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Staff Chief Executive Officer Douglas Bennett V.P. of Finance and Operations Bob Ganley V.P. of Advertising David Habrat V.P. of Marketing Kricket Lewis Founding Editors Amy Maestas David Holub Katie Klingsporn Josh Stephenson Editor David Holub dholub@bcimedia.com 375-4551 Staff Writer Raychel Johnson rjohnson@bcimedia.com 375-4538 Contributors Bryant Liggett Robert Alan Wendeborn Ryan Yaseen Aubrey Adler

What’s inside Volume 1 Number 1

October 29, 2015

Finding the metal in Durango Skull Theory speaks on difficulty of being a hard rock band in a bluegrass town

From the Editor

Love it or Hate it

Beer

Weed

Sound

12 Freekly Halloween events

Downtown Lowdown

DGO Tunes In

Album Review 10

A listing of spooky events, including an appearance by Hello, Dollface singer Ashley Edwards

10 High-Ass Recipes

14 Zombie March Survive this year’s ghoulish street takeover peacefully

Visual

Student Life

Movies

Savage Love

19-21 Happenings 23

22 Cheers to yoga and beer

Horoscope/ puzzles

Ska Brewing Co. teams up with YogaDurango for a happy hour yoga

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On the cover Ashley Edwards of the indie-soul band Hello, Dollface rocks the Dia de los Muertos-inspired body paint design of Mancos artist Jaime Becktel during a recent photo shoot (shown at right).

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[from the editor] [ love it or hate it ] David Holub

Welcome to DGO. We think it’s cool and are sure you will, too

o, what is DGO? Some people think it’s the name of our airport. But no, our airport code is DRO, in case you weren’t sure. DGO belongs to Durango, Mexico, which apparently got airplanes before we did. On Urban Dictionary, DGO stands for “Dude got owned.” Sorry about that, dude. But around these parts, anyone who’s lived here for more than five minutes knows that DGO is how many of us refer to this awesome city in shorthand. Not in any way official, but to one another, in texts and such. And now, DGO means something else entirely. It’s this brand new badass little magazine you’re holding in your hands with an equally badass a website to match (check it: dgomag.com). In the broadest sense, DGO is about entertainment, lifestyle and nightlife: Music, visual and performing arts, restaurants and food, beer and marijuana culture. Basically, it’s how we enjoy spending our free time when not fastening ourselves to outdoor gear. But let’s bore down further. DGO wants to know what the cool kids are up to, the artists and avant garde who are pushing the boundaries, the people around here doing and thinking about things like no one else. We want to create and cultivate a magazine that matches the energy and surprise of Durango and its surrounding areas. We want to explore Durango’s edgy side, to find the grit and the glam, the sparks and the superstars. And we want to do it with style and irreverence, a strong point of view, all with a bit of attitude, and perhaps some sass and snark when the time is right. We’ll have our ears to the ground, eavesdropping your offthe-wall conversations at Steamworks, or grabbing you on the

sidewalk because we can’t help but want to snap a couple pictures and ask few questions because your outfit that day is oh so unique and stylish. We want to span the spectrum between high brow and high bro, where you might see something about Durango’s vibrant theater scene, and then turn the page to find a ranking of the best water pipes available at our host of local dispensaries. On one page you might get a Q&A with a local freestyle rapper or rodeo clown, and on the next is Dan Savage’s love and sex advice column, where – trust – your eyes and mouth might be left agape. And if we offend you in the process – check that: when we offend you – well, we’ll just go ahead and apologize right now. Sorry about that. But really, how lame would life be if everything was comfortable and agreeable? Cookie cutters work great on dough but they usually make for boring living ... and boring magazines. We’ll do all this on a weekly basis, and judging by the fact that you did not pay for this, you may have guessed it’s free (It’s a free weekly, yes. But we like to call it a freekly because we, like you, try to get rather freekly as often as possible). Ultimately we’re a handful of hardworking people who care about this place, trying to do something different here, looking at the things we’ve all seen but in a new way, exploring subject matter no one else wants to touch, saying what needs to be said that no one else will say. We feel like there’s a void that needs filling, that there are sides of this town and this area that need attention when it comes to arts and nightlife and culture. And we plan to have one hell of a seriously good time doing it. Join us, won’t you? We think you’ll dig it hard.

Candy Corn Love it I had to go home sick from work once from eating too much candy corn. You might blame the sugar or the corn syrup or the Yellow 6 or Red 5 or the pure unadulterated artificialness of everything that is candy corn. But really, it was the amount, a quantity somewhere between “an embarrassing number of handfuls” and “the whole bag.” Like a dog willing to eat its weight in unattended tamales, once I started on the candy corn, I couldn’t stop. Yes, it’s about the flavor. Like marshmallows, candy corn is essentially pure sugar, dyed and reconstructed with that one-of-a-kind uber-sweetness and a dollop of mystery honey-vanilla flavor. Add a layer of fake sugar chocolate and I’ll eat myself sick twice as fast. But don’t forget the satisfying texture. Unlike a Jolly Rancher that requires sucking for a good long while, or a Hershey’s Kiss that seems too chunky and indulgent to chew from the start, candy corn strikes a perfect balance for large-scale candy consumption: Hard enough to avoid slow-youdown chewiness (I’m looking at you, Gummy Bears and caramel) but soft and small enough to keep them coming like they were Pringles. And really, you can only feel good about eating these fallfestive wondermorsels once a year. My innards thank me. — David Holub

Hate it Let me be clear: I love Halloween and everything the sugar-loaded holiday stands for. I love the costumes, the skeletons and especially the spiked apple cider. Candy is great, chiefly the chocolate variety. Although trick-ortreating is fun, my fondest Halloween memories are of after the candy collecting is over. Together with my siblings, we would set up little booths with all of our candy on display. We would barter and trade, and I always ended up with all the Kit-Kats and Milky Ways because I can drive a hard bargain. The most common candy I traded away, beside the Reese’s I would owe my mother as a tariff, was candy corn. Those pesky little pebbles of Halloween cheer actually taste like the moth balls used to keep my costume fresh in my closet. Candy corn is an insult to candy everywhere! Unlike other sweets that enhance the taste of sugar, candy corn is just waxy, nearly tasteless sugar. When’s the last time anyone thought it was a good idea to eat a spoonful of sugar? From experience, I can tell you that’s a dumb idea, and so is eating candy corn. — Raychel Johnson

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[beer]

From Bud Light to Pinstripe: Starting out in a great beer town First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

he first beer I paid for myself was a Bud Light in a bottle at the Applebee’s on Camino del Rio. I’d had other beers – Milwaukee’s Best, Keystone Light, plenty of other Buds – but this one I ordered and paid for myself. I was 19, and yes, the legal drinking age was still 21. The other guys I was with, two years older, had their IDs checked, but it’s really easy to say “Bud Light, bottle” with confidence and swagger. Since I ordered last and put in my request swiftly and surely without hesitation, the waitress didn’t check mine. I drank my beer slowly with my meal and didn’t push my luck by ordering another.

