Arts & Entertainment

Now Playing for April 26 – May 2
Film

Now Playing for April 26 – May 2

April 25, 2013

(1120 Main Ave., 259-7940, www.thebackspacetheatre.org) Hyde Park on Hudson. HHH½ Bill Murray stars as FDR, who, while entertaining the king and queen of England in 1939 must also hide the…

Cleopatra’s happy ending closes MET season
Performing Arts

Cleopatra’s happy ending closes MET season

April 25, 2013

Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra and Christophe Dumaux as Tolomeo rehearse a scene from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” on March 25 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera At…

Glass spouses
Visual Arts

Glass spouses

April 25, 2013

Local Home & Ranch Show artists also part of Smithsonian exhibit

Choral Society to preview summer Europe excursion
Music

Choral Society to preview summer Europe excursion

April 25, 2013

The Durango Choral Society will give a preview of its European summer tour tonight at St. Columba Catholic Church.Courtesy of Paul Boyer “I wanted to give the entire Choral Society…

Arts Briefs for April 26
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for April 26

April 25, 2013

Merely Players and Durango Performing Arts Company will present the youth theater extravaganza, Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at Durango Arts Center. Show times are 7 p.m. May 3, 4,…

iTunes celebrates a decade, faces new challenges
Music

iTunes celebrates a decade, faces new challenges

April 24, 2013

After 10 years, the iTunes music store is not only music’s biggest retailer, it also dominates the digital video market, capturing 67 percent of the TV show sale market and…

Boston bombings manhunt draws about 42M viewers
Film

Boston bombings manhunt draws about 42M viewers

April 22, 2013

A police vehicle probes the boat where 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding Friday in Watertown, Mass. The Nielsen company said nearly 42 million people watched the…

Review: Martin’s banjo melds well with Brickell
Music

Review: Martin’s banjo melds well with Brickell

April 22, 2013

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have released “Love Has Come For You.”Rounder/Associated Press It’s clear from the opening line on the first song “When You Get To Asheville” that “Love…

U.S. Best-selling books for April 23
Books

U.S. Best-selling books for April 23

April 22, 2013

Fiction 1. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books) 2. The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 3. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown) 4. Z: A…

Big finale for local symphony
Music

Big finale for local symphony

April 22, 2013

Guest soloist Mary Elizabeth Bowden performed Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E flat major in the final two concerts of the San Juan Symphony’s Lollapalooza 2012-13 season Saturday at the Community…

Drawing inspiration
Arts and Entertainment

Drawing inspiration

April 22, 2013

Kids take over Arts Center for creativity

A&E Happenings for April 25
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for April 25

April 18, 2013

Supporters for Tim DeChristopher in a scene from “Bidder 70,” the documentary about the activist’s attempts to derail an oil and gas lease auction that resulted in DeChristopher’s incarceration in…

Now Playing for April 19-25
Film

Now Playing for April 19-25

April 18, 2013

(1120 Main Ave., 259-7940, www.thebackspacetheatre.org) Hyde Park on Hudson. HHH½ Bill Murray stars as FDR, who, while entertaining the king and queen of England in 1939 must also hide the…

Arts Briefs for April 19
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for April 19

April 18, 2013

Colorado Creative Industries is accepting applications for its largest grant program, Colorado Creates. Nonprofit cultural organizations and communities can access guidelines and the application at www.coloradocreativeindustries.org. The new funding period…

Evison to share stories and beer
Books

Evison to share stories and beer

April 18, 2013

Evison writes with an edge but softens it with genuine compassion and intelligence. The novel is a story of personal redemption that borrows from the tried and true “road story”…

Tuning in: Twitter launches music app
Music

Tuning in: Twitter launches music app

April 18, 2013

Twitter said in a blog post that an app will be available for download from Apple’s online store Thursday. A Web version also rolled out Thursday. Twitter said the service…

Judge allows Flavor Flav to attend Hall of Fame
Music

Judge allows Flavor Flav to attend Hall of Fame

April 18, 2013

A judge on Thursday agreed to postpone arraignment for the rapper and former reality TV star on felony assault with a weapon and child-endangerment charges until May 7. The 54-year-old…

Fiction Pulitzer returns for North Korea novel
Arts and Entertainment

Fiction Pulitzer returns for North Korea novel

April 15, 2013

Pulitzer judges on Monday praised Johnson’s book as “an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the…

U.S. Best-selling books for April 16
Books

U.S. Best-selling books for April 16

April 15, 2013

Fiction 1. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books) 2. The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 3. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown) 4. Leaving Everything…

Fort Lewis to host Ignacio film festival
Film

Fort Lewis to host Ignacio film festival

April 15, 2013

Fort Lewis College teacher education students Diana Williams and Crystal Pennington help Ignacio High School student Veronica Gonzalez, center, with her project for the Ignacio Student Film Festival, one of…

Equine tourism
Visual Arts

Equine tourism

April 15, 2013

Durango saddle makers share techniques in Siberia

A&E Happenings for April 18
Arts and Entertainment

A&E Happenings for April 18

April 11, 2013

Early Bird Karaoke, 3-7 p.m.; also 8 p.m.-close, 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801. Chili Night with Little Wilderness, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792,…

Paul McCartney still UK’s richest musician
Arts and Entertainment

Paul McCartney still UK’s richest musician

April 11, 2013

Paul McCartney remains Britain’s wealthiest musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The newspaper estimated Thursday that the ex-Beatle shares a 680 million-pound ($1.05 billion) fortune with his third…