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The Hozhoni Days Speaker Series continues with a free lecture by Suzanne Harjo on “Developing a Native Ethos - An Open Dialogue” at 12:20 p.m. in the Student Memorial Lounge of the College Union Building. Harjo is the executive director of the Morning Star Institute in Washington, D.C. 247-7221.

Fort Lewis College music students will perform a free student recital from 12:20-1:15 p.m. in Roshong Recital Hall.

Nina Sasaki plays covers at the Palace Restaurant, 1 Depot Place, 6-9 p.m. 247-2018.

Pongas, 121 W. Eighth St., hosts a singles, 8-ball pool tournament at 7 p.m. 382-8554.

Fort Lewis College will present a lecture by Jurgen Herbst entitled “History of the Liberal Arts III - Unity in Diversity in the American College: From Liberal to General Education” at 7 p.m. in 130 Noble Hall. 247-7400 for details.

The Air Quality Advisory Council will sponsor folk musician Melissa Crabtree at the Abbey Theatre, 128 E. College, at 7 p.m. There will be regional experts panel on biodiesel (alternative fuel for reducing air pollution), followed by music and refreshments. 247-5702 for details.

Parabellum plays rock at the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave. 375-2568.

Beer Bingo Night takes place at Lady Falconburgh’s, 640 Main Ave., at 9 p.m. 382-9664.

The Wild Whiskey Boys, of Flagstaff, Ariz., bring their Americana sounds to Storyville, 1150 Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. 259-1475 for details.

Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave., hosts Studio 54 Ladies Night at 10 p.m. 259-1400.

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The Hozhoni Days Speaker Series continues with a lecture by John Echohawk on “The Legislative Initiative to Reinforce Tribal Sovereignty,” at 12:20 p.m. in the Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum. Echohawk, a Pawnee, is the executive director of the Native American Rights Fund. 247-7221 for details.

The Dean Murphy Band plays rock and blues at Purgy’s at Durango Mountain Resort from 3-7 p.m. 247-9000, Ext. 5125 for details.

Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., will host a booksigning of Fire in the Sky: Colorado’s Missionary Ridge Fire with author Jim Greenhill. 247-1438 for details.

Mysto the Magi does tableside magic from 7-10 p.m. at East by Southwest, 160 E. College. 247-5533 for details.

The Global Funk Council brings its horns to the Summit, 600 Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. 247-2324 for details.

Stillwater plays the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave. 375-2568 for details.

Dixie Wrecked plays Storyville, 1150 Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. 259-1475 for details.

The Badly Bent brings local bluegrass to Steamworks, 801 East Second Ave. 259-9200.

The Karma Trio brings fiddle jams to Haggard’s Black Dog Tavern, 10 miles east of Durango on Florida Road, at 8 p.m. 259-5657.

Danny Rhodes and the Messengers play Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave. 259-1400.

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Durango Mountain Resort will host the Southwest QuarterPipe Championships at the Pitchfork Terrain Park beginning at 10:30 a.m. Competitors on skis and boards will be judged. 385-2149 for details.

The Dean Murphy Band plays rock and blues at Purgy’s at Durango Mountain Resort from 3-7 p.m. 247-9000, Ext. 5125 for details.

Freewill Recovery jams at the Summit, 600 Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. 247-2324 for details.

Stillwater plays the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave. 375-2568 for details.

DJ Brian Ess raises money for KDUR at Steamworks, 801 East Second Ave. 259-9200.

The Wayward Sons of Burlgrass, featuring the lyricist from the Yonder Mountain String Band, plays at Haggard’s Black Dog Tavern, 10 miles east of Durango on Florida Road, at 8 p.m. 259-5657 for details.

Danny Rhodes and the Messengers play Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave. 259-1400.

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The Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., hosts Santa Fe Sunday with live music from 2-11 p.m. 375-2568 for details.

Pongas hosts free pool after 6 p.m. at 121 W. Eighth St. 382-8554 for details.

Euphonium player and FLC student Ezekiel Brockmann will perform his senior recital at 7 p.m. in Roshong Recital Hall in the Sage Hall building. Admission is free.

The Brad Tarpley Trio plays jazz at Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave. 259-1400 for details.

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The FLC Environmental Center will sponsor a lecture by Ken Doxsee, professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, at 4:30 p.m. in 400 Berndt Hall for Earth Week. Doxsee will discuss the technical aspects of green chemistry. 247-7676 for details.

Sand Sheff plays the Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., from 6:30-10 p.m. 382-2648.

The Summit, 600 Main Ave., hosts open mic night. 247-2324 for details.

Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave., hosts live improv with Comic Kaze. 259-1400 for details.

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Earth Week continues at FLC with a lecture by Kent Ford, of the Durango Water Commission, on “A Citizen’s Guide to Understanding Durango Water Issues” at 7 p.m. in the Student Memorial Lounge of the College Union Building. 247-7676 for details.

Tuesday Trivia takes place at Lady Falconburgh’s, 640 Main Ave., at 8 p.m. 382-9664 for details.

Jamaica’s Third World, founding fathers of reggae, play at Storyville, 1150 Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. They will be joined by MC Rasta Stevie and the Heartbeat of Zion Sound System. 247-7293 for details.

Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave., hosts the karaoke semi-finals with Steve Kahler beginning at 8 p.m. 259-1400 for details.

Tim Sullivan plays country at the Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., from 6:30-10 p.m.

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The FLC Environmental Center and the San Juan Basin Health Department will sponsor a Quality Air Forum for Earth Week from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in the College Union Building Ballroom. A variety of speakers will discuss global and local perspectives of air quality. 247-7676 for details.

Pongas, 121 W. Eighth St., hosts a scotch doubles pool tournament at 7 p.m. 382-8554.

Earth Week continues at FLC with a lecture by Lori Goodman, a member of Dine CARE (Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment), a Navajo grassroots organization, at 7 p.m. in 130 Noble Hall. 247-7676.

Kirk James plays at the Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., from 6:30-10 p.m.

The Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. Second Ave., hosts karaoke and all types of music with DJ Crazy Charlie. 375-2568 for details.

Scoot ‘n Blues, 900 Main Ave., hosts karaoke finals with Steve Kahler starting at 8 p.m. 259-1400.

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The Wanbli Ota student organization and the Southern Ute Tribe will sponsor the 39th annual Hozhoni Days Pow-Wow from Friday-Sunday, March 28-30, in the Fort Lewis College Fieldhouse. The multi-day event will include grand entries, gourd dancing and the Miss Hozhoni Days Crowning Ceremony. For details on Hozhoni Days events, call 247-7221.

Durango Mountain Resort will host the Wolverton Telemark Festival from March 28-30. The weekend will feature an uphill/downhill race, mountain golf, BBQ, apres parties & more. 385-2149.

The Abbey Theater, 128 E. College, will screen the documentary “Ram Dass – Fierce Grace” through April 6. Ram Dass has been exploring the nature of consciousness for more than 45 years, and the film balances footage from the guru’s hippie days with contemporary material. 385-1711 for details.

The Open Shutter Gallery, 755 East Second Ave., will host an exhibit of black-and-white photographs by Lou Swenson through April 16. A Dolores resident, Swenson has devoted himself to fine-art black and white photography. The Open Shutter Gallery represents Lou’s work from 34 years ago to present. The photographs range from social, religious and economic commentaries in Kansas City to pictorial ironies of modern-Indian culture. 382-8355.

The Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., hosts a series of workshops for artists titled “The Next Step” on Mondays, March 31-April 21. On March 31 at 7 p.m., Ilze Avilks presents “Express Yourself: Talking About Your Art.” 259-2606.

The Durango Act Too players presents “Crimes of the Heart” from March 27-29 at 8 p.m. at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. The 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning play traces the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions. 385-3620 for details.

The Fort Lewis College Art Gallery will host an exhibit titled “John W. Winkler: Master Etcher” through April 4. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. 247-7167 for details.

The Center of Southwest Studies is showing “Riders of the West,” black-and-white photographs by Linda MacCannell capturing the world of Indian rodeo riders, and “Southwest Textiles from the Durango CollectionAE,” a show spanning eight centuries of weaving traditions. 247-7456.

The Children’s Museum, 802 East Second Ave., runs its exhibit, “Great Explorations” through April 6. The exhibit includes favorites like the grocery store and magnet table, as well as new displays. 259-9234.

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Quilt Durango 2003 will take place on the weekend of April 3-6. The event will include a judged quilt show, outdoor community quilt show, a quilt auction, classes and more. 247-4543 for details.

The Fort Lewis College Percussion Ensembles will perform April 3 in the Community Concert Hall.

The Fort Lewis College Theatre will present its spring dance concert, “Dance Celebration,” beginning April 3. 247-7089 for details.

KDUR will host its second annual “Furniture as Art” auction at 8 p.m. April 4 at the Durango Arts Center.

April’s Contra Dance will take place at Park Elementary on April 5. The band Hot Corn will play the alcohol-free event. 259-6820 for details.

The Women’s Resource Center presents the sixth annual Men Who Cook food competition and wine tasting fund-raiser April 5.

