vowell to perform Thursday at concert hall

Author Sarah Vowell will be performing at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of Owen Brooker Q: What…

November 10, 2016

Music

Consolation in hard times: The Brahms Requiem

Orchestra and singers unite

November 10, 2016

Music

Martin Shkreli debuts secret Wu-Tang album after Trump win

Shkreli promised last month to release “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” if the Republican took the White House. He…

November 9, 2016

Music

Gregg Allman cancels shows due to vocal cord injury

The 68-year-old musician said in a statement posted on his website Tuesday he’s taking several months off from touring so…

November 9, 2016

Film

‘Doctor Strange’ satisfactory but not quite strange enough

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange.”Disney/Marvel via AP If “Doctor Strange” has one weakness, it’s the plot. The titular…

November 5, 2016

Books

Maria’s Bookshop partnering with Animas High School senior for book drive

High School senior teams up with Maria’s Bookshop

November 3, 2016

Performing Arts

Durango High School Troupe 1096 to open ‘Beauty and the Beast’

‘I think it’s going to be amazing’

November 3, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 4-10

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange.”Jay Maidment/Disney/Marvel via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) A Man Called Ove…

November 3, 2016

Books

Lynching Waltz conveys message of hope

Courtesydu1-i-syn It was a favorite and cherished tradition for junior high students to participate in a ballroom dancing class called…

November 3, 2016

Music

Durango-area resident Charlie Daniels inducted into Country Hall

musician ‘humbled’ by honor

November 3, 2016

Books

A homecoming for a once-wimpy kid

And when he strolled into his old elementary school gymnasium on Tuesday as a multimillionaire author, not the Dungeons-and-Dragons-playing goofball…

November 2, 2016