Why Pride Still Matters

art entertainment food drink music nightlife Thursday, June 23, 2016

DGO

FREE!

With major cultural and political advances in recent years, it might seem like the biggest battles have been won.

Also: The perspective of a transgender man, summer style tips, as needed in Durango, “Ornate Feelings” and Larry David’s social tips on “Curb”

dgomag.com

FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE EXPLORE ·

KILLER WEEKENDS ·

GEAR & HOW TO

www.adventurepro.us

DGO Magazine

Staff

What’s inside Volume 1 Number 34

June 23, 2016

Chief Executive Officer

8 Summer style tips

Douglas Bennett

This week, Style Fetish presents a few worthy style trends to explore in summer 2016, from light blue tones, to layered lingerie, high-waisted shorts and choker necklaces.

V.P. of Finance and Operations Bob Ganley V.P. of Advertising David Habrat V.P. of Marketing Kricket Lewis Founding Editors Amy Maestas Katie Klingsporn Editor/ designer/ art director David Holub dholub@bcimedia.com 375-4551 Staff writer Anya Jaremko-Greenwold anya@bcimedia.com 375-4546 Contributors Katie Cahill Christopher Gallagher Bryant Liggett Jon E. Lynch Heather Narwid Cyle Talley

5 Get Smart about a queer perspective He can’t speak for the queer community, but he can speak his mind. Let former Durango resident Shesh Christopher tell you a bit about what he thinks about the abhorrent shooting in Orlando, and how he’s perceived as a transgender man.

Robert Alan Wendeborn Advertising 247-3504 Reader Services 375-4570

DGO is a free weekly publication distributed by Ballantine Communications Inc., and is available for one copy per person. Taking more than five copies of an edition from a distribution location is illegal and is punishable by law according to Colorado Revised Statute 18-9-314.

7 As needed in Durango When it comes to finding an activity for a group of people to do together, to say nothing of one that both kids AND adults will enjoy, it’s tough to top bowling. Durango has plenty of outside daytime opportunities for play, as well as nighttime pursuits involving hefty boozing.

Tell us what you think!

Got something on your mind? Have a joke or a story idea or just something that the world needs to know?

Send everything to editor@dgomag.com

From the Editor

4

Love it or Hate it

6

Sound

Downtown Lowdown

6

Album Review 7 9

10 Larry David’s and

social mores

David Holub

4

Beer

16 Movies

On ”Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry David plays a fictionalized version of himself also named Larry (though you get the sense fake-Larry is eerily similar to David’s reallife persona) as the show illustrates hundreds of exaggerated social mores that resonate with similar exactness in Durango.

18 Weed

Seeing Through the Smoke 18

Review 19

Netflix and chill ‑ 420 edition 19

20 Savage Love 21 Happening 23 Horoscope/ puzzles/ Bizarro

17 “Ornate Feelings” Durango artist Dan Groth is back with another installment of his illustrated poems.

/dgomag

/dgomag @dgo_mag

On the cover Rainbows will be out and proud as the Pride Festival goes until Sunday with various activities and events in the area.

Illustration by David Holub/DGO

DGO Magazine is published by Ballantine Communications Inc., P.O. Drawer A, Durango, CO 81302

Mention this ad for a

Frequent Rider Discount Card

@dg

dg

[ love it or hate it ]

[CTRL-A]

David Holub |DGO editor

Color Love it

Hearts, minds change when we get to know each other

H

omosexuality was not discussed in the evangelical Christian household that I grew up in. I don’t recall my parents ever mentioning views that were either supportive or disapproving of gay people. But from the various pulpits I listened to until my mid-20s and among my Christian friends, it was taught to me that homosexuality was a sinful lifestyle that this deviant group of people had chosen.

Into early adulthood, I had adopted these views: While we should be kind to everyone – gays included – by no means should we accept them for the choices they’ve made much less approve of them. But it was more than that. In a tacit way, I was taught that homosexuals (much less bisexuals and transgender people) were odd, weird, alien, different, not to be trusted. They were The Other. They were flamboyant perverts, ladyboys and hedonists who had rejected God and were souring our society. It was easy to feel icky, easy to despise gay people, to shamefully think them lesser – especially since I didn’t know any, and it’s easy to fear what we don’t know.

And then I met John. I was 23 and we worked at the same newspaper, and he was the first openly gay person I’d ever known. John wasn’t anything like the gay monster I’d been led to believe all gay people were. He was kind, selfless and went out of his way to befriend me. He was inquisitive and as serious as he was witty, always a good time to hang with. He didn’t talk in an effeminate voice (weren’t all gay men effeminate?). But more than anything, he was just a regular old dude. Very quickly, he shattered every gay stereotype I’d carried for years. I couldn’t help but think that everything I’d been told about what it meant to be gay was a lie.

Around the same time, something happened in my best friend’s extended family. In this Christian

household I’d heard a number of antigay and blatantly homophobic jokes, remarks and views over the years.

And then one day, lo and behold, my best friend’s young, charismatic, beloved uncle came out after living with his “friend” for a number of years.

Here he was now, gay as can be. And my friend’s family had to deal with it. Bless them, they welcomed him warmly and openly and overnight became an accepting, pro-gay family. All it took was someone they loved being gay and it transformed their attitudes toward an entire population of people.

This is why Pride matters to me.

This is how being out and open can make an impact.

Rarely do hearts change by being told to. A politician, teacher, book or celebrity can rarely make an impact on someone’s heart. That’s not how we change. Change comes from within, and it’s usually stirred and provoked by personal relationships.

When people we love courageously come out, it makes it hard to dislike people like them, people who have endured similar experiences. We are forced to make a choice to either love them or shun them or something in between. And that’s how change happens. That’s how cultural movements take hold, one heart at a time.

I cannot begin to know what it’s like being an LGBT person, much less someone living openly and proud. My heart breaks for those who are discriminated against or treated differently simply for being the people they were born as. They did not choose their queerness, just as I did not choose my straightness.

But the more of our friends who are out and proud shows all of us that the LGBT community is made up of people who want what everyone else wants in life. They are our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues and our community leaders. They are people we love and respect, whether we know they’re gay or not. That’s something to celebrate. Happy Pride.

Plum. Olive. Emerald. Azure. Jade. Coral. Not only are these gorgeous words – they’re gorgeous colors.

Think about the things you find most beautiful: the glow of the setting sun on the tip of a mountain peak, fall foliage, the sparkle of the Aurora Borealis.

It’s the color in these images you’re probably responding to.

Colors are proved to have psychological effects. They influence our emotions and sway our purchases. In a study called Impact of Color in Marketing, researchers found that up to 90 percent of snap judgments made about products can be based on color alone. We always react passionately to the tints of nature (most people prefer when the sky is blue and grass green) or in a home (interior designers and laymen alike put Herculean effort into matching bathroom towels and bed sheets).

Delight can even be found in color names. Take a look at the paint swatch section of any hardware store; that’s where all the greatest pigment titles lurk.

Mermaid Net. Flamingo’s Dream. Grandma’s Sweater. They’re silly, but prove how evocative hues can be. Whoever named Grandma’s Sweater must have had a grandmother who wore such a sweater. Color is entirely dependent on our personal experience – no two people see it exactly the same. Or even if they did, there would be no way of knowing. The subjectivity is the best part.

Colors don’t look right by themselves. The contrast between shades actually makes them “pop,” as Tim Gunn would say. They accentuate each other and come alive. Perhaps that’s why the gay pride symbol is a rainbow.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

Hate it I look at rainbows and say, “meh.” The most magnificent sunset? “Ho hum.”

How could one hate color? Well, I hate the fact that I can’t see colors like you can. I’m color blind, but I’d have to do a bit of research to tell you which type.

You’ll say, “Is it red/green? My last boyfriend was red/green.” And I’ll say, “I said I don’t know,” and then your friend will say, “What color is this?” and point to various nearby objects to see just how color blind I really am. This is my life.

A quick primer on color blindness. I do not see in black and white. I’m not a dog. I have a decent color sense and usually always know what a color is not: Something that is yellow does not look blue. Overall, colors are duller and not as vibrant. Colors close on the spectrum are hard to differentiate. Some colors, like oranges and light greens, can look the same, especially without the context of another color.

So yeah, it’s a drab, drab world. And you never let me forget it. Think about how many things are characterized importantly in terms of color: Clothes, cars, art, sunsets, maps, traffic lights. Directions often involve references to the color of things – houses, buildings, signs.

It’s your colorful world, and I’m just living in it.

—— David Holub

4 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[Expert Advice on Trivial Affairs]

Cyle Talley | Get Smart

On a queer perspective He can’t speak for the queer community, but he can speak his mind. Let former Durango resident Shesh Christopher tell you a bit about what he thinks about the abhorrent shooting in Orlando, and how he’s perceived as a transgender man.

What’s your initial reaction to the shooting in Orlando?

validating. It implies that it’s optional to use interchangeable pronouns.

Fear. It’s one thing to be walking down the street and have people obviously uncomfortable – I don’t really have that problem anymore, I pass pretty good – but when I lived in Durango, my [then] girlfriend and I would walk down the street and people would call us faggots. I mean, people are obviously disgusted by you in general, but it’s a whole ’nother story when somebody wants to kill you.

How have things changed for you in public since transitioning?

