The Weekender
Some top picks for what to do this weekend in Durango
DATE: Jul 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
How Bill Cosby's 2004 'Pound Cake' speech exploded into his latest legal disaster
Though long a symbol of responsible parenthood — model TV dad, doctor of education, proud supporter of Temple University — Bill Cosby etched his legacy in stone with a speech in 2004 that to...
DATE: Jul 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Quiz: Did these 15 musicals start on the stage or on the screen?
The musical version of “Once,” the tale of a Dublin street musician whose encounter with a young woman changes his life, has earned praise from critics and audiences alike: The show won eigh...
DATE: Jul 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
The Bechdel Test is 30 years old – it’s time to raise our expectations
Since 1985, the Bechdel Test, named for the cartoonist whose characters’ posited it, has been a useful illustration of the stories the entertainment industry chooses not to tell.
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DATE: Jul 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Spockumentary? Leonard Nimoy’s son makes Spock documentary to honor father
NEW YORK (AP) – Adam Nimoy has found a way to spend countless hours with his late father Leonard Nimoy: He’s creating a documentary for the actor who played Spock on “Star Trek.”
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DATE: Jul 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
What’s the story with that intense, cool teacher with all those tattoos and all that enthusiasm for his work?
What about the dad who putters about the house in his robe, cooking u...
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Movies playing in Durango July 3-9
Animas City Theatre
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)
I’ll See You in My Dreams
In this vibrant, funny, and heartfelt film, a wido...
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Review: Terminator Genisys
Much like the “cybernetic organism” played by Arnold Schwarzenegger throughout the “Terminator” film franchise, a movie critic is only part living human tissue; the rest is ruthless killing ...
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Review: Magic Mike XXL
“Magic Mike,” Steven Soderbergh’s modest, playfully liberated comedy about male strippers that took multiplexes by storm three years ago, possessed that ineffable concentration of qualities ...
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
A&E Calendar
Friday
Artist Reception: Deborah Sussex’s “Back There, Here Now,” 5-8 p.m.; on display through Aug. 5, Red Room, Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., www.openshuttergallery.com. ...
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs
Opening exhibit features book arts, printmaking
Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., will host an opening reception for the new exhibit, “Strata: Books & Prints by Carol an...
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
The Weekender
Some top picks for what to do during the Fourth of July in Durango
DATE: Jul 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