Acclaimed Moscow juggler and clown Gregory Popovich brings his Comedy and Pet Theater to the FLC Community Concert Hall on April 5.

Blues Queen Marcia Ball plays the FLC Community Concert Hall on April 8.

Local musicians are needed to take part in Rolling Stones Night, a KDUR benefit, at Storyville on April 19. 247-7628 for details.

Summit hosts Brotherhood of Groove What: Live funk and jazz from New Orleans Where: The Summit, 600 Main Ave. When: Tuesday, April 1, 9:30 p.m. The New Orleans-based Brotherhood of Groove will be bringing its funk to Durango next week. The high-energy band fuses funk, jazz, reggae and rock with the flavor of a New Orleans brass band. The combination has proven to be successful at home, making the band one of New Orleans’ stronger club draws and prompting Offbeat Magazine to name the band the 2002 Best Emerging Funk/R&B/Soul Band in New Orleans. In the last two years, the Brotherhood has developed a significant repertoire and a dedicated, national fan base. Heading up the band is guitarist and singer-songwriter Brandon Tarricone, voted among the nation’s top 10 guitarists in 2001 by the Jambase readers’ poll. Will Langford on bass, Gary Golus on drums and a celebrated horn section led by Mikiel Williams fill out the band. BOG has performed with artists including Medeski, Martin and Wood, Garage Mahal, and the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. Michael Ray, who has played trumpet with Phish and Sun Ra, commented: “This band has great tunes and huge creative energy. I would put this band on any festival stage anywhere in the world and have full confidence in our performance.” The Brotherhood arrives in Durango for a show at the Summit on April 1. 247-2324 for details.

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Flinner brings a different set of strings to town What: A concert by the Matt Flinner Quartet Where: The Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. When: Wednesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. Matt Flinner bends genres like few other players in acoustic music. The multi-instrumentalist has played in the Four Corners area dozens of times with outfits including Phillips, Grier and Flinner, the Judith Edelman Band, Sugarbeat, Leftover Salmon, and his own quartet. Most recently, he played banjo for Drew Emmitt & Freedom Ride's sold-out Durango Society of Cultural and Performing Arts concert last October. He has released two solo albums, two recordings with the Phillips-Grier-Flinner trio, and his most recent CD, the jazzy "Walking on the Moon," with the Matt Flinner Quartet. Starting out as a banjo prodigy who was playing bluegrass festivals before he entered his teens, Flinner later took up the mandolin. He is now widely considered one of the hottest mandolin players on the acoustic scene. In 1998, he released his solo debut, "The View From Here," which drew on such diverse inspirations as Miles Davis and David Grisman. Three years later, Flinner's "Latitude" continued to explore acoustic jazz while still paying homage to his bluegrass, folk and Celtic influences. “Latitude” included a cast of acoustic all-stars like Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, David Grier and Darol Anger. Not one to be satisfied, Flinner released "Walking on the Moon" early this year. "We tried for more challenging tempo changes and ideas that would allow us to stretch chord progressions further than a typical bluegrass tune might let you," said Flinner of the new album. "We experimented with whole tones, diminished chords and chords built on those scales, and tried very hard for an open sound versus tight." Tickets and DSCPA memberships are available at the Arts Center, Southwest Sound and Canyon Music Woodworks. Credit card orders can be placed by calling 259-2606.

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Vandana Shiva talk kicks off Earth Week What: A lecture by noted ecologist, activist and author Where: FLC College Union Building Ballroom When: Monday, March 31, 7 p.m. SPOT (Student Productions and Other Things) and the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center will present a lecture by Vandana Shiva, a physicist, ecologist, activist and author of such books as Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit, Monocultures of the Mind, and Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge. Shiva will address such issues as agriculture over development, genetic food processing and global politics. In addition to her writing, Shiva’s accomplishments and credentials are numerous. She is the founder and director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in DehraDun, India. She won the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” in 1993 and holds a master’s degree in particle physics and a Ph.D. in the philosophy of science. Shiva also established “Navadany,” a movement for biodiversity and farmers’ rights in India and is known for her criticism of the credo “think globally, act locally.” Her lecture will begin Fort Lewis College’s celebration of Earth Week, which will include a variety of events, lectures and workshops. “The great thing about this year’s Earth Week is that everything is focused on local issues,” said Environmental Center Coordinator Michael Rendon. “It is a great opportunity to come and hear about environmental factors that we deal with in our community.” Tickets to the Shiva talk are free for Fort Lewis College students and $5 for all others, and are available in the College Union Building information desk and the Environmental Center. 247-7676 for more info.

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