People see my girlfriend and I as a cisgendered couple. When I identified as a woman, there was a lot more fear. There’s a lot of privilege that comes with being a white man.

Nobody harasses us, nobody tells us we can’t kiss, or gives us dirty looks when we’re on a public bench in the park or whatever. I don’t have to deal with any of that now. And no, for the record, I didn’t decide to take hormones so I could mack on my girlfriend. That’s ridiculous.

People would shout at you in the streets of Durango?

We were told on countless occasions, “This is a family place,” or “This is a public place,” and that we couldn’t hold hands or kiss or cuddle or whatever. We would get heckled by guys, “Wanna have a threesome?” or “You must be a lesbian because you haven’t been f***ed right!” Just stupid shit.

If you could have asked Omar Mateen anything, what would it have been?

I would’ve asked what happened to him to make him so angry toward my community.

That’s a difficult pill to swallow.

You can tell when someone figures it out.

The way that you’re treated is 100 percent different. Men don’t treat me with respect once they find out that I’m trans.

Women start talking to me about their periods. They treat me like a girl, which is really frustrating. The way you’re treated once the cat’s out of the bag can be very crushing. Being transgender is something that’s becoming more normalized, but it’s still very taboo. There’s still a lot of people who don’t agree with or understand it, and there’s a lot of silence, too, which is crushing in its own way.

Do you think it’s a matter of anger?

»» Shesh Christopher

What would you like people to know?

Just like every person is different, every transgender person is different. Everything they want to do, or the ways that they pursue their transition, or the types of people they’re attracted to. Like, I’m in the queer community, but I was completely taken aback when I found out that there’re transgender guys who are with transgender guys, or there’re transgender guys who are with gay men. I’m in the community and there are still things that I don’t know, and the only way to learn or find out is to get to know other people and talk to them their story.

What if people want to ask questions,

but are afraid of using the wrong terminology?

That’s a great question. When I first moved to Portland, I was telling some people that I had just met that the only gay event that Durango had was Pride Weekend and the Halloween Dance and they asked me what I meant by gay. I said, “Oh you know, gay men, lesbian women.” I didn’t acknowledge nonbinary, I didn’t acknowledge transgender people. They told me a more inclusive term is to use “queer.” That’s what I’ve started to use. To me, it’s a broad enough term that it doesn’t pigeonhole anybody. If I don’t feel like I know, or especially when I’m at queer events, I just say, “Hey, what pronouns do you use?” I don’t say, “What are your preferred pronouns?” because preferred insinuates that it’s a preference. It’s less

That, and a lack of understanding. The sensationalized version of queerness that people see in TV and on movies. Queer people are just like everyone else. We put our pants on one leg at a time. Everybody puts their bra on the same way. Everybody puts their boxers on the same way. Some of us stuff our bras, some of us use packers [a prosthetic device to simulate a penis]. We’re all just going to work, spending time with our friends, using the bathroom that we want to so that we can take a shit or to put on makeup. I think it’s a lack of understanding.

Isn’t that just sort of a human problem?

Oh absolutely. Because there’re plenty of people in the queer community who are bigots and treat people of color like shit, or just treat people like shit in general.

It’s just part of interacting with humans, but there’s a point that it becomes toxic. It’s one thing to cut someone off in traffic, it’s another to ram into them because they’ve got a Pride flag sticker on their bumper.

Cyle Talley thinks that people are people, and love is love.

The end. If there’s anything you’d like to Get Smart about, email him at: cyle@cyletalley.com

���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 5

[sound]

Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Whatever you do, don’t call The Outskirts a bluegrass band

J

ust because a band has a banjo doesn’t mean they are a bluegrass band. The Pogues, The Avett Brothers, Neko Case’s band and Slim Cessna’s Auto Club all have banjos and they are as far from bluegrass as White Lion is from heavy metal. Christ, even Pete Townsend plays banjo on a handful of Who songs. In a town where people like to play bluegrass and even more like to hate it, it’s a misconception as common as accusing everyone with an electric guitar that they’re playing rock ’n’ roll.

Local band The Outskirts, fresh off the release of “You Only Live Twice,” have a banjo, and what they’re doing isn’t bluegrass. The Outskirts have a busy weekend, celebrating the release of their EP Saturday night at The Balcony Backstage. They’ll also play a day gig Saturday at Ska at a benefit for local Mazzy Fortier with numerous other local bands, and Sunday at Purgatory’s Great American Lager Festival.

“It’s a rock band,” said electric guitar player Alex Forsthoff. “That’s what it is, influenced by certain bluegrass elements. When we add the electric guitar, the full drum kit, the electric bass, some distortion here and there, some delay here and there, it becomes a rock band. It’s not a bluegrass band.”

The Outskirts were born from playing at The Olde Schoolhouse north of town. The duo of acoustic guitar player Brian Morgan and mandolin player Aaron Cooklin would play in the corner on a borrowed sound system. Banjo player Jim Figora, then a Crested Butte resident, would come down for shows.

“Then we added Alex Howard (as) our bass player, we added Keith Dunning on drums, then shortly thereafter Alex joined the band to make a full six,” said Morgan. “It was probably a two-year process before we were an established band, and we’ve been going for a year and slowly ramping up.”

“You Only Live Twice” showcases the depth of the band members, a collection of folk and rock from a band with multiple singers and song-

Roxy McKnight/Courtesy of The Outskirts

»» The Outskirts are fresh off the release of their album “You Only Live Twice.”

Bryant’s best Saturday: Carute Roma, Afrobeatniks, Matt Hires play the Three Springs 10th Anniversary Party, 1 p.m. $10/kids under 10 free. Three Springs Plaza.

Information: 764-6000.

Saturday: The Outskirts Record Release Party, 9:30 p.m. No cover. The Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave. upstairs. Information: 422-8008. writers. It may hint at bluegrass because of the banjo playing of Figora, but the song structure, tempo and timing owes more to bands like Fruition, or even alt-country acts like Jackpot or Mulehead, than it does to Bill Monroe. It’s a record appealing

to the acoustic, folk or jam crowd, but void of the fluff. It’s got enough weirdness in it that it’s favorable to indie rock fans that may also dig into a dash of weird electric folk, a strong representation from a band that has members that can wear different musical hats.

“We had four different people bring songs to this album, to represent each component of the band,” said Morgan.

“I think a major thing we try to focus on is getting as many people up and singing as possible, delivering their kind of flavor of music to the band,” added Forsthoff. “It keeps it interesting.”

Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station manager. liggett_b@fortlewis.edu.

7,485

$

OFF MSRP

2016 ROGUE S AWD

2016 FRONTIER KING CAB SV 4X4

2016 MURANO S AWD

*2 OR MORE AT THIS PRICE FOR 36 MONTHS - #22216

*2 OR MORE AT THIS PRICE FOR 39 MONTHS - #31416

*2 OR MORE AT THIS PRICE FOR 39 MONTHS - #23016

$239

A MONTH

$289 A MONTH $339 A MONTH

SUMMER *$2,499 due at signing w/no Security Deposit. OAC Plus TT&L and $389.50 dealer transfer fee.

NISSAN ALTIMA SV

SALE $20,900 *2 OR MORE AT THIS PRICE - #13215

20704 HIGHWAY 160 WEST, DURANGO 970-259-3940 WWW.NISSANOFDURANGO.COM

SALEATHON!

6 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[sound]

[entertainment]

What’s new

As needed in Durango:

Bowling alley

Deerhoof,“The Magic” Available: Friday, June 24, via Polyvinyl Records as a download, CD and purpletinted cassette tape or clear purple vinyl LP. To suggest the San Francisco-based avant-garde/experimental rockers are anything short of hyper-talented would be a drastic understatement. They may not make your exact brand of underground pop music, but just give them a minute or two and I promise, they’ll get to it. Their collective focus and razor-sharp talent is undeniable and not open for debate.

Since forming in 1995, the late ’90s core lineup of Satomi Matsuzaki (vocals, bass guitar), John Dieterich (guitar) and Greg Saunier (vocals, drums) have been making stylistically-varied music that is both superbly simple and wildly complex.

Sports Authority is going out of business, and its departure will leave an empty space at the Durango Mall. What used to be there, you might wonder? Well! Something that should be brought back: A bowling alley. There is one in Ignacio, and Ignacio isn’t that far. Well, maybe too far for bowling.

When it comes to finding an activity for a group of people to do together, to say nothing of one that both kids AND adults will enjoy, it’s tough to top bowling.

Durango has plenty of outside daytime opportunities for play, as well as nighttime pursuits involving hefty boozing. But bowling is an evening activity that doesn’t (necessarily) require drinking.

Why else do we need this? Let’s list some reasons:

Unsurprisingly and sonically speaking, the band genre bends seamlessly, fusing noise-punk, dream pop, downtempo electronica, found-sound, garage rock and art-house endurance psychedelia into a inexplicably-cohesive sound that is uniquely their own. “The Magic” typifies that shape-shifting, yet manages to present a fluid record that is thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. The live show is expectedly comparable, with set lists spanning their 12-plus album discography and tracks running the gamut from slow burners to spazz glam punk. Catch them if you’re able to (July 18 in Salt Lake City or Aug. 3 in Denver).