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No, this isn’t a tutorial on underage drinking, but a love letter to some of my firsts. We all have little milestones and firsts that we remember forever. I remember my first PBR, a tall boy that I drank on the lift at Purgatory. I remember the first time I bought a keg with a bunch of teammates and drank it along the Verdigris River in Coffeyville, Kansas. My first stop in a brewery was Steamworks, where I had just Coke (way, way too young to even try buying beer), but I do remember my first craft beer: a six pack of Pinstripe Red Ale in convenient 12-ounce bottles. It’s no surprise that many of my beer firsts happened in Durango. Durango is a special place for beer. The beer community here,

both the drinkers and the brewers, know what they’re doing. In the last three years, brewers from Durango have won eight medals at the Great American Beer Festival. Three years ago, when there were only four breweries in Durango, three out of the four won gold. We have the whole spectrum of high end here, too: From barrel-aged to sours (Steamworks almost always has a sour on tap), high gravities to IBUs reaching for the triple digits, or stouts so black you wanna turn on the lights for fear of the dark. We have it and it’s all local. But this isn’t just beer to fuss over (and we make some really fussy beer here) or just technically good beer from the point of view of a beer snob’s thick-framed glasses (though it’s also very technically sound beer), this is beer to drink and converse over. Whether you’re drinking a Lightner Creek Lager, a Colorado Kolsch or a True Blonde, there’s probably a great conversation happening with a great, simple, yellow beer. So the brewers know how to brew some great beer, and luckily, the people of Durango know how to drink it. When they watch the train pull in at

Brew, or pull out of the river to go to ABC, or when they wake up for Sunday brunch at Carver’s, Durangoans are drinking great local beer. We’ll throw a party for anything, but we have our seasonal standbys: Animas River Days, The San Juan Brewfest, Ska’s Anniversary Party, Oktoberfest, Snowdown, every day on the slopes in the winter, on the river in the summer, and every Wednesday night at El Rancho. There is great local beer being poured and great people drinking it. I don’t see the people of Durango getting tired of their local beer anytime soon. No, I don’t drink Bud Light anymore (can you even buy it anymore?), but I still drink the occasional PBR on the lift or on the river, and I still do the occasional kegger, though now I help fill them, too. I see more kegs filled in a week than I will be able to see poured in a lifetime. Still, I do my part, trying to empty as many as I can, and I hope you’ll join me in this beautiful, Sisyphean task. Robert Alan Wendeborn puts the bubbles in the beer at Ska Brewing Company. His first book of poetry, “The Blank Target,” was published this past spring by The Lettered Streets Press and is available at Maria’s Bookshop. robbie@skabrewing.com

[overheard] The Stinkin’ Bean? That’s where you go to make fun of all the dreadlocks in Durango. Heard in El Moro

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[ weed ]

With accurate information, the façade of negative propaganda crumbles Seeing Through the Smoke Christopher Gallagher

irst things first (because there’s a lot of ground to cover here), my bona fides: I’m 43; I’ve been smoking weed since I was 14. For the first couple of years, I picked up quarter-ounce bags from older students in my high school at what I came to find was about a 300 percent markup. By the time high school was over, I’d found a real connect, driving down to the Charter Oak projects of Hartford, Connecticut, for ounces of good ol’ Mexi brickweed. Mostly brownish, with just enough green to be recognizable as an actual plant, crushed and smashed down to roughly onefifth its natural volume ... Whatever – it’d get you high. But, we’re getting ahead of things.

Let’s bounce back to elementary school – I came to social consciousness during the Reagan days. Officer Luby would come to see us a couple times a year in his D.A.R.E.-mobile with his kit of fake drugs. Everything I was taught in school, every commercial I saw or heard, every character portrayed in movies or on TV demonized this plant, Cannabis sativa L. Officer Luby would light that pellet of organic material, telling us that this was the smell of “drugs” and asking us if we recognized it and from where. I knew that smell. It smelled like home: my dad, my uncles and aunts and their friends, like the Fourth of July out behind the beach house, an Easter Sunday walk around the reservoir, like no big thing. That cognitive dissonance continued as I made my way through high

school doing just fine for myself – .06 GPA points south of graduating with honors, high SAT scores, experience in three varsity sports, including all-conference honors in lacrosse my junior and senior seasons, and early acceptance to college; I was not exactly your average stoner. I wasn’t lazy, foggy, or dopey in any way, shape or form, and I never felt like an addict, a criminal, or any other negative stereotype associated with cannabis. None of that tracked. And here we approach the crux of the biscuit. No matter what anyone one told me about marijuana, I knew what I knew. I never got in trouble smoking weed. There was none of the out-of-control craziness and violence like when I’d drink. I never lost a friend because of it. It made music sound even better, took the edge off enough to make me more comfortable around the fairer sex, made chores less onerous, and when I’d smoke during school every once in a while, it was no big deal; I’d sit and take notes and maybe scribble some dancing

bears in the margin of my notebook. The bottom line: Mary Jane always treated me right. There’s something about a systematic lie, something that, when it’s finally exposed, leaves the hearer like the ocean on a windy day – confused on the surface but still below. Twenty-five years later, we stand at the edge of a Golden Age for American Cannabis. That dirt weed from the ’hood is a thing of the past. We’re on to bigger and better things. The façade of negative propaganda is crumbling. Prohibition is ending, with Colorado in the vanguard. As accurate information about this plant replaces the tired old lies, I, for one, am ecstatic for the opportunity to repay some of the kindness Mary Jane has always shown me. Next week we’ll look more closely at the plant itself, Cannabis sativa L. and establish a baseline for future discussions. Be well ’til then. Christopher Gallagher lives with his wife and their four dogs and two horses. Life is pretty darn good.

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»»Cons: Clogs easily

»»Cons: Price

»»Holland: “Supposedly, these were the first pipes that we carried in here, and this is what started Gandolf’s.”

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»» Skull Theory, a metal band based in Durango, wants to create awareness for other hard rock bands in the area.

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Finding the metal in Durango »» Skull Theory speaks on difficulty of being a hard rock band in a bluegrass town Raychel Johnson | DGO Writer

hey told me there wasn’t any metal in this town. Coming from a place where I could easily get my fix of touring and local metal, hard core and hard rock bands, I was shocked at the news. “You’ll have to go to Farmington for that,” they’d say. Or, “Sorry, kid, there’s only bluegrass and jam bands in Durango.” Regardless, I searched far and wide and went on a bit of a wild goose chase. A baristo at Steaming Bean said to talk to so-and-so at Olde Tymers Cafe, and then so-and-so sent me to the music store to talk to what’s-his-name, but what’s-his-name doesn’t play metal anymore. So it goes. I was exhausted and just about defeated. But my quest came to an end; I found the metal. Or rather, the metal found me. Skull Theory, a five-piece band based here in Durango, con-

tacted me to proclaim some good news: They’re leaving town at the end of October, heading to tour Europe. Kind of funny that once I find the metal, they say they’re leaving. “We’re ready to get on a plane,” said an excited Kyle Dalton, guitarist for Skull Theory. “The goal was just to tour and get our music out there, then this opportunity just kind of came up and it was a little too good to pass up.” Skull Theory left for Europe last week. Although frivolous details, like places to sleep, hadn’t quite been worked out, the band’s collective excitement for the European tour trumped all doubts. “We’ll have to let our guards down eventually for someone to let us in,” said bassist Scotty DeForest, joining in the contagious laughter. “Maybe it’s a crazy fan and we’ll never emerge from that house.” Although the band skipped across

