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Nighthorse exhibit returns to Durango
Concert Hall hosts Formula 151 CD release
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Thursday18
The Durango Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Event takes
place beginning at 5 p.m. at the Community Concert Hall at Fort
Lewis College. The event includes a pre-awards reception and a new
multi-media awards presentation. 247-0312 for details.
An open house to view the finalist proposals for the Animas
River Trail Mural Public Art Project takes place from 5-8 p.m.
at the Durango Recreation Center. The three finalists will present
their artwork proposal for the site, located along the Animas River
Trail near the Main Avenue Underpass. 375-5002 for details.
Singer-songwriter Greg Ryder plays at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Fort Lewis College’s Life-Long Learning Lecture Series
returns to 130 Noble Hall at 7 p.m. Consultant in International
Development, John Taber, will discuss “Assisting Economic
Development in Third World Countries: A Brighter
Outlook!”
The Durango Photography Club meets at 7 p.m. at the La Plata
County Fairgrounds. Award winning photographers Rene and Patty Caro
will discuss “Panoramic Photography Made Easy (Yeah
Right!).” 259-6808 for details.
Volunteer recruitment for the Durango Independent Film
Festival happens at 7 p.m. at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.
Anyone interested in working during the Feb. 28-March 4 festival
should attend.
The Lost Dog, 1150 Main Ave., hosts 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.
DJs Luscious J and Elbeau spin for Pint Night at
Steamworks, 801 E. Second Ave., at 10:30 p.m. 259-9200 for details.
Friday19
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.
Renowned networking guru Peter Strople addresses the
Durango Chamber of Commerce’s Lunch and Learn at noon at the
Durango Recreation Center. Strople has been called “one of
the most connected men in America.” 385-4354 for tickets.
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.
Greg Ryder plays a second show 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.
The American Red Cross, 1911 Main Ave., kicks off its
Fundamentals of Instructor Training from 6-9 p.m. and
continues Jan. 20 & 21. The course is geared toward future
American Red Cross instructors. 259-5383 to register
The Durango International Folkdancers meet in the Smiley
Building’s Wild Sage Yoga Studio, 1301 E. Third Ave., from
6:30-9:30 p.m. Line, circle and couple dances from many countries
will be featured. 247-7582 for details.
The Pagosa Hot Strings play a Friends of Wolf Creek benefit
at 7 p.m. at Summit Ski & Sports in Pagosa Springs. The event
includes
fun, food, beer, bluegrass and goodies. 385-9833 for
details.
Wild Country plays country and rock at the 8th Ave.
Tavern, 509 E. 8th Ave., at 8 p.m. 259-8801 for
details.
The Chills play an evening of rock starting at 8 p.m. at
the Columbine Bar, located on Grand Ave. in Mancos. 533-9906 for
details.
Jack Ellis & Larry Carver play high altitude blues at
the West Side Tavern, 117 W. College, at 8 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Joel Racheff plays the Millwood Junction
in Mancos from 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
DJ Dre spins a club mix at The Lost Dog, 1150 Main Ave., at
9 p.m. 259-0430 for details.
The Lawn Chair Kings play their suburban rock at the Billy
Goat Saloon in Gem Village starting at 9 p.m. 884-9155 for
details.
Joseph Israel, with special guest DJ Zen-Ken, brings his
reggae back to the Summit, 600 Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. 247-2324 for
details.
Saturday20
Greg Ryder closes out three nights at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5: 30 p.m.
Volunteer recruitment for the Durango Independent Film
Festival takes place at 7 p.m. at the La Plata County
Fairgrounds. Anyone interested in working during the Feb. 28-March
4 festival should attend.
The Billy Goat Saloon, located on U.S. Hwy 160 in Gem Village,
presents Karaoke Saturday at 8 p.m. 884-9155 for details.
The Lawn Chair Kings and the Beautiful Losers share the
stage for an 8 p.m. show at the Hollywood in Dolores.
DJ Dre spins a club mix at The Lost Dog, 1150 Main Ave., at 9
p.m. 259-0430 for details.
DJ Link spins smooth, house music at Moe’s Starlight
Lounge, 937 Main Ave., beginning at 9 p.m. 259-9018 for
details.
Steamworks, 801 E. Second Ave., hosts Boogie Nights with
retro DJs accepting reguests beginning at 9:30 p.m. 259-9200 for
details.
