Arts & Entertainment

Harper Lee’s attorney recalls finding ‘Watchman’ manuscript

FILE – In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new…

July 14, 2015

Isbell nails follow-up to career-making disc

Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell’s upcoming solo album “Something More Than Free” releases Friday.Dan Hallman/Associated Press The song about sacrifices made by…

July 14, 2015

Film

Review: Minions

The Minions, having been the best part of the two previous “Despicable Me” movies, have swarmed the screen in “Minions.”…

July 9, 2015

Film

Review: Self/Less

We all know Sir Ben is a world-class actor. But this accent. Whoa. Kingsley plays Damian (there’s an omen), a…

July 9, 2015

Film

Review: The Wolfpack

Ranging in age from 11 to 18 at the time that this remarkable film was shot, the siblings seem to…

July 9, 2015

Film

Movies playing in Durango July 10-16

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Wolfpack Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side…

July 9, 2015

Music

Figueroa and Faust: Music in the Mountains opens with a fairy tale

Sound familiar? It’s the Faustian bargain as told in a Russian fairy tale, one that Igor Stravinsky set to music…

July 9, 2015

Music

Answers with Thom Chacon: ‘…the head frat guy was like, ‘Get ’em outta here.’’

Thom Chacon’s self-titled album on vinyl.Courtesy of Thom Chacon A California native, Chacon lives in Durango, working as a part-time…

July 9, 2015

$Buy this fracking album: Local featured on compilation to raise environmental awareness$

Music

Buy this fracking album: Local featured on compilation to raise environmental awareness

Local featured for environmental cause

July 9, 2015

Music

The best albums of 2015 (so far)

Music critic Bryant Liggett has compiled a list of his favorite albums so far in 2015.Photo illustration by Jerry McBride…

July 9, 2015

Film

The Bechdel Test is 30 years old – it’s time to raise our expectations

One of the strongest elements of Pixar’s “Inside Out” was the way writers and directors Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del…

July 7, 2015

Film

Spockumentary? Leonard Nimoy’s son makes Spock documentary to honor father

Lawyer-turned-director Adam Nimoy, son of the late Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, poses for a portrait in New York to…

July 7, 2015

Film

Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Olivia Cooke, from left, as Rachel, Thomas Mann as Greg, and RJ Cyler as Earl star in the film “Me…

July 2, 2015

Film

Movies playing in Durango July 3-9

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) I’ll See You in My Dreams In this vibrant, funny, and heartfelt film, a…

July 2, 2015

Film

Review: Terminator Genisys

Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the Terminator in “Terminator Genisys.”Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures The human part, at least in theory,…

July 2, 2015

Film

Review: Magic Mike XXL

Alternately steamy and wholesome, raunchy and childlike, “Magic Mike” reveled in the glistening, undulating, six-pack musculature of the male body,…

July 2, 2015

Visual Arts

Open Shutter brings distinct, surprising outlooks with two new photography shows

With two new shows and three photographers, Open Shutter brings distinct, surprising outlooks

July 2, 2015

Music

FLC band Liver Down the River’s EP is a worthy debut

Liver Down the River released a five-song, all-original EP on Tuesday. The band, which plays a mix of blugrass, jam,…

June 29, 2015

Film

Review: I’ll See You in My Dreams

That is more than enough to get us on Carol’s side. But is it enough to keep us there? The…

June 25, 2015

Film

Review: Ted 2

Yes, it’s quite a thing – a talking, beer-swilling, pot-smoking, foul-mouthed teddy bear interacting with the humans of Boston, working…

June 25, 2015

Film

Review: Max

It’s hard to fault a movie for being schmaltzy when it’s as unabashedly virtuosic in its efforts to pluck at…

June 25, 2015

Film

Movies playing in Durango June 26-July 2

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Great Outdoors (Tuesday only) When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving…

June 25, 2015

Visual Arts

DAC showcases regional photography talent

Local exhibit ‘REPRISE’ returns with surprises

June 25, 2015

Books

Unique characters, setting create entertaining new novel

Authors Win and Meredith Blevins launch new series

June 25, 2015