the pond for an “experience of a lifetime,” the brutal reality of being a metal band in Durango, a black sheep in a sea of white wool, will welcome them home. Although members of Skull Theory claimed bands don’t have to own their own venue to play in Durango, being able to set up their own shows doesn’t hurt. “It’s hard, but we get paid here in town,” DeForest said. “We’ve had to make a name for ourselves. Now people who book us let us book there because we bring such a big crowd.” Places like Moe’s and Pongas have offered refuge to metal and hard rock bands, but avoiding the “metal bar” label causes shows to be more like special occasions. Places like Animas City Theatre are even more hesitant to book metal shows, according to Skull Theory. “... But you walk in there with a laptop and a dub step machine, you’re good,” said vocalist Clint Lewis. The shortage of metal fans in Durango isn’t necessarily the problem. Dalton contends there are plenty, but the scene dies off when the music loses its home. If there are no venues to see shows and concerts, the support re-

treats into the shadows. “It’s rough. That’s why we started doing The Manfort thing, to have local talent mixed in with touring talent and give them somewhere to go,” Dalton said, referring to DeForest’s house, which serves as a sanctuary for touring bands passing through who need a stage to play, faces to melt and a hot meal in the morning. “It’s hard creating awareness because lots of places in town don’t want to back us, they don’t want to be associated with it,” Dalton continued. “They think, ‘Oh if we associate ourselves with this metal band, then people aren’t going to like us anymore and are going to think we’re devil worshippers or something.’” I agree with Skull Theory when they say the best time and place to hear any band is live. That’s where the raw energy, the reason I love metal in the first place, is created. But until there are more places in Durango to see local and touring metal live, I’ll listen to albums and demos online. In fact, Skull Theory has released demos of songs available for anyone to listen to on its website, wwww.skulltheory.com.

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Reno Divorce brings longtime punk influence to Balcony Backstage

usic fans need to shout it out for the state of Colorado. Durango itself boasts more bands than ever in the 20 years I’ve lived here, and Denver always seems to be sitting on what could be the next big thing. With plenty of new-grass-inspired jam bands, often a source of ridicule amongst those soured by festival sounds, there’s an alt-country, EDM, goth-a-billy and punk music contingency that rivals cities from coast to coast. Colorado is also home to The Blasting Room, the Fort Collins studio founded by ex-Black Flag drummer and Descendents founder, Bill Stevenson, the go-to studio for established and up-andcoming rock bands influenced by American punk. It’s where Reno Divorce recorded its last release, “Lovers Leap.” The Denver-based punk band will perform in Durango on Friday at The Balcony Backstage. Reno Divorce is Brent Loveday on guitar and vocals, Johnny Crow on bass and Jason Labella on drums. “That was the deciding factor about moving here. It put Colorado on the map for us,” said Loveday in a recent phone interview. “It’s amazing, to be immersed in that history and to listen to those stories, and have those guys listen to you while you’re recording and give you the thumbs up. It’s one of the greatest feelings in the world.” Loveday founded the band in Florida in 1996. When Orlando proved to be a musical dead end, void of the influence of touring bands and far enough out of the way to build a close regional scene, they regrouped in California and eventually were lured to Colorado. They’re influenced and often compared to the celebrated era of American punk that came out of 1980s Southern California and Orange County. Think well beyond No

Bryant’s best Friday: Punk rock with Reno Divorce, 10 p.m. No cover. The Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave. upstairs. Information: 764-4083. Saturday: Country music with Chris Cagle, 7:30 p.m. $29/$39/$49 Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Information: 247-7657.

Doubt and the polished first-world angst of Gwen Stefani’s fashion and the weed-influenced frat boy ska of Sublime. Purists regard that drivel as nonsense. They were chasing some of the sounds of Southern California from the early 1980s, while bands like Black Flag, T.S.O.L., the aforementioned Descendents and Social Distortion were providing a major shot in the musical arm of American music. The ladder is a major contributor to the sound of Reno Divorce. Despite an influence of classic American punk, it’s not a sound steeped in two chords and railing against the Reagan era. There’s an obvious nod to roots music, not necessarily a country take on punk but certainly an exploration of roots rock ’n’ roll mixed with classic punk. “I grew up in Tennessee, so I was raised on bluegrass and country music,” Loveday said. “I don’t realize I’m playing like that when I’m playing, but our sound has more of a roots thing, that classic American music.” The band is currently writing for a new release, anticipating going into the studio and having the next record recorded and released in 2016. “It’s a terrific lineup,” Loveday said. “This is the most fun I’ve had making music in years.” liggett_b@fortlewis.edu. Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station manager.

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[DGO Tunes In]

Giovanina Bucci, solo singer/songwriter In which a local musician discusses four of their top songs and/or albums “How I Got Over,” The Roots “OK, so this has just been an onand-off binge-listening relationship with this album. It’s got really infectious lyrics and a musicality to it that’s catchy but not overly repetitive. I feel like it’s this awesome collaboration of melodies, hip-hop and acoustic riffs and choruses. It’s one that I constantly go back to.”

»» Singer-songwriter Giovanina Bucci, new to Durango, reveals her current top music choices.

“Gracious Mama Africa,” Dezarie “Her album, this is a make-out album. There is something about the whole album. She’s a female reggae artist and it’s nothing overly complicated. It’s got a simple, sexy quality to it.” “Mellow Drama,” Kevin Garrett “I saw him in Montreal over the summer open for James Vincent McMorrow. There’s just something

Courtesy of Giovanina Bucci

about it that’s really soothing. He just has a crazy-amazing voice and I don’t know, there’s just something unique and modern about it. I’m just attracted to the quality of his voice.” “Murder in the City,” Brandi Carlile

show. You’ll be elated with happiness and with compassion and with sadness, but the comforting kind of sadness. Sometimes music can bring out that spectrum of emotions, and she hits them all.” — Raychel Johnson

“I just love everything about her; she just puts on this incredible live

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[ sound ] New at Southwest Sound

[ high-ass recipes ]

Breakfast Pudding »» You don’t have to be high to enjoy this ...

but it sure doesn’t hurt

Chef High Guy says Breakfast Pudding was originally inspired by late-night high-ass munchies, but we at DGO have found this delicious pudding/smoothie is actually perfect for the most important meal of the day. What you need:

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CASPIAN “Dust and Disquiet” »»Triple Crown Records »»Release: Sept. 25, 2015 Diving headfirst into the vast sea of subgenres, you’ll find Boston-based experimental-instrumental-post rock band Caspian. The band’s latest release “Dust and Disquiet” takes all of the limitations placed within those genre lines and blasts them out the window. “Dust and Disquiet” is not only emotionally powerful, but each track seems to take the listener on an inward journey to places only instrumental music will allow. The groove in “Echo and Abyss” is irresistible. The entire album rides on the back of the mighty final and title track, which comes in at more than 11 minutes. As it ebbs and flows, the song is more like a composition, and transitions like movements in a classical masterpiece. “Dust and Discontent” reminds us why we as humans invest so much emotion into music — it moves us and makes us feel something. — Raychel Johnson

Others »»Bryan Adams, “Get Up” »»Ryan Adams, “1989” »»Trey Anastasio, “Paper Wheels” »»Beach House, “Thank Your Lucky Stars”

3 cups brewed coffee (hot) 2-3 ripe bananas 1 tablespoon local honey or agave nectar (adjust to sweetness desired) 4-5 cups of quick oats Dash of cinnamon 1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Directions: First, brew some delicious coffee. Unless you have a fancy machine that takes a few seconds, you’ll definitely have time to take a quick morning puff. Next, pour the freshly brewed coffee into the blender and add bananas, cinnamon, cocoa powder and sweetener of your choosing.