Bowling shoes are cool Sure, they’re a little smelly, but they’re red and green and delightfully vintage-looking. You can slide around in them like an ice skater. Picking out your own bowling ball is also fun. If you have a hyper-masculine friend whose fingers fit perfectly inside a small, sparkly pink ball, you can mock him all night long.

Bowling is the great equalizer

Especially recommended for fans of Meow Wolf, Cibo Matto, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Thee Oh Sees, The Olivia Tremor Control, Sonic Youth or The Flaming Lips.

No one is good at it. I mean, I’m sure some people are, like professional bowlers (Do those exist?). But if you’re playing casually with a group of similarly mediocre players, a lot of the game comes down to luck. You happen to aim well one turn, then next time you aim poorly. It’s all a crapshoot.

—— Jon E. Lynch KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu

Great people watching I like assessing the varied techniques of bowlers. Some people bounce their ball off the bumpers so it zigzags down the lane and eventually hits something (or rolls sadly to the side without knocking a single pin down – this is me). Some people squat low and thrust their arms back through their legs first. Others timidly roll it. Kids’ balls go suuuper slowly, and sometimes they get stuck halfway down. And some people are scarily aggressive, hurling their ball at the lane like the pins insulted their mother and slept with their girlfriend.

New at Southwest Sound June 24 »»1. Neil Young, “Earth” »»2. Deerhoof, “The Magic” »»3. DJ Shadow, “Mountains Will Fall” »»4. Avett Brothers, “True Sadness”

»»5. Incognito, “In The Better Days” »»6. Augustines, “This is Your Life” »»7. Kayo Dot, “Plastic House at the Base of Sky”

Styling your next festival ✼ Dance the summer away with a new flowy skirt or sundress ✼ Bask in the sunshine with our hats, scarves, and sarongs ✼ Get your groove on with our assortment of jewelry

✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ ✼ 970.385.452 • O C , o g n a r 6 Du in Ave. • For the Free 15 Ma Festival Spirit in You • 10

What could be better than some healthy competition that destroys lifelong friendships? Or drinking cheap bowling alley beer and drunkenly launching a ball with such force that it bounces over several other lanes and almost knocks out a small child? Good clean fun for the whole family.

— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

229659

���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 7

[Sartorial over-enthusiasm with Heather of Sideshow]

Style Fetish | Heather Narwid

Fetish-worthy summer style looks This week, Style Fetish presents a few worthy style trends to explore in summer 2016.

Light blue From sky to robins egg to periwinkle, this cool tone looks fresh this summer. »»Wear it as a neutral with almost any color. I like the pale blue with pine green and light brown palette inspired by our Colorado skies and landscape. »»Worn with black, the color goes retro to the ’50s and ’60s, particularly when worn on bottom. »»If you find light blue unflattering to your skin tone, wear it in pants or a skirt, or in a shoe, bag or other accessory that is worn away from your face. »»Blue eyes are wonderfully highlighted by this color. »»Pale denim counts as light blue! Don’t forget our Style Fetish recommendation from a few weeks back to Hail the Pale for summer.

Layered lingerie Every few years fashion goes through a lingerie-asouterwear phase, and Style Fetish approves every time. This retro-1990s look is happening again this summer and looks best as outerwear when the inherent sexiness of the lingerie is layered, creating an intriguing and fashionable contrast suitable for rolling through public. »»Wear a slip dress layered with a simple T-shirt or T-dress underneath. Play with colors, cuts and necklines of the T. »»Try an oversized V-neck T over a slip with a belt. »»Two slips of different colors layered together make an opaque yet slinky dress. »»Wear the same dark-color cami and boy/bike shorts under a light-colored slip dress. »»Rock a vintage camisole top over a printed bra or bikini top with cut-offs. »»Add a longer half-slip with lacy, flouncy hem under a sheer summer sundress to peek out the bottom of the skirt. »»Go full ’80s retro Cyndi Lauper-style for a festival with a full, fluffy knee-length crinoline and crop-top or band T and an armload of bangle bracelets.

High-waisted shorts Love this retro mid-century look! The high rise is flattering on most figures and it hides a belly, covers love-handles and creates a nice horizontal line at our skinniest part. These are best worn with a crop-top or halter-top. Wear with platform sandals or wedge espadrilles for a pin-up bombshell silhouette.

Photos by Heather Narwid/Courtesy of Sideshow

»» Silk camisole with Talbots silk wrap skirt and striped-

»» Layered vintage slips with a vintage scarf as a belt.

lining jersey blazer.

»»Try a loose, wide-neck T tucked into the shorts with flat sandals or Chuck Taylor sneakers. »»Pair with sheer or printed tights or thigh-high socks, a fancy top and a cropped cardigan for cool nights. »»Make your own in a custom length by cutting off a pair of classic-rise Levis or other jeans. »»Try this cut in a swimsuit bottom, too!

Choker necklaces This romantic jewelry classic is back again from the Victorian era via the 1990s to grace summertime throats. A flattering piece that can work with virtually every style from steampunk to boho to biker-chick. »»Customize a choker by making your own by attaching a brooch or bauble to a velvet, leather, grosgrain or crocheted ribbon and tie at the back.

Leave the ribbons long enough to also wear it as a headband.

»» Vintage ’80s floral high-waist shorts with vintage ’60s Love bra as a top.

Heather Narwid owns Sideshow, a vintage and modern clothing store for men and women established in 2007, now located in Durango at 208 County Road 250.

Have a style question? Email her at sideshowdolores@ gmail.com.

8 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[beer]

First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

My beer heroes who are changing the beer landscape

W

hen I was a kid, I collected baseball and football cards. There was a gas station near our house that sold them, and my brother and I would get a pack every time mom or dad stopped in to get gas or some grocery that they had forgotten in town. Back then, baseball cards were the internet for sports: What was John Kruk’s batting average in 1992?

What team did Randy Johnson play for before the Diamondbacks?

What college did John Elway go to? All that information was on the back of the card. And these were my heroes.

I knew everything about them and cheered for them when I saw them on TV. Now my heroes are beer people, people who changed or are changing the beer landscape. I don’t collect their cards anymore, I drink their beer. I read their archives, I toast to their achievements. They are brewers, thinkers, writers, activists, punks and mad scientists.

As much as I nerd out on the beer, I really nerd out on the brewers themselves. I love all brewers that can throw a big middle finger to industrial beer, and the chief of that tribe is Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head.

Known for his outspoken views on big beer, his hot takes have made him a rock star.

But beer isn’t just a punk rock show, it’s a business, it’s an art. At the forefront there is Dick Cantwell, a principled business person (when the ownership group at the brewery he founded, Elysian Brewing, sold to AB-InBev, he quit), innovator in the industry and a writer with several books. He is in the middle ground to me: a guy that has all the angst of Caligione, but with the brewing chops that made Elysian an awardwinning brewery.

Then there’s Garrett Oliver, the artist, thinker, writer and head brewer of Brooklyn Brewing. Oliver’s perspectives on the beer world are sought

These are the people who made craft beer what it is today.

Going into the past and into the future, I also love writer Michael Jackson, whose writing about beer in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s opened America up to the wider world of beer. His books are on the shelves of every brewer’s library, and his columns are bookmarked on their hard drives. Who knows where craft beer would be without Jackson’s words and scholarship. Then there’s the future: the Bjergso twins, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø and Mikkel Borg Bjergso. The pair each run a gypsy brewery (Jeppe runs Evil Twin in Brooklyn, and Mikkel’s Mikkeller and Friends based in Copenhagen). Between Mikkeller and Evil Twin, the brothers have brewed thousands of different beers since starting in 2006. They brew most of their beer as collaborations, one-offs and experiments that push boundaries in all meanings of the word.

They have taprooms in Thailand, California, New York, Iceland, Sweden and their native Denmark. Neither of them own or operate a brewhouse but rent time and space in other breweries around the world. This is the type of brewery that should really scare the industrial beer set.

These are my beer heroes. These are the people I’d share a beer with at a dream beer dinner, or collaborate with on a dream brewing session. If they had baseball cards, they’d all be in plaques, I’d know all their stats, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

after for their poetry, nuance and subtlety. His books are published by Oxford University Press, and his style chronicled in the New York Times.

Robert Alan Wendeborn puts the bubbles in the beer at Ska Brewing Company. His first book of poetry, “The Blank Target,” was published in 2015 by The Lettered Streets Press and is available at Maria’s Bookshop. robbie@skabrewing.com

���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 9

[tv]

Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | DGO

The social wisdom of Larry David on ‘Curb’

L

ast week, HBO announced an impending ninth season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the beloved brainchild of “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David. The HBO comedy series began in 2000 and its last season concluded in 2011, making it HBO’s longest-running series of all time. On the show, David plays a fictionalized version of himself also named Larry (though you get the sense fake-Larry is eerily similar to David’s real-life persona). Larry lives with his (also fictional) wife Cheryl in Los Angeles, but “Curb” illustrates hundreds of exaggerated social mores that resonate with similar exactness in Durango.

Larry is a protagonist who rails against the social absurdities of day-to-day life many of us hate but are still willing to facilitate (because we’re too cowardly to rock the boat). He asks the real, heroic questions: Why should a person be allowed to throw a birthday party for themselves (gifts expected) several weeks after their birthday has passed? “There’s gotta be a cutoff point,” Larry points out.

