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‘Forever Tango’ show at Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College canceled

Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango” show that was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12) at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College has been canceled. The reason for the canc...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

There’s another horror movie involving a creepy kid, and it’s actually really good

Creepy children are a mainstay of the horror genre. Going back to “The Bad Seed” and beyond, children have proved capable of unnerving audiences with a combination of precocious dialogue and...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’ is a hilarious if at times disjointed sequel

Like a well-engineered tower of brightly colored building blocks, the Lego movie franchise, now four films strong, achieved its zenith with “The Lego Batman Movie,” a 2017 stand-alone spinof...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Free Solo’ film about El Capitan conquest gets TV debut

PASADENA, Calif. – Makers of the “Free Solo” documentary about Alex Honnold’s unaided climb up the rock face of Yosemite’s El Capitan say they would have still made the film if Honnold had s...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Texas students wear wigs in tribute to late painter Bob Ross

ABILENE, Texas – There were lots of happy little trees at one Texas middle school this week. Art students at Madison Middle School in Abilene wore their curliest wigs and painted ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Dolores Mountain Quilters participate in Sew Day to honor veterans

Quilt of Valor created for donation

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Albert Finney, whose bawdy role in ‘Tom Jones’ earned him the first of five Oscar nominations, dies at 82

Albert Finney, a revered British actor who found worldwide acclaim in 1963 as the raffish 18th-century roustabout Tom Jones, and who carved an independent path as a stage actor and in films ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Women had great comedy specials, but won’t win Grammy

Here’s your annual reminder that, nope, you don’t have to be involved with anything musical whatsoever to win a Grammy. Comedians can get one, too, and one will at Sunday’s ceremony. ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Quadrivium continues outreach with vocal music concerts in Durango, Bayfield

Animal lovers, rejoice: A concert just for you is on the immediate horizon. Titled “Wild Kingdom,” the concert will feature “music about all things that scurry, bound and fly,” sa...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Navajo fashion designer Jolonzo Goldtooth to show collection in Paris

32-year-old accepted for International Indigenous Fashion Week

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Animal Art Works show to be held at Farm Bistro

Third annual event benefiting local humane societies

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Ozzy Osbourne hospitalized because of flu complications

LOS ANGELES – Ozzy Osbourne is in a hospital for some complications from the flu. The 70-year-old rocker’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that doctors believ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

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.