DGO staff

»» Breakfast Pudding is an easy to make and delicious breakfast pick-me-up that can easily be made sober or not.

Next, whir up the blender and watch it go! After a few rotations, stir the mixture with a rubber spatula, and while you’re at it, why not add more honey. Slowly add the thickening agent: oats. Blend again! Stir again! Now here’s the deep, philosophical question: Do you want pudding or do you want a smoothie? Add more oats until the desired consistency is reached (the more oats, the more pudding-y). The mixture will thicken if you let it sit. Ka-blam! Breakfast Pudding is born! Serve warm in mugs and keep a spoon handy. I suggest a garnish of chocolate chips! Now go sit on your couch, put on some Saturday morning cartoons and FEAST. Serves 2-3.

»»Steve Martin/Edie Brickell, “So Familiar”

— Chef High Guy Have a recipe you’d like to see Chef High Guy try? Email us at editor@DGOmag.com.

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[overheard] You would do that guy?” “No, but have you ever been drunk before? Heard at the bar in Gazpacho

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[ visual ]

Artist makes comeback for solo show »» Mike Brieger explores history and themes with ‘Slavery Days’ By Raychel Johnson DGO Writer

After nearly 14 years of stepping away from his workbench, painting easel and drawing board, local artist Mike Brieger was ready to come back and make art. The artist, whose works include sculpture, drawings and paintings, quit making art when his son was born. “ I didn’t want to come out being a zombie, painting for 10, 15 hours a day,” Brieger said. “I wanted to be a dad. And I wanted to make some money, too.” For Brieger, leaving art made him a better artist. “I get better at painting without painting.” Brieger’s comeback, marked with the celebration of a new exhibit, “Slavery Days,” also hails the return of his muse, and the reasoning behind why he became an artist in the

first place. “Now, to me, it really is like being spoken through. So I’ve been able to shed some of my own bullshit,” he continued. “The less I bring to the painting, like ‘this is what I want to do,’ the easier it is. I can make them faster if I just let that go.” The new exhibit is showing all new work, and took Brieger a year to create. Unlike other artists who often must “jump through hoops” to get anyone to pay attention to their work, Durango Arts Center Exhibits Director Mary Puller contacted him after seeing his metalwork and paintings. Peculiar mixed media paintings and institutional sculpture describe the pieces created for the exhibit, all surrounding a theme that has dwelt »» A drawing by artist Mike Brieger will be on exhibit with his other works at the Durango Arts Center Friday through Nov. 21. Courtesy of Mike Brieger

in the back of Brieger’s mind since he was a youth. Recalling old drawings he created in the second grade that featured “Abe Lincoln and a bunch of slaves,” Brieger himself said it seemed a little odd. After doing shows in different cities, Brieger once again painted what he wanted to, and the result was a lot of slavery-themed art. “It’s a theme that just comes from another place,” he said. “I don’t know about reincarnation or not but I feel as though, very likely that I had something going on in one way, or another way that’s making that happen.” That being said, Brieger takes the approach of letting the paint brush guide him. Just painting and seeing what comes out, he said, causes him to not know what has happened when it’s finished. “Believe me, I’ve tried ‘now I’m going to paint this thing’ and one or two strokes in it’s like, [expletive] that,” Brieger said. “It’s really just like forcing it.” He recalled an art critic, who talked somewhat sarcastically about artists being a conduit of the universe, which, in his 20s, Brieger thought was bullshit. He knows many artists who paint with intense intent and vision. “I don’t want to have intent at all.” “Slavery Days” opens Friday, and runs until Nov. 21, with an opening reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Halloween events around town All Souls Day at Guido’s

Theatre is “Rocky Horror Show,” directed by Jenny Fitts-Reynolds.

Live art, music and culture will be celebrated by passionate indie-soul band Hello, Dollface and Unstrung Pearls dance troupe Friday night.

This year’s live rendition of the cult classic musical “Rocky Horror Show” will feature a mod theme with the cast donning costumes from the era. Devoted fans of the science fiction glam-rock musical often dress in costume, with audience participation paramount. Prop-throw bags will be available at the theatre for $5.

A live burlesque show, music, cocktails, as well as prizes for best dressed Calavera and Calaca will complement the traditional Dia de Los Muertos Altar of Oferendas and luminaries in the Guido’s courtyard. Door entry is $10, and includes a cocktail, small plates and tapas will be available. Dress code is classiest Calvera attire and traditional Sugar Skull makeup. Doors open at 9 p.m., 21+.

KDUR’s Transvestite ball becomes Halloween Ball Whether you’re a diehard Burner or causal head bobber, your feet will find it hard to resist the groove of GAUDI’s innovative experimental electronica and dub beats. He’s bringing these spacious soundscapes to Animas City Theatre on Saturday night for the KDUR community radio benefit concert, which opted for a concert this year instead of the transvestite ball. Perhaps the grooviest aspect of this annual Halloween bash is the appearance of AeonChild, who creates stunning visuals to coincide with his EDM. Leave the psychedelics at home kids, you won’t need ’em. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets to the Halloween Ball cost $25/$30 and are available at Southwest Sound, KDUR and Durangomassive.com.

Classic “Time Warp” goes mod “Let’s do the Time Warp again,” but this time with a Durango twist! Returning for the eighth year straight to the Henry Strater

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Several all-ages and 21+ shows will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18-$25, and are available at www.henrystratertheatre.com.

Day of the Dead exhibit opens Studio & will remember and celebrate the past and lost souls with the creation of a community altar and shrine to go with their show “Revival of Lost Souls” Friday night. The artists involved in the gallery collective invite any and all to contribute tokens of memory in celebration of places, ideas, people, pets and all things past or deceased. The exhibit opens Friday at 5 p.m., and runs until next week. For more information, visit Studio & or email artideasprogress@gmail. com.

Masquerade dance party at Powerhouse Local performance troupe Imaginario Circus is throwing a Halloween dance party-themed show will feature DJ Niko, fire throwing, contortion, aerial acrobatics, burlesque, slack line, contact juggling at the Powerhouse Science Center on Friday night. Proceeds from the event will be donated to The Second Wind Fund of the 4 Corners, a local suicide awareness/prevention group. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20 and are available at www. brownpapertickets.com.

Get freekly for Halloween Spooky events to keep you busy on All Hallows’ Eve Words by Raychel Johnson | DGO writer

»» Ashley Edwards of the indie-soul band Hello, Dollface rocks the body paint of Mancos artist Jaime Becktel during a recent photo shoot.

It’s that time of year when the smell of rotting pumpkins fills the air and the streets rumble with deranged and mostly drunken zombie hordes. Ah, Halloween in Durango. With events ranging from Day of the Dead-themed shrines and concerts, to “Rocky Horror” traditions, there’s something spooky happening every night this weekend. Here are DGO’s top picks for how to get freekly around downtown this Halloween.

