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Visit With Respect Ambassador Training Bears Ears Partnership will host a FREE Visit With Respect Ambassador training event on Saturday, March 21st from 8:30am until 4:30pm at 567 West Main Street, Bluff, Utah. The event will be held at the Bears Ears Education Center. This one-day training course will allow attendees to practice the skills needed to be one of the on-the-ground Visit with Respect Ambassadors where they will serve as a friendly presence at the most frequently visited trails in the Bears Ears region. To learn more, email ambassadors@bearsearspartnership.org and register at bearsearspartnership.org

Divorce & Custody Legal Presentation Description: Join us for a free presentation on doing your own divorce and/or custody case in Colorado. Spanish Interpretation is offered via Zoom Date/Time: March 24th 5:30PM-7:00PM Location: Durango Public Library and Via Zoom Cost: Free Organization: Colorado Legal Services Website: coloradolegalservices.org/events/ Call; 970-247-0266

The Durango Arts Center presents youth theater camps for children in kindergarten through second grade, Thursdays from 4-5 pm, March 26 - May 14. Students will learn character creation, imaginative storytelling, music, and movement. The camp is $175 with full and half scholarships available. Register online at www.durangoarts.org

et sail on a whimsical, bluegrass-infused adventure! When the Old Man, keeper of the moon, is lured away by the song of a forgotten love, he embarks on a fantastical journey across sea and sky. With ghosts, leviathans, and a foot-stomping score, this magical tale explores the courage it takes to embrace change.

Directed by guest artist Melissa Firlit, with musical guests.

Performances:

• March 27, 2026 at 7:30 pm
• March 28, 2026 at 7:30 pm
• March 29, 2026 at 2 pm
• April 2, 2026 at 7:30 pm
• April 3, 2026 at 7:30 pm
• April 4, 2026 at 7:30 pm

FREE Puzzle & Board Game Swap Saturday, March 28, 10am-12pm Have old puzzles or board games to trade? Bring them in and swap them for something new to you! Nothing to trade? Feel free to stop by anyways! Just want to donate? Drop off games or puzzles at the library the week before the event!

Please join the Durango Running Club for the inaugural Earth Day 5K! The race will be on 04/18/26 at 8:30 AM at Rotary Park in Durango. Runners and walkers will go north on the Animas River Trail from Rotary Park, and will run or walk 1.55 miles north to just before 32nd Street. Participants will then turn around and finish at Rotary park for a total of 3.1 miles. Please note this will be a Zero Waste event. Participants are encouraged to carry their own water. 

This event is a fun run/walk format, and there will be no chip timing or prizes.

All proceeds from the race will go to benefit Compañeros. As the only organization in our region with its primary focus on serving immigrants, Compañeros offers unique and crucial services to our community. Services offered by Compañeros include resource navigation, legal services, education outreach, and community engagement. Compañeros website: https://www.companeros.org

We will look to wrap the race up by 9:30 AM. After the race, stay in town for Durango's Earth Day Celebration. Events include a parade at 10:30 AM from College to Buckley Park, as well as a festival in Buckley Park from 11 AM to 3 PM. 

April is usually a beautiful time in Durango, and we cannot wait to see you all at Rotary Park on 04/18! 

Race website: https://runsignup.com/Race/CO/Durango/DurangoEarthDay5K

"Diné Being + Seeing through Storytelling: An Artist Talk with Rapheal Begay" Hosted by the Center of Southwest Studies Wednesday, April 22, 2026 6:30-8:00 p.m. CSWS Lyceum (room 120) Free + Open to All Celebrating Earth Day & FLC Arts April! Contact: cmscott@fortlewis.edu, 970-247-7333 Join us at the Center of Southwest Studies for a special artist talk with Diné photographer, curator, and creative collaborator, Rapheal Begay. Rapheal is a “visual storyteller” based in Tségháhoodzání (Window Rock, Arizona), who uses cultural landscape photography, Indigenous storytelling traditions, and land-based knowledge to inform his creative practice, and to preserve memory and understanding found within the Diné way of life. Rapheal will share about his professional approach that have created successful include ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K’é, Iiná | Land, Home, Kinship, Life (The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Axle Contemporary), the first traveling site-specific photography exhibition across the Navajo Nation. He was also co-curator of the highly acclaimed exhibition Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles (Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, 2023–2025). Named as one of 12 New Mexico Artists to Know in 2020 by Southwest Contemporary, Rapheal is also the recipient of the 2021-22 Goodman Aspiring Artist Fellowship from the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. He holds a BFA in Photography with a minor in Arts Management and a Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of New Mexico. This artist talk is connected to our yearlong series of programming under the “Power of Place” initiative, made possible with generous support from the Belonging Colorado initiative of The Denver Foundation and the Greater Good Science Center.

Exhibition Closing Reception: Herpetofauna of the Center " Thursday, April 23 12:00-2:00 p.m. Center of Southwest Studies Robert Delaney Southwest Research Library and Archives Free + Open to All Celebrating Earth Day & FLC Arts April! Contact: cmscott@fortlewis.edu, 970-247-7333 Join us for a closing reception of Herpetofauna of the Center: A Collection of Scales, which showcases a selection of objects from the museum collection that feature reptiles and amphibians as subject matter. The pieces represent an array of artistic media, stylistic choices, and cultural contexts. Herpetofauna is curated by recent Fort Lewis College graduate, Lacy Miller, whose aim is to draw attention to the importance of herpetofauna to ecosystems around the globe.

ON SATURDAY MAY 30^TH BEGINNING AT 8 A.M. HILLCREST GOLF COURSE WILL HOST A GOLF TOURNAMENT.

“THE D-H-S FOOTBALL GOLF CLASSIC” WILL BENEFIT THE DURANGO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.

THE ENTRY FEE WILL COVER GREEN FEES, GOLF CART RENTAL, LUNCH AND MORE.

TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.hillcrestgolf.com