Music
Crafting a hit: How many songwriters does it take?
Some top songs are written by 4 or more people
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings June 13-19
TOPS Jewels Artist Reception, 5-7 p.m., There’s No Place Like Home, 822 Main Ave., 385-7300. Jack Ellis acoustic blues, 5-8 p.m., Serious Texas Bar-B-Q, 3535 Main Ave., 247-2240. Jeff Solon…
Music
Bonnaroo features mini-British Invasion in 2014
Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP<br><br> Lauren Mayberry of the electronic band Chvrches performs during the 2013 Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia, Md. in September of 2013. Chvrches is one of several…
Music
Grammys to allow samples in songwriting categories
Previously, samples – snippets of previously recorded material or songs incorporated into a new work – had been allowed only in the Grammy Awards’ best rap song category. The academy…
Visual Arts
Museum chronicles 100 years of humanitarian group
Associated Press photo/JDC<br><br>The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a 100-year-old humanitarian assistance organization that helps Jews and non-Jews around the world, is the focus of a New York City…
Music
Chrissie Hynde a Pretender no more on ‘Stockholm’
Chrissie Hynde has released her first solo venture, “Stockholm,” six years after the last Pretenders album.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/Associated Press But she says it’s not so much a solo album…
Books
Eric Hill, children’s author/illustrator, dead at 86
In announcing Hill’s death June 6, Don Weisberg, president of Penguin Young Readers Group, said Tuesday that Hill “created one of today’s most iconic children’s book characters and changed the…
Books
Book Buzz: J.K. Rowling donates big to keep Scotland in U.K.
The author just announced that she is making a big donation to Better Together, a campaign against Scottish independence. Scots are to vote in a referendum Sept. 18 on whether…
Film
Colin Firth to grin and bear it in upcoming ‘Paddington’
Paddington, that is, the Peruvian bear who has been the hero of 70 books that have sold more than 30 million copies and who will get his big-screen debut Dec.…
Performing Arts
Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced’ to jump to Broadway
“Disgraced” had its world premiere at Chicago’s American Theater Company in 2012 and then ran at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater, starring Aasif Mandvi, a correspondent on “The Daily…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs
The Durango Public Library encourages local authors to apply for inclusion in this fall’s Local Authors Fair, which will be held Oct. 15. Applications are due by July 1. The…
Visual Arts
Professionals and paint buckets
Performing Arts
The legacy of our fathers lives on
'Love, Dad' theater readings at DAC celebrate Father's Day
Books
Bill Watterson of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ returns to print
Bill Watterson drew the syndicated and über-popular Calvin and Hobbes for 10 years before shutting it down in 1995. The strip followed the antics of Calvin, a 6-year-old boy, and…
Music
Jack White goes country on second solo
This photo released by Third Man Records/Columbia shows the cover of Jack White’s new album, “Lazaretto.”Associated Press Photo/Third Man Records/Columbia Jack White’s second solo album is steeped in tones of…
Music
Maxwell plans for tour, new music & possible baby
Singer Maxwell performs on “The Early Show” in New York in 2008. Maxwell’s new album, “Summers,” originally supposed to be released in 2010, will finally be released this year.AP Photo/Seth…
Music
The Week in Music: Fred Schneider, a Journey cover, more
In no particular order, these go to 11: 1. Bob Mould’s video for “I Don’t Know You Anymore;http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/65f616aff7/bob-mould-i-don-t-know-you-anymore.” Mould has gotten a lot of attention for his new record, and…
Film
Review: ‘Edge of Tomorrow’
Tom Cruise is a military marketer who finds himself fighting in a time loop in “Edge of Tomorrow.”David James, Warner Bros. Pictures/Associated Press We black out and it all happens…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings June 6-12
The Black Velvet duo, with Nina Sasaki and Larry Carver, 4-8 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5540. Jeff Solon Jazz Trio, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Cafe at DoubleTree…
Arts and Entertainment
Viola virtuoso heads to D.C.
15-year-old to participate in symphony orchestra program
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Brief
Jane Pedersen will teach a Handmade Journal Workshop from 5:30 to 8 p.m. June 16 at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Participants will create and construct a…
Film
Mike Myers returns … as a director of ‘Supermensch’
Legendary Hollywood manager and insider Shep Gordon is the subject of Mike Myers’ directorial debut, the documentary “Supermensch.”Associated Press So how come most people haven’t heard of Shep Gordon? Comedian…
Books
Book buzz: ‘Caged Bird’ sales soar after Angelou’s death
Memoir hits No. 4 on USA TODAY’s best seller list
Film
Movies playing in Durango June 6-12
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Locke. Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and…
Film
Review: ‘Chef’
John Leguizamo, from left, Emjay Anthony and Jon Favreau in a scene from “Chef.”Open Road Films via Associated Press Marking Favreau’s return to indie filmmaking – he emerged in 1996…
Film
Review: ‘Fault in Our Stars’
Slam dunk. Go buy your ticket. But of course, you probably already have. The situation becomes more nuanced, though, for those who haven’t read the book. Both author and fans…