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[halloween]

How to do the Zombie March

(and not get arrested)

»» Survive this year’s ghoulish street takeover peacefully By Raychel Johnson DGO Writer

What do handcuffs, partial nudity and the undead have in common? Typically nothing unless you’re into some weird fetish. But in Durango on Halloween night, all those things are commonplace. The annual phenomenon known as Zombie March, which takes over Durango’s Main Avenue at the witching hour of Halloween Night, is disorganized chaos to say the least. Yet, year after year, zombies, witches, pirates and even mere mortals wearing next to nothing gather illegally on the street to claim it as their own. Chants and rallying cries of, “Whose streets? Our streets!” ring through the frosty technically-November air. Last year’s unsanctioned event, albeit calmer than years previous, resulted in several arrests and some stolen street signs. This year, the unscheduled-yet-scheduled madness will ensue at 11:59 p.m. Saturday. So how does one revel in all the debauchery that is Zombie March, enjoy the evening and not get arrested? Here are some tips from an anonymous zombie:

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»» A group of costumed locals frolic down Main Avenue during a previous Zombie March. The annual unsanctioned event brings more than a thousand people downtown.

Don’t steal shit

Run really, really fast

Don’t tip over garbage cans

This usually could go without saying, but in previous years, zombies marching down Main Avenue have knocked over street signs and taken them home. Local record store Southwest Sound was also broken into and burglarized. So don’t steal anything except for maybe a kiss from a fellow zombie, with his or her consent of course.

Running really fast away from the police isn’t exactly a good idea, but hey, if you’re dressed as a zombie and can get away, anything is possible. “The craziest year was when they brought in the National Guard,” anonymous said. “It’s been relatively calmer the last few years.”

Or newspaper stands, or cars for that matter. A few years ago, a car was driving down Main Avenue unsuspecting and was swarmed by the drunken mob. Zombies jumped on the car and tried to push it over. According to Anonymous, pepper spray was flying everywhere and people landed in jail. “The whole thing only lasts for maybe half an hour,

depending what end of Main (Ave.) you start on,” said the anonymous tipster. “There is always a sense of being riled up, and it’s pure ridiculousness and gets out of control.” Aside from these pro tips, the entire night is a fend-for-yourself situation. Play nice, eat brains and prepare yourself for the next day’s paralyzing hangover.

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Half-past Delinquency | Ryan Yaseen

The kids may be young and dumb, but haven’t we all been there?

tages in life are something most adults have forgotten to acknowledge. We are so wrapped up in our own busy lives that we overlook what defined who we are today. I miss the golden years, those years between the ages of 4 and 9. At the time I didn’t realize I was living them; I imagined they were still to come. This was a time of no expectations; no understanding of life, when ignorance was truly bliss. This was back in the days when everything was enormous; even your mom’s sedan was a struggle to conquer. We used to discover money under our pillows and behaved all year to ensure Santa would break in and eat the cookies, the years when girls had cooties and there was always an excuse for everything that you did wrong. You didn’t know any better. A lot has changed since childhood. Today when I pull up to a stoplight and see one of those young hot shots in the car next to mine, I immediately judge. He’s wearing a backwards hat, tweaked to the side, smoking a cig, driving a car that probably isn’t roadworthy, yet he still revs and races like he’s in a hot rod. But the thing that stands out the most (besides his “youthful” driving) is the music, the bass especially. Even more noticeable than the music are the profanities that scream from his windows. It’s an embarrassment for the “songwriter” who penned the lyrics, as well as the kid “bumpin” his beats. How many times can you rearrange Drugs, Money, and B****** and expect it to sound different? It is humiliating to admit, but this used to be me. The problem is, when I see this teenage behavior, I don’t think back to when I used to conduct myself in this fashion, no. I think of how it looks through my newly-discovered lens: Ridiculous. Now when I see these adolescents, I still think back to the day I was sitting next to Mommy, looked over, and there were those cool kids. I don’t know what made them so cool; it was

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10/18 – 10/24 »»1. Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel (fiction) »»2. The Martian, by Andy Weir (fiction) »»3. The Mountain, Shadow by

»»4. Do Unto Animals, by Tracey Stewart (non-fiction) »»5. Euphoria, by Lily King (fiction) »»6. I Could Pee On This, by Francesco Marciuliano (humor/poetry)

This week’s staff pick, from Roger Cottingham A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James

How many times can you rearrange Drugs, Money, and B****** and expect it to sound different?

A cup of historical fiction, a tablespoon of mystery, and a healthy handful of political thriller, all combined with main Ingredients of an international music superstar and the national – and international – politics of Jamaica in the latter half of the 20th century, make for a terrific mix in this novel that won the 2015 Man Booker Prize and American Book Award.

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just a group of “big boys” driving around in an old, green Ford Ranger that was starting to rust, the guys in the bed of the truck laughed and lit cigarettes the moment they pulled onto Main. Times haven’t changed all that much. The difference is, now they aren’t cool and the punk rock they played actually had a thought process behind it, even though I couldn’t understand a word. Before we know it, we’re adults. Foolish antics no longer have a reason, and cooties take on a whole new reality. No one realizes after your 13th birthday, there are only four more that count: 16th, 18th, 21st. That’s it. Once you hit 21, birthdays only count as a number. Instead of getting to watch cartoons and play in the sand all day, we now quietly go to work, school, and pay bills. Then you hit 55. Not only do you receive the IRA cash out you (hopefully) have been saving for, but you also receive an AARP card to help you save the rest of it after your first big purchase, the new sports car you envied ever since “youthful driving” days. You now engage in elder activities, like yelling at those little whippersnappers to get off your lawn, while you sip expensive scotch and smoke cigars. Being old and wise, you look forward to driving 10 mph under the speed limit, laughing at young guns putting off, while you unobtrusively listen to “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. So you tell me: What stages of youthful irrationality have you overlooked throughout your life? Ryan Yaseen is a Durango boy by birth, currently a sophomore studying communication at FLC. Outside of school, his preoccupation’s involve world travel, mountain biking and adventure sports.

Think “The Wire” set in Jamaica, Miami and New York, all circling around Bob Marley (referred to as The Singer) and populated with colorful characters that include names like Josey Wales, Shotta Sherriff and Bam Bam. This book is a fun read, but it also provides deep cultural and political insight that can make you rethink your knowledge of the world during this time period.

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[ movies ]

‘Burnt’ bares all to show how the sausage is made

Rating: R Genre: Drama,

comedy Directed by:

