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Ed Victor, literary agent for Clapton, Richards, dead at 77

NEW YORK – Ed Victor, an A-list literary agent whose colorful personality was well-matched by such clients as Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Andrew Lloyd Webber, has died. Victo...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Arts Calendar

Friday Pagosa Folk ’N Bluegrass, 4:30 p.m., $35-$115, Reservoir Hill Park, Pagosa Springs, http://ticketf.ly/2m1dQCM. The PG Trio, 5 p.m., Macho’s north patio, 1485 Florida...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Neither Wolf Nor Dog’ opening at Animas City Theatre

Film takes you on a unique road trip

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Cortez Library to showcase Southwest watercolor artist

Southwest landscape paintings by Mancos watercolor artist, Jan Wright, will be showcased through July at Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St. Paintings include two five-foot lon...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Singer Phil Collins cancels show after hotel room fall

LONDON – Singer Phil Collins has been rushed to the hospital after a fall in his London hotel room left him with a severe gash near his eye that required stitches. His management ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Director: Stacy Keach had a heart attack during Chicago play

CHICAGO – Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls says actor Stacy Keach suffered a heart attack during the opening night of a play at the venue in Chicago. Goodman officia...

DATE: Jun 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Chuck Berry’s final album was made on his own terms

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – Chuck Berry did things his own way, right up to his final album, a 10-song set nearly four decades in the making. The St. Louis native widely hailed as the ...

DATE: Jun 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

H.G. Wells was ahead of his time – about bicycles

During the first half of his writing career, H.G. Wells (1866-1946) imagined a machine that would travel through time, the fearsome tripods of Martian invaders, a moon rocket powered by Cavo...

DATE: Jun 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Skip the first episode of ‘I’m Dying Up Here’

Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” is a fictional drama about the Sunset Strip stand-up comedy scene in 1973, and it’s full of revelations that it (wrongly) assumes to be fresh news to a cable a...

DATE: Jun 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Vulgar Tongues pimped out with dopest research

English slang is a field rich for tillage, as Max Décharné proves in Vulgar Tongues, a triumph of philological research and mordant social commentary. To grok it righteously, though, we must...

DATE: Jun 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

MTV will livestream Sunday’s Manchester benefit concert

LOS ANGELES – MTV will broadcast live online Ariana Grande’s “One Love Manchester” benefit concert aimed at helping victims of the May 22 suicide attack at the pop star’s concert. ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Black Eyed Peas still Fergalicious: singer didn’t leave

NEW YORK – Boom Boom Pow: Fergie is still a member of the Black Eyed Peas. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the songstress has not left the group, ev...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | 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.