Patrick Modiano of France has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. The news was announced Thursday.Associated Press photo/Catherine Helie, Gallimard Modiano, a 69-year-old resident of Paris, is an acclaimed…
Christine McVie, from left, John McVie and Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac perform at Madison Square Garden on Monday.Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP The members of Fleetwood Mac each took a…
This sacred autumnal drama, repeated nearly every September or October for over 50 years, has become our collectively-acknowledged paradigm for the uneasy tension between trust and betrayal, hope and despair.…
In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy, arrives to announce the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, in Stockholm. This…
The Center of Southwest Studies will continue its 50th anniversary celebration this week with the art exhibit “Masterpieces of the Durango Collection: Native Blankets from the Early American Southwest.” The…
Actor Robert Downey Jr., seen here with his wife producer Susan Downey, stars in the legal drama “The Judge.”Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file That didn’t stop the “The Avengers” leading…
A Demon Summer, by G.M. Malliet, is a wry and clever village mystery.AP Photo/Minotaur G.M. Malliet continues to update the traditional British village mystery in her highly entertaining A Demon…
The Treasure of Harageh collection consists of 37 items such as flasks, vases and jewelry inlaid with lapis lazuli, a rare mineral. Discovered by famed British archaeologist Sir William Matthew…
Jamira is one of the 11-year-old subjects featured in the new documentary “I Am Eleven.”International Film Circuit/Henrik Nordstrom That’s what Australian documentarian Genevieve Bailey does in “I Am Eleven,” a…
Courtney Love, shown performing at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., is planning to sing in an opera (of sorts).Photo for the Washington Post by Kyle Gustafson Yes, as in…
Documentary gets into the mind of the musician and artist
Alice Gerrard’s newest album, ‘Follow,’ out this week
A Western Swing Dance featuring emcee Mike Diamond and music by Wild Country will take place at 7 p.m. today at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. The…
C.J. Clayton and Sue Plvan sort through apples for making cider during the 2012 Apple Days festival. It’s harvest time in Southwest Colorado, which means the region’s apple trees are…
Recently finished a film version of ‘Midsummer’
In his latest, the Gillian Flynn adaptation “Gone Girl,” he shines it into the deepest depths of not a serial killer’s mind or a schizophrenic’s madness, but on a far…
In the faith-based apocalyptic disaster film that is “Left Behind,” we get a lot of scenes of mass panic. People running amok in the streets, looting, arson, cats and dogs…
Usually, movie spin-offs attempt to up the ante – witness this summer’s “The Purge: Anarchy,” which considerably ramped up the scale of its low-budget predecessor. Here, director John R. Leonetti…
(102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133, www.allentheatresinc.com) Left Behind Millions of people disappear without a trace. All that remains are their clothes and belongings. In an instant,…
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, all day, various locations around town, with a Cowboy Poet Train, film screenings, art exhibits, performances and more, www.durangocowboygathering.org. Film: “Penny and Red,” 4 and 6…
Authorities in Clacton-on-Sea, England, ordered this mural destroyed before realizing it was the work of the internationally famous artist Banksy.Associated Press photo/banksy.co.uk Banksy’s often satirical works have fetched up to…
A Victorian vampire slaying kit is one of the items on display in “Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination” at the British Library in London.Associated Press photo/Royal Armouries/British Library How…
This CD cover image released by Verve shows “Tribal,” by Imelda May.AP Photo/Verve Irish singer Imelda May sometimes sounds like a performer who was born a few decades too late,…
AP Photo/Presidential Commission on Good Government<br><br>This photo shows a painting by Michelangelo Buenarroti titled “Madonna and Child,” which was allegedly part of the rare art collections of the late Philippine…