David Gordon Green

Written by: Pe-

Everything you need to know about Adam Jones, the difficult cooking prodigy at the center of “Burnt,” you glean from the movie’s opening scenes. Adam is the kind of guy who punishes himself by taking up a seemingly impossible task: shucking a million oysters. Once he has met his goal, years later, he bails on his boss, without so much as a farewell. Would it kill him to finish his shift? Yet for a man who submits to selfflagellation, he’s even worse to everyone else. Viewers’ enjoyment of the movie will largely depend on their feelings about Bradley Cooper, the Academy Award nominee who plays Adam. Clearly, the character isn’t easy to love. He’s a genius, but no amount of artistry can compensate for how manipulative and mean he can be. (Residual goodwill from Bradley’s charming performance in “Silver Linings Playbook” can only help.) As it turns out, Adam’s shucking challenge was amends for abominable behavior years earlier. Adam was once a chef working in a two Michelin star-rated restaurant in Paris, but drugs and alcohol turned him into an even bigger monster than he was when sober. His decision to disappear and clean up his act has left some people assuming he had died. But now he’s back, to his former friends’ and enemies’ surprise, descending on London with a plot to open his own restaurant and accomplish a nearly impossible feat: earning his third Michelin star. In a sequence fit for a heist movie, Adam recruits a team to help him do it: fiery single mom Helene (Sienna Miller); a frenemy from his past life, Michel (Omar Sy); violent ex-con Max (Riccardo Scamarcio); and Tony (Daniel Brühl), a maitre d’ who will do anything for Adam because he’s in love with the guy. The cast is so star-studded that the first half of the movie feels like a mad dash. Uma Thurman drops by momentarily to play an exacting restaurant critic. Emma Thompson shows up as Adam’s wise therapist. Next-bigthing starlets Alicia Vikander and Lily James each make fleeting appearances. (The mad dash wasn’t entirely a success; “Fifty Shades of Grey” star Jamie Dornan also shot scenes that were cut from the film.) When the movie eventually narrows its focus to the task of actual cooking, things get interesting. The behind-the-scenes glimpse of high pressure restaurant work – informed by celebrity chef Marcus Wareing, who worked as a consultant on the film – is both fascinating

Pop the cork. Raise the curtain. Tap the keg.

Our Brand is Crisis

ter Straughan Runtime: 1 hr.

48 min. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 43% Synopsis: When a group of American

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»» Bradley Cooper is Adam Jones, a chef who had it all and lost it, in “Burnt.”

and horrifying, and not just because the Rating: R chefs keep dipping their fingers in all Genre: Comedy the sauces. On openDirected by: John ing night, Adam Wells has a meltdown, Written by: Steven channeling Gordon Knight, Michael KaleRamsay as he throws sniko plates at the wall, Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min. roughs Helene and berates everyone in Rotten Tomatoes sight. Tomatometer: 40% So this is how sausage gets made. Shooting inside a cramped kitchen can’t have been easy, but director John Wells leverages his experience on such kinetic, highly choreographed shows as “E.R.” to effectively capture the action. As the opening of “Burnt” proves, Steven Knight’s script is efficient. And while some of the dialogue can be overly expository, the script is also peppered with snappy exchanges. Knight also wrote the script for last year’s cooking movie “The Hundred-Foot Journey.” But “Burnt” feels more authentic than either that film or Jon Favreau’s meringue-light “Chef.” Warm fuzzies are not on this menu. After all, how often do we see chefs onscreen actually scrubbing stove tops after the dinner service has ended? It’s not pretty, but it captures something that few cooking movies do: reality.

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Pawn Sacrifice Rating: PG-13 Genre: Drama Directed by:

Edward Zwick Written by:

Steven Knight Runtime: 1 hr.

54 min. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 71% Synopsis: American chess prodigy

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[love and sex]

Should a cheating, HIV-positive husband be sent to jail? Savage Love | Dan Savage

I am a straight, married, 38-year-old woman. My husband and I have two children. I have been with my husband for 12 years, married for six. Three years after we were married, we found out that he was HIV positive. We had both had multiple tests throughout our relationship because of physicals and the process we went through to get pregnant. Both of us were negative then, but only I am now. Needless to say, he was infected as a result of him cheating. We worked through that and remained married. Recently I saw a message from a woman saying, “Call me or I am calling your wife.” I identified myself, and she and I spoke briefly. I asked her how long they were having a relationship, and she told me since January. I did not mention his status. I confronted him, and he claims she is a crazy stalker. He says there was a brief flirtation but then she became clingy and “crazy,” and he did not know how to tell me without compromising our relationship. He blocked her calls and emails. He is undetectable, and we use condoms. He has never tried to not use a condom when we have had sex. In the state where we live, a positive person who does not inform a person of their status before having sex faces up to five years in prison. I have brought this to his attention. He is sticking to his story that he did not have sex with her. I do not believe him. We met with a therapist last week, only for a placement consultation. We did not mention his status. This is my biggest issue: I don’t think we can work through our problems without honesty. I need him to come clean and admit to me – and our therapist – that he had sex with this woman. If he does, I believe the therapist will be legally obligated to report his behavior to the police. I am preparing myself for divorce, something he doesn’t know, and while I don’t want to have him arrested, I feel we need the therapy in order to respectfully co-parent – and lying to a therapist or omitting the full truth seems crazy.

Seeking Truth About This Unpleasant Situation “Where to start?” asked Peter Staley, the legendary AIDS activist, founding director of the Treatment Action Group, and longtime board member of the American Foundation for AIDS Research. “I’ll leave the relationship issues to you, Dan, but isn’t the level of distrust here the most toxic part of the story?”

STATUS: a jilted partner who hopes to use an unjust law to lash out at her soon-to-be ex-husband. And while you have cause to be angry (serial adulterers suck), you don’t have grounds to destroy your husband’s life. And you can’t rationalize your plot based on the “danger” your husband presented to the other woman. Your husband is taking his meds and has an undetectable viral load. That means he’s effectively noninfectious. So even if he didn’t use condoms with this woman – and you don’t even know for sure if he was [expletive] her (and he’d be a fool to admit to you that he was) – he didn’t put her at risk of acquiring HIV.

The level of distrust does strike me as toxic – but seeing as your husband cheated, STATUS, and not for the first time, your distrust is understandable. What I don’t understand is your desire to see your husband sent to prison. You don’t want honesty (he doesn’t seem capable of that), you don’t want to “work through your problems” (your marriage is over), you just want your soon-to-be ex-husband to rot in jail.

“There’s a great organization called SERO (seroproject.com) fighting these laws,” said Staley. “Their website is filled with frightening cases of people with HIV rotting in jail for supposed nondisclosure, even when no transmission occurred. There are no similar convictions for nondisclosure of hepatitis C, HPV, syphilis, herpes, etc., some of which can kill. People with HIV are being singled out by legislatures trying to ‘protect’ the public from ‘AIDS monsters’ created by local TV stations looking for ratings.”

But since you don’t want to call the police yourself – you don’t want your fingerprints on this – you want to con your husband (with my help!) into telling “the full truth” to a therapist who will have to call the police.

My boyfriend of two years and I broke up because I found out that he was having sexual relations with anonymous men he contacted through Craigslist.

“STATUS really does appear to be plotting her revenge here,” Staley said. “Divorce, checking her state’s HIV criminalization laws, drawing her husband into making a confession that could land him in prison.” And the instrument of your revenge – laws that require HIV-positive people to disclose to their sex partners – are unjust and unworkable. “I stand with every public-health organization, including UNAIDS and the World Health Organization, in abhorring HIV criminalization laws like the one STATUS cites,” said Staley. “We already have laws on the books that can adequately deal with someone who knowingly and intentionally transmits HIV to someone else. Adding additional laws around HIV disclosure, especially when no transmission occurs, ends up causing more harm than good. Stigma rises. Fewer people disclose. Jilted partners use the laws to lash out.” That’s exactly what you sound like,

My ex will not admit to being bisexual. He claims that he has these urges only when he smokes marijuana. But through our computer history, I caught him watching gay porn at times when I knew he had not smoked marijuana. I check CL periodically, and he is still posting ads regularly, even though he denies this and insists that he has the situation under control. Disturbingly, he is also dating women. I think this is dangerous because there is such a strong chance that he will give these women an STD, such as AIDS, and destroy both of their lives. Since I am the only person in his life who knows his secret, I feel some sort of responsibility. I am very emotionally troubled by this knowledge and I don’t feel right about ignoring this.

