The teacher from Santa Cruz, California, illustrates a subtle change in society’s attitude toward television. The medium is growing in stature, propelled by both art and technology. More worthy programs…
Singer Femi Kuti performs at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria.Associated Press Photo/Jon Gambrell, File NEW YORK – Femi Kuti is, like his father, a recording artist and an…
Associated Press Photo/ Polk & Co., Harry Fellows<br><br>Julia Stiles and James Wirt in a scene from “Phoenix” in New York. Because “Phoenix,” despite its partly comic tone, is surely a…
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lucky Them More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug (Toni Collette) has one last chance…
Helen Mirren in a scene from “The Hundred-Foot Journey.”François Duhamel/DreamWorks II And then heap on a heavy serving of corn. What is it about recent food movies – Jon Favreau’s…
Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives a superb performance in his final starring role in the film “A Most Wanted Man.”Victoria Will, Invision/Associated Press But it’s also a smart espionage thriller with…
The Durango Arts Center will hold auditions for its popular 10-Minute Play Festival from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Arts Center Theater, 802 East Second Ave. No experience…
DAC Applause! Program Presents: “Jungle Book” and “Peter Pan Jr.,” 1 p.m., Durango Arts Center Theatre, 802 East Second Ave., $8, www.durangoarts.tix.com. Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River…
Jim Jarmusch’s 2003 film is stylish and star-studded
Cristie Scott moves from board seat to director position
Kai Welch, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who has toured extensively with banjo maven Abigail Washburn, will play a show at 7:30 p.m. today in the Listening Room of Studio &, 1027…
10th annual Guitar Town at Copper Mountain
TerraCycle Inc. founder Tom Szaky works in his office amid walls of recycled bottles in Trenton, N.J. The company is the subject of a new reality television show.Associated Press Photo/Mel…
Producers of Peter Morgan’s play said Wednesday that Mirren will return to Broadway this spring as Elizabeth II in the work that wowed London audiences and earned the actress an…
Filmmaker James Cameron emerges from the Deepsea Challenger after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench during the filming of “Deepsea Challenge 3D,” which will be released on Friday.AP…
AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, file<br><br>At 86, U.S. poet laureate W.S. Merwin continues to write. But W.S. Merwin continues to write poems; he cannot help himself. “I wrote the last one about…
Jack Antonoff of Bleachers performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park.Photo by Steve C. Mitchell/Invision/Associated Press The 30-year-old guitarist has taken a break from the Grammy Award-winning pop-rock trio for…
Austin, Texas band Spoon released the fine new album, “They Want My Soul,” this week.Associated Press Photo/Loma Vista The Austin, Texas-born band Spoon is out with its eighth album, “They…
Kelli Stanley’s new book, “City of Ghosts,” is engrossing historical fiction.Associated Press Photo/Minotaur A love of San Francisco — its flaws, strengths and eccentricities — permeates Kelli Stanley’s intriguing novels…
The movie soundtrack “Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1” is No. 1 on both the iTunes and Amazon digital-album lists (and No. 2 in Amazon’s overall CD sales)…
Grammy-nominated songwriter and Austin Music Hall of Famer Eliza Gilkyson will perform with her trio at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mancos Opera House, 136 W. Grand Ave., Mancos. Gilkyson…
Photo Divine’s inaugural “A Mile in My Shoes” scholarship and photography show, which will be up at Studio & for one night only Thursday, features work of incoming high school…
Beautified dumpsters are some of the public art that can be found in Durango.Durango Herald file photo But this week, a new Art Walk feature will take patrons outside, for…
Artist Michael Gross, who is battling cancer, sits in his studio between one of his paintings and one of his photos on his computer screen in Oceanside, California.Associated Press Photo/Lenny…
Alex, left, and Stephen Kendrick, who make faith-based film,s review footage of a project.Associated Press Photo/AFIRM Films/Provident Films, David Whitlow Filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick seem to have the formula…
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