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Enter the area’s haunted houses next week ... if you dare

Durango and Ignacio offer up a scary time

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A broken heart reignites Steve Perry’s love for music

NEW YORK – In the years after Steve Perry left Journey, he didn’t sing for anyone – not even for himself. No songs in the shower, humming tunes on the radio, or private concerts f...

DATE: Oct 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Movies playing in Durango Oct. 19-25

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Wife After nearly 40 years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual,...

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

‘Bad Times’ is a far-out flick

The setup of “Bad Times at the El Royale” sounds familiar, even cliché: Seven strangers, each with a skeleton in the closet, find themselves thrown together at a hotel that has seen better d...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Durango, are you ready to get roasted?

Town will take a pummeling of friendly jabs

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘The Mummy’ poster could fetch $1.5M

An original poster for the 1932 horror classic “The Mummy” is heading to Sotheby’s just in time for Halloween. Offered in an online-only auction that will run through Oct. 31, the...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Mancos’ 1st DocFest plans weekend of films

The inaugural Mancos DocFest will kick off tonight (Friday) at the Mancos Opera House, 136 West Grand Ave. in Mancos, with the theme of “belonging” – to a place, to each other and to ourselv...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Downtown tour takes you up – and under – Main Avenue

Ghost walk an otherworldy history lesson

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Buyer of Banksy work that self-destructed to keep it

The anonymous buyer of a Banksy painting that mysteriously shredded just after it was auctioned off at Sotheby’s last week plans to keep the work. The 2006 work, “Girl with Balloo...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Does ‘Venom’ hold the antidote to eventual superhero fatigue?

The looming prospect of “superhero fatigue” has been hovering off the coast of Hollywood at least since the last time Tom Hardy starred in a blockbuster comic-crusader movie. That commercial...

DATE: Oct 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Rock-star YA author Raina Telgemeier will publish the graphic memoir ‘Guts’ next fall

She’s more than a top YA cartoonist – she’s attained single-name recognition as a rock-star author. So it’s big news that Raina – as in Telgemeier – will deliver two books next year. ...

DATE: Oct 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Fangoria, the fabled horror magazine, has risen from the dead

Like Freddy Krueger, The fabled horror magazine that has thrilled and terrified readers since 1979 looked dead and buried last year. But now, just in time for Halloween, Fangoria has crawl...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

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.