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A Community by Conversation event (FLC Water Week 2025 Kickoff!) - November 6th, 2025 A partnership between the Four Corners Water Center, SGM Engineering, the Southwestern Water Conservation District, and the FLC Political Engagement Project. Are you concerned about water, fire, and climate resilience in our community? Do you wish you could discuss these topics with local leaders and community members? Attend Water Connections 2025 to discuss our region's climate and water challenges, make your voice heard, and learn about how climate resilience looks different to each of us. Presenters: Aaron Kimple (Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University), Daryl Vigil (Jicarilla Apache Nation, Water and Tribes Initiative), Marsha Porter-Norton (La Plata County Commissioner), and Gerald Koppenhafer (Montezuma County Commissioner). 5-8 PM, FLC Student Union Ballroom. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided! Register today at fourcornerswater.org or swwcd.org! Four Corners Water Center contact: ccummins@fortlewis.edu water@fortlewis.edu Website: fourcornerswater.org

 A Benefit For iAM MUSIC Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating 14 years of iAM MUSIC with a soulful Motown-inspired dinner and performance. Guests will enjoy a four-course meal artfully prepared to complement the timeless sounds of Motown, along with a special performance from iAM MUSIC students. 📅 Date: Thursday, November 6th ⏰ Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm 📍 Location: Mahogany Grille 💵 Cost: $150 per person www.iammusic.us iamjesse@iammusic.us

An Interactive Music Workshop with Kino Benally Thurs, November 6, 2025 6:30-8 p.m. Free Center of Southwest Studies - Gallery https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/ Contact: Cristie Scott, cmscott@fortlewis.edu, (970) 247-7333 The Center of Southwest Studies is excited to host an immersive workshop exploring connections between sound, music, and the land with Diné musician, Kino Benally (@djbeeso). Participants will have a behind-the-scenes experience learning how Kino creates music using software like Ableton, then step outside to discover sounds in the environment—anything from rustling leaves to striking stones. Each participant will contribute a unique sound, which Kino will record and mix into a collaborative song created during the workshop. Attendees are encouraged to bring an instrument, or any objects that create sound! Kino Benally is a Diné musician, producer, sound engineer and artist from Shiprock, New Mexico. His work prioritizes collaborating with indigenous peoples and strengthening contemporary indigenous voices. Kino's music has been featured on KEXP's song of the day and has been featured on CBC radio based in Canada. Kino frequently teaches workshops on sound and creativity to indigenous youth, with past collaborations with Native American Community Academy, Dził Ditł'ooí School of; Empowerment Action and Perseverance, Paper Rocket Productions, Survival of the First Voices, and many others. He has also worked as a composer/performer with Dancing Earth (a First Nations Dance Company), PBS mini-series "Class of '27," "Moroni for President", "Mr. Navajo," & “America Reframed” to challenge his artistry and teaching methods, between workshops and community organizing.

UNHOUSED IN DURANGO will be presented by the League of Women Voters of La Plata County at 5:00 PM on Friday, November 7th at VFW Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave in Durango).  Attend a forum where several community members experiencing homelessness will tell their stories and answer audience questions.  Get a better perspective and put a face to your homeless neighbor, friend, or co-worker.  Bring a dish to share (in a disposable container) and stay for a potluck dinner at 6:30.  Leftovers will be given to the panelists.  We hope you’ll take this opportunity to get to know your neighbors and share with folks who live outside in Durango.

The Durango Arts Center presents the photo series Stay Tuned, by local artist Benjamin Dukeminier (say duke mohn yay - French!) through Wednesday, November 12, 2025. The show asks what will remain of us when we are gone - and how will our lives be pieced together? Part broadcast from an imagined future, part reflection on our present lives, Stay Tuned continues an investigation into the fragile imprint humanity leaves behind. Gallery hours are Tuesdays - Saturdays noon - 6 pm.

DINÉ POETICS - STUDENT READINGS Wednesday, November 12, 2025 3:35-4:30 p.m., CSWS Gallery Free and open to all Contact: Cristie Scott, cmscott@fortlewis.edu, 970-247-7333 More info: https://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/exhibits-events/upcoming-events/din233-poetics-student-readings The Center of Southwest Studies will host readings by Fort Lewis College students of Native American & Indigenous Studies’ Diné Poetics course. Under the mentorship of FLC Faculty and 2025-’26 Center Teaching Fellow, Dr. Shaina Nez (Táchii’nii born for Áshįįhi), students will share original poems and creative works inspired by their learning and in response to objects featured in the Center’s current exhibitions.

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society invites the public to a presentation in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies and on Zoom on Wednesday, November 12th, at 7:00 p.m. After a brief business meeting, Dr. Thatcher Seltzer-Rogers will present “The End of the Mimbres Culture in Historical and Regional Context. “. A reception will start things off at 6:30 p.m. in the CSWS foyer. For log-in information, go to SJBAS.ORG.