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The Durango Arts Center presents a screening of National Lampoon’s Vacation at 7 pm,  Saturday, September 26, 2026, in the air-conditioned theater.The film is  part of Colorado’s 150th Film Festival. Admission is free with a suggested $10 dollars online at www.durangoarts.org or at the door.  A full bar and concession stand will be open. The movie stars Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Christie Brinkley and more and was partially filmed in Durango in 1982. 

NFL Sunday Ticket at the VFW - Every Sunday September 13, 2026 to January 10, 2027, 11am-530pm. Our breakfast area is open for viewing your favorite football teams. Along with multiple TVs and food & beverage options make for a great time! Free event VFW Post 4031 1550 Main Street Durango, CO. 81301 (970) 247-0384   Post E-Mail  VFW4031@bresnan.net

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango (UUFD) invites the congregation, friends, and community to celebrate the Installation of Rev. Jamie Boyce, honoring our shared ministry under the theme "Nourishing Each Other, Embracing Our Future."

When: Sunday, September 27, 1:00 pm. Where: 419 San Juan Drive (near San Juan Drive and Columbine Drive).  Reception to follow at the Fort Lewis College Ballroom from 3:00 - 5:00 pm.

Please RSVP at information@durangouu.org

Emptiness: A Nonresidential Weekend Retreat with nico hase & Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi -Things feel solid. The self feels solid, the moment feels solid, the trouble we're in feels most solid of all. And yet, upon inspection, experience keeps refusing to hold still. This is what the Buddha pointed to when he taught emptiness: the discovery that what seems fixed is being quietly assembled, moment after moment.  This is a mostly-silent weekend of meditation, lightly guided, with short talks and conversation to open and close each day, and time in between to let the body and breath show us what's here when we stop insisting on solidity.  nico hase comes to this from the early Buddhist tradition; Tasudo Nicole Baden Roshi teaches in the Zen tradition. Two lineages, two ways of pointing to emptiness. No prior meditation experience required. Come and see for yourself. -Friday, October 2 from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.  Saturday, October 3 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 4 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. -$150, $225, $300, or $375 or scholarship options of $75 or $0 -Durango Dharma Center -www.durangodharmacenter.org -Kristin Burnett, sangha@durangodharma.org

: 100 Years of Route 66 Description: Blue Rain Durango presents a traveling exhibition by esteemed painter and illustrator Dennis Ziemienski, *100 Years of Route 66*. Known for his distinctive paintings rooted in American history, popular culture, and nostalgia, Ziemienski brings the people, places, and stories of Route 66 to life. Date/Time: Friday, October 2nd, 5-7pm Location: Blue Rain Gallery, 934 Main Ave, Unit B, Durango, CO 81301 Cost: Free Facebook Event Page: N/A this month Website: https://blueraingallery.com/event/100-years-of-route-66-2

The Plein (say PLEN) Air Painters of the Four Corners present a demonstration from 9 am to noon, on Saturday, October 3, 2026. Three award winning plein air artists will demonstrate watercolor, oils and pastel techniques. The event is free, but participants need to provide their own supplies. Observers are also welcome. Oxbow Preserve is located at 500 Animas View Drive in Durango.

Adult Book Fair Maria’s Bookshop and Maria’s Literary Foundation are thrilled to announce our first annual Adult Book Fair, a free community event to celebrate the beginning of fall and find your next great read. The Adult Book Fair will feature themed tables with stacks of curated titles, bookish gifts and sidelines, and a healthy dose of nostalgia for the school book fairs of your youth. Food, drinks, and live music will be available from 11th Street Station, and booksellers will be on hand to recommend the perfect title for you. All proceeds from the Adult Book Fair will support Maria’s Literary Foundation and our work expanding access to books. Funds raised during the book fair will help us stock our new bookmobile with books for nearby communities and run programs like our book clubs at Manna and the La Plata County Jail. Please join us for a celebration of good books, great community, and that book fair feeling! Saturday October 3 4pm-9pm FREE Maria's Bookshop & Maria's Literary Foundation mariasbookshop.com (970)247-1438

Beehive Design Collective presents: Mesoamérica Resiste When: 4PM Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 Where: The Hive, 1175 Camino Del Rio Cost: Free! The Beehive Design Collective is coming to cross-pollinate with Durango! The Beehive Design Collective is a wildly motivated, all-volunteer, activist arts collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. Mesoamérica Resiste is the third and final installment in the Beehive’s trilogy on globalization in the Americas, an epic project that took nine years to complete! The intricate, double-sided image documents resistance to the top-down development plans and mega-infrastructure projects that literally pave the way for resource extraction and free trade. We highlight stories of cross-border grassroots social movements and collective action, especially organizing led by Indigenous peoples. While focusing on stories from Mexico and Central America, the Bees will weave a much larger narrative about ways people are fighting back against a global economy based on colonialism, land grabs, and exploitation, and building alternative economies, all over the globe – including connecting to ongoing struggles in North America. This graphics campaign also celebrates cultural and ecological diversity through a cast of characters that includes hundreds of endemic (and endangered) species of insects, animals, and plants. More info: @beehivedesigncollective on IG or beehivecollective.org Contact: dirtyhands@riseup.net

NFL Sunday Ticket at the VFW - Every Sunday September 13, 2026 to January 10, 2027, 11am-530pm. Our breakfast area is open for viewing your favorite football teams. Along with multiple TVs and food & beverage options make for a great time! Free event VFW Post 4031 1550 Main Street Durango, CO. 81301 (970) 247-0384   Post E-Mail  VFW4031@bresnan.net