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Durango Choral Society prepares for Carnegie Hall performance

Practice, practice, practice goes the old Carnegie Hall joke about how to get to New York’s premiere concert venue. The Durango Choral Society has taken that advice to heart. Unde...

DATE: May 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Scenes cut from ‘Show Dogs’ over resemblance to sexual abuse

LOS ANGELES – Two scenes are being cut from the family movie “Show Dogs” after complaints that they resemble real-life sexual abuse, the movie’s distributor has announced. In the ...

DATE: May 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Durango’s J-Calvin brings Amy Winehouse’s music to life

Blend of soul, jazz and funk on tap for Animas City Theatre

DATE: May 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Arts Calendar

Friday Do-it-yourself bankruptcy workshop, 9:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third...

DATE: May 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Mancos sculptor to open Bomdiggity art and spirituality store

Mystical Market to open in honor of artist’s daughter

DATE: May 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

NEW YORK – Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of Portnoy’s Complaint to the elegiac lyricism of Americ...

DATE: May 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Clint Walker, star of TV’s ‘Cheyenne,’ dies at age 91

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – Clint Walker, who played the title character in the early TV western “Cheyenne,” has died. Walker’s daughter Valerie Walker tells The Associated Press that ...

DATE: May 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Book World: What Stephen King gets right – and wrong – in The Outsider

Reading a Stephen King novel is like climbing behind the wheel of a classic, unrepentantly American-made car. One glance at the fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror tells you that you’re in fo...

DATE: May 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

Movies playing in Durango May 25-31

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) RBG At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal ...

DATE: May 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, pioneer of celebrity Q&A, goes bankrupt and shuts down

Andy Warhol was so in love with his tape recorder that he sometimes called it “my wife.” He took it everywhere he went, taping pretty much every phone call he made. So when he fou...

DATE: May 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

‘History, Hikes, Hops’ takes readers on a Colorado beer adventure

Denver reporter writes second book on state’s breweries

DATE: May 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores library plans summer concert and family film series

As part of its 2018 Summer Reading Program, the Dolores Public Library will host an outdoor concert and film series, “Summer on the River,” featuring a lineup of local performers. ...

DATE: May 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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.