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San Juan Regional Medical Center

Raising the bar for patient care San Juan Regional Medical Center Receives Quality New Mexico Roadrunner Award San Juan Regional Medical Center is the proud recipient of a Roadrunner recognition award from Quality New Mexico. This award showcases the organization’s commitment to quality with substantive progress in building sound and systematic processes; regularly evaluating processes for improvement and sharing learnings; and results that show improvement trends with comparisons in areas of importance. This award is the next step in Creating Excellence: SJRMC’s Journey to World Class Healthcare.

San Juan Regional Medical Center is the First Hospital in New Mexico to Acquire and Use Impella RP® San Juan Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the state of New Mexico to acquire and use the right ventricular Impella heart pump, the Impella RP. This cutting-edge technology is lifesaving for patients who experience cardiogenic shock during acute myocardial infarction, since 30 percent of shock patients experience biventricular failure.

San Juan Regional Medical Center Participating in the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative San Juan Regional Medical Center is the only hospital in New Mexico to be invited to participate in the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative to increase survival rates in patients who experience cardiogenic shock. This initiative has increased cardiogenic shock survival rates from 51 percent to 76 percent by using a defined treatment protocol which includes use of the Impella heart pump.

San Juan Regional Medical Center is enrolling patients in the Initiative and collecting quality data in an effort to make further advances improving the survival rate of cardiogenic shock patients.

San Juan Regional Medical Center Listed in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals San Juan Regional Medical Center is one of five hospitals in New Mexico recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association in Best Hospitals issue for adhering to the latest scientific guidelines for heart attack care as part of the Mission: Lifeline® quality initiative. The hospital and its Emergency Medical Services Department both received Mission: Lifeline® gold awards for the past two years.

San Juan Regional Medical Center Receives Four Excellence in Quality Improvement Awards San Juan Regional Medical Center received four Certificates for Excellence in Quality Improvement from HealthInsight New Mexico, the only organization in the state to receive recognition in four categories.

The Excellence in Quality Improvement awards were for SJRMC’s ED Arrival to Provider Contact, Stroke Education, Sepsis Bundle Compliance and Pain Management for Long Bone Fracture. Improving the quality of our patient care is a top priority for us, as evidenced by the projects we’ve undertaken. Thanks to the great work done by our physicians, clinicians and all the members of our team, we are seeing positive results and continuously improving.

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What’s inside Volume 3 Number 13 Thursday, January 18, 2018

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Funk, brunch, and storytelling DGO photo contributor Lucy Schaefer caught the The Motet’s funky flyby at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Jan. 12.

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Love it or Hate it

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Gaming/Eat

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Street Style

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Gaming nerds save the world sitting on a couch Couches used to be the only platform gamers bonded over on their storied journeys. Now those journeys are shared on millions of couches in unison, sometimes while raising mega dollars for charity.

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MJ to Canada I was like, “Why the f*ck would you bring that? WE CROSSED A BORDER with this! Why didn’t you tell me we had this?” And he said, “Because I knew you would be mad.”

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Breakfast Love it

What waterslides taught me about conquering fear and performing

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t the Raven Narratives storytelling event Saturday night at the Durango Arts Center, the theme of the show was “Cold Feet” and the format was different than their usual productions. Instead of soliciting pitches, screening and workshopping with storytellers in the weeks leading up to the show, audience members who had a story to tell on the theme were encouraged to put their names into a hat before the show. If your name was drawn, you walked onstage and told a six- to eight-minute story.

Well, in the midst of some great stories, my name didn’t get drawn. But I won’t let that stop me from telling it. I present my “cold feet” story here: It was one of my earliest memories, one of those memories that jolt you into further awareness that you are, in fact, alive. And when you combine life with irrational fear, even at the earliest of ages, death is always waiting around the corner.

I was 3 or 4 years old and in the shallow end of a community pool with my best friend and fellow toddler, Matt. Our mothers were dutifully watching. Somehow I went under water unexpectedly, floundered around, and came up with water uncomfortably up my nose.

This lone experience may be the root of my lifelong fear of water. At that age, with so few experiences of any kind, when all or most of one’s experiences with something like water are negative or unpleasant, it might have lasting impact.

I remember not long after being taken to one of those ball pits found at indoor play places that are supposed to be fun. I was terrified, thinking that hidden underneath the balls was a pool of murky water of unknown depths.

It was with this burgeoning fear of water that I was invited in first grade by my friend Robby to his birthday party at the Denver indoor water park and fun zone, Celebrity Sports Center.

I remember about six of us being there, all accompanied by Robby’s dad, walking up the switchback ramp to the top of one of the snaking waterslides. Every other kid gleefully disappeared down the slide. But I couldn’t

do it.

Robby’s dad walked me down the ramp and back into the massive, shallow pool that the slide emptied into. I’d work up my courage and Robby’s dad would walk me back up the ramp, I’d stare at the entrance to the slide and opt to walk back down the ramp.

I couldn’t see the bottom of the slide from that vantage, didn’t know how and where it would snake, or what my fate would be at the bottom, perhaps a big drop-off into deep water?

