Arts & Entertainment

Artists asked to submit work
Arts and Entertainment

Artists asked to submit work

April 19, 2018

The deadline for submissions is Sunday. To submit online, visit https://bit.ly/2vrAKMf. The national competition will be held June 1-30. For more information, call or email Peter Hay, exhibits director, at…

Durango Arts Center to offer paint party
Arts and Entertainment

Durango Arts Center to offer paint party

April 19, 2018

Participants will paint, sip wine and spend time with friends, co-workers and family. Cost is $25 plus a $13 materials fee. To register and for more information, call or email…

Bar D Wranglers to perform May 5
Arts and Entertainment

Bar D Wranglers to perform May 5

April 19, 2018

Light refreshments will be provided. Cost is $15 and children younger than 5 will be admitted free. The event is a fundraiser for Lifeguard. For tickets and more information, call…

Newscaster Carl Kasell of NPR dies at 84
Arts and Entertainment

Newscaster Carl Kasell of NPR dies at 84

April 17, 2018

Newscaster Carl Kasell, a signature voice of NPR who brought his gravitas to “Morning Edition” and later his wit to “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” died, Tuesday of complications…

Movies playing in Durango April 20-26
Film

Movies playing in Durango April 20-26

April 17, 2018

From left, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan, Brian Cox and Rob Lowe are back in “Super Troopers 2.”Jon Pack/Fox Searchlight via AP (128 E. College…

Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86
Film

Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86

April 14, 2018

Director Milos Forman, whose American movies “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus” won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday.Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press file Forman…

Action movie ‘Rampage’ is … OK
Film

Action movie ‘Rampage’ is … OK

April 13, 2018

From left, Jason Liles as George and Dwayne Johnson as Davis Okoye star in “Rampage.”Warner Bros. Pictures Also, there are giant animals. Davis Okoye (the always likable Dwayne Johnson, working…

Pure Land a book about murder, abuse, healing
Books

Pure Land a book about murder, abuse, healing

April 13, 2018

Author Annette McGivney will be at Maria’s next week to talk about her new book, Pure Land.Courtesy McGivney begins her combination murder investigation, social observation of the treatment of Native…

Arts Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

April 12, 2018

Go Code, 8 a.m., Rochester Hotel, 734 East Second Ave. Creativity Festivity, 10 a.m., $0-$13, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public…

Movies playing in Durango April 13-19
Film

Movies playing in Durango April 13-19

April 11, 2018

When a genetic experiment goes horribly wrong, it’s up to Dwayne Johnson to save the day in “Rampage.”Dwayne Johnson via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Thoroughbreds Childhood friends…

Review: Chappaquiddick
Film

Review: Chappaquiddick

April 6, 2018

Taking its name from the Massachusetts island where Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, resulting in the death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, the movie “Chappaquiddick” dramatizes…

Power duo returning to Mancos for spring tour
Arts and Entertainment

Power duo returning to Mancos for spring tour

April 6, 2018

The “power duo” will perform at The Mancos Brewing Co. at 6 p.m. with no cover charge. They decided to return to Mancos after a stop in September 2017 went…

Arts Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

April 5, 2018

Creativity Festivity, 10 a.m., $0-$13, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. STEAM Lab, 3:30 p.m., Durango…

Movies playing in Durango April 6-12
Film

Movies playing in Durango April 6-12

April 4, 2018

From left, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds and John Krasinski star in “A Quiet Place.”Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Bolshoi Ballet: “Giselle Encore (12:55 p.m.…