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Cadillac Desert comes to town
A decade of beer and blues
Percussion and flute open recital series

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Durango's latest band, Big Open Space , will play Southwestern, progressive folk-rock for the Ska-B-Que at 5 p.m. at the Ska Brewery in Bodo Park.

Durango Motorless Transit hosts a trail run on the Log Chute Trails . Interested runners should meet at the Junction Creek Road trailhead at 6 p.m. 385-2664 for details.

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

The Fall Lecture Series continues at the Animas Museum, 3065 W. Second Ave., with a 7:30 p.m. slide presentation by local author and historian Duane Smith titled "A Visit with the Tomboy Bride - Harriet Backus & Her Friends." Smith has written a new book based on his own interviews with bestselling author Backus and her friends. 259-2402.

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

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

Haggard's Black Dog Tavern, 10 miles east of Durango on Florida Road, hosts Acoustic Durango at 7:30 p.m. The singer-songwriter showcase will feature Durango's Tim Guidotti, independent recording artist Christopher Grinstead and veteran musician Shane Lane. 259-1622 for details.

Holly Hieronymus plays piano at Christina's Grill & Bar, 21382 Hwy. 160 West, at 6 p.m. 382-3844 for details.

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Operation Healthy Communities will present a TGIF workshop on learning about the Americans with Disabilities Act . The event takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Durango Office Suites, 1053 Main Ave. 382-0585 for details.

The FLC Environmental Center and Oakhaven Permaculture Center present the free multimedia presentation " What Is Permaculture?" at 6:30 p.m. in 125 FLC's Noble Hall. This slide show explains how to change water- and fertilizer-dependent landscape into a beautiful, food-producing environment. 247-7676 for details.

The sixth semester of the Life-Long Learning Series begins with a discussion and reading of Mark Reisner's Cadillac Desert by Denver Post columnist Ed Quillen at 7 p.m. in FLC's 130 Noble Hall. 247-7400 for details.

Desert Thunder plays country and western at the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. Second Ave. 375-2568 for details.

The Todd Tijerina Band brings its guitar rock back to Scoot n Blues, 900 Main Ave. 259-1400 for details.

Steamworks, 801 E. Second Ave., hosts hip-hop and open mic from D.J. Rem E. 259-9200 for details.

Casey Neill and Johnny B. Connolly play a fusion of punk, country and traditional Irish at Haggard's Black Dog Tavern, 10 miles east of Durango on Florida Road, at 8:30 p.m. 259-1622 for details.

Dean Murphy and Kevin Blaum play blues and rock on the patio at Christina's Grill & Bar, 21382 Highway 160 West, at 6:30 p.m. Holly Hieronymus plays piano inside at 6 p.m. 382-3844 for details.

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Trails 2000 hosts its final work day of the summer with trail maintenance on the Colorado Trail near Blackhawk Pass.Volunteers should meet at 7 a.m. in the North City Market parking lot for a day in the backcountry at timberline. Work will include completion of water bars and restoration of trail width to conserve the trail and the high altitude landscape. 259-4682 for details.

The FLC Environmental Center and Oakhaven Permaculture Center present a workshop on "Introduction to the Principles of Permaculture Design & Succession" from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Oakhaven Permaculture Center, 4179 County Road 124 in Hesperus. Participants will learn the basic principles of sustainable living using permaculture design. 259-5445 for details.

The San Juan Mountains Association and the BLM will host a trail maintenance day on Animas City Mountain from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided for people who preregister and the first 25 volunteers will receive a t-shirt and a goodie bag. 385-1310 for details.

"Folks on a Health Quest Fest," a community wellness and healing arts fair, takes place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Mill Street, in downtown Bayfield. The event will feature 60 vendors, artists, artisans, live music and food. 884-2128 for details.

An all-women's Ride to Rico departs Durango Harley-Davidson at 10 a.m. The group will have lunch at the Rico Hotel and return around 5:30 p.m. 259-0778 for details.