This happened three or four times before I and Robby’s dad gave up on me.

Thirty years later, I got it in my head to audition for the Durango Arts Center’s 10-minute plays and ended up being cast in two. I’d never acted before and had less than 10 minutes of experience performing on stage.

Every rehearsal, and every time I ran lines alone in my bed or walking the Animas River Trail, it felt like I was 6 again walking up that ramp to the waterslide. I often weighed my options of if I could still turn around and walk back down, effectively getting out of the commitment I’d made.

I didn’t think back to my waterslide memory until the moment before I made my first entrance onto the stage for that first play. I began to understand why that waterslide was so scary: once I stepped foot on the stage, there would be no stopping until the end. The play was set in motion and I would be on the ride until it was over.

It’s something common in a lot of thrill activities, being on a ride that doesn’t end until it’s over: skiing, roller-coasters, sky diving.

The unknown of the journey is part of the exhilaration.

Or it can be fear-inducing.

I made it through those plays, never flawlessly. But over the course of that weekend of performances, I kept walking up the ramp and voluntarily going down the slide, each time the experience growing more familiar and less frightening.

And at the end of each performance, I’d plop down into the waiting pool where I’d float around on my back taking it all in, realizing there are fewer and fewer things in the world I need to be afraid of.

Mornings are when it’s most quiet. Mornings are when I have the most energy. Mornings are when there is always a pot of coffee on.

When it comes to traditional lunch, dinner, and breakfast foods, breakfast is the clear winner. Carbs, protein, fat, and sugar: How can you go wrong? You can top a flaky buttermilk biscuit with apple butter OR sausage gravy. What versatility, depending how sweet your tooth is upon waking. And if you want straight-up dessert for breakfast – donuts, cinnamon rolls, muffins – it’s completely socially acceptable.

How do I know breakfast is the superior meal? People eat breakfast for dinner regularly; rarely does one eat dinner for breakfast. And what’s with lunch trying to steal breakfast’s thunder on the weekend? Why doesn’t anyone eat linner or dunch?

Why is it lunch who always wants a piece of breakfast? Because breakfast is awesome.

Oscar Wilde once said, “Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.” Oscar Wilde never partied with me all night, and then had my coconut waffles in the morning.

— David Holub

Hate It I admit it. Even when I wake up early, I seem to suddenly be running just-ontime for work. Breakfast gets squeezed out of the morning to-do list.

Regardless of time, my give-a-damn is busted for breakfast. I do not care. I am not hungry. I do not want it. Most American breakfast food is fat-soaked and ughhhhhhhhhhh, to boot. I’m also a Bartleby-brat who doesn’t like to be told what to do and what the most important meal of my day is. I resent learning that you should eat a smidge of something in the a.m. because it jump-starts metabolism (if not possibly cognitive function).

Begrudgingly, I have toast and coffee when I get to work.

Oddly enough, I don’t despise all breakfast foods, I just don’t like them in the early hours. Offer me whole wheat fresh blueberry pancakes at midnight and I’m all in.

There’s no excuse for any of this behavior. Sorry, ma. I know you tried. Please don’t worry. I promise I’m not gonna kick the bucket from lack of breakfasting. I think. I’m pretty sure. I MEAN, I HAVE PROTEINY TOAST. Geez.

— Patty Templeton

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Extra Life | Brett Massé

Beautiful gaming nerds save the world sitting on a couch

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he couch is a romantic piece of furniture.

Coming home, it’s the first thing I see, just inside the front door. It’s big, offensively orange, and usually adorned with some sweet, furry, four-legged being taking a nap.

Across from the couch is our glorious TV and gaming setup, and in between the two is usually an alarming little pile of near-empty mugs of liquid, a project involving embroidery needles and string, and perhaps another four-legged mammal of some sort.

Today when I came home after a long day of not-sitting, I submitted to gravity and collapsed onto the couch next to my two roommates who may have been enjoying an otherwise lovely afternoon. But it’s OK because that’s what the couch is for. After a few moments of whining, I peel off my shoes and take in what’s on the screen. It’s January and so that means it’s the time of year for gamers to band together and raise money for charity! Obviously.

Games Done Quick is an annual, weeklong videogame event held in Washington, D.C., usually at a convention center of some sort. This year’s event was held Jan. 5 through 15. Scheduled throughout the week, through day and night, gamers from all over band together on a couch and play through videogames, beginning to end, as quickly as possible, while streaming the entire spectacle online over Twitch.tv. Viewers can tune in online and see a screen displaying the game

being played, video footage of the gamers, the enormous crowds that pile into the convention room behind them, and various statistics about the amount of money being raised in donation to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Viewers can also make donations and submit comments online about the event, some of which are read aloud during the event. You can expect a lot of sweet and loving comments being dictated while someone furiously mashes buttons, attempting to break the record for fastest playthrough of “Pilot Wings 64.”

Before online gaming, massive-multiplayer online games, and streaming were in existence, my friends and I would gather at one another’s houses and monopolize the couch and TV set.

