Courtesy photo<br><br>The Eliza Gilkyson Trio will play a show Thursday at the Mancos Opera House. Gilkyson is a politically minded and poetically gifted singer-songwriter known for contemplative, rootsy folk songs.…
Associated Press Photo/Michael Dwyer<br><br>On Saturday, the foundation of New Orleans performer Trombone Shorty delivered a new trombone to a boy who had his instrument stolen at gunpoint. Bill Taylor, executive…
The Metropolitan Opera and unions representing its singers, dancers and musicians agreed Saturday to halt labor negotiations for a week and avoid a threatened lockout while an independent analyst studies…
‘Arc of History’ at U.S. 550/160 intersection by Pennsylvania artist
The total marked the cable network’s most-watched original movie (though it’s done better with series and miniseries). And the 1.6 million young adults who tuned in outnumbered shows such as…
Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., will offer two summer classes for kids and teens in August. “Patterned Paper, Prints, Paintings and Pots” will be held Monday through Friday.…
French film shook up the cinema world last summer
Rudie Session IPA Release Party, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio,…
After filling Durango with big orchestra sounds, world beats, chamber concerts and even Hollywood scores during the last three weeks, Music in the Mountains wraps up with “Red Hot Violin”…
Festival honoring Arkady Fomin with Saturday performance
Chris Pratt in a scene from “Guardians of the Galaxy.”Disney-Marvel/Associated Press No need to be a sci-fi nerd or a comic book geek to enjoy it, the witty banter and…
Film critic Roger Ebert, center, is seen in this 2007 photo with his wife Chaz and their granddaughter Raven Evans. Steve James’ new documentary, “Life Itself,” chronicles the life of…
Chadwick Boseman plays James Brown in the biopic “Get On Up.”Universal Pictures/Associated Press Backstage, the singer is informed that he and his band won’t be closing the show; that honor…
Chris Pratt stars in “Guardians of the Galaxy.”Associated Press photo/Disney-Marvel (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Life Itself Acclaimed director Steve James (“Hoop Dreams”) and executive producers Martin Scorsese (“The…
Anne and Robert Drew, left, join Ed Carter and Grace Guggenheim, right, during an event at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Robert Drew’s eldest son, Thatcher Drew, confirmed that…
Mia Farrow will star Brian Dennehy in “Love Letters,” a two-person work comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between friends who grew up together, in New York.Associated Press Photo/Evan…
Lollapalooza, one of the country’s most iconic outdoor music festivals, kicks off Friday in Chicago’s Grant Park.Associated Press Photo/Scott Eisen, File “We are very into the idea of being an…
From left, Adam Shankman, Benjamin Walker, Kristen Bell and Hunter Parrish during a rehearsal for the musical “Hair.” Bell is starring in the rock musical at the 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl…
Singer Aretha Franklin will perform at state fairs in Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota this summer.Associated Press Photo/Steven Senne “I love the state fair, and I love the elephant ears,” says…
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett have spent the last two years collaborating on a record of jazz standards.Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/Associated Press Gaga has spent two years recording an album…
Music in the Mountain Concert brings two great talents to the stage
The New York Film Critic Series will continue at the Animas City Theatre with a screening of “Child of God” at 7 p.m. Thursday. The series brings independent films to…
The Dirty Bourbon River Show, a five-piece gypsy-brass outfit from New Orleans, will play a concert at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. Tickets…
Adam Swanson, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. James Wallace and the Naked Light, 6 p.m., free, Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino Del Rio, 259-9234. Informal Tango…
James Wallace and the Naked Light play at Powerhouse
Documentary urges viewers to rethink obsolete structures
Roughly 100 members of the Durango Choral Society joined the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra at Fort Lewis College Sunday night to perform Carl Orff’s renowned “Carmina Burana.”JENNAYE DERGE/Durango…
This 1907 painting by Frederic Remington, “The Story of Where the Sun Goes,” drew $1.7 million at the annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday.Associated Press Photo/The…
