What is the role of art? Is it, as Lenin and his fellow thinkers believe, a tool to shape minds?Wikipedia The most entertaining response to Seinfeld’s critique of modern audiences…
An appearance by Kim Kardashian on the National Public Radio show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” has angered some listeners. Some have threatened to stop donating to the nonprofit…
The Weepies, Steve Tannen, left, and Deb Talan I was at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo to see The Weepies, an indie-folk-pop-rock duo which happens to be my not-even-close all-time favorite,…
To me, the concert was more. It was an omen, a massive coincidence, a sign I’d landed where I was supposed to be. I’d been living in Durango less than…
James Ranch to host ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Tickets for “On Fire!,” the San Juan Symphony’s 2015-16 season, will go on sale Monday. This 30th anniversary season will feature a search for a new music director to be…
Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www.skabrewing.com.…
Shameik Moore stars as Malcolm in “Dope.”Rachel Morrison/Associated Press Granted, “Dope” is much funnier than that sober-minded, fact-based drama, and by design. The story of a self-described geek trying to…
In Bill Pohlad’s energizing, meticulously crafted, nearly pitch-perfect “Love & Mercy,” Paul Dano plays Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys as a young man at his creative height in the…
Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, appears in a scene from “Inside Out.”Disney-Pixar/Associated Press Who chokes up more at certain scenes from the “Toy Story” movies or “Finding Nemo” or “Up”…
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Where Hope Grows Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate.…
Tribute show returns with new twists and turns
Dave Chappelle sits backstage after his speech at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts graduation in Washington, D.C., June 14.Erin Schaff/The Washington Post It was the first time, Chappelle…
Growing up on Long Island as a comedy nerd before there was such a thing (or many others like him), Apatow managed to land interviews with the likes of Jerry…
Chris Pratt is surrounded by raptors in ìJurassic Worldî and they LOVE HIM.Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment A woman outrunning a T. rex is one thing. But a woman outrunning…
Hannah Elless in the San Diego production of ìBright Star,î a musical set in North Carolina in the 1940s in which a young man comes home from World War II…
Eight years after her career exploded with her song “Umbrella” back in the summer of 2007, Rihanna’s loud-mouthed single, “B—- Better Have My Money,” is in the contention for the…
Chris Pratt, as Owen, leads dinosaurs on a mission in a scene from “Jurassic World.”ILM/Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Moments later, a bickering mom and dad are sending their two sons to…
Look at it this way. Stewart shares the screen with the great Juliette Binoche in scene after scene, and holds her own every step of the way. In this gorgeous,…
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Clouds of Sils Maria Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is an actress at the peak of her international career who is asked to perform in…
Community Arts Program: Autumn Cameron and Cheryl Berglund, reception, 4-5:30 p.m., Pine River Valley Bank, 301 Commerce Drive, Bayfield, 884-9583. Jeff Solon Jazz Duo, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at…
Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., will host award-winning authors Win and Meredith Blevins for a reading and signing of their new book, Darkness Rolling, the first book in the Yazzie…
Ever eclectic and experimental, artist Shay Lopez displays his versatility in new show ‘Skinscapes’
