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Despite summer’s rocky start, Durango takes on NYC

Between wildfires, the local economy and political angst, our community has not experienced a great start to the summer. The Durango Herald has had its share of discouraging news to write ab...

DATE: Jul 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

No surprises in ‘Skyscraper’

There are few surprises delivered in “Skyscraper,” an entertaining if middlebrow thriller whose very name – blandly descriptive, generic – seems to advertise its fungibility. Take...

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

New artist nonprofit hopes to bring interactive art to Cortez

Deep Desert Art Collective to hold launch party July 20

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Friday Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380. Kids Club, 1 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380. ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Saying goodbye to Southwest Sound

Iconic music shop to close Saturday

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Emmy nominations: ‘Game of Thrones’ leads with 22 nods, followed by ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Westworld’

After a year of being ineligible, “Game of Thrones” came back in a big way in the Emmy nominations announcement on Thursday, earning 22 nods, including best drama series, bringing its lifelo...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Swinging ’60s styles up for auction from Sharon Tate estate

LOS ANGELES – Mini-dresses and a wedding dress are among the items from estate of actress Sharon Tate are going up for auction. Tate starred in the 1967 film “Valley of the Dolls”...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Producers plan movie about Thai cave rescue

NEW YORK – The boys are out of the cave. Now Hollywood wants in. The producers behind Christian films like “God’s Not Dead” are already in Thailand with plans to develop a movie a...

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

Sarah Palin claims Sacha Baron Cohen duped her for talk

LOS ANGELES – Sarah Palin says she was “duped.” The former Republican vice presidential candidate says she fell victim to British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen during an interview fo...

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

Good Charlotte to headline benefit concert for 5 slain

NEW YORK – The city of Annapolis will hold a benefit concert featuring Maryland-based rockers Good Charlotte to honor the five Capital Gazette employees killed in an attack in their newsroom...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Release of fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ movie pushed to 2021

NEW YORK – Indiana Jones won’t be swinging back into movie theaters until at least 2021. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced that the planned fifth installment in the “Indian...

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

Book World: Sherlock Holmes may not have been a real crime-fighter, but his creator was

Even now, it is said, people still send letters to Sherlock Holmes, asking for the great detective’s help in solving a crime or righting an injustice. In the past, some of these ...

DATE: Jul 10, 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.