Arts & Entertainment

Review: Point Break
Film

Review: Point Break

December 24, 2015

Written by Kurt Wimmer, the remake has the same basic architecture of the original. There’s still an FBI agent named Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey, taking over for Keanu Reeves), who…

Review: Concussion
Film

Review: Concussion

December 24, 2015

In the mid-2000s, the “Monday Night Countdown” pregame show on ESPN featured a segment called “Jacked Up,” celebrating the most vicious hits of the week. Former Denver Broncos great Tom…

Review: The Big Short
Film

Review: The Big Short

December 24, 2015

Even with the benefit of 20-15 hindsight, it’s impossible to fathom exactly how the housing bubble of the 2000s was allowed to balloon to such gigantic proportions before exploding in…

Review: Joy
Film

Review: Joy

December 24, 2015

In the title role of the infectiously plucky entrepreneur – who parlayed a gig hawking home-care products on QVC into the job of president of a multimillion dollar company –…

The Mattson method
Performing Arts

The Mattson method

December 24, 2015

Durango High School theater teacher thrives on new challenges

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

December 24, 2015

Things to do in and around Durango

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

December 24, 2015

Dustin Burley, 7-11 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801. DJ Kaztro, 9 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

December 24, 2015

Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., welcomes award-winning contemporary western artist Maura Allen. Allen portrays the American West – ranching life, cowboys, cowgirls, Native Americans, and the native flora of…

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 11-17
Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 11-17

December 17, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Home Alone (Tuesday only) Home Alone. (Tuesday only) A young boy named Kevin who accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a…

Review: Sisters
Film

Review: Sisters

December 17, 2015

Year after year, as solo talents and a team, they’ve been knocking it out of the park. I think they’re great, and I’ll bet you do as well. So it’s…

‘The Force Awakens’: A return to greatness
Film

‘The Force Awakens’: A return to greatness

December 17, 2015

Nearly 40 years after “Star Wars” exploded the pop culture universe and practically became a religion for generations of fans, and a full decade after many of those same fans…

Review: Truth
Film

Review: Truth

December 17, 2015

Having said that, “Truth” is a strange interpretation of events, in which the visuals and the music sometimes seem to be nudging us in one direction, even as the screenplay…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

December 17, 2015

Winter Solstice Artisans’ Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Durango Arts Center Barbara Conrad Gallery, 802 East Second Ave., durangoarts.org. Cannon Dolls, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. “The…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

December 17, 2015

Things to do in around Durango

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

December 17, 2015

The Durango Arts Center is accepting requests for funding of 2016 nonprofit arts and culture programs, made possible by the city of Durango’s Arts & Culture Block Grant. This grant…

As ‘Star Wars’ returns, a new generation quakes
Arts and Entertainment

As ‘Star Wars’ returns, a new generation quakes

December 15, 2015

I don’t know what this means for my relationship with “Star Wars” and the coming sequel, “The Force Awakens,” which is some mix of boyish excitement and adult despair. I…

New in theaters: Room
Film

New in theaters: Room

December 10, 2015

I’m not going to promise you won’t want to walk out sometime during the first hour, especially if you’re claustrophobic or you’re a young mother. I’m not going to tell…

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 11-17
Film

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 11-17

December 10, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Wednesday only) This is the third in the “National Lampoon” series about the Griswold family. In this sequel, the Griswolds…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

December 10, 2015

Winter Solstice Artisans’ Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Durango Arts Center Barbara Conrad Gallery, 802 East Second Ave., durangoarts.org. Bizarre Bazaar, 5-9 p.m., Studio &, 1027 Main Ave., anddurango.com. Book release…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

December 10, 2015

Maria’s Bookshop will host a Book Release Celebration for the new Close to Heaven: 50 Years of Purgatory book from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at 960 Main Ave. The…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

December 10, 2015

Things to do in and around Durango