Maria's Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., will host a book-signing with Ann Cummins , for her debut book, Red Ant House, from 2-3:30 p.m. The book is a collection of stories, set mainly on Indian reservations, about the collision of cultures, genders and generations in the American Southwest. Cummins teaches at Northern Arizona University and her work has appeared in The New Yorker , The Best American Short Stories and numerous other publications. 247-1438.

The Dances of Universal Peace take place at 7 p.m. in Room 2 of the Mason Center, the corner of 12 Street and E. Third Avenue. This session will focus on new dances learned at wilderness camp and preparing for Canyonlands.

Singer-songwriter Sally Shuffield plays the Cortez Cultural Center at 7 p.m. 565-1151 for details.

Brad Davis , guitarist for the Sam Bush Band, will play the Abbey Theatre, 128 E. College, at 8 p.m. Davis will be joined by special guest John Moore and offer flat-picking guitar workshops earlier in the day. 259-1622 for details.

Desert Thunder plays country and western at the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. Second Ave. 375-2568 for details.

The Todd Tijerina Band brings its guitar rock back to Scoot n Blues, 900 Main Ave. 259-1400 for details.

Steve and Amy Vanbuskirk play the patio at Christina's Grill & Bar, 21382 Highway 160 West, at 6:30 p.m. Holly Hieronymus plays piano inside beginning at 6 p.m. 382-3844 for details.

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The third annual La Plata County Humane Society Mutt Strut and Adoptathon will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Santa Rita Park. Potential adopters are invited to strut shelter dogs looking for new homes. Food, booths, and games and events for people and their dogs will be offered. 259-2847 for details.

Alta Grahm plays celtic harp at the Cyprus Caf`E9, 725 E. Second Ave., from 6-9 p.m. 385-6884 for details.

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

Dean Murphy and Kevin Blaum play rock and blues at Scoot n Blues, 900 Main Ave. 259-1400 for details.

Terry Rickard plays classics at Christina's Grill & Bar, 21382 Hwy. 160 West, at 10 a.m. Holly Hieronymus plays piano inside at 10 a.m. 382-3844 for details.

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Lawrence Nass plays piano at the Cyprus Caf`E9, 725 E. Second Ave., from 6-9 p.m. 385-6884 for details.

Images Literary Arts Organization will host its first meeting of the semester at 6:30 p.m. in the Blue & Gold Room of the College Union Building. 382-9351 for details.

The Summit, 600 Main Ave., hosts Open Mic Night at 8 p.m. Sign-ups at 7 p.m. 247-2324 for details.

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

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Area high school students and their parents are invited to meet with representatives from 37 colleges and universities at a college fair hosted in the Durango High School auditorium from 7 to 8:30 p.m. 259-1630, ext. 309 for details.

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

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

Scoot n Blues, 900 Main Ave., presents king karaoke with Steve Kahler beginning at 8 p.m. 259-1400 for details.

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United Blood Services hosts a blood drive from noon-5 p.m. in the Memorial Student Lounge of the College Union Building.

The Durango Film Festival will present "Capturing the Freidmans," a nonfiction feature that explores one of the strangest criminal cases in American history, at the Gaslight Theatre at 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m. The film was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival. 259-2291 for details

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

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

Wild Horse Wednesdays, featuring Otis and the Rhythm playing country and requests, takes place at the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. Second Ave. 375-2568 for details.

The Jeff Solon Jazz Group plays at the Cyprus Caf`E9, 725 E. Second Ave., from 6-9 p.m. 385-6884 for details.

Singer-song writer Sally Shuffield plays the Dolores River Brewery at 6 p.m. 882-4677 for details.

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

Scoot n Blues, 900 Main Ave., presents FLC Wednesdays with food and drink specials, solo and duo FLC performances, and music from DJ Styles downstairs in Liquid. 259-1400 for details.

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The Southern Ute Fair Pow Wow runs Sept. 12-14 in Ignacio and will feature native dancers and singers from throughout the U.S. and Canada vying for more than $45,000 in prize money. There also will be vendors selling native crafts and cuisine. 563-0117 for details.

