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The Mancos Valley Chorus is coming to Cortez

Group will also perform for students

DATE: Nov 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Coen brothers’ Western anthology ranges from comic to morbid

In the Coen brothers’ brilliant new film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” an existential Western told in six unrelated chapters, the cowboy clichés pile up quickly, like the film’s body count...

DATE: Nov 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Widows’ isn’t a feel-good feminist heist movie – and that’s why it’s so great

From its first moments, “Widows” signals that audiences aren’t in for just another heist movie. We commence with a tender, deeply sensuous moment between Veronica Rawlins (Viola D...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

William Goldman, Oscar winner for ‘Butch Cassidy,’ has died

NEW YORK – William Goldman, the screenwriter and Hollywood wise man who won Academy Awards for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men” and summed up the mystery of...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

LGBTQ community aims to challenge social norms through storytelling at Durango Arts Center

‘Living the Rainbow’ to be performed this weekend

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Instant Family’? New movie more like a slow-cooker

“Things that matter are hard.” That’s the lesson a new father teaches in “Instant Family,” a comedy-drama about a couple (Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne) who are unable to conceive children of...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The MET Live to screen encore performance of ‘Samson et Dalila’

Opera concentrates on love affair

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Te Ata’ brings Native American actor’s story to Durango

Chickasaw citizen Mary Thompson Fisher also teacher, author

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Roy Clark, ‘Hee Haw’ star, has died at 85

Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as “Yesterday When I was Young” a...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Bayfield High School theater tackles the Bard

BHS stages ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Work on film underway in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The feature film “Rattlesnake” is being filmed at a handful of locations around northern New Mexico. The New Mexico Film Office said Tuesday that the work will continue...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Aerosmith’s Perry tweets ‘doing well’ after hospitalization

NEW YORK – Joe Perry is feeling the love from fans after he was hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York. The Aerosmit...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | 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.