Turner family to present ‘Durango Native Stories’
A night of storytelling, historic photos planned
DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Beyond tradition at DAC
Contemporary indigenous art raises issues at Arts Center
DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
Dinosaur train to depart station two weekends in June
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will offer two weekends of dinosaur-themed train rides on “The T-Rex Express,” June 17-18 and June 24-25. Three trains each day, a total of 12, ...
DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
CNN sacks Kathy Griffin over Trump video as backlash builds
NEW YORK – Kathy Griffin has lost a decade-long gig ringing in the new year for CNN as a backlash builds over her video displaying a likeness of President Donald Trump’s severed head. ...
DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Movies playing in Durango June 2-8
Animas City Theatre
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)
Norman
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)Persistent wheeler-dealer Norman fa...
DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Olivia Newton-John says she has breast cancer; cancels tour
NEW YORK – Olivia Newton-John says she has a breast cancer and is canceling her June tour.
The 68-year-old singer said Tuesday she initially thought she was suffering from back pa...
DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
‘Pirates’: Long, loud and overstimulating
It’s great to have a job watching – and then writing about – movies. But why does “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” have to feel so much like work?
To be sure, it...
DATE: May 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
A look back at Wonder Woman’s feminist (and not-so-feminist) history
During World War II, as Superman and Batman arose as mainstream pop symbols of strength and morality, the publisher that became DC Comics needed an antidote to what a Harvard psychologist ca...
DATE: May 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – You are sitting, floating through the virtual clouds, when you hear that unmistakable voice coming through the headphones.
The glittering buildings. Paper bei...
DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
Pain, satin and paper towels: What it takes for ballerinas to dance on their toes
“I feel like I’m always in a battle with my feet,” says Lauren Lovette, with a sigh. One of New York City Ballet’s principal ballerinas, Lovette has beautifully arched, supple feet, and ofte...
DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Denis Johnson, author of Jesus’ Son, dead at 67
NEW YORK – Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection Jesus’ Son, has died. He was 67.
Johns...
DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books
London premiere for ‘The Mummy’ scrapped after attack
LONDON – Universal Pictures has scrapped plans for the London premiere of Tom Cruise’s “The Mummy,” the latest big, glitzy event canceled after the terror attack in England.
In a ...
DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