“You’re so desperate for a party that you have to have a party two weeks after? Wait till next year, you missed it!” He doesn’t think teenage girls should get away with trick-or-treating sans costumes on Halloween (“You can’t go around to people’s houses and bilk candy from them!”) And of course, Larry cannot abide the dreaded “Stop and Chat,” a ritual during which you feel obligated to stop and make small talk with an acquaintance you see in public.

Larry is chastised when a random guy tries to stop and chat with him on the street, and Larry greets him with a “Hey!” then keeps on walking.

Sure, it would technically be polite to stop, but Larry feels he doesn’t know the acquaintance well enough to come up with on-the-spot conversation points. In a small town like Durango, running into people you

know can be a daily occurrence. It happens everywhere: The grocery store. Durango Joe’s. The bathroom at Steamworks. For extroverts, it’s a fun way to interact with lots of different chums; for more introverted souls, the whole thing can be pretty stressful. It seems rude not to gab with someone you know, no matter how vague the connection. You’re pressured to ask how they are, what they’re doing, what they think of this weather we’ve been having.

But wouldn’t it be nice if none of us felt any obligation to talk to each other? If we only exchanged words when we actually had something to say?

Maybe that’s a pipe dream.

Another collective custom Larry protests: Small talk. He would rather talk about something meaningful (or say nothing at all) than swap vapid pleasantries. “I don’t even know how to write in cursive anymore,” a man seated next to Larry at a dinner party tells him. “Hmm. So how’s your marriage?” Larry counters. The man is taken aback, but Larry persists: “I’m trying to elevate small talk to medium talk. How often do you have sex?” The stranger’s face falls. “Almost never.”

There’s a brilliant website called “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” created by a man named John Koenig. On the site, Koenig invents new words for universal sentiments previously considered too complex to summarize. (Go check it out).

This discussion of small talk reminds me of one of his made-up words, “adronitis,” a noun with the following fanciful definition: “The frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone – spending the first few weeks chatting in their psychological entryway, with each subsequent conversation like entering a different anteroom, each a little closer to the center of the house – wishing instead that you could start there and work your way out, exchanging your deepest secrets first, before easing into casualness, until you’ve built up David Holub/DGO enough mystery over the years to ask them where they’re from, and what they do for a living.”

“Curb” captures something we’ve all experienced: The sensation of the world viciously misunderstanding you. Larry gets misunderstood a lot. But I love “Curb” because its leading man is uninterested in all the B.S. supposedly rendering us decent human beings. Many of those annoying patterns are put in place as necessary gestures of civility; but lots are pointless, redundant or phony. Larry is never phony. He’s a curmudgeon, but an honest one. He’s selfish, but there’s a certain honor in resisting societal expectations.

10 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[pride]

Community thoughts on Pride The Durango Pride Festival kicks off this week (running from June 22 to 26). We asked community members to share their thoughts and feelings about why Pride matters, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender visibility in Durango and how the tragedy in Orlando might resonate in our little mountain town.

“It’s important to remember where Pride came from, the Stonewall riots of 1969. Pride was birthed by overcoming fear. Pride has never been about celebrating despite tragedy and oppression, it’s about embracing love in the face of it. To anyone struggling with understanding, accepting and loving themselves, please see past the tragedy and fear. There is so much love and light. It is so much bigger than the hate.

I promise. This is why being an out member of Durango’s community is imperative to me, especially as a high school teacher. There’s no place for fear in my life, and if I can inspire that in someone struggling with understanding who they are, I can’t imagine a greater gift to give.”

—— Ben Mattson

“Wouldn’t it be just as important as having a Veteran’s Day Parade, or something like that? It’s another group of people getting together and celebrating their lifestyle. I’ve lived here for 16 years, and I’ve never really done anything with these guys [Durango Pride], but I just moved back from Oklahoma and figured I should get involved in the community a little more.

I think it’s changed quite a bit since I was a kid. People are nicer and accept it a lot more.”

—— Brandon Caldwell

“My brother lives in Tampa, and if he hadn’t had to work he would’ve been there that night (of the Orlando shooting) with his husband. It is so important that we just embrace each other with love, because we’re all unique but we’re all the same. I don’t care who people love. (Someone close to me) explained that she doesn’t fall in love with the outer person, she falls in love with the person underneath. And that actually made sense to me, as someone who had never understood bisexuality. I finally understood it.”

“I’ve lived in Durango since 1999. There are still people here that don’t quite understand what it is to live a life of not just homosexuality, but a life that is very difficult to live in general. As we have unfortunately just experienced, we have a long way to go as an entire society. The word “tolerance” is no longer something that should be said. We don’t TOLERATE people. This is America, we are Americans, no matter where we come from. Obama did take that first amazing step of attempting equality for all people. I’m very proud to live in this time, but we still have work.

People are dying. It goes beyond guns and religion, into the heart of a society. People in Durango, we’ve taken amazing steps since I’ve been here. I feel we can do a little bit more.

More events for not just our community, but for people to become aware and have information.

Pride isn’t necessarily about the gay community. I think Pride is to be proud of being human toward one another. And that exchange is necessary. Tragedy should not happen to bring people together.”

—— Kylene Jones

—— Victor Chalepah

Jerry McBride/BCI Media

»» Jennifer Mestas, left, and Crystal Maestas attend a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Orlando shooting at Rotary Park on June 14.

“From my point of view, Durango is not just tolerant. It’s accepting.

Though I’m sure there’s another side of this town that I’ve never experienced. And it’s getting more hip, since there’s more young people moving here. This hits close to home; I know Orlando is really far away, but it could’ve happened here. A couple years ago there was homophobic graffiti in a bathroom on campus.”

—— Stella Acquisto

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 11

‘Pride shame’ is the antidote to

»» Even with advances in the LGBT

community, here’s why this week’s Durango Pride Festival is important

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold DGO Staff Writer

H

undreds of Durangoans attended last week’s candlelight vigil, organized by Four Corners Alliance for Diversity, to honor the 49 victims of the Orlando gay club massacre. With an abundance of our country’s political leaders espousing hateful beliefs about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, it was heartening to see so many locals showing up. But not everyone was allowed to attend.

“One young person couldn’t come to the vigil because her mom was afraid she’d be shot,” said Kristi Dean, Durango Pride committee coordinator. “For the parents of young people who are trying to come out, this event in Orlando created another barrier.” Though our country is shaken, afraid and heavy-hearted, it’s now more important than ever to discuss why Pride festivals and LGBT events are so important and what we can learn from the horror in Orlando.

There’s a generational difference when it comes to attitudes about sexuality. According to the Pew Research Center, the noted increase in the share of adults who favor same-sex marriage is due in part to generational change.

Younger generations express higher levels of support for same-sex marriage, although older generations have also become more supportive of same-sex marriage in the past decade. It’s presumably less of a big deal for someone to be bisexual, transgender or to refer to themselves as a “non-binary gender” in this day and age.

Parents and grandparents grew up in world with taboo, unspoken truths and hidden love affairs. “My grandmother still says ‘light in the loafers,’” said Stella Acquisto, recent Fort Lewis College graduate and former head of

PRISM, a student-run club for gay, bisexual and transgender students on campus. In 2016, lots of celebrities are out and proud: Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen Page, Jodie Foster, Neil Patrick Harris, Ian McKellen, Anderson Cooper and Eric Fanning (not exactly a celeb, but he’s the highestranking openly gay military official in U.S. history), to name a few. As demonstrated by the violence in Orlando, however, there is still rampant vitriol in our country directed toward the gay community.

Struggles of an LGBT lifestyle “I think if every single gay person on the planet came out on the same day at the same time, people would be in shock,” Dean said.

“They would never imagine how many there are. At that point, you’d be like, ‘I guess I better accept them! There’s a lot.’”

Although a person may instinctively know who they are attracted to, American society is largely heteronormative (meaning heterosexuality is considered the norm). “Coming out” as a gay, bisexual or transgender person can therefore be a lengthy process filled with doubts and confusion. “I knew I was different, but I couldn’t figure out why,” Dean said. “I tried dating men, and never had a successful relationship with a man. It never lasted more than two or three months. Then I went out to a gay bar, saw two women kiss and slow dance, and I was like, ‘That’s it.’”

12 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

In some instances, exposure to a phobia will lessen the phobia’s power. That’s why it is helpful to foster Pride events, during which people from the LGBT community are free to be themselves in public, to see and be seen.

“Homophobia: We have a word for the fear of homosexuals, but we don’t have one for the hatred of them,” said Nancy Stoffer, coordinator of diversity programming at FLC. “Yet ‘homophobia’ works, because hatred springs from fear. If someone looks inside, and they’re afraid of what they have found because the outside world is shaming them, then they’re gonna lash out. Either by committing suicide – and there’s a hugely disproportionate rate of young gay people who commit suicide – or lashing out against a symbol or representa-

tion of what they’re most afraid of in themselves.”

Stoffer is right: Gays, lesbians and trans people are more likely to think about or attempt suicide than the average person.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center estimated that between 30 and 40 percent of LGBT youth, depending on age and sex groups, have attempted suicide. Hard data on actual suicides can be hard to come by, because death certificates don’t list sexual orientation.

It’s hardly surprising that young people, bullied at school or taught anti-gay Continued on Page 14

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 13

[pride] From Page 13

sentiments at home, would succumb to depression and self-harm.

