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Justin Bieber to launch docu-series on YouTube in January

Justin Bieber is launching a docu-series about creating his new album on YouTube, the platform where the singer originally got his start in music more than a decade ago. YouTube a...

DATE: Dec 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Lizzo named The Associated Press’ Entertainer of the Year

NEW YORK – Breakthrough singer-rapper Lizzo has been named Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. Voted by entertainment staffer members of the news cooperative, Lizzo d...

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Inuit-Canadian singer who covered ‘Diamonds’’ dies at 26

LOS ANGELES – Kelly Fraser, a Canadian pop artist who gained attention for an Inuit-language cover of Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” part of her advocacy efforts for her indigenous culture, has died....

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Need plans for New Year’s Eve?

Tons to do to ring in 2020 in and around Durango

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

History Colorado Center space tells Centennial State’s story

Denver’s new Ballantine Gallery offers look at Colorado health care

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

NEW YORK – Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decadeslong rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 27-Jan. 2

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) JoJo Rabbit A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when...

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

A&E: Here’s to 2019

It was a year of entertainment, farewells and big changes

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Songwriter Allee Willis, who wrote ‘Friends’ theme, dies

LOS ANGELES – Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” as well as the theme song from the TV show “Friends” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,...

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Artist’s quilts tell the story of her ancestors

Susan Hudson to be featured on PBS show ‘Craft in America’

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history

NEW YORK – A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want to be known as the dancer w...

DATE: Dec 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Uncut Gems’ mines best of Sandler’s talent

By now, we shouldn’t be too surprised by this cultural contradiction known as Adam Sandler. It’s obvious that Sandler, the actor, is capable of extraordinary range – not in the tr...

DATE: Dec 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

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.