Arts & Entertainment

‘Food Chains’: Longoria documentary takes on farmworker cause
Arts and Entertainment

‘Food Chains’: Longoria documentary takes on farmworker cause

November 21, 2014

Coalition of Immokalee Workers strikers picket in Florida in this image from “Food Chains.”Forest Woodward/Screen Media Films The 2009 “Food Inc.,” showing how food is produced, was similarly revolutionary, contributing…

An oft-elusive yet gifty treat: coffee table books
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An oft-elusive yet gifty treat: coffee table books

November 21, 2014

The Gardener’s Garden by Toby Musgrave, Bill Noble and Lindsey Taylor, is a great coffee table book gift.Associated Press photo/Phaidon Press Usually image-driven, often encyclopedic, consider one of these: FASHION…

Movies playing in Durango Nov. 21-Nov. 27
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Movies playing in Durango Nov. 21-Nov. 27

November 20, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Pride It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group…

The Weekender
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The Weekender

November 20, 2014

Some top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Holiday funk
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Holiday funk

November 20, 2014

Nevada four-piece band Jelly Bread will give a whole new meaning to the term “holiday funk” with a pre-Thanksgiving show today at Crash Music in the Historic Aztec Theater, located…

A&E Happenings Nov. 21-27
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A&E Happenings Nov. 21-27

November 20, 2014

Lorraine Trenholm Arist Reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Pine River Valley Bank, Bayfield Branch, 301 N. Commerce Drive, 884-9583. Winter Solstice Artisans’ Market opening reception, 5-7 p.m., Durango Arts Center Barbara Conrad…

Review: Mockingjay – Part I
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Review: Mockingjay – Part I

November 20, 2014

Thus, revolution is on the horizon in the franchise’s third installment, “Mockingjay – Part 1,” and it all hinges on Katniss, the unwitting face and spirit of the movement. You…

Mike Nichols, crafter of films, plays, dies at 83
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Mike Nichols, crafter of films, plays, dies at 83

November 20, 2014

Director Mike Nichols, seen here with his wife Diane Sawyer, died Wednesday. He was 83.Associated Press photo/Chris Pizzello Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic…

Steve Carell vows not to ‘play it safe anymore’
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Steve Carell vows not to ‘play it safe anymore’

November 19, 2014

Steve Carell in a scene from “Foxcatcher.”Associated Press photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Scott Garfield “We both looked at each other really in agreement that the whole thing was crazy and what…

NBC scraps Cosby television project
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NBC scraps Cosby television project

November 19, 2014

NBC announced Wednesday that it has cancelled plans for a family comedy starring Bill Cosby.Associated Press photo/Matt Rourke, file NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks said Wednesday the Cosby sitcom “is no…

Wonkblog: America’s favorite really bad movies
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Wonkblog: America’s favorite really bad movies

November 19, 2014

Jim Carrey, left, Jeff Daniels, right, and Rob Riggle in a scene from “Dumb and Dumber To.”Associated Press photo/Universal Pictures, Hopper Stone “If ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ were a live…

Rocky love: Letters by great women are auctioned
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Rocky love: Letters by great women are auctioned

November 18, 2014

Auction expert Thierry Bodi displays a letter from Catherine of Aragon, 1487-1536, at a auction house in Paris. The letter is part of an incredible collection of letters written by…

Chopin’s heart exhumed in secret, like a relic
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Chopin’s heart exhumed in secret, like a relic

November 18, 2014

A monument dedicated to the 19th century composer Frederic Chopin stands in a park in Warsaw, Poland.Associated Press photo/Czarek Sokolowski Ever since, the composer’s body has rested in peace at…

A&E Happenings Nov. 18-20
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A&E Happenings Nov. 18-20

November 18, 2014

Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Moe’s,…

Arts Briefs
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Arts Briefs

November 17, 2014

Fort Lewis College students and actors will celebrate International Education Week with a readers’ theater performance of “Dear Father, Don’t Worry” on Wednesday. The event, which will take place at…

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6
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Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6

November 13, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Tracks. The remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through…