Why we need Pride What’s the point of Pride fests anymore? After all, gay marriage is legal in the U.S. – and has been for one year. Celebrities are out. Many TV shows focus on gay characters (“Orange Is the New Black,” “Will and Grace.”) Aren’t people aware enough already? Nope. We have a long way to go. Many religious extremist groups display malicious intent toward LGBT folk, and even non-terrorists and average Americans nurture hostile feelings. The Orlando shooter was a U.S. citizen.

Dean has lived in Durango for only two years, but she’s been quick to take charge of Pride and LGBT events, bringing in a group of new and energized blood.

“We need a place to celebrate and be safe,” she said. “We don’t have a gay bar in Durango, and we really don’t have the ability to maintain one here. There aren’t enough people who would come out to a bar setting. Durango members are families, they’re lots and lots of parents with children.

The gays and lesbians here are outside, in nature, skiing and bicycling.

When we hold a gay dance, half the gay population doesn’t come.”

A Pride fest is not just a setting for gay people to hang out. Sure, there will be rainbows and probably plenty of glitter and glitz, but it’s a place for straight people to celebrate and support, too.

“It’s for everyone,” Dean said.

Pride is also an opportunity to boost tourism and the economy.

“Every event centered on downtown is good, because people come,” said Tim Walsworth, executive director of the Durango Business Improvement District. “The city makes it pretty easy to get an event downtown. And maybe this will become more than just a regional attraction. Maybe people in the Four Corners will come to it. I applaud Kristi and her volunteers for making it a big deal.”

If you are concerned about safety, in light of the Orlando gun violence, rest assured that Dean is taking precautions.

“We’ve asked the Durango police department to add additional patrols, so officers will be driving by our events on a regular basis,” she said.

“There was an officer at the candle-

»» Durangoans gathered at Rotary Park last week for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Orlando shooting.

Jerry McBride/ BCI Media

light vigil who was there and got 180 people. If you early and stayed the whole think that many gays and time. Some Durango police lesbians came to a oneofficers and government night event, and there’s officials are in the LGBT 15,000 people in Durango, community, so everybody’s that’s 1 percent of the popgot a vested interest in ulation. And lots of them making this a positive, sucweren’t even there!” cessful event.”

Dean Stoffer Walsworth What can we Maybe you’ve never had learn from to think about this stuff.

Maybe you’ve never been afraid to “Generally speaking, I think DuOrlando? hold your partner’s hand in public, or rango is progressive,” Walsworth “People were getting pretty comfelt discriminated against because of said. “I don’t even like the word ‘tolerplacent,” Dean said. “Hate was kind your gender orientation. But people ant’ anymore. I don’t think that’s the of going under the radar. A lot of in the LGBT community live in a right term. It’s not enough. It’s your people were like, ‘They legalized gay different and less welcoming world, neighbor, man, what’s the problem? marriage. They don’t have a problem one mired in land mines that must be Diversity, in my opinion, is always a anymore!’ It’s hate AND fear. Hate carefully avoided. good thing. Always.” usually comes from a lack of knowl“In your day-to-day life, how often Not everyone shares Walsworth’s edge, an unknowing.” are you questioned about being an optimism.

Ignorance certainly breeds conAmerican?” Stoffer asked. “My guess “We have gay retail business tempt. But homophobic people might is never. If you’re born and raised owners in Durango who are not out understand the LGBT plight better here, it’s not something you think because they’re afraid they will lose than they care to admit. The media about. The same is true with being their customers,” Dean said. “You has put forth speculation about the heterosexual or cis gender. Pride is think that here in the Four Corners Orlando shooter struggling with a chance for people who find themarea we’re so liberal and progressive his own sexual orientation; he used selves living continuously in someone and gay people don’t have to worry multiple gay dating apps, and people else’s country to come home for a moabout hiding, they walk around downclaim he’d been previously spotted ment, and be surrounded by people town holding hands.” Dean suggests at Pulse, the gay nightclub where he who won’t judge or attack them. It’s Durango has a large population of gay opened fired. a chance to counter the shame that’s and lesbian young adults. “FourSTAR “When people in this society look built up.”

[Four Corners Support for Transinside and find they are not heterosexgender People, Allies and Relatives] ual, oftentimes they find shame,” StofAcceptance in Durango hosted an event about being transfer said. “That’s painful to live with. It gendered, and 30 people between the makes people hurt either themselves We’re lucky to live in an enlightages of 13 and 18 showed up,” Dean or others. So if we as a society can ened mountain town populated by said. “The guy who ran it has done 600 continue to say, ‘There’s no shame in people who mostly accept varied of these events, and this was the bigthis. You should be proud of who you ways of life. According to Dean, every gest audience he ever had, right here are,’ then hopefully we won’t have insingle business establishment she apin Durango. We also had a coming cidents like the tragedy that just took proached to participate in Pride said out party in January at El Rancho, place. Pride is the antidote to shame.” “yes.”

14 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[pride]

R M E D C

your diSpEnSAry for SuMMErtiME fun!

Recreational 21+ Medicinal 18+ Open Every Day Open Every Day 9am - 7pm 9am - 8pm

E. SEcond AvE.

N

BCI Media file photo

»» Tubers ease down the Animas River during the 2014 Pride Festival. Because of fast-

AllEy GraSSburGer DuranGo Coffee Co.

MAin AvE.

E. 7th St.

E. 8th St.

SteamworkS

Strater Hotel

10% OFF

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT 9-NOON EVERYDAY Over 75 Strains available

742 ½ Main Ave., Durango 970-375-2837 232760

flowing waters, this year’s river float requires a raft.

2016 Durango Pride Festival schedule Wednesday, June 22 – Sunday, June 26 Tickets on sale on facebook.com/durangopride & durangopride.org Thursday, June 23

Saturday, June 25

7:30 a.m. - 8 a.m.: Registration at train station

Noon - 1 p.m.: Pride Procession on Main Ave. Line up in parking area in front of Grassburger at 11 a.m.

8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Ride the Rainbow Train, $102 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.: Cocktail reception at The Rochester with Big Mama Donna, $10 8 p.m.: Drag Queen Bingo at Lady Falconburghs. $10 includes bingo cards

1 - 6 p.m.: Pride Festival in Buckley Park, free 6 - 8 p.m.: AfterGLOW Party at Steamworks, free (Only 100 available, SOLD OUT) 9 p.m.: Karaoke at 8th Ave. Tavern, free

Friday, June 24

Sunday, June 26

9 a.m.: Mountain Biking at Horse Gulch, free and/or Purgatory Resort Flow Trail, $40 unlimited rides to top

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Bloody Mary’s and KINGO at Lady Falconburghs, $10 Bloody Mary Bar, $1 per card per game for bingo

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Pride@Purg at Purgatory Resort, $45 8:30 p.m.: Dance at the Animas City Theatre, $12 advance, $15 at the door 9 p.m.: Dueling pianos, Elton John & Liberace at Derailed Pour House, $10

1:30 p.m.: Animas River Float (The water is flowing too fast so you have to raft. $20 raft trip with Mountain Waters.

Meet at Albertson’s at 1:30 or bring you own rafts or kayaks to the North 32nd put-in at 2 p.m.) Call Mountain Waters for reservations: 259-4191.

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 15

[movies] Independence Day: Resurgence Playing at Stadium 9 (Also available in 3-D with surcharge) Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action & adventure, drama, science fiction & fantasy Directed by: Roland Emmerich Written by: Nicolas Wright, James

A. Woods, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, Jamie Vanderbilt, James Vanderbilt Runtime: 1 hr. 59 minutes Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 44% Synopsis: Using recovered alien

technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet.

The Shallows Playing at Stadium 9 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Drama Directed by:

Jaume Collet-Serra Written by: An-

thony Jaswinski Runtime: 1 hr. 27 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: Not available.

Synopsis: Nancy is surfing alone

on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore.

Dark Horse Playing at Animas City Theatre Rating: PG Genre: Documen-

tary, drama Directed by: Lou-

ise Osmond Written by: Louise Ormond Runtime: 1 hr. 25 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 97% Synopsis: A group of friends from

a working men’s club who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’ and breed themselves a racehorse.

‘Free State’ destined for vocal blowback

By Richard Roeper The Chicago Sun-Times

For all of its gut-wrenching drama, powerful acting and stunning depictions of unspeakable brutality, but also chill-inducing moments of humanity in the South during and after the Civil War, for all of its reminders of where we’ve come from, how far we’ve come and how far we have yet to go, “Free State of Jones” is a film destined for vocal blowback.

It’s a film about slavery and Reconstruction, set in Mississippi in the 1860s and 1870s – but a white man is front and center as the hero of the story. When Matthew McConaughey’s Newton Knight explains to a bigoted white man that all poor Southerners are essentially the nword (and he uses the n-word), when he leads two dozen armed, singing black men into town in 1875 so they can cast ballots for the first time, it smacks of the “Crusading Caucasian” syndrome.

As author and history professor Kellie Carter Jackson says in an article in The New York Times: “If (the story) is really about Knight being an ally, then shouldn’t McConaughey be the supporting actor and not the lead?”

Also expect to hear criticism of the film’s somewhat sanitized depiction of Newton Knight as a charismatic, noble superhero of civil rights, with speechmaking abilities to rival those of Lincoln, and the unwavering compassion of a saint. (In what might be a first for a historical biopic, “Free State of Jones” comes with its own heavily annotated website, on which director Gary Ross footnotes about 35 scenes and topics of discussion from the movie.)

