Arts & Entertainment

Actor Adam Driver shifts into hyper drive
Film

Actor Adam Driver shifts into hyper drive

September 16, 2014

Actor Adam Driver has roles in two films that will release this week, “This is Where I Leave You” and “Tracks.”Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Lena Dunham’s “Girls,” has obviously colored…

Women in politics: Gillibrand and Davis memoirs
Books

Women in politics: Gillibrand and Davis memoirs

September 16, 2014

Associated Press Photo/Blue Rider Press<br><br>“Forgetting to Be Afraid,” by Wendy Davis, chronicles Davis’ journey from teen mom in a trailer park to Harvard Law School. Two prominent women in politics,…

Forward-thinking U2 innovating while entertaining
Music

Forward-thinking U2 innovating while entertaining

September 16, 2014

Associated Presshoto/Marcio Jose Sanchez<br><br>Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, greets Bono after U2 performed at the end of the Apple event on last week in Cupertino, Calif. But who’s listening to…

Living, breathing history
Performing Arts

Living, breathing history

September 15, 2014

Chautauqua performance Wednesday bring Alexander Hamilton to Durango

Redmayne to Gyllenhaal, actors lead Toronto buzz
Film

Redmayne to Gyllenhaal, actors lead Toronto buzz

September 15, 2014

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch hits the red carpet before the screening of “The Imitation Game” during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette Among the 300-plus films…

Exhibition looks at genius of carousel inventor
Visual Arts

Exhibition looks at genius of carousel inventor

September 15, 2014

This ticket booth from a carousel built by William Mangels is featured in an exhibit of his creations at the Green-Wood Cemetery, where he is buried, in Brooklyn.AP Photo/Green-Wood Historic…

War gives inspiration to Gaza’s artists
Film

War gives inspiration to Gaza’s artists

September 15, 2014

Palestinian filmmaker Khalil Mozayen,second right, speaks with a crew member during a rehearsal for his new movie in Gaza City.AP Photo/Khalil Hamra Then the latest Gaza war burst in to…

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

September 14, 2014

The Durango Nature Studies’ annual online auction, which kicked off late last week, will be open until Sept. 25. The auction, a fundraiser for DNS, features a wide array of…

Museum to put 3 O’Keeffe paintings up for auction
Visual Arts

Museum to put 3 O’Keeffe paintings up for auction

September 12, 2014

In this 1970 file photo, Georgia O’Keeffe stands next to her original oil paintings at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York.Associated Press photo, file Going on the…

Robert Plant sets aside rambling ways on new LP
Music

Robert Plant sets aside rambling ways on new LP

September 12, 2014

British musician Robert Plant seen here in Camden Lock in north London, England. Plant returned to his native country to record his latest album, and he doesn’t plan on changing…

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

September 11, 2014

Durango artist Jane Pedersen will teach a handmade journal workshop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Students will create…

The Weekender
Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

September 11, 2014

Some top picks of things to do this weekend in Durango

Music is healing
Music

Music is healing

September 11, 2014

3rd Ave Arts is hosting a benefit concert at 7 p.m. on Friday to help Durango musician Cheryl Birchard, pictured, with expenses related to a recent cancer treatment. The evening…

Review: Dolphin Tale 2
Film

Review: Dolphin Tale 2

September 11, 2014

Bringing together the original cast, headed by Harry Connick Jr., and, of course, Winter, the remarkable dolphin outfitted with a groundbreaking prosthetic tail who put the CMA on the map,…

A&E happenings Sept. 12-18
Arts and Entertainment

A&E happenings Sept. 12-18

September 11, 2014

Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, 259-6580 Sue Keller, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Book signing…

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 5-11
Film

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 5-11

September 11, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Magic in the Moonlight Chinese conjuror Wei Ling Soo is the most celebrated magician of his age, but few know that he is the…

In voices sharp and soft, Tom Hardy sounds out
Film

In voices sharp and soft, Tom Hardy sounds out

September 11, 2014

Tom Hardy, who acts in “The Drop,” is seen at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press But Hardy is, first and foremost, a talker. As he’s…

Country singer Merle Haggard: still on the road
Music

Country singer Merle Haggard: still on the road

September 11, 2014

Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/Associated Press<br><br>Merle Haggard performs at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. At 77, Haggard still hits the road regularly for tours. “Well, it’s glorious but it’s also…

Gillian Anderson onscreen soon in ‘Streetcar’
Performing Arts

Gillian Anderson onscreen soon in ‘Streetcar’

September 11, 2014

Actress Gillian Anderson in a London production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.”Associated Press Ppoto/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Johan Persson Starting Tuesday, Fathom Events, National Theatre Live and BY Experience will broadcast to movie…

Author says Christian novel plagiarized, sex added
Books

Author says Christian novel plagiarized, sex added

September 10, 2014

Author Rachel Ann Nunes holds two versions of her Christian romance novel at her home in Orem, Utah. Nunes says a schoolteacher plagiarized her novel, added graphic sex scenes and…

Anna Kendrick sings again in ‘The Last 5 Years’
Film

Anna Kendrick sings again in ‘The Last 5 Years’

September 10, 2014

Actress Anna Kendrick attends the “Cake” premiere at The Elgin Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday.Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated Press “After the last couple of years, I’m…

Review: No surprise, the surprise U2 album shines
Music

Review: No surprise, the surprise U2 album shines

September 10, 2014

Associated Press Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez<br><br>U2 members Bono, left, and Larry Mullen Jr. perform during an announcement of new products by Apple on Tuesday. Everything about U2’s new album is unexpected.…

A message to Gov. Hickenlooper
Film

A message to Gov. Hickenlooper

September 9, 2014

“Dear Governor Hickenlooper,” a crowd-sourced documentary about hydraulic fracturing in Colorado, will play at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 130 of Chemistry Hall, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. The…

Mathematical minds multiply at Toronto film fest
Film

Mathematical minds multiply at Toronto film fest

September 9, 2014

Eddie Redmayne, from left, and James Marsh and Felicity Jones attend the premiere for “The Theory of Everything” Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival.Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press “Oh,…