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Native REZ-olution XI Youth Concert hits stage in Ignacio

Music fest celebrates its 11th year

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

‘SNL’ adds three to its cast, including an Asian American comic

LOS ANGELES – “Saturday Night Live” is adding three new cast members for its upcoming 45th season, including the show’s only Asian American performer. Bowen Yang, who joined NBC’s...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Reality star ‘The Situation’ released from federal prison

NEWARK, N.J. – “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is now a free man. The 37-year-old reality television star’s publicist says he was released from prison i...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Can Iggy Pop hear the future?

We’ve spent the entirety of Iggy Pop’s rock ’n’ roll life poking at his abs, trying to figure out if he’s beyond human. In the public imagination, he’s the maniac Adonis who invented punk wi...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

New film explores legacy of Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of Generation X may know Raúl Juliá for his energetic and playful role as Gomez Addams in the 1991 movie adaptation of “The Addams Family.” Others may think of Juliá in...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Storm Area 51’ creator pulls out of his own event, calling it Fyre Festival 2.0

When the college student behind the online sensation “Storm Area 51” announced plans for an alien festival out in the Nevada desert, organizers tried to fend off worries that thousands of pe...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 13-19

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Peanut Butter Falcon Zak is a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from a residential nursing home t...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Durango Arts Center to host Wells & van Tyn show

Durango Arts Center theater will host Wells & van Tynâ€™s full theatrical show at 7 p.m. Saturday at the center, 802 East Second Ave. All ages are welcome. The concert will benef...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Lawyer: John Hinckley interested in music industry job

WASHINGTON – The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is interested in getting a job in the music industry, possibly in California, his lawyer said at a court hearing in Wash...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Mesa Verde to host Starr Tafoya pottery demonstration

The Journal Mesa Verde National Park will host a pottery-making demonstration by Santa Clara Pueblo-born Starr Tafoya at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 21 at the park’s Visitor and Research Cen...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Arts Calendar

Wednesday, Sept. 11 Maria’s Bookshop 35th Anniversary Celebration, 9 a.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. Fired Up Stories, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East T...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94

NEW YORK – Robert Frank, a giant of 20th-century photography whose seminal book “The Americans” captured singular, candid moments of the 1950s and helped free picture-taking from the boundar...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

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.