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Movies playing in Durango March 22-28

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Bolshoi Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Sunday only) On her 16th birthday, Princess Aurora falls under the ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Colorado band changes name over police violence reference

DENVER – A Colorado rock band named for a term referencing police violence has changed the group’s title because one of its members is also a law enforcement officer. The Denve...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Andre Williams, R&B singer and producer known as Mr. Rhythm, dies at 82

Andre Williams, an R&B singer and record producer whose talking, proto-rap style and strutting stage persona earned him the sobriquet “Mr. Rhythm,” died Sunday at a nursing home in Chicago. ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Medical bills kept surf-rock legend Dick Dale touring till the end

It was the mid-1960s and the rapid-fire sounds Dick Dale was pulling out of his gold-painted Fender Stratocaster had already reshaped popular music. In the space of a few short ye...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Filmmaker David Lynch teaching a class about creativity

LOS ANGELES – According to filmmaker David Lynch, all it takes are 70 ideas to make a feature film. The visionary mind behind “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks” is...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Bernie Torme, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, dead at 66

NEW YORK – Bernie Torme, a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, died a day before his 67th birthday, according to his drummer. Drummer Mik Gaffney told The Associated Press on Tuesday tha...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Mancos burns winter away with annual Melt

Tenth annual Melt celebrates coming spring with art, activities

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lou Pearlman was a disgraced mogul who defrauded ’90s boy bands – then came the $300 million Ponzi scheme

Before he was implicated in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, Lou Pearlman’s lies started to unravel at a meal with ’N Sync at a Los Angeles steakhouse. Sitting ar...

DATE: Mar 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

New book recounts how daring divers saved 12 boys in a flooded cave

Do you remember last summer’s big news story about 12 boys who were trapped with their soccer coach deep inside a cave in Thailand? As each day passed, and more and more rain flooded the cav...

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Books

Postcard-style mural approved for building on north Main Avenue

City grants $5,000 for project as part of effort to revitalize corridor

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rewatching ‘Game of Thrones’ before the final season? Here are 5 episodes you need to revisit

(Editor’s note: This post obviously contains more spoilers than there are secrets in the restricted reading room of the Citadel.) BY Travis M. Andrews The Washington Post ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Recovered de Kooning painting back in the spotlight

PHOENIX – More than 30 years after it was brazenly stolen from an Arizona museum, a painting by Willem de Kooning reportedly worth $100 million is going on display back where it all began. ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.