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Theater Ensemble Arts presents The Odd Couple Female Version by Neil Simon. Unger and Madison are at it again! Olive invites Florence to move in following a breakup. But they have VERY different personalities. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head and sparks fly. Performances are Friday and Saturday April 17, 18, 24, and 25 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday April 26 at 2:30 pm at the Totah Theater at 315 West Main, Downtown Farmington. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for students/seniors. For more information, call 505-326-2839 or email teartsnm@gmail.com. Or visit our online store at https://theater-ensemble-arts.square.site/. Find out more by following us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TEAcommunitytheatre.

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

The Animas Valley Grange will host a presentation on “How to Build a Bluebird House” at 6:30 pm, Monday, April 20, 2026. Chuck Eckenrode, a volunteer at the Durango Wildlife Museum, will demonstrate how to construct cedar bird houses. Kits and completed houses can be purchased in support of the Durango Wildlife Museum. This event will be held at the Animas Valley Grange Hall, 7271 County Road 203. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served at 6:15 pm. For further information, please contact Deb at 970-317-8162.

Non-traditional Book Club: Nature Writing Tuesday, April 21, 6-7:30pm: Join us at Bread Downtown (135 E 8th St) for a "nontraditional" book club, where the discussion is based on a genre/topic rather than a specific book! There's no required reading for these "non-traditional" book clubs, just a topic/genre to discuss and plenty of delicious snacks to enjoy! PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Durango Public Library 1900 E 3rd Avenue Durango, CO 81301 Phone: 970-375-3380 https://www.durangogov.org/library FREE

"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.