TreoLogic plays a hip-hop show at the Summit, 600 Main Ave., at
9:30 p.m. 247-2324 for details.
Sunday21
YogaDurango, 1480 E. Second Ave., hosts a session devoted to
human rights from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The event is in conjunction with
World Yoga Day and donations go to eliminating violence
against women and girls in Afghanistan.
Santa Fe organist Kevin Calloway presents a 3 p.m. recital at
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 E. Third Ave. Calloway is a
conductor, composer, vocalist and recording artist. 247-1129 for
details. 4
“Growing Voices: Three Literary Arts Recitals in
January” continues at 3 p.m. at the Anasazi Heritage Center
near Dolores. growingvoices@earthlink.net for
details.
Singer-songwriter Joel Racheff performs at the Office
Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., from 7-10 p.m.
Digital Underground, the wacky P-Funk troupe that consists of
Shock-G, Money-B, D.J. Fuze and others, plays a 10 p.m. show at the
Abbey Theatre, 128 E. College. 385-1711 for details.
Monday22
Singer-songwriter Robin Davis plays at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Lacey Black performs solo piano at the Mahogany Grille, 699
Main Ave., at 6 p.m. 247-4433 for details.
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.
Tuesday23
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., at 5:30 p.m.
Lacey Black performs solo piano at the Mahogany Grille, 699
Main Ave., at 6 p.m. 247-4433 for details.
The American Red Cross, 1911 Main Ave., offers a Standard First
Aid Class from 6-10 p.m. 259-5383 to register.
The Summit, 600 Main Ave., presents open mic night from 7
p.m.-midnight. 247-2324 for details.
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.
Special celebrity bartender “Kami” pours at
Moe’s Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave., from 9 p.m. until
midnight. 259-9018 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.
Wednesday24
The “Great Decisions” series kicks off at 5:15
p.m. at Fort Lewis College’s Reed Library. The public is
invited to discuss important issues, such as the Middle East,
climate change, Mexico immigration, South Africa, war crimes, and
Central Asia. 382-6950 for details.
Singer-songwriter Greg Ryder plays at the Diamond Belle
Saloon, 699 Main Ave., at 5:30 p.m.
Lacey Black performs solo piano at the Mahogany Grille, 699
Main Ave., at 6 p.m. 247-4433 for details.
The “Be Ready to Ride Series” continues with a free
talk from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Durango Sports Club. Dr. Richard
Lawton, of Durango Orthopedics, will present the topic:
“Common cycling knee injuries and how to avoid
them.”
The second annual Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences Junior
Faculty Colloquium Series takes place at Fort Lewis
College’s Roshong Recital Hall at 7 p.m. The psychology of
space, sculpture, lighting instruments and the composer Rzewski
will all be discussed.
Adele Kurtz does a live art demonstration during ”Art
Spot,” at Moe’s Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.,
starting at 7 p.m. 259-9018 for details.
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.
Stampead brings its independent rock to the Summit, 600
Main Ave., at 9:30 p.m. 247-2324 for details.
Ongoing
“Shape, Line and Tone,” a 30-year retrospective
of Joel White’s fine-art photography, is on display at the
Fort Lewis College Art Gallery from Jan. 22-Feb. 14. The show
features architecture, textures and abstract images in black and
white. White, a Durango resident and president of the Durango
Photography Club, is a retired neurosurgeon who spent three decades
working in Los Angeles, where he found inspiration in the
distressed and blighted urban landscape. The show kicks off with a
Jan. 22 opening reception from 5-7 p.m. 247-7167 for details.
The Durango Arts Center, 802 E. Second Ave., displays its
31st annual Juried Exhibit. The juror typically whittles
a field of up to 170 entries down to 65 selections. The choices
range from paintings, sculpture and pottery to photographs, mobiles
and digitally produced pieces. 259-2606 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.
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.
Upcoming
The Firewise Council of Southwest Colorado will host an
orientation for new Neighborhood Ambassadors on Jan. 25. The
ambassadors act as local contacts in the case of a wildfire.
247-8306 to RSVP.
Jackson Katz, internationally known educator and anti-sexist
activist, will give a free lecture/presentation on Jan. 25 at Fort
Lewis College.
