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Second City CEO steps down amid claims of racism at theater

LOS ANGELES – Andrew Alexander, CEO and co-owner of famed The Second City improv theater, said he is stepping down after a former performer leveled accusations of racism against the comedy i...

DATE: Jun 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Christo, artist known for massive displays, dies at age 84

Valley Curtain installment built near Rifle in 1972

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

In a topsy-turvy world: Merely Players offers a timely ‘Alice’

“We can wait to go back to an uncertain ‘normal’ or we can work with what is,” Mona Wood-Patterson said in a recent interview. Co-founder and artistic director of Merely Players,...

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Lea Michele apologizes for being ‘difficult’ on ‘Glee’ set

NEW YORK – Former “Glee” star Lea Michele has apologized for being “unnecessarily difficult” on the set of the musical TV show after a co-star accused Michele of making her time there “a liv...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

National Park Mystery Series returns

Scott Graham sticks close to home with ‘Mesa Verde Victim’

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

Arts Calendar

Editor’s note: It’s awesome to see events making their way back into the weekly A&E calendar after these crazy few months. If you have an event – including livestreams – please submit th...

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Musicians unite for Navajo/Pueblo COVID-19 Relief fundraiser

Artists to livestream shows Saturday, Sunday

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Annual Concerts @ The Park going ‘virtual’

Free shows will be online instead of at Buckley Park

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84

NEW YORK – Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, ...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Telluride Jazz Fest off until 2021

Pandemic causes 2020 cancellation

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

The Doobie Brothers reschedule 50th anniversary tour

NEW YORK – The Doobie Brothers are rescheduling their 50th anniversary tour because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced Tuesday that the...

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Author Murakami DJs ‘Stay Home’ radio show

TOKYO – Acclaimed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, hosting a special radio show from home, painted a brighter side of the world with his favorite music, and said the fight against the coro...

DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

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.