Open Shutter Gallery, 755 E. Second Ave., presents an exhibit by photographer Pentti Sammallahti . The Finnish photographer's work focuses on remote landscapes and the relationships between people in small villages and their environment. Sammallahti's work is featured in collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Pushkin Museum, Moscow; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 382-8355.

The Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, southwest of the Community Concert Hall, will present the work of New Mexico artist Ross Van Dusen through Sept. 25.Van Dusen's paintings are large compositions of canvas squares that form recognizable images of flowers, figures and faces when viewed from a distance. 247-7167 for details.

The Animas Museum, 3065 W. Second Ave., presents Ranch Families: Culture of America , an exhibit featuring photographs and artwork of southwest Colorado ranch families by Jenny & Greg Gummersall.259-2402 for details.

The Durango Arts Center, 802 E. Second Ave., hosts "Alchemy of Fire," a members' exhibit on the transformative power of fire through Oct. 3. The Carol Barton exhibit "Pop-Up Books" will be featured in the Art Library and showcase art books by the renowned artist. 259-2606.

The Abbey Theatre, 128 E. College, will continue to screen "Russian Ark" through Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. and also show "Raising Victor Vargas" through the 13th at 8 p.m. On Sept. 14, the Abbey will begin showing "Marooned in Iraq" at 6 & 8 p.m. The film tells the story on a Kurdish family in the waning days of the Iran-Iraq war. 385-1711 for details.

The Diamond Circle Theatre, 699 Main Ave., presents the world premiere of "Alkali Basin," an old-time western Radio Show based on a Louis L'Amour short story, throughSept. 27. The action-filled show plays nightly at 7:45 p.m. except Sundays and is followed by a Cole Porter Revue with songs, dancing and comedy. 247-3400 for details.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) , directed by A Theatre Group's Anna Allen and performed by fellow actors Rene Hinkle and Nicole Sharp, a fast-paced edit of the entire Shakespearean canon into "two hours of ridiculous mayhem," will show through September in Silverton's Miners Union Theater on weekends at 7:30 p.m. There will be a Sunday matinee at 4 p.m. 387-5337 for details.

Pianist Hoyle Osborne plays "Transcendental Ragtime" at the Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., from 5:30-7 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on nightly except Sunday. 247-4431 for details

The Center of Southwest Studies will host "Cross Cultural Threads: Pueblo, Navajo and Hispanic Textiles of the Southwest" through Nov. 7 in the Exhibit Gallery. This collection features The Durango Collection`AE, which spans eight centuries of weaving traditions in the Southwest. The center is also presenting the Spring Sampler Quilt Show and the Artistry of Mata Ortiz in the Exhibit Gallery. Regular gallery hours are 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. 247-7456 for details.

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The Kiwanis Club of Durango will hold its 28th annual Pancake Day and Silent Auction at the La Plata County Fairgrounds on Sept. 18.

Former Telluride Bluegrass Festival performer Railroad Earth brings its jamgrass to the FLC Community Concert Hall on Sept. 19

Mama's Cookin' brings its world funk back to Storyville on Sept. 19

The second annual Bluegrass for the Animas takes place Sept. 20. The benefit festival to protect, preserve and celebrate the Animas River watershed will include music from six local and regional bluegrass bands.

Noted bluesman Johnny Rawls will play Scoot n Blues on Sept. 20.

The Eroica Trio , three women who are at the top of the world classical music scene - will play the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall on Sept. 20.

The Durango Gallery Association will present its annual Colorfest Gallery Walk on Sept. 26.

New Belgium's Tour de Fat will return to Durango for a second year of beer, bikes and bands on Sept. 27.

"Cinders, Song & Sauvignon," the annual fund-raiser for the FLC Community Concert Hall, takes place Sept. 26 and 27 and opens with a concert by blues diva Shemekia Copeland and continues with the popular wine-tasting on board the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

The Southwest Colorado Memory Walk , a pledge event that raises money to support the programs and services of the Alzheimer's Association Rocky Mountain Chapter, will take place Oct. 4 in La Plata Canyon. 259-0122 for details.