The truth, as is almost always the case with fictionalized biopics of historical figures, is much more complex. (Update Newton’s complete family history to modern times, and I’m not sure even the most salacious producer would turn it into a reality show. To say he and his descendants kept it all in the family would be a huge understatement.)

It would seem irresponsible to address an important film that focuses

Murray Close/STX Productions via AP

»» Matthew McConaughey, left, and Bill Tangradi star in “The Free State of Jones.”

The Free State of Jones Playing at the Gaslight Rating: R Genre: Action & Adventure,

drama Directed by: Gary Ross Written by: Gary Ross Runtime: 2 hr. 19 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 18%

on race – the dominant issue in the history of this nation – without noting the aforementioned concerns, but our primary purpose here is to review the film Gary Ross has made, and not the film others might wish he had made. And while “Free State of Jones” is indeed a movie about slavery and race with a white man as the leading hero, and while it most certainly, shall we say, “streamlines” that man’s personal life, it is primarily an immensely gripping tale rooted in historical fact and filled with unforgettable images and, yes, lessons that ring hard and true a century and a half later.

“Free State of Jones” begins in 1862, with the Civil War in full bloody bore. (Ross’ camera doesn’t shy away from excruciating close-ups of spilled innards, severed limbs and faces turned into horror shows by

gaping wounds.)

Already steaming about a new law exempting Confederate sons from military service depending on the number of slaves the family owns (for every 20 slaves, another son is sent home), Newton reaches the breaking point when his beloved young nephew lasts but a few hours in combat before a Union sniper takes the boy out.

Newton is taking his kin home. It’s as simple as that for him. Of course, that’s also known as desertion, and once Newton is back on his home turf in Mississippi, it’s a matter of time before Confederate soldiers are hunting him.

Wanted for treason and depending on the kindness of sympathetic slaves, Newton holes up with a small band of runaways, including Moses (Mahershala Ali).

Newton and his ragtag band outwit and outgun the Confederates, taking over a considerable portion of southeast Mississippi. (Newton declares his home county “the Free State of Jones.”)

At times, the speechifying in “Free State” stretches credulity. Is it possible Newton was even remotely this articulate?

This is no history lesson, but it’s mainstream Hollywood entertainment that respects the history and seems to invite discussion and debate.

16 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[poetry] Ornate Feelings, by Dan Groth

Stop in and Smell the Flowers

10% off any purchase of $60 or more!

Your choice of strain on our

Locally Grown, Locally Owned Follow us on Instagram for 10% off @acmedurango

(while supplies last)

Spring Hours 9-7 • 7 days a week 1644 Cty Rd 203 - Old Sweeneys Bldg (970) 247-2190 • acmehealingcenter.com

231683

Where should we Durango artist Dan Groth first moved to town in 1998, but bounced around a bunch before moving to Portland in 2004. He has been back in Durango since 2011.

HOME OF THE COOLEST MARGARITAS IN TOWN HAPPY HOUR

Monday-Friday 2:30pm-6pm 948 Main Ave • Durango, CO 970.259.7655

DGO tonight?

Your #1 source for what’s going on around Durango dgomag.com/calendar + Add an Event

to the DGO calendar with

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 17

[ weed ] Seeing Through the Smoke Christopher Gallagher

Legalization and fighting for the soul of Mary Jane

I

f there is one constant in life, it is change. As the cannabis industry, ummm, grows, the people who’ve been involved with weed since “the old days” (by that, I mean before 2012) have a range of beliefs concerning whether the overall effects of legalization are positive or negative. The spaces between these opinions are the battleground where a war is being fought for the soul of Mary Jane.

There are those who believe that marijuana legalization is, by and large, unnecessary, and they may have a point. The legal take from cannabisrelated products in 2015 was around $5.4 billion according to CNBC, mostly from a small group of states: Colorado, Washington and Oregon with their legal programs and California with its tolerant medical arrangement; the profits from illegal operations nationwide are estimated to be on the order of $40 billion.

The idea that this shadow industry has grown organically over the past several decades without any governmental oversight or regulation is an indicator that small, local networks run by folks with real skin in the game is a tried-and-true system (and let’s be real for a minute here: Though growers and distributors of cannabis have been branded as criminals up until a few years ago, one would be hard pressed to find another illegal enterprise in this country that has brought so much to so many with so few negative side effects).

The old school weed “business” was a word-of-mouth enterprise; friends told friends about the best strains or the best prices available; maybe we grabbed a little extra to show around. Real excitement existed when somebody grew something different. In about 30 years of smoking, I bought from four different people. It

was always a good day when it was time to re-up and go see “my guy.” It was more than just business. We’d hang out, talk about friends and family, smoke a bit, then realize it was time to get back to the rest of our lives, parting with hugs and best wishes. When good things happened in our lives we shared and smiled. When things got tough or that inevitable summer bud “drought” rolled around, we commiserated and scraped our bowls together to catch a little buzz. When I started growing, I tried to maintain that family vibe with

the few people I sold to.

Legalization, on the other hand, certainly has its charms. There’s a wide range of choices available to any adult consumer, little to no worry of interference with law enforcement and the great benefit of new revenue available to fund positive programs statewide. Another benefit over the next several years will likely come in advances in the scientific understanding of the cannabis plant. Most of the hard science directed at Cannabis sativa L. has taken place outside of the United States as a result of the federal government’s classification as a Schedule I drug. The incredible work done by cannabis breeders and growers may soon be open to nationwide laboratory testing and analysis in an effort to push the quality and utility of the products produced by the plant even further.

There was an underground system in place for cannabis before 2012; it was imperfect and illegal, but it had soul. Everyone was in it together, to a degree. If you wanted to grow, sell or smoke, you branded yourself an outlaw. But I haven’t met many for whom there wasn’t an element of actual love for marijuana and the effects it’s had on our lives.

That era is passing quickly (though there are still plenty of growers and connoisseurs out there who stay under the radar and operate as they always have), replaced by slick money people, out-of-state investors, branding and many of the other methods symptomatic of the insanity of the modern market. I know you can’t fight the future, but I, for one, am sad to watch this piece of the past fade.

Christopher Gallagher lives with his wife and their four dogs and two horses. Life is pretty darn good. Contact him at chrstphrgallagher@gmail.com

232642

18 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[review]

[Netflix and chill — 420 edition]

‘Boys Don’t Cry’

Berry White What is it?

Whether you call it Berry White, White Berry or Blue Widow, they’re all the same strain, which is a cross between indica Blueberry and hybrid White Widow. It’s a very hearty and relatively easy plant to grow with good yields and a respectable THC level coming in at around 22 percent. Some of the offspring produce blue-colored nugs like its Blueberry parent, and also carry a mostly indica-leaning strain that is very solid.

The effects This strain is very good for anxiety and stress relief. In low doses, it feels very psychoactive like a relaxing sativa, but a few more hits will bring you a bodymelting and mind-warping effect that will last at least a few hours. This is a very pleasant smoke at any dose. It will make you feel creative and introspective while keeping you calm and happy.

They’re stuck in a town with nothing to do but sit in lawnchairs and swig beer or race with other cars along long, dark highways. John kills Brandon because he is terrified of something he doesn’t understand.

In honor of Durango Pride this week, I’m recommending my favorite LGBTQ film: Kimberly Peirce’s “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999). Yes, it’s named after that song by The Cure, but here the title is a little more coy. The film is based on the tragic true story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man from Nebraska. Born a girl, Teena always felt like a boy, and eventually adopted a male identity. He was brutally raped and killed in 1993 by two male acquaintances. Be warned: “Boys Don’t Cry” doesn’t shy away from these particulars. It’s graphic and disturbing in parts, so I’d suggest a mellow indica to calm your nerves. But it is also a stirring and poignant depiction of marginalized life in a small town.

Swank won a well-deserved Best Actress Oscar for her harrowing portrayal of Brandon. She commits every atom of her body to the character, a gentle, humble soul who can’t quite live up to the rough-and-tumble machismo expected of him in middle America. The men surrounding Brandon treat women as playthings at best, and meat at worst. Ironically, Brandon is the nicest guy in town.

The film’s cast is perfected with supporting performances

by Peter Sarsgaard and Chloë Sevigny. Sarsgaard portrays John Lotter, Brandon’s good buddy and murderer; the genius of Sarsgaard’s John is that he seems personable, even likable. He’s troubled, sure, but all the characters are.

Sevigny plays Lana, the girl Brandon falls in love with. Their white trash affair is sad and sweet.

The loneliness of Nebraska – essentially, it’s just endless crop fields – heightens the passion between them. The only thing these people have is each other.

Lana works at a factory weighing spinach in the evenings; a glowing, churning behemoth of a building that lights up the night sky.

Peirce paints the lazy, intimate details of insular rural life – but also presents the inherent danger and ignorance found there. This is a time and place where the language to describe and explain transsexuality doesn’t exist. The locals Brandon befriends come to fear and despise him once they discover his secret. Swank’s performance is so believable, Brandon’s idealism and pain so relatable, the character’s gender fails to matter. You’re just watching a person, and you feel for them.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

The smell It’s high in terpenes myrcene and limonene, which give it a sour berry smell with some citrus and pine mixed in.