Paramount’s Original LaserSpectacular, featuring the
music of Pink Floyd, visits the Community Concert Hall at Fort
Lewis College, on Jan. 26.
Sababa, a band playing “Jewish music that rocks,”
will present a Jan. 27 show at Fort Lewis College’s Roshong
Recital Hall.
The Durango Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s
2007 Fund-raising Banquet and Auction takes place Jan. 27 at
the Sky Ute Pavilion.
The Durango Recreation Center will host the
Snowdown Shootout 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament on Feb. 3
& 4. 375-7313 for details.
The Mancos Mush and Silverton Slush sled dog races return
to the region Feb. 9-11.
An introductory workshop on identifying wildflowers meets
Feb. 10 at the San Juan Public Lands Center.
Folk great Patty Larkin plays the Millwood Junction on Feb.
13 & 14.
Teams are currently forming for ninth annual Dave Spencer Ski
Classic on March 2-3. The event benefits the Adaptive Sports
Association. 259-0374 for details.
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Nighthorse exhibit returns to Durango
What: An acclaimed exhibit of the jewelry of retired Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell Where: The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College
When: Beginning Jan. 21 with a 1-4 p.m. opening reception
The work of Ben Nighthorse Campbell is coming home to Durango
this week. On Jan. 21, the Center of Southwest Studies opens a
retrospective exhibit of the retired senator’s jewelry. The
same exhibit premiered at the Grand Opening of Smithsonian’s
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C.,
in 2004.
The Center of Southwest Studies actually developed the exhibit,
and it traveled to two other museums after it closed at NMAI. Ben
Nighthorse (the name Campbell uses as an artist), traces his
father’s ancestry to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, though he
and his wife, Linda, live on a ranch in Ignacio, in the heart of
the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
Although Nighthorse’s work was initially considered highly
unorthodox, he launched his jewelry career by winning his first
competition at the California State Fair in 1974. He experimented
with techniques unfamiliar to traditional Native American jewelry,
such as using precious stones and gold, but strived to retain
traditional Indian elements. He also incorporated “rock
art” designs inspired by ancestral Puebloan petroglyphs and
Yeis, (Diné [Navajo] Holy People) that are found throughout
the Four Corners/Mesa Verde area.
In addition to the Nighthorse exhibit, the Center galleries will
continue to feature a historic Mesa Verde photographic exhibit, an
exhibit by author Judith Reynolds, Nordenskiöld of Mesa Verde,
which includes original correspondence of the young Swedish
scientist, and selected textiles from The Durango Collection®.
The Nighthorse exhibit goes public this Sun., Jan. 21, and Campbell
will give the opening remarks. The reception runs from 1-4 p.m.
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Concert Hall hosts Formula 151 CD release
What: A CD release concert from the local acoustic rock band
Where: The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
When: Fri., Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Formula 151 is stepping onto Durango’s biggest stage this
week. The acoustic rock band plays a CD release show at the
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College this Fri., Jan.19, at
7:30 p.m.
Led by singer/songwriter and guitarist Dave Mensch, Formula 151
will debut its second CD of all new and original music,
“Yesterday’s Tomorrow.” Copies of the new release
will be offered for first-time sale during the event.
Formula 151 offers a unique sound relative to today’s
contemporary music. The band takes its listeners on a melodic and
lyrical journey, incorporating dynamic arrangements performed by
Mensch, Katherine Tischhauser (cello, electric cello), Mike
Kornelson (bass), and Steve Dejka (percussion) and Ross Martin
(lead guitar).
A more atypical aspect of Formula 151 is the inclusion of
cellist Tischhauser. Mensch has a strong affinity for stringed
instruments and the resonance, passion and depth they bring to a
song, so he asked Tischhauser, who was more readily known locally
for her classical work, to join the band.
The Community Concert Hall show will be staged to allow fans to
“experience” the music as recorded on the actual
“Yesterday’s Tomorrow” CD. Though guitarist Ross
Martin has relocated to New York since recording, he will return
for the one-time show. A DVD of the performance will also be
created.
Tickets for the show are available on the web at www.durangoconcerts.com, by calling 247-7657, or by visiting the
Ticketing Services Office in at 7th St. and Main
Ave. Doors to the Concert Hall and concessions open at 6:30
p.m.
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