Cadillac Desert comes to town What: A presentation by Ed Quillen Where: Room 130 Noble Hall, Fort Lewis College When: Friday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. Fort Lewis College's Life-Long Learning series opens this Friday with Denver Post columnist, author and publisher Ed Quillen presenting the late Mark Reisner's classic book Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water . The presentation is a joint effort between the Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College and the Durango Public Library's "Durango/LaPlata Reads!" series. "Ed will introduce us to the book," said Paula LaFrenier, coordinator of the Durango/LaPlata Reads! series. "He will relate certain issues in the book to our own state and community Quillen is a freelance writer and columnist for the Denver Post and High Country News . He ran the Kremmling weekly paper, the Middle Park Times and was an editor for the Summit County Journal in Breckenridge. Quillen also was also managing editor of Salida's Mountain Mail , as well as founder of the monthly regional, Colorado Central Magazine . He has written more than a dozen adult westerns for the Trailsman series Fort Lewis College offers the Life-Long Learning Program on subjects of interest to residents of the Four Corners region. Now in its sixth semester, the series of 14 free lectures and panel discussions is coordinated by an organization called the Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College. Comprised of recognized leaders in the arts, business, education, health and the sciences, this group seeks to improve the quality of life for area residents by using Fort Lewis College resources to interact with the community and in turn benefit the students of the college. For more information, call 247-7328.

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A decade of beer and blues What: The 10th Telluride Blues and Brews Where: Telluride Town Park When: Sept. 12-14 This weekend, the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival celebrates 10 years of combining two great American pastimes - blues and beer. It also features three days of musicians and an eclectic mix of artists igniting the crowds with late-night jams. In addition to more than 50 microbreweries serving up the "cream of the barrel" during the Grand Tasting, a number of America's finest bands, ranging from acoustic/alternative blues and jam to Mississippi-Delta blues and blues rock, will serve up music all weekend long in Telluride's Town Park. Headliners include the Allman Brothers Band, Karl Denson, Buddy Guy, the North Mississippi Allstars, Joe Cocker, and G. Love & Special Sauce. Saturday's popular Grand Tasting awards participants will a free souvenir tasting glass and the opportunity to belly up for unlimited tasting of 50 beers from microbreweries throughout the West. For the musician in the family, Blues and Brews offers the Acoustic Artist Series and an acoustic blues camp. And for the younger musician, Giggly Sprout and Clown Yoga will be providing entertainment all weekend in the Rainbow Kids Area. Some tickets are still available. For more information, check out www.tellurideblues.com or call (866) 515-6166.

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Percussion and flute open recital series What: The first performance in the Alexander Murray Faculty Recital Series Where: Roshong Recital Hall When: Sunday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. The 2003-04 Alexander Murray Faculty Recital Series opens its season this Sunday with a recital featuring Professor of Music Rochelle Mann on flute and Associate Professor of Music John Pennington on percussion. The duo has performed together for more than 10 years and has been featured in performances across North America. The recital will display a full range of expression for these two instruments, which have been historically linked for centuries. "During the last 20 years there has been a momentous development of repertoire for this specific instrumentation," said Pennington. An example of this new repertoire will be Dan Welcher's "Spirit Realms," an expansive work in three movements written in 1996 for flute and percussion. Welcher writes for the C flute, doubling alto flute and piccolo, as well as for an elaborate palette of evocative percussion sounds. The evening's featured work is Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango" (History of the Tango). Originally written for flute and guitar, it has been arranged here for marimba and flute. This four-movement work displays tangos from different periods of time throughout the past century. Completing the recital will be a special appearance by guitarist and vocalist Cyprian Consiglio; violinist and Visiting Instructor of Music Mikylah Myers McTeer; and cellist and Assistant Professor of Music Katherine Tischhauser. This trio will perform a new work composed by Consiglio and Pennington. For more information or ticketing, call 247-7657.

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