Arts & Entertainment

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

August 13, 2015

The Durango Arts Center will celebrate the Boys Art Camp wrap-up from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday in the center’s Education Studio, 802 East Second Ave. The celebration will share…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

August 13, 2015

Top picks of what to do this weekend in and around Durango

Review: Irrational Man
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Review: Irrational Man

August 13, 2015

In the dark, wickedly funny and sometimes flat-out wiggy little number titled “Irrational Man,” Allen returns to an idea he has explored in films ranging from “Crimes and Misdemeanors” to…

Review: The Stanford Prison Experiment
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Review: The Stanford Prison Experiment

August 13, 2015

In the chilling and conversation-provoking “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” Crudup delivers his usual excellent work, this time dramatizing the real-life Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who conducted one of the most famous…

Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

August 13, 2015

Like the “Mission: Impossible” film franchise, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E” is based on a Cold War-era television series created in the 1960s – but whereas the Tom Cruise movies are…

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 14-20
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Movies playing in Durango Aug. 14-20

August 13, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Irrational Man When a burned-out, brilliant professor – one who believes in lessons from life rather than textbooks – takes a job at a…

A&E Calendar
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Calendar

August 6, 2015

“101 Dalmatians, Kids” and “Once on this Island, Jr.,” Durango Arts Center Applause! production, 1 and 7 p.m., $8, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.tix.com, 259-2606. Firkin Friday…

A&E Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Briefs

August 6, 2015

Following this year’s successful productions of “Mary Poppins” and “Much Ado About Nothing,” Merely Players is now selling tickets for their 2015-16 season. The show lineup includes Sarah Ruhl’s comedy…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

August 6, 2015

Top picks of what to do this weekend in Durango

Review: Fantastic Four
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Review: Fantastic Four

August 6, 2015

They’ve got croissants in a basket and coffee in fancy white china cups. What’s that about? Are they mocking the Thing because there’s no way he’d be able to put…

Review: Shaun the Sheep Movie
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Review: Shaun the Sheep Movie

August 6, 2015

Fans of the British television series that inspired the film will not be surprised by this. The adventures of the enterprising Shaun and his friends at Mossy Bottom Farm have…

Review: The Gift
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Review: The Gift

August 6, 2015

Australian actor Joel Edgerton (“Exodus: Gods and Kings,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Warrior”) harkens back to those films (as well as movies such as “Cache” and “One Hour Photo”) for his…

Review: Ricki and the Flash
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Review: Ricki and the Flash

August 6, 2015

When one thinks about Streep’s incredible body of work, her singing doesn’t immediately come to mind. But over the past 25 years, has any mainstream actress had more musical parts…

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 7-13
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Movies playing in Durango Aug. 7-13

August 6, 2015

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Amy Despite just two albums to her name, Amy Winehouse is one of the biggest music icons in British history. With a voice oft…

Invisible Women? Hollywood’s female superhero problem
Arts and Entertainment

Invisible Women? Hollywood’s female superhero problem

August 5, 2015

Gal Gadot plays Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in the action-adventure film, “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” which is set to release in March, 2016.Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Comics/via Associated…