Arts & Entertainment

A&E Happenings Nov. 7-13
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings Nov. 7-13

November 6, 2014

Jack Ellis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Documentary: “Riding My Way Back Home,” 5:30 p.m., Elk’s Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Mountainfilm on Tour, doors at…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

November 6, 2014

The fifth annual Living Tarot Oracle will take place Friday through Sunday at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. The event will feature readings, presentations and workshops with…

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age
Film

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age

November 6, 2014

James Franco, left, and Chris O’Dowd in a scene from “Of Mice and Men,” in New York.Associated Press photo/Polk & Co., Richard Phibbs But hold onto your popcorn: It’s not…

Harry Belafonte says activism inspired his art
Arts and Entertainment

Harry Belafonte says activism inspired his art

November 6, 2014

Harry Belafonte will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Saturday at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles.Associated Press photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman, file LOS ANGELES – As Harry Belafonte joins…

David Chase intrigued by ‘Sopranos’ prequel idea
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David Chase intrigued by ‘Sopranos’ prequel idea

November 5, 2014

David Chase, was the showrunner for HBO’s “The Sopranos,” which is being released on Blue-ray for the first time.Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/Associated Press, File The 69-year old show runner says…

Connelly has another winner with Burning Room
Books

Connelly has another winner with Burning Room

November 5, 2014

The Burning Room is another fine crime novel by Michael Connelly.AP Photo/Little, Brown and Co. Harry Bosch and his rookie partner tackle a cold case with present-day ramifications in Michael…

Dinosaur head in police custody
Local News

Dinosaur head in police custody

November 4, 2014

Durango awoke to a Halloween surprise atop the Arc of History sculpture, only to see it stolen three days later

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne
Film

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne

November 4, 2014

Eddie Redmayne stars as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.”Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Eddie Redmayne estimates that the euphoria of being cast as Stephen Hawking for the film “The…

Co-host of NPR’s Car Talk dies at 77
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Co-host of NPR’s Car Talk dies at 77

November 3, 2014

Brothers Ray, left, and Tom Magliozzi, co-hosts of National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” show, are seen in Cambridge, Mass in this 2008 photo. Tom Magliozzi died Monday at the age…

Q&A: ‘Interstellar’ filmmaker Nolan on his robots
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Q&A: ‘Interstellar’ filmmaker Nolan on his robots

November 3, 2014

Matthew McConaughey, left, and Anne Hathawa, in a scene from the film ‘”Interstellar.”Associated Press photo/Paramount Pictures, Melinda Sue Gordon “The idea was that they’d been designed to put humans at…

Arts Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

November 2, 2014

Fort Lewis College will be hosting art events and workshops through the month of November to highlight Native American Heritage Month. Workshops, which begin on Thursday, will cover skills like…

Desert phenomena
Arts and Entertainment

Desert phenomena

November 2, 2014

Courtesy of Friends of the Art Library<br><br>Graphic designer Mariah Richstone grew up in Durango, but she’s spent a good deal of time in recent years traveling to places like Bali…

Review: Nightcrawler
Film

Review: Nightcrawler

October 30, 2014

They invented the word “creepy” for that smile, a goofy, confident grin that reaches its full breadth just when you’re starting to realize how deranged this guy really is. Gyllenhaal’s…

Review: Before I Go To Sleep
Film

Review: Before I Go To Sleep

October 30, 2014

Writer-director Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of S.J. Watson’s best-seller honors the lurid spirit of the page-turner enough to satisfy fans, but he doesn’t transmute the material into something richer and deeper…

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

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6

October 30, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Skeleton Twins. When estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) feel they’re at the end of their ropes, an unexpected reunion…

Ghost tracks
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Ghost tracks

October 30, 2014

Over the years, railroad passengers, workers and others on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks have heard, seen and felt things … strange things, ghostly things. Those experiences…