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A look at the future of business
Staboola McPet plugs in at Carvers
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Thursday28
Singer-songwriter Greg Ryder plays at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Jonezy will be spinning a modern electronic dance session for
Pint Night at Steamworks.
Formula 151 plays the Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. Second
Ave., from 8 – 11 p.m.
The Lost Dog, 1150 Main Ave., hosts a Service Industry Night
from 8-11 p.m. 259-0430 for details.
Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange, 640 Main Ave., offers
Sing-Along Karaoke at 8 p.m. 382-9664 for details.
Durango Joe’s, 732 E. College, presents Open Mic
Night from 8: 30-11 p.m. Sign-ups for music and poetry begin
at 8:30 p.m. 375-2121 for details.
Friday29
The San Juan Mountains Association hosts free Winter Discovery
Walks for children ages 5-13. Programs take place Friday
mornings from 9 a.m. to noon through the end of February or by
special appointment. Snowshoes will be provided. 739-3626 for
details.
The Jeff Strahan Band will be performing at Purgy’s
at Durango Mountain Resort, starting at 2 p.m.
The Southwest Colorado Peace and Justice Coalition holds a
peace vigil from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the corner of Main Ave.
and 11th St. Signs will be available or bring your own.
259-4185 for details.
Terry Rickard plays acoustic rock at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Steamworks, 801 E. Second Ave., hosts Blu Friday with a keg
giveaway and music from DJ Link beginning at 6 p.m. 259-9200 for
details.
Jeff Sweet, jazz pianist, performs at the Mahogany Grille, 699
Main Ave., at 6 p.m. 247-4433 for details.
Scottish country dance classes begin at 6:30 p.m. in the
upstairs dance studio of the Smiley Building, 1309 E. Third Ave.
The classes will continue to run on Fridays for six weeks. 382-9593
for details.
The Joel Racheff Duo plays variety at the 8th Ave.
Tavern, 509 E. 8th Ave., at 8 p.m. 259-8801 for
details.
DJ Mowgli spins a club mix at The Lost Dog, 1150 Main Ave.,
at 9 p.m. 259-0430 for details.
Cosmic Accident will play rock and blues at the Billy Goat
Saloon in Gem Village starting at 9 p.m. 884-9155 for details.
Saturday30
Terry Rickard plays acoustic rock at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Singer/songwriter Pete Giuliani plays The Hamilton Chop House at
Tamarron from 6 to 9:30 p.m.
DJ Mowgli spins a club mix at The Lost Dog, 1150 Main Ave., at 9
p.m. 259-0430 for details.
The Jeff Strahan Band will be playing at Club Uno Mas, 117
W. College Drive, at 9 p.m.
Steamworks, 801 E. Second Ave., hosts Boogie Nights with
retro DJs accepting reguests beginning at 9:30 p.m. 259-9200 for
details.
Sunday31
New Year’s Eve
Aftergrass plays funky
psycograss at the Pride of the West in Silverton beginning at 8
p.m. 387-5150.
The Bluemoon Ramblers play their bluegrass at the Diamond
Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Joe Racheff performs at the Office
Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., from 7-10 p.m.
Singer/songwriter Pete Giuliani plays The Hamilton Chop
House at Tamarron from 6 - 9:30 p.m.
The Kirk James Blues Band plays a New Year’s Eve show
at Mutu’s Italian Kitchen, 701 E. Second Ave., starting at 10
p.m.
The Chills brings their rock and country to the Columbine
Bar, located on Grand Ave. in Mancos, for New Year’s Eve. The
show begins at 8 p.m. 533-9906 for details.
The 8th Ave. Tavern, 509 E. 8th Ave.,
hosts a karaoke party for New Year’s Eve beginning at 8
p.m. 259-8801 for details.
DJ Elbeau spins for a masquerade New Year’s Eve party at
the Abbey Theatre, 128 E. College, beginning at 9:30 p.m. 385-1711
for details.
Monday1
New Year’s Day
Yogadurango, 1480 E. Seoncd Ave., Suite 3, kicks off the year
with 108 sun salutations starting at 11a.m. Yogadurango
will donate $5 per student to the Women’s Resource Center.
946-8961 for details.
Singer-songwriter Robin Davis plays at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Tim Guidotti plays acoustic rock at the Office Spiritorium,
699 Main Ave., from 7-10 p.m.
An open-level Latin/Salsa Dance Party takes place
at 8:30 p.m. at the Durango Recreation Center, 2700 Main
Ave. No partner necessary. 903-9402 for details.