downright acrobatic. But policing your ex’s sexual identity, his love life, and his Craigslist presence is Not Your Job. Knocking dicks out of his mouth is not your responsibility, and you are not responsible for alerting other women to the porn, the personal ads, the dicks, and the laughable excuses. (Contrary to an infamous Reddit thread, marijuana does not make men “temporarily gay.”) You could, however, speak to your ex as a friend – a creepy friend who cyberstalks him, but still a friend. You could urge him to accept that, even if he isn’t bi, he needs to own up to not being entirely straight, either. If he’s going to engage in risky sex practices with men – and you don’t know that he’s doing that (he could be using condoms correctly and consistently) – he should talk to his doctor about getting on PrEP, aka pre-exposure prophylaxis, aka Truvada. Then, having said your piece, you can butt the [expletive] out his life with a clear conscience. Contact Dan Savage at mail@savagelove. net or @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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[ happenings ] Thursday Reception: Deep Into Nature: New Work by Jim Bagley and Gerald Balciar, 5-7 p.m., Sorrel

Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., 247-3555. First Thursdays Art Walk, 5-7 p.m., participating

galleries, http://durangoarts. org. Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m., Wild Horse

Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 375-2568. Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Av-

Halloween Concert presented by Fort Lewis College Sinister Choirs and Zombie Band, 7 p.m., $5/$1, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.

Opening reception: Revival of Lost Souls,

Monster Mash, 7 p.m., $5, Mancos Valley Distillery, 116 N. Main St., Mancos, 946-0229.

10 p.m., $25/$20/$18, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., henrystratertheatre.com.

Rocky Horror Show Live On Stage, all ages

show, 7 p.m., $25/$20/$18, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., henrystratertheatre.com.

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A Dark Circus Masquerade, 7:45 p.m.,

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Friday Opening reception: “Slavery Days,” solo exhibition of new work by Michael Brieger, 5-7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org.

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annual Day of the Dead Show, Studio &, 1027 Main Ave., anddurango.com. Rocky Horror Show Live On Stage, 21+ show,

Saturday The Met: Live in HD featuring Tannhauser,

10 a.m., $23/$21, Vallecito Room, Fort Lewis College Student Union, metopera. org/Season/2015-16-Season. Durango Funk Allstars Funky Halloween Bash, 5-9 p.m., Balcony Bar and Grill, 600 Main Ave., www. balconybarandgrill.com.

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»» Denver-based punk rock band Reno Divorce is taking the stage at Balcony Bar and Grill

Black Velvet duo, 5:3010:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 3757150.

on Friday.

Zombiefest Halloween party and costume contest, 7 p.m., Moe’s, 937

A rockabilly trio that held the title of Denver’s best punk band three years in a row, is coming to Durango Friday night.

Main Ave., 259-9018. Continued on Page 21

Denver-based punk rockers take over Balcony

Reno Divorce, known for mixing equal parts punk, rock ’n’ roll, old school country and rockabilly, is taking the stage at Balcony Bar and Grill. Music starts at 8 p.m. $5 cover, 21+

Backstage This Week’s Events THURSDAY 10/29 - LADIES NIGHT 2 for 1 $3 Pint Night | Open Mic @ 8pm

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»» Country star Chris Cagle is coming to Fort Lewis College’s Community Concert Hall Saturday.

Country musician visits Durango on Halloween Playing a style of country music all his own, “redneck rock ’n’ roller” Chris Cagle is coming in concert to the Community Concert Hall on Saturday. Cagle’s hits include “What a Beautiful Day” and “Chicks Dig It.” Solo acoustic musician and special local guest Thom Chacon will open the show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $26-$49, available at the Durango Welcome Center, www.durangoconcerts.com, or at 247-7654.

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[ food & drink ]

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»» Thirsty? Here are DGO’s top picks for Durango’s weekly drink and food specials, and happy hour deals.

Weekly Specials Our picks for the best deals in town on drinks and grub Monday

Night

Best happy hour

Best deal

Best food:

Moe’s: $2 drafts and free pizza for Boards and Beers

Derailed Pour House: $6 pizza and $6 stromboli

Lady Falconburgh’s: $3 pints and half price select appetizers

Best happy hour

Saturday

Best food

The Office Spiritorium: $3 drafts, $3.25 wells and half-price appetizers

Best deal

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Best happy hour

Thursday

Pongas: After 7 p.m., $20 Corona and $15 Bud Light buckets and a free hour of pool

Steamworks: $3 house brew pints

Best deal:

Best food

Ska: $3 drafts and free live music for #TBT

Gazpacho: $3 Margaritas and $1.60 chicken tacos

Tuesday

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Gazpacho: $1.50 tacos and Tecates for Taco Tuesday Best food 6512’ Restaurant and Lounge: $6 burgers, $3 pints for Burger Night Best happy hour

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Cuckoos Chicken House: $13.50 for a pitcher and a pound of wings

Wednesday Best deal: Moe’s: Half-price drinks for women on Ladies

Best food Carvers: Colorado Lamb Burger only on Thursdays Best happy hour: Wild Horse Saloon: $2 bottles of domestic beers, wells and drafts

Friday Best deal: Steamworks: $1 draws and $2 imperial pints and keg giveaway Best food Derailed Pour House: $6 burgers and $8 stuffed burgers for Burger Night

Best happy hour Moe’s: $3 whiskey Cokes

Sunday Best deal Steamworks: $4.35 bloody Mary bar and $11 pitchers Best food Sushitarian: $4.64 All Sushi Nigiri and Hosomaki Best happy hour BREW Pub & Kitchen: $3 pints — Raychel Johnson

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[ happenings ] From Page 21 Chris Cagle, 7:30 p.m.,

$49/$39/$26, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, www.durangoconcerts.com. Rocky Horror Show Live On Stage, 21+ show, 7:30 p.m., $25/$20/$18, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., henrystratertheatre.com. A Dark Circus Masquerade, 7:45 p.m.,

Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. Peanuts The Great Pumpkin Patch Express, $46-$24, Durango &

Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, www.durangotrain.com.

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish

Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com.

Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., mariasbookshop.com. Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.,

Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6 p.m.,

Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 2599018.

Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5440, www. derailedpourhouse.com.

Wednesday Jeff Solon Jazz Duo,

Halloween Hangover Party with Superhex,

5:30-7:30 p.m., Kennebec Cafe, 4 County Road 124, Hesperus, 247-5674.

7-11 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.

Open studio figure drawing, facilitated by Ed

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Av-

enue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Bolster, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org.

Latin music night, 8

p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Av-

Monday

enue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR

Rocky Horror Show Live On Stage, 21+ show,

91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org.

10:30 p.m., $25/$20/$18, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., henrystratertheatre.com.

6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www. skabrewing.com.

Sunday

Book release party: Local author Chuck Greaves, 6:30 p.m., Maria’s

Two-step and waltz dance lessons, 6:30-

7:30 p.m., $10, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 799-8832.

trivia, 8:30 p.m., BREW Pub

& Kitchen, 117 W. College Drive, 259-5959. Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m., Wild Horse

Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 375-2568.

