In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Diana Thompson noticed at the grocery store the dazed look on nearly everyone’s face. There was panic, too, as people scrambled for such things as toilet paper, hand sanitizer, flour and yeast.

NEW YORK — Most playwrights want their works to remain relevant for decades to come. Not Heidi Schreck, not with "What the Constitution Means to Me."

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, led to police violence against peaceful African American demonstrators. The beatings, known as "Bloody Sunday," generated anger across the nation 55 years ago this month and prompted P…

The Idaho Falls Symphony and the Idaho Falls Youth Orchestra have canceled the remaining concerts and rehearsals for the season because of the coronavirus situation.

NEW YORK (AP) — Movie theaters may be shuttered across the country but there is still newly released work of lurid and pulpy goodness from Brian De Palma.

“The Banker “ is an odd title for this film. It has the effect of underselling a fascinating story about a black business savant that was inspired by real events. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) became a real estate mogul in Los Angeles and (eventually) the own…

NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with a lengthy shutdown due the coronavirus pandemic, movie theaters are requesting relief from the U.S. government.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streaming services, outliers in an entertainment indu…

Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel announces the rescheduling of the Tracy Byrd Concert, originally scheduled for March 15, 2020, the cancellation of the Bridal Show scheduled for March 28, 2020 and Painted Horse Buffet closure.

The Idaho Falls Symphony has indefinitely postponed its concert scheduled for Saturday and its “Evening of Chamber Music” set for Thursday over concerns for the coronavirus.

Fittingly, few films in recent memory arrive with a bigger target on its back than “The Hunt.” Our quick advice? Lower your weapons.

NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, canceling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and scuttling concert tours until it’s safe to welcome crowds back.

It might be too harsh to recommend practicing social distancing with the new Vin Diesel movie “Bloodshot,” but I wouldn’t want to shake its hand, either.

The Idaho Falls Symphony concert next week will feature music composed by and performed by women.

Actors Repertory Theatre of Idaho performs a comedy in the tradition of the Marx Brothers when it lampoons “the stuffy denizens of a private country club.”

For a revolutionary animation studio, Pixar has been surprisingly wary of advancing technology. The company may be at the forefront of digital animation, but for 25 years, its spiritual DNA has been decidedly nostalgic. It’s the old-school new school.

The American West is about as well-trod territory as there is in movies, but Kelly Reichardt keeps unearthing new treasures.

The music of two of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time face off at the Colonial Theater next week as two tribute bands present “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown.”

Unraveling the dusted bandages of H.G. Wells’ classic 1897 science-fiction novel, writer-director Leigh Whannell has refashioned “The Invisible Man” as a bracingly modern #MeToo allegory that, despite its brutal craft, rings hollow.

Carlene Carter has stories to tell. 

Called a “party for the eyes and ears,” “The SpongeBob Musical” Broadway show has been touring the country and will play at the Civic Center next month in all of its neon color.

There’s beauty to spare in the new screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma,” from its palatial country estates with their art-filled galleries and manicured lawns, to the exquisitely detailed costumes (those feathered bonnets!), to star Anya Taylor-Joy, whose porcelain skin and blonde ringl…

Does the dog movie have any new tricks? Do we want it to?

The highly acclaimed progressive bluegrass band, Leftover Salmon, is scheduled for two nights in Victor next month.

The Barrus Concert Hall on the campus of Brigham Young University-Idaho will be the scene of straw boater hats when the school hosts its annual Barbershop Music Festival next week.

The foreign-language film remake has never been the most esteemed sort of Hollywood production, but the timing of “Downhill,” a remake of Ruben Östlund’s 2014 Swedish film “Force Majeure,” hasn’t done it any favors.

If the Hollywood mantra for making blockbusters is “faster, faster, faster,” then the creators of “Sonic the Hedgehog” have wisely ignored it.

Bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers has had an interesting past few months. They performed with Boyz II Men in October 2019 and played on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Jan. 29.

The singing cowboy band from Jackson, Wyo., The Bar J Wranglers, will perform at Snake River Landing on Valentine’s Day.

There’s a scene early on in the new film “Gretel & Hansel” when the two title characters accidentally scarf down psychedelic mushrooms in a forest and it produces one very strong feeling in the audience: jealousy.

At one point in “Birds of Prey,” crime lord Roman Sionis, aka Ewan McGregor, sits down with a tub of popcorn to watch Harley Quinn suffer through a brutal interrogation.