Tuesday2
P is for Peanut, 473 E. College, offers free kids’
storytime at 11 a.m. 385-4525 for details.
Durango FiberWorks, 1309 E. Third Ave. in the Smiley Building,
hosts Community Night from 5-8 p.m. Local and aspiring fiber
artists are encouraged to attend. www.durangofiberworks.com for details.
Singer-songwriter Terry Rickard plays acoustic rock at the
Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 5:30 p.m.
The Summit, 600 Main Ave., presents open mic night from 7
p.m.-midnight. 247-2324 for details. 4
Singer-songwriter Tim Sullivan plays at the
Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., from 7-10 p.m.
The Columbine Bar in Mancos hosts its Tuesday Night Jam at
8 p.m. 533-7397 for details.
Lions Den Unlimited Soundz w/ Dj Vision (aka Zen Ken) will spin
reggae and hip hop for Pint Night at J Bo’s starting at
9 p.m. Call 259-0010 for details.
Wednesday3
Singer-songwriter Greg Ryder plays at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Singer/songwriter Pete Giuliani plays The Hamilton Chop
House at Tamarron from 6 - 9:30 p.m.
Terry Rickard plays acoustic rock at the Office
Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., at 7 p.m.
An open-level Swing Dance Party takes place at 8:30 p.m. at
the Durango Recreation Center. No partner necessary. 903-9402 for
details.
Ongoing
The San Juan Mountains Association and Durango Mountain Resort
are offering ski naturalist treks Sunday mornings throughout
the ski season starting at 9:45 a.m. Participants should meet at
the bottom of Chair 4. The treks are free and last about an hour
and a half. Half and full-day guided snowshoe tours are also
available upon request.
The Second annual Colorado Country Christmas Arts & Crafts
Show runs in the Durango Mall Commons Area from now until
Christmas. The show includes arts, crafts, NFL, knives, jewelry,
ornaments, iron, African art, coats of arms, saunas and more.
247-2117 for details.
The Open Shutter Gallery, 755 E. Second Ave., features its 5th
anniversary Celebration “Retrospective,” a collection
of fine art photography from the gallery’s past
exhibits. The exhibit, which continues through Jan. 17, highlights
the unique and varied work of both locally and nationally
known photographers, and features both black-and-white and color
photographs. 382-8355 for details.
Shy Rabbit, a contemporary arts gallery in Pagosa Springs,
presents “Hold It!,” an exhibition of contemporary
containers. The show runs through Jan. 20 and features the work of
Chad Haspels, wood; Sarah Hewitt, fiber; Clarissa Hudson, fiber;
Terry Inokuma, ceramics; Mary Ellen Long, mixed media; Chris
Richter, ceramics; and Shan Wells, mixed media. 731-2766 for
details.
Art Touché, an artist’s cooperative, exhibits a
variety of media from emerging and established Southwest Colorado
artists in the Durango Mall. Artists on display include: Adele
Kurtz, Connie Mason Bennett, Howard Rachlin, Alice
Crapo, Kathy Steventon, Niara Isley, Lisa Marie Jacobs, Maggie
Remington, Heidi Schaiberger, Marge Barge and John White. The
gallery will be open through the end of 2006. 884-7924 for
details.
The Children’s Museum, 802 E. Second Ave., hosts the new
exhibit, “Pushing Your Limits.” The museum
explores how people “push their limits” to survive, or
just have more fun. Children can crawl into Puebloan dwelling and
imagine how it was to live on the edge, wiggle in a full-sized
raft, or grind it out on a mountain bike trail. 259-9234 for
details.
A new exhibit, “Railroad Boomtown – The San Juan
Extension & the Founding of Durango,” is on display at
the Animas Museum, 3065 W. Second Ave. The exhibit uses historic
photos, maps, newspapers, art and artifacts to commemorate the
125th anniversary of the founding of Durango and
the coming of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 259-2402
for details.
Upcoming
The San Juan Mountains Association will offer a full-moon
snowshoe tour Jan. 5 at Durango Mountain Resort. Inquire and
register at the DMR Guest Services office at 385-2147.
Albuquerque’s award-winning band Hands 5 plays a Jan.
5 show at the Durango Arts Center.
The Four Corners Commission juried exhibit returns to the
Durango Arts Center on Jan. 5.
The Center of Light in Dolores screens “An Inconven-ient
Truth” for its Conscious Movie Night on Jan. 5.
San Francisco’s New Monsoon will return to the Summit
on Jan. 5.
Rose Hill Drive brings its high energy rock to the Summit
on Jan. 6.