The look The most common phenotype is covered in white crystals with hints of blue in the bud structure.

The taste The inhale is sweet and lemony while the exhale is somewhat of a sour blueberry taste.

The final verdict This is a very nice strain for newbies as well as seasoned smokers. It would be great in social situations for people who typically feel anxiety, and I really enjoy it for its mind-expanding yet relaxed qualities. Grown right here in DGO by John over at Kinfolk Farms, this strain should be the one you always keep around for that all-over good feeling after a long day.

—— Patrick Dalton Durango Recroom

$7 Lunch Special Monday-Friday 11am-4pm

This Week’s Events

THURSDAY 6/23 Pint night, 2-1 ladies night and open mic FRIDAY 6/24 Ponder the Albatross SATURDAY 6/25 The Outskirts TUESDAY 6/28 Salsa Night 600 Main Ave, Suite 210, Durango, CO balconybarandgrill.com · (970) 422-8008

BOOK YOUR NEXT PARTY HERE! email: allison@balconybarandgrill.com

Let us put the hash in your #hashtag.

GREAT STRAIN SELECTION • HASH & CONCENTRATE • EDIBLES • SEEDS • CLONES • PIPES SMOKING ACCESSORIES • APPAREL • MJ LITERATURE & CONSULTING • ATM ON SITE RECREATIONAL 9am-7:45pm & MEDICAL 9AM-6:45PM 7 DAYS A WEEK 72 SUTTLE STREET UNIT F & G 970.259.3674

The Alternative Resource

durangoorganics.com

facebook.com/durangoorganics 232878

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 19

[love and sex]

Savage Love | Dan Savage

What’s pup with this guy’s new nickname at work?

There is a guy at my work who is into puppy play.

I know this because I have some friends in the gay puppy community. I don’t give two shits what anyone I work with does to get off. All well and good, except ... he wants us to call him Spike, his puppy name. Isn’t this a case of him involving everyone at work in his sex life, whether we want to be involved or not?

Disturbed Over Gratuitous Gratifications Of Naming Experience

“It’s important to note, firstly, that pup play isn’t a sexual activity so much as it is a head space,” said Amp, a puppy, a gamer, a porn performer, and the cohost of Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-education YouTube channel. “For DOGGONE’s coworker, pup play may be a comfort thing, or a social thing, or even a way for him to redefine who he is as a person so that he can take control.”

Amp, who is 26 and lives in Seattle, got into pup play about five years ago.

“A daddy and his pup joined a group of friends on a gay camping trip,” said Amp. “Their bond just seemed to glow, and their relationship stuck with me as something I wanted in my life. For me, yes, pup play can get sexual with my Daddy, but Amp is just who I am when I’m out and about.”

Like your coworker, DOGGONE, Amp goes by his puppy name socially and professionally. So I put this question to him: Does he get a secret thrill and/or a visible boner when a coworker, barista, casual friend, or rando calls him by his pup name?

“God no!” said Amp. “If someone calls me ‘pup’ in a really sexual way or an aggressive way, maybe, but not when someone is simply using your name. A pup name is essentially a nickname, and people use nicknames socially and professionally. So long as the kinkier aspects of pup play – tail wagging, barking, ball chasing – are kept out of the workplace, DOGGONE’s coworker using his puppy name at work doesn’t involve the office in his sex life.”

A quick thought experiment, DOGGONE: Let’s say a female coworker married a man – a really hot man – and later confided in you that she married him because the sex was great. And let’s say she took her new husband’s last name. Would using her new last name “involve” you in her sex life? Being married partly defines who she is, it led her to take a new name, and sex is an important part of her marriage.

But her new name isn’t just about sex – it’s about identity, intimacy, connection, and sex.

Pup play isn’t as serious a business as marriage, of

course, but you should be able to extend the same courtesy to Spike that you wouldn’t hesitate to extend to your hypothetical straight female coworker – that is, use the names you’ve been asked to use without obsessing over their respective sex lives.

“DOGGONE should always respect how someone identifies and asks to be named,” said Amp, “and regard the sexual or kink aspects of someone’s name choice as a separate detail.”

You can – and should – follow Amp on Twitter @ Pup_Amp. I recently synced my phone contacts to my Twitter account. When I was scrolling through the list of people who turned up from my contacts, I saw a username that looked out of place. It was the account of a low-key traditional-guy friend of mine. To my surprise, on the account he was dressed as a woman in a few of the pictures and was with another Twitter user who is a popular dominatrix in the area where he lives. I’m sexpositive and support people who are gender nonconforming, of course. I also work for a porn company, so I don’t judge anyone who participates in BDSM. My concern is that I don’t know if this person is aware that his account can be found via a regular old social media and phone sync. I don’t want him to get outed for being a fetishist or possibly being gender questioning or transgender if he does not want to be out. Should I give him a heads up? Should I keep my mouth shut? I want to be respectful.

Knowing Isn’t Necessarily Knowledge, Yes? Send that traditional guy a note, KINKY, but “bury the lead,” as they say in the news biz. Instead of opening with those particular photos being easily accessible to all, open with the relevant facts about yourself: “You know I work in porn, and I’m not fazed by BDSM or sex work or any sort of gender-related sex play, and I’m a big supporter of gender-nonconforming people as well as the trans community.” Then let him know what you found, how you stumbled across it, and how to adjust his privacy settings.

of marriage equality last June and have since been a proud gay man. It seemed that since marriage equality, our community was only going up. Even the passage of HB2 didn’t make me cynical about the future. But this recent shooting has changed my world completely. Fighting for equality in housing, education, and employment seems like a joke after this massive act of violence in Orlando.

I’m looking to someone in the community for guidance.

Peter They don’t win – the haters don’t win – when they chase us, beat us, or kill us. They win when we stop fighting.

Please don’t stop fighting.

And please don’t despair. Hundreds of thousands of us died in the 1980s and ’90s when hate, fear, greed, racism, and negligence intersected with a deadly virus. A lot of us felt then the way you do now – that it was over, that it was hopeless, that the coming out and the organizing and the fighting had been for nothing, and that everything we had won up to that point was meaningless. And then we got up off our butts and we showed them – we showed those mother[bleepers] – that the fight in us was greater than the hate in them. We showed them that we were stronger and smarter than they were, we showed that [bleeping] virus that we were stronger and smarter than it was, and we made it clear to them that we were not going to shut up and die quietly or go back into the closet and die alone.

And we had only each other for a while there – for a long while. For years we fought alone.

Look at who is on our side today – all good and decent people everywhere. The president of the United States and the next president of the United States. Look at the rallies, look at the vigils, look at the outpouring of love, sympathy, and support. Don’t look at the killer. Don’t look at the haters. Don’t look at the vile comments left by shit people on Twitter and Facebook. Look at the good. Look at the love. Look at the good and loving people inside and outside the LGBT community and take strength from their love and support.

Then get out there and fight.

My name is Peter and I’m a longtime fan. I’ve also been very involved with the Human Rights Campaign and their work in getting the Equality Act passed. I’m 21 and only recently out of the closet.

I opened up about my sexuality after the passage

Dan Savage is a nationally syndicated sex advice columnist writing for The Stranger in Seattle. Contact him at mail@savagelove.net or @fakedansavage on Twitter and listen to his podcast every week at savagelovecast.com

20 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

[happening] Three Springs throwing a birthday party It’s crazy to think that it’s already been 10 years since Mercy Regional Medical Center and the Three Springs neighborhood opened, but it has been a decade, and the two are throwing a birthday party this weekend.

From 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, check out live music, food and drinks and kids’ activities at the Three Springs Plaza.

Bands taking the stage will be Carute Roma, The Afrobeatniks and headliner Matt Hires, from Nashiville, Tennessee.

Tickets are $10 general admission. Kids younger than 10 get in for free, and all children born at Mercy from 2006-2016 will get a free gift and will be invited onstage to do the Hokey Pokey with Carute Roma at 2:30.

Get your tickets at Southwest Sound, Three Springs information office or at threespringsdurango.com.

»» Nashville, Tenn.-based singer-songwriter Matt Hire is headlining this weekend’s 10th anniversary celebration of Mercy Regional Medical Center and the Three Sprngs neighborhood.

Courtesy of Matt Hires

Thursday Ska-BQ! with Keith Okie & Friends,

5 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 2475792.

Burger and a Band Night with the Kirk James Blues Band, 5 p.m., James

Ranch.

Cocktail Reception, 5:30 p.m., Rochester

Hotel Secret Garden, 726 E 2nd Ave., 3851920.

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Old-West Gunfights, 7 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

Pride Dance with DJ Rob Garza, 8 p.m., Animas City Theater, 128 E. College, 7992281.

Concert Hall @ The Park - After Midnight, 5:30 p.m., Buckley Park.

The Kirk James Blues Band, 7 p.m.,

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle

Third Time Charmed, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., The Billy Goat Saloon, 39848 US-160, Bayfield, 884-9155.

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

Thrasher Thursday, 6 p.m., Durango

Skate Park, 950 Roosa Ave. The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Publicly Proud Pub Crawl, 7:30 p.m.,

Clancy’s Irish Cantina, Farmington, NM.

