Arts & Entertainment

Song and dance, protest and politics to mingle at Oscars
Arts and Entertainment

Song and dance, protest and politics to mingle at Oscars

February 25, 2017

This image released by Lionsgate shows Ryan Gosling, right, and Emma Stone in a scene from, “La La Land.” The film is nominated for best picture.Dale Robinette/Lionsgate via AP The…

Celtic festival to be held March 9-12
Arts and Entertainment

Celtic festival to be held March 9-12

February 24, 2017

du1-i-syn The festival will feature performances from award-winning bands, including Solas, Colcannon, Goitse and Barrule, and Coleman Academy Irish dancers, with a series of workshops to be offered. Early-bird passes…

Durango Arts Center shows early Englehart works
Visual Arts

Durango Arts Center shows early Englehart works

February 24, 2017

Englehart, who died April 22, 2009, was a child of the Southwest, an eminent landscape painter of canyons, mesas and skies who founded the art department at Fort Lewis College…

Books for Black History Month
Books

Books for Black History Month

February 24, 2017

Courtesy Kirbie Bennett, Maria’s Bookshop book seller, recommends Black Prophetic Fire by Dr. Cornel West. West is a philosopher, political activist and prominent social critic. “Black Prophetic Fire is a…

Peele turns his focus to directing
Film

Peele turns his focus to directing

February 24, 2017

From left, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel and Daniel Kaluuya star in “Get Out.”Justin Lubin/Universal Pictures via AP While that might be a dagger in the hearts…

Durango Film kicks off Wednesday night
Film

Durango Film kicks off Wednesday night

February 23, 2017

The movies will kick off Wednesday night with the festival’s Free Movie Night. No passes are required, and entry to the shows at the Gaslight Theatre are first come, first…

Movies playing in Durango Feb. 17-23
Film

Movies playing in Durango Feb. 17-23

February 22, 2017

Allison Williams, left, and Daniel Kaluuya star in “Get Out.”Justin Lubin/Universal Pictures via AP (102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133, www.allentheatresinc.com) Lion (102 Fifth St. Next to…

4CFO to offer free panel discussion at Durango Film Festival
Arts and Entertainment

4CFO to offer free panel discussion at Durango Film Festival

February 20, 2017

Courtesy Emmy-award-winning producer Michael Killen will moderate a panel of regional film-making experts, talent and state film office representation to illustrate how area businesses and residents benefit when there is…

Blues train returning to Durango this summer
Music

Blues train returning to Durango this summer

February 17, 2017

du1-i-syn The 3½-hour ride will include six live blues performances, each in individual coaches, and refreshments from Telluride Brewing Co. and Ska Brewing Co. The blues train is a 21-and-older…

San Juan Symphony celebrates Gershwin
Music

San Juan Symphony celebrates Gershwin

February 15, 2017

du1-i-syn Heuser could be describing George Gershwin’s energetic “American in Paris” or the muscular “Rhapsody in Blue,” but the music director of the San Juan Symphony is commenting on John…

‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ a fun action-comedy
Film

‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ a fun action-comedy

February 11, 2017

Characters voiced by Will Arnett, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Adam Devine in “The LEGO Batman Movie.”Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures On its surface, the film is a well-written, tongue-in-cheek…

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers reunite for Grammy honor
Music

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers reunite for Grammy honor

February 11, 2017

Foo Fighters, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Gary Clark Jr., Jackson Browne, the Head and the Heart, and George Strait were among those honoring the 66-year-old singer-songwriter as MusiCares Person of…

‘Fifty Shades Darker’: No, spank you!
Film

‘Fifty Shades Darker’: No, spank you!

February 10, 2017

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star in “Fifty Shades Darker.”Doane Gregory, Universal Pictures With the arrival two years later of “Fifty Shades Darker,” the secret ingredients to the original’s success…

Aretha is retiring: Singer plans 1 more album
Music

Aretha is retiring: Singer plans 1 more album

February 9, 2017

Aretha Franklin is planning to retire this year. The singer says she has one more album planned, with several tracks produced by Stevie Wonder, and will otherwise limit herself to…