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Two wheels and empowerment

Two wheels and empowerment

Humanitarian, author on cycling in Afghanistan

November 10, 2014

Mojave Desert comes alive in eco-thriller

Mojave Desert comes alive in eco-thriller

Sojourner’s latest book is vivid journey

November 10, 2014

Review: Lost Dylan lyrics brought to life in ‘New Basement Tapes’

Review: Lost Dylan lyrics brought to life in ‘New Basement Tapes’

“Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes,” by various artists, is an unqualified success.AP photo/Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records Various Artists,…

November 10, 2014

Music legend Les Paul gets hometown honor

Music legend Les Paul gets hometown honor

Lester Polfuss, who later became known as Les Paul, at 15 years old. Paul went to a Wisconsin school that…

November 10, 2014

Hockney biographer publishes second volume on artist’s remarkable life

Hockney biographer publishes second volume on artist’s remarkable life

David Hockney: The Biography 1975-2012, follows the remarkable life and career of a great artist.Associated Press photo/Nan A. Talese/Doubleday More…

November 10, 2014

Documentary follows Campbell’s journey through music, Alzheimer’s

Documentary follows Campbell’s journey through music, Alzheimer’s

Glen Campbell’s final tour is documented in the documentary “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me.”PCH Films/Volunteers of America Filmmaker James Keach…

November 7, 2014

Climate change inspires rise of ‘cli-fi’ flicks

Climate change inspires rise of ‘cli-fi’ flicks

Fabien Cousteau returns to the dock after 31 days undersea in the Aquarius Reef Base, in Islamorada, in the Florida…

November 7, 2014

Review: Big Hero 6

Review: Big Hero 6

It could be the finale of a dozen superhero films, with one difference: “Big Hero 6” is animated. But strike…

November 6, 2014

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 31-Nov. 6

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Skeleton Twins. When estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) feel…

November 6, 2014

Review: Interstellar

Review: Interstellar

As our chief large-canvas illusionist, Nolan’s kaleidoscope puzzles have often dazzled more than they have moved, prizing brilliant, hocus-pocus architecture…

November 6, 2014

Immortal songs, splendid voices in ‘Les Mis’

Performing Arts

Immortal songs, splendid voices in ‘Les Mis’

DHS launches state-winning production of epic musical

November 6, 2014

Photography, the old fashioned way

Photography, the old fashioned way

Mancos artist Brian Killigrew has been creating black and white photographs the old-fashioned way for nearly 30 years – capturing…

November 6, 2014

Rare Steinbeck story published

Rare Steinbeck story published

Piece disappeared after 1944 radio reading

November 6, 2014

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age

James Franco, left, and Chris O’Dowd in a scene from “Of Mice and Men,” in New York.Associated Press photo/Polk &…

November 6, 2014

Connelly has another winner with Burning Room

Connelly has another winner with Burning Room

The Burning Room is another fine crime novel by Michael Connelly.AP Photo/Little, Brown and Co. Harry Bosch and his rookie…

November 5, 2014

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne stars as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.”Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Eddie Redmayne estimates that the euphoria…

November 4, 2014

Springsteen turns song into book with unflinching ‘Outlaw Pete’

Springsteen turns song into book with unflinching ‘Outlaw Pete’

The Boss says “there’s no grand plan behind this.” Still, he admits publishing the book, inspired by his song of…

November 4, 2014

Blue-chip offerings at NYC fall art auctions

Blue-chip offerings at NYC fall art auctions

Works by Warhol, Manet, van Gogh will be on the block

November 3, 2014

Hip-hop as a hypochondriac: The decline of the major label rap album

Hip-hop as a hypochondriac: The decline of the major label rap album

But even by normally cantankerous standards in which past glories are always greater than present achievements, 2014 has been underwhelming.…

November 3, 2014

The Duhks bring fresh sound to Durango

The Duhks bring fresh sound to Durango

Folk band has new members, new album, new energy

November 2, 2014

Urban plagues and Civil War topics of this southern author

Urban plagues and Civil War topics of this southern author

‘Something Rich and Strange’ offers beautiful and searing stories

November 2, 2014

Fighting for our wild places

Fighting for our wild places

Naturalist, author invited as part of wilderness celebration

November 2, 2014

Jake Gyllenhaal relishes the eeriness of his latest role, in ‘Nightcrawler’

Jake Gyllenhaal relishes the eeriness of his latest role, in ‘Nightcrawler’

Jake Gyllenhaal appears in a scene from the film “Nightcrawler.”AP Photo/Open Road Films, Chuck Zlotnick Gyllenhaal proved true to his…

November 2, 2014

Review: Nightcrawler

Review: Nightcrawler

They invented the word “creepy” for that smile, a goofy, confident grin that reaches its full breadth just when you’re…

October 30, 2014