Steve Andrews will give a talk on “Peak Oil and Natural
Gas” on Jan. 9 at Fort Lewis College.
The Women’s Resource Center will host its annual
meeting and reception on Jan. 10 at the Bank of Colorado.
Junior Brown will play a Jan. 11 show at the Community
Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.
The Fort Lewis College Theatre Department will be holding
auditions for the upcoming production of “The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz” on Jan. 11-12. Call 247-7089.
The 14th annual Trails 2000 auction fund-raiser returns to Olde
Tymer’s Café on Jan. 16. Only 100 tickets will be sold
beginning Jan. 5 at Mountain Bike Specialists. The Durango Chamber
of Commerce Annual Awards event will be held Jan. 18 at the
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.
Gary B. Walker plays jazz piano at The Mahogany Grille, 699
Main Ave., from 6-9 p.m. Fridays in January starting Jan. 12. Call
247-4433 for details.
Jeff Sweet plays jazz piano at The Mahogany Grille, 699
Main Ave., Jan. 5 from 6-9 p.m. Call 247-4433.
Aftergrass gets high for New Year’s
What: A Silverton show from the local funky psychograss band
Where: The Pride of the West in Silverton
When: Sun., Dec. 31, beginning at 8 p.m.
Aftergrass is taking its “psychedelic rock with a pinch of
hip hop, bluegrass and a hint of funk” to high elevation for
New Year’s Eve. The local band is playing a Dec. 31 show at
the Pride of the West in Silverton.
Aftergrass was formed in the summer of 2002 when band members
from various musical backgrounds did a lot of sitting by the Animas
River strumming old bluegrass standards and rock greats. Most of
2002 was spent playing parties, writing songs and learning to play
together as a band.
Mike Anderson, the former bass and/or banjo player, played for
the Rico Blues Project, a Latin jazz outfit from Telluride. Eric
Kiefer, the drummer, was a founding member of Philadelphia’s
GFS, which is still making music today. Jesse Mattice came into the
mix with his beat-up, passed-down, strip-finished 1963 Fender
Stratocaster and brought an element of jam to the band. Kelly Hill
completed the mix with a screaming electric mandolin.
The combination seems to be working. The band has played steady
shows throughout the state and region over the last four years, and
this Sunday they will be taking the recipe back to Silverton.
For more information, call the Pride of the West at 387-5150.
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A look at the future of business
What: The 15th annual Southwest Business Forum
Where: The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
When: Thurs., Jan. 4, beginning at 7:30 a.m.
Local business is going into the spotlight next week at Fort
Lewis College. The 15th annual Southwest Business
Forum, “Focus on Our Future: Business & Economics,”
will take place in the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
on Mon., Jan. 4.
The forum offers an opportunity to hear from several experts in
the fields of business and economics. The intent is to help any
business, nonprofit organization, government agency, or personal
enterprise make better financial decisions now and in the future.
Topics of discussion cover local, state, national and international
economies.
The presenters for the forum include: Fort Lewis College
assistant professors Luke Miller, Tino Sonora and Deborah Walker;
Richard Wobbekind, associate dean for External Relations at the
college; and Scott Anderson, vice president and senior economist
for Wells Fargo & Co.
The forum begins at 7:30 a.m. with a free continental breakfast
followed by welcoming remarks by Tom Harrington, dean of the School
of Business Administration, and Margaret Kral, president of Wells
Fargo San Juan Market.
For more information, visit www.soba.fortlewis.edu.
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Staboola McPet plugs in at Carvers
What: A New Year’s Eve show from the jazz/funk quintet Where: Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave.
When: Sun., Dec. 31 at 8 p.m.
Staboola McPet is plugging in for New Year’s Eve this
year. The local funk band will ring in the New Year at Carvers
beginning at 8 p.m.
The Staboola McPet Quintet formed in August of 2005 and set out
to blur the lines between several genres of jazz and to create a
unique, energetic style of music. The band’s instrumentation
consists of: vibraphone, saxophone, piano/keyboards, bass and
drums.
In the short year that Staboola has been together, the group has
already released a debut album, “What Now?,” which
features several of the group’s original compositions as well
as a cover of the Dave Brubeck classic “Blue Rondo a la
Turk.” In the last year, the band has also appeared in some
major venues including the Reno Jazz Festival, the Community
Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Elk’s Park in Telluride,
and Dulcinea’s and Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver.
Four of the band’s five members are currently studying
music at Fort Lewis College, and each of the members has been
studying and playing jazz since a young age.
In addition to music, Carvers will be cracking out free
appetizers and champagne for the occasion. For more information,
call 259-2545.
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