Arts & Entertainment

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ is already a box-office hit, according to overseas audiences

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in “Doctor Strange.”Disney/Marvel And perhaps the best bellwether so far occurred over Halloween weekend: Disney/Marvel’s “Doctor Strange”…

November 1, 2016

Music

Aerosmith and Obama at the same airport, so president gives band members a tour of Air Force One

Singer-Songwriter Steven Tyler walks from Air Force One after visiting with President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One in Orlando,…

November 1, 2016

Performing Arts

‘Ash pit’ redefined when cremains scattered at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera had to cancel part or all of a Rossini doubleheader after a patron tossed white powder –…

November 1, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango July 22-28

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky…

October 31, 2016

Music

Kathy Mattea to perform at Concert Hall

kathy Mattea will be playing with longtime collaborator Bill Cooley at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of…

October 29, 2016

Music

Tribe Called Quest to release final album

In a handwritten note posted on Facebook, veteran rapper and producer Q-Tip said they were inspired after the hip-hop group…

October 28, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 28-Nov.4

Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones star in “Inferno.”Jonathan Prime/Sony Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Michael Moore…

October 28, 2016

Books

Delivering Dreams charming

Courtesydu1-i-syn In the book, a girl waits every day for a letter from her globe-trotting grandfather. He writes her of…

October 27, 2016

Music

The Fabulous Thunderbirds coming to the Community Concert Hall

Talking music with The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Kim Wilson

October 27, 2016

Film

If there’s a ‘Splash’ remake, Tom Hanks wants in on it

Actor Tom Hanks said he’s interested in being in the remake of the movie “Splash.”Andrew Medichini/Associated Press Ron Howard and…

October 26, 2016

Music

Kenny Chesney to receive Pinnacle Award at 50th CMA Awards

The award, created in 2005, recognizes an artist who has achieved global prominence through performances and record sales and the…

October 26, 2016

Film

How a fed-up group of ‘Good Girls’ beat the ‘Mad Men’-era sexists

Lynn Povich is the author of The Good Girls Revolt, a book about the landmark lawsuit filed in the 1970s…

October 25, 2016

Books

Divergent author to tour in January/February for new book

Author Veronica Roth’s book, Carve The Mark, the first of two planned volumes, comes out in mid-January and she will…

October 25, 2016

Film

You should be watching ‘Black Mirror’ – but that doesn’t mean you should binge it

Bryce Dallas-Howard stars in the “Black Mirror” episode “Nosedive.”David Dettmann/Netflix With Netflix and Amazon dumping whole seasons all at once,…

October 25, 2016

Film

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 21-27

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Featuring newly-restored footage…

October 20, 2016

Music

Two grand nights of singing planned

Tickets are $20 adults, $5 children, at the door. H H H The multitalented Elizabeth Crawford has formed a chamber…

October 20, 2016

Film

‘Odd Thomas’ a quirky, satanic murder mystery

Herald staff writer What if the kid from “The Sixth Sense” grew up and became Marty McFly from “Back to…

October 20, 2016

Music

Elle Carpenter to celebrate release of her fifth album

Singer-songwriter Elle Carpenter celebrates fifth album

October 20, 2016

Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College Hawkapellas hit the right note

And no one was complaining about being in class. “It’s awesome. It can be stressful, but it’s a lot of…

October 20, 2016

Film

Ben and Lauren’s ‘Bachelor’ spin-off is a nightmare, but not for the reason you think

Freeform’s “Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?” stars Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell.Courtesy of Freeform-Vu Ong But while drama is…

October 19, 2016

Film

Bill Murray’s greatest role? Being Bill Murray

Bill Murray became a movie star in 1979 with “Meatballs.”Courtesy of Paramount Pictures A couple years ago, a guy named…

October 19, 2016

Film

Harry Shearer sues French studio over ‘Spinal Tap’ profits

Harry Shearer filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Los Angeles on Monday against the French studio Vivendi S.A.…

October 18, 2016

Visual Arts

Yoko Ono unveils lotus-petal sculpture in Chicago park

Ono on Monday unveiled “SKYLANDING” in Jackson Park on the city’s South Side. The work has 12 large steel lotus…

October 18, 2016

Music

Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam lead rock hall of fame ballot

Nine of the 19 acts nominated are on the ballot for the first time, with Shakur and Pearl Jam in…

October 18, 2016