Arts & Entertainment
Film
Movies playing in Durango Oct. 7-13
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Indignation (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)In 1951, Marcus Messner, a brilliant working class Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, travels on scholarship to…
Music
‘Thriller’ songwriter Rod Temperton dies in London at 66
Yui Mok/PA via Associated Press file<br><br>Songwriter Rod Temperton has died of cancer in London. He was 66. His music publisher said Wednesday in a statement that the man who wrote…
Arts and Entertainment
For 2017, Chanel is embracing tech; first step: bedazzling your geeky lanyard
In his work for Chanel’s spring clothes, designer Karl Lagerfeld focused on the innards of our computers – the data, the algorithms and microchips – instead of the gleaming exterior.Olivier…
Music
Demi Lovato ‘taking a break’ after slamming Taylor Swift
In a recent interview with Glamour Magazine, Lovato suggested Swift could do more for feminism “if they’re going to claim that as part of their brand.” She also referenced Swift’s…
Books
James Patterson plans new round of bonuses for booksellers
The best-selling author said he plans to distribute $250,000, the same amount he gave last year. The gifts, which range from $1,000 to $5,000 per person, are based on nominations…
Film
How ‘The Girl on the Train’ tries to go deeper than your average mystery thriller
Emily Blunt stars in “The Girl on the Train.”Jessica Miglio/DreamWorks Pictures-Universal Pictures “I just said, ‘OK, I know what this is going to be,’” Taylor said recently during an interview.…
Music
Lady Gaga picks dive bars over arenas to introduce album
She’ll appear at a handful of bars beginning this week as a nod to the album’s “raw Americana” vibe and where she got her start, Gaga and tour partner Bud…
Film
Netflix’s ‘Amanda Knox’ movie shows how the ‘crazy’ media coverage affected the case
Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in 2007, captured by news footage.Courtesy of Netflix “The lawyers said something interesting. They said, ‘Amanda’s been caught up in something that’s way…
Visual Arts
National Gallery acquires rare 17th-century Dutch painting; will be on display starting Tuesday
Caspar Netscher’s “A Young Woman Feeding a Parrot.”Courtesy of National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art will open an exhibition Tuesday featuring a rare 17th-century painting by Caspar…
Local News
Wool and Fiber Festival will be Oct. 8
Garden Shed, left and Storage Shed, quilts by Leesa Zarinelli Gawlik, on display in the fiber arts show in the Barbara Conrad Gallery at the Durango Arts Center.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald…
Music
‘Folksong Festival’ radio host Oscar Brand dies at 96
Folk singer, writer and radio host, Oscar Brand. Brand, a longtime force on the American folk scene whose radio program “Folksong Festival” showcased Woody Guthrie and a young Bob Dylan…
Visual Arts
Van Gogh paintings stolen in 2002 found in Italian farmhouse
The recovered painting “Seascape at Scheveningen” by Vincent Van Gogh, is shown during a press conference Friday in Naples. This painting and another one, “Congregation Leaving The Reformed Church of…
Music
They took Grandmaster Caz’s rhymes without giving him credit – now he’s getting revenge
“But the straw that broke the camel’s back?” Caz tells the tourists who have paid $75 each for the roughly three-hour tour. “I saw an album cover with the ‘Godfather…
Film
Too bad ‘Masterminds’ wastes one of the year’s best comedy casts
The comedic talents of Kristen Wiig and Zach Galifianakis are wasted in “Masterminds.”Glen Wilson/Relativity Media-Armored Car Productions Loosely based on an actual 1997 heist of $17 million by an armored-car…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Amanda Knox’ pulls back curtain on a media circus
New documentary now on Netflix
Arts and Entertainment
FLC hosts A Tribe Called Red
The group is part of the Idle No More movement for Aboriginal rights, and has won Breakthrough Group of the Year at the Juno Awards (The Canadian Grammys), as well…
Arts and Entertainment
10-Minute Play Festival coming soon
The event features winners and finalists of the Center’s 10-Minute Play Contest, with everything from comedy to drama. Tickets are $10 for DAC members and $12 for non-members. More information…
Arts and Entertainment
Survival (Not) Mandatory exhibit at DAC
The annual show features artwork inspired by the natural landscapes of the Southwest region. For more information, visit http://durangoarts.org.
Arts and Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment Calendar
30th Cowboy Poetry Train, 10 a.m., Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, www.durangotrain.com. Cowboy Gathering – Bonnie Conrad, Jane Chavez and Roger Conrad, 5 p.m., Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main…
Film
Rolling Stone has come up with the 100 greatest TV shows of all time; my list was a little different
I’ve been waiting to see this list since the late spring, when I was asked, with a few other TV critics (as well as some television creators, producers, writers and…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Sept. 30-Oct. 6
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Hollars (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)John Hollar, a struggling NYC artist is forced to navigate the small middle-American town he left behind…
Books
Derujinsky’s photographs captured in new book
Andrea Derujinsky brings dad Gleb’s legacy to print
Film
Goldie Hawn’s key to romance with Kurt Russell? No marriage
Actors Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell attend the premiere of “The Hateful Eight” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in 2015 in New York. Hawn tells British chat show “Loose Women” that…
Books
Springsteen launches book tour in New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen, left, greets a fan at the launch of his autobiography Born to Run on Tuesday at a Barnes & Noble in the New Jersey town where he grew…
Music
Adele is still winning: ‘25’ album reaches diamond status
Joel Ryan/Invision/Associated Press file<br><br>Adele performs at the Brit Awards 2016 in February at the 02 Arena in London. Adele’s album “25” has reached diamond status in less than a year.du1-i-syn…
Film
Amy Schumer will play Mr. Burns’ mom on ‘The Simpsons’ season premiere
Mr. Burns and the Simpson family in the Season 28 premiere of “The Simpsons.”Courtesy of Fox The comedian will voice Mrs. Burns in flashbacks of the crotchety billionaire’s younger days.…
Neighbors
Neighbors: 9/11 events raise money for DAC, first responders
Actors Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria enjoy the Hollywood in the Rockies reception at the Powerhouse Science Center on Sept. 9. Part of a two-day event, the evening honored first…
Arts and Entertainment
Lauren Hutton revisits ‘American Gigolo’ for Bottega Veneta
Models wear creations for the Bottega Veneta women’s Spring-Summer 2017 collection that was presented Saturday in Milan.Luca Bruno/Associated Press Many collections have a girl-next-door gleam, with an underpinning of sexy.…