Ongoing “RARE II: Imperiled Plants of Colorado,”

Center of Southwest Studies Museum at Fort Lewis College, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-7 p.m. Thursday, swcenter. fortlewis.edu. Andrew Jagniecki’s exhibit “Earth, Water, Sky,” through Saturday,

Whitehead, through Dec. 18, Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave., www.beccaconradwhitehead.artspan.com.

Ave., 764-4064.

“Secretive Beauty,”

Michael Brieger, Friday -Nov.

photographs by Roman Loranc, through Dec. 2, Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., openshuttergallery. com.

802 East Second Ave., www. durangoarts.org.

Submissions

Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, fortlewis.edu/art-design/ ArtGallery.aspx.

To submit listings for publication in DGO and dgomagazine.com, go to www.swscene.com and click

Tayler Hahn art exhibit, through Dec. 3, Raider

“Add Your Event,” fill out the form

Ridge Cafe, 509 East Eighth Ave.

mit. Listings at swscene.com will

Durango Arts Center Art Library, 802 East Second Ave., durangoarts.org.

“Art for the Endangered Landscape: Honoring Wolf Creek,”

“The Up and Down of It,” work by Becca Conrad-

Thursday -Nov. 22, Taylor Raymond Gallery, 835 Main

with all your event info and subappear both at dgomagazine.com and in our weekly print edition. Posting events at swscene.com is free and takes about one business day to process.

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Poker and ping pong tournaments, 8 p.m.,

Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 2599018.

Tuesday

exhibition of new work by 21, Durango Arts Center,

unre(Solved): Patti Singer, through Nov. 16,

Pub quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish

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[ living well ]

Cheers to yoga and beer »» Ska Brewing Co. teams up with YogaDurango for a happy hour yoga By Raychel Johnson DGO Writer

For many, the words “namaste” and “cheers” may not seem synonymous, but that hasn’t stopped instructors of YogaDurango from marrying the two wellness activities of simple yoga and beer drinking. Only at Ska Brewing Co. does “happy hour” have a whole new meaning. Offered Mondays at 5:30 p.m. every week, YogaDurango instructor Brady Wilson leads a crowd of eager students through a simple and social yoga experience. Those who last the hour-long bendy sesh receive a free token for a pint at the main bar.

Namaska For Wilson, there is a connection between namaste and cheers, although he contends the Spanish word “salute” is more accurate. He said the combination of the atmosphere of Ska and the space itself is the reason why it’s the only place in Durango fit for yoga and beer. “I think a couple of yoga teachers took this idea and approached some of the other breweries, but there wasn’t necessarily the space or the vibe or something to make it right,” Wilson said, adding that the staff at Ska is an integral piece to making “Namaska” happen. “The way that it is here, the team here, the space and everything is just really conducive of the whole thing.” Wilson admitted the yoga and brewski combo wasn’t his idea. He gave credit for bringing yoga to Ska to fellow YogaDurango instructor Heather Hooten, who taught the class for about two years. Ska’s Marketing Maven Kristen Muraro teamed up with Hooten to bring a fun activity to the brewery on the typically slow Monday nights. “I still say we were the first brewery ever to do it. Within a couple years they’ve started to pop up around the country,” Muraro said, adding popularity for happy hour yoga took off since its inception in 2011. Wilson sees yoga and beer lovers alike weekly, and some Monday nights are better than others, and bring in 23 students. Spilling into the hallway and sprawling every which way, Wilson said the nontraditional social aspect of the class is what brings people back every week. “Just the fact that there is a social context greater

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»» YogaDurango instructor Brady Wilson (right) leads a crowd of eager students recently at Ska Brewing Co. than putting on your shoes together and leaving the room, there is an opportunity for people to hang out after class, to have conversation and get to know each other,” he added. “I bring a sense of lightness and humor to the class that you won’t find in a regular yoga studio. Lighthearted and humorous. Sometimes I feel like more of a comedian than a yoga teacher.”

Get bendy Some purists may “poo poo the movement,” as Wilson put it, but if alcohol is the reasoning to get people to try yoga, he’s all for it. “The way that I see it is yoga is so variable, and so diverse at this point that it isn’t up to us to create it as we want it to be,” he said. “I mean, here it’s accessing a whole other demographic that might not have otherwise be doing yoga. So in that sense, it’s inviting people, new students to experience this other possibility.” As for the most refreshing part of the experience

– the drinking beer bit – Wilson strongly suggests people wait for after the yoga sesh. He cites balance as the key to any yoga practice. Even the alignment-based intermediate to beginner yoga style he offers is best done sober. “The beer is the balance after the yoga practice, like detox-retox,” he chuckled. “Not only do you get to breathe deeply, but you also get to experience the olfactory pleasure of hops, malt and barley while connecting to your spiritual self.” So the question is, what beer is best paired with yoga? Both Wilson and Muraro came to a consensus on the Euphoria Pale Ale, available during autumn and winter. “It’s seasonal here, too, ya know? So in the summer it would be the Mexi Logger, and in the winter it would be the Euphoria Pale Ale and in the fall. Just don’t fall over,” Wilson laughed. Muraro agreed, “In the winter time, I always love our Euphoria Pale Ale after it. It’s not too heavy of a beer, and it’s just a lot of good flavors.”

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Horoscope

female acquaintances. Someone might have advice for you regarding home repairs, which are on your mind right now.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)

You’re in a curious frame of mind today. You want to understand everything and know what others are talking about. Conversations with siblings, neighbors and relatives will be significant.

This is a good time to shop for wardrobe goodies, because you will like what you see in the mirror. Today a conversation with authority figures — parents, a boss or a VIP — will be significant.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

Money, earnings and cash flow are your focus today. You might be planning an extensive vacation, which requires counting your pennies!

Because you long for some adventure and a chance to travel, do something different today! Shake it up a little. What can you do to make this day spectacular?

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today the Moon is in your sign, which can make you more emotional than usual. However, it also can bring you a little bit of extra good luck! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Hide behind the scenes or play it low-key today, because this is what will please you best. Work alone or seek out some solitude. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Bizarro

Enjoy schmoozing with friends today, especially

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Attend to red-tape details like inheritances, insurance matters and anything related to shared property. Discuss these issues with someone in order to clarify things. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Although you are ambitious right now — and indeed, powerful people are prepared to help you — you have to compromise with someone today. You have to give a little to get something.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Think about what you might do to improve your health and your general sense of well-being. Take care of yourself, because you’re really all you’ve got. After all, your world is based on your perceptions, right? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a playful day! Enjoy fun activities with children, the arts and sports events, and have fun flirting with your main squeeze or someone who appeals. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) If you can cocoon at home today, you will like it. It’s time to take a breather from your busy pace, because your interactions with others have been intense lately. YOU BORN TODAY You are open-minded to fresh, new ideas. You like logical, well-thought-out systems because you are a thorough person. When you want to be, you are convincing! This year, your success lies with others. People will benefit you. Therefore, make friends and join clubs and organizations. Help others, because you also will be helping yourself. © 2015 King Features Syndicate Inc.

[overheard]

“

Durango is like a snowglobe; if you’re not here, it’s like it doesn’t exist. Heard in Chimayo

“

But he was going to be my second boyfriend ... Heard at the bar in

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Gazpacho

“

No, no, girl. Your boobs are totally as big as mine.” “Are you sure? I don’t think I’m a double-D ... Heard inside ladies

”

restroom in 8th Ave. Tavern

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