Open mic, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, located downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

The Lisa Blue Trio, 5 p.m., Animas River

Saturday

Sky Pilot, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Balcony Bar &

Grille, 600 Main Ave., 422-8008.

Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 799-8832.

Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Pride Procession on Main Ave., 11 a.m.

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

Pride Festival in the Park, 1 p.m. at

Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Three Springs 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1 p.m. at Three Springs, 175

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Friday Pride@Purg, 9:30 a.m., Purgatory Resort,

247-9000.

40th Annual Juried Exhibit, 10 a.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606.

Stop & Smell the Chocolate: A floral chocolate tasting, 5:00 p.m., Animas

Chocolate Co., 2800 Main Ave., 317-5761.

THC Potency 27.2%

40th Annual Juried Exhibit, 10 a.m. at Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606.

Dinosaur Train,10 a.m. at Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 499 Main Ave., 247-2733.

Salsa dance lessons followed by Salsa Night, 6:30-7:30 p.m., $10, Wild

ECTO COOLER

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

variety of pubs.

Cafe by Doubletree, 501 Camino Del Rio, 2596580.

It’s Back!!!

Buckley Park.

Mercado St. #109, 764-6000.

RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

21+ ONLY

MazzFest! with The Cannon Dolls, The Outskirts, Dave Mensch & more!, 3 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard

St., 247-5792.

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m. at Diamond

Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

The Kirk James Blues Band, 6 p.m.,

Continued on Page 22

145 EAST COLLEGE DRIVE . 970.764.4087 ACROSS FROM STARBUCKS durangorecroom.com 232775

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 21

[happening] Chava People to rock Thursday at ACT Thursdays at the Theatre continues to showcase live, local music this Thursday at Animas City Theatre with Chava People.

Each week, ACT features a band from the Four Corners with support from DJ ICITE. Chava People is made up of members James Mirabal, Evan Stambler, Brian Nystrom, Aimee Desouchet and Matt Levy. Inspired in New Mexico and cultivated in Colorado;the Chava People will keep you going with rock, blues and soul.

There will be a happy hour from 9 to 10 p.m. and a late night happy hour from midnight to 1 a.m.

This is a 21 and older show. Tickets are $5, with admission free after midnight.

For more informatiuon or to get tickets, check out http://www.animascity theatre.com/event/248721.

June 22-26, 2016 Tickets on sale on facebook.com/durangopride durangopride.org

Hideaway Grill, Vallecito Lake.

Ave., 259-9018.

The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Wednesday

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Lost Souls Band (Children’s Center Benefit), Rochester Hotel Secret Garden,

After GLOW Party (Lighting Up Durango), 7:30 p.m., Steamworks, 801 East

Second Ave., 259-9200.

The Lindells with Otis Davis, doors 5

p.m., music 8 p.m., Mancos Valley Distillery, 116 N. Main St., Mancos, 946-0229.

Friday, June 24 9:00-??

Mountain Biking @ Horse Gulch - Free and/or Purgatory Resort Flow Trail $40 unlimited lifts 10:00-5:00 Pride@Purg Purgatory Resort-$45 8:30-close Pride Dance at Animas City Theatre $12 advance - $15 at the door 9:00-??

Dueling Pianos Elton John & Liberace at Derailed Pour House $10

Henry Stoy, piano, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-

Pierre Bakery, 601 Main Ave., 385-0122.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Sunday

(Only 100 available SOLD OUT)

Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub.com.

Open studio figure drawing, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $15/$10, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org.

Geeks Who Drink trivia, 8:30 p.m.,

verton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 499 Main Ave., 247-2733.

BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Drive, 259-5959.

Bloody Mary’s & KINGO, 10:30 a.m. at

Lady Falconburghs, 640 Main Ave., 382-9664.

Pub quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200.

Traditional Irish Music Jam, 12:30

Pingpong and poker tournament, 8

p.m. at The Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200.

Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

at Purgatory Resort, 247-9000.

The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m. at Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Meet at Albertson’s at 1:30 or Bring you own Rafts or Kayaks to The North 32nd put in at 2:00. We will put in together. Call for reservations: 970-259-4191

Cocktail Lounge, 723 East Second Ave., 3850105.

Smiley Building, Rm. #15, 1309 East Third Ave.

Great American Lager Festival!, 1 p.m.

Sunday, June 26 11:00am-1:00 Bloody Mary’s and KINGO at Lady Falconburghs $10 Bloody Mary Bar $1 per card per game for Bingo 1:30pm-??

Animas River Float The water is flowing too fast so we have to raft $20 raft trip with Mountain Waters

Ace Revel, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar and

Dinosaur Train, 10 a.m. at Durango & Sil-

Animas River Float, 1 p.m., Animas River.

Free

726 East Second Ave., 385-1920.

Two-step dance lessons, 6:30-7:30 p.m., $10, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 799-8832.

Durango Dance Church, 9:30 a.m. at The

Saturday, June 25 12:00-1:00 Pride Procession on Main Ave Line up in parking area in front of Grassburger at 11am 1:00-6:00 Pride Festival in Buckley Park Free 6:00-8:00 AfterGLOW Party at Steamworks Free

Booth Rental available $50 Retail Space Email durangopride@gmail.com

Farview Lodge, Mesa Verde National Park.

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main

Thursday, June 23 7:30-8:00 Registration @ Train Station 8:00-4:30 Ride the Rainbow Train (leaves at 8am) $102 5:30-7:30 Cocktail Reception @ Rochester with Big Mama Donna and Durangourmet 8:00-show 8:45 Drag Queen Bingo at Lady Falconburghs $10 includes bingo cards

8:00-show 8:45 Prickly Roses Drag Show at Moe’s Free 9:00-???

Dueling Pianos at Derailed 9:00-close Karaoke at 8th Ave Tavern 10:00-close Foam Party at Moe’s

From Page 21

Monday Pete Giuliani (solo, acoustic), 6-9:30 p.m., Farview Lodge, Mesa Verde National Park.

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

91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org.

Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska

p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

Ongoing Art exhibit, by Chandler Wigton, through June 29, Raider Ridge Cafe, 509 East Eighth Ave. The Thread, solar plate etchings, through June 25, Art Library, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., durangoarts.org/lauriearcher.

“Animalia,” by Nine Francois, through July

13, Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., www. openshuttergallery.com.

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., www.skabrewing. com.

Submissions

Spoken Word, 7-9 p.m., Steaming Bean,

To submit listings for publication in DGO and dgomag.com, go to www.

located downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Tuesday Pete Giuliani (solo, acoustic), 6-9:30 p.m.,

swscene.com and click “Add Your Event,” fill out the form with all your event info and submit.

Listings at swscene.com will appear both at dgomag.com and in our weekly print edition.

Posting events at swscene.com is free and takes about one business day to process.

22 | Thursday, June 23, 2016 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Someone older might have excellent advice for you. Probably, this person is a female. At the very least, listen to what she has to say.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You will impress people in authority (bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs) with your serious, conscientious, responsible attitude. They know they can depend on you.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is an excellent week to make long-range travel plans. It’s also a good week to discuss opportunities in publishing, the media, medicine, the law and higher education.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

Roll up your sleeves and clean away loose details about inheritances, shared property, taxes and debt. This

is also a good week to do banking details and pay bills.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You have to compromise with others because the Moon is in a sign that is opposite your sign. It works that way.

This simply requires a little patience.

No biggie.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You will be productive at work because you have the attitude and energy necessary to do routine stuff.

Get as much done as possible while you are in this mood.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You might develop a crush on someone older, or vice versa. In addition, you will take your responsibilities regarding children very seriously.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Family discussions will be practical

and serious. In fact, an older family member might have important input.

This is a good week to plan how to better secure your home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) It pleases you to do things that help your life to be more orderly. You are in a practical frame of mind, and you want to see things around you work smoothly.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) If shopping this week, you will buy only items that are practical and long-lasting. No feather boas for you!

You want to save money.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Because the Moon is in your sign today, you might feel more emotional than usual. However, you also might be luckier than usual! Ask the

universe for a favor to see what happens.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Working alone or doing behind-thescenes research appeals to you. You won’t overlook details because you have the right frame of mind to do this.

BORN THIS WEEK You are a passionate romantic. You are drawn to the arts – music, literature and anything enchanting. But you also are practical! It’s important to know that you will benefit by dealing with others this year. In other words, your success lies in interacting with other people. Make friends. Join clubs and organizations.

Your social activities will be mutually beneficial. © 2016 King Features Syndicate Inc.

[pages]

weekly bestsellers June 12 - 18 »»1. The Emerald Mile, by Kevin Fedarko (Paperback) »»2. Euphoria, by Lily King (Paperback) »»3. The Hour of Land, by Terry Tempest Williams (Hardcover) »»4. It’s a Long Story, by Willie Nelson (Paperback) »»5. The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Paperback) »»6. Mortal Fall, by Christine Carbo (Paperback) »»7. The Marriage of Opposites, by Alice Hoffman (Paperback) »»8. The Happiness of Pursuit, by Chris Guillebeau (Paperback) »»9. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (Paperback) »»10. This is Your Brain on Music,

by Daniel J. Levitin (Paperback)

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Thursday, June 23, 2016 | 23

COMING SEPTEMBER 10 FUN & FOOD WITH A KICK FOURCORNERSEXPOS.COM/GREEN-CHILE-BEAN-FESTIVAL/