Part of me wonders if online gaming was invented by upset parents who really just wanted their TV back so they could watch the news and catch the latest episode of “Frasier.” We would show up to each other’s houses with our personal controllers, memory cards, a cherished little library of games, and maybe a toothbrush. Whole worlds awaited us as the sun set and would not cease to enthrall us until the sky started turning light again. Worlds stretched thin and held within a few inches of plastic. Worlds within which we could explore new versions of ourselves. I see a couch now and I envision it wrapped in a blanket of darkness, illuminated by a solitary TV, controllers spreading out from it like vines climbing a brick wall.

Now I’m looking through the TV and watching someone else play. The game is “Metal Gear Solid 3” and Jaguar_King, the gamer speeding through, has just wrapped up one of the most absurdly quick playthroughs I have ever witnessed.

The nonstop explanations, cheers, laughter, and comments die suddenly as the final cutscene renders in the game: the graceful and sad death of a fictional hero plays out. As the cutscene ends, Jaguar_King quietly, slowly salutes the screen and everyone in the room follows suit. I won’t admit that I have tears in my eyes seeing a room packed with a sea of people salute a dying character in a videogame, but I will say I am feeling some intense emotions. As the credits begin to roll and the game’s theme song, a thematic tribute to ’60s spy films, begins to play, another gamer takes the stage to sing along with it karaoke-style and everyone sings along with her. The gaming session ends and players prep for the next game to speed through, I take note that the donation counter is continuously rising up over $300,000.

Beautiful nerds. Magnificent nerds.

Not so long ago, the couch was the only platform gamers bonded over and accompanied each other on storied journeys. Now those journeys are shared on millions of couches in unison, all over the world, sometimes while raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity.

Brett Massé is currently playing iii by Yukon W.

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[Something Wicked]

Patty Templeton

PIT ETIQUETTE Unspoken rules of self-governed rock-show rowdiness

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osh pits, holy shit. To a casual onlooker, they look like a lot of jackasses beating the snot outta each other on primo floor space.

But there’s a method to pit madness. Recently, Reverend Horton Heat came to Durango. I knocked through the pit to dance by the stage, occasionally getting bashed from behind. My pal stayed closer to a wall away from the fray.

The next day, he asked me what the heck all the punch-dancing and shoving was about. So, here goes a brief explanation of pits and the unspoken rules that guide ’em.

There ain’t a wrong or right way to watch a rock show, but I get the most out of live music when I’m stage-front, dancing close to the tunes, or in the pit.

When I balcony-stand or back-of-the-room it, I’m watching the music. When I’m wrecking the pit, I feel a part of the music. People pinwheel into the pit for a variety of reasons. For some, it’s being fully immersed in the present. Others want a raw release of aggression in a controlled setting. Many people who identify as female find satisfaction at subverting the expectation of the use and capabilities of female bodies. There’s also a helluva lotta folks who join a pit because there’s a sense of community not present in most daily settings, i.e. if you fall, there’s someone to pick you up. Also, straight up, humans have danced together for thousands of years and modern music requires fresh forms of movement. An added bonus: a pit is so chaotic that no one judges you based on how you rhythmically connect to the world.

Different genres of music have different pits. Big ol’ pop music fests have massive amounts of people who press together and sway like a flesh-wave. Ska shows have skanking pits. Hardcore crowds have less bounce and more floor-punching, windmill arms, spin-kicks,

and outlaw-style handkerchiefs across faces. Metal pits range from individual headbanging to slam dancing to a “Wall of Death,” where an organizer faces off the crowd and the sides battle-run at each other full-force.

Punk shows sometimes have circle pits where people shove around in a circular manner or they turn into WTF free-for-alls of pogoing and banging about. Even these are only loose guidelines; the only thing you can count on is if yer in the pit, yer gonna get hit.

Most pits are full of good folks more about unity and communal energy than annihilating one another. When the music amps up, someone middle-ofthe-room-ish starts shoving, the crowd parts, a pit is formed. Here’s the unspoken rules of that self-governed riot: Pit formation Are you stage-front grooving to the band? Don’t get irked when you inevitably get shoved. You are the front of the pit. It ain’t personal. Usually, no one is purposefully jostling you. Also, hey new kid, don’t deliberately, full-flailingly thunder into the frontline.

It’s like hammering a handcuffed hamster. Those folks are watching the band, not the pit.

The edges of the pit are still the pit. If you’re on the direct sidelines, have an arm up for fortification, a firm stance, and don’t get pissed if someone accidentally whams into you and/or your drink gets spilled.

Pit drinking is dumb Speaking of drinks, don’t be the asshat who brings one into the pit. It will spill. You will cause people to fall until the floor stickies up.

Pit eating is even dumber Don’t eat in the pit. Who brings cornbread into the pit? Rude. Weird. Stop it.

»» The Reverend Horton Heat performs at Animas City Theatre Jan. 9.

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Throwing crap Don’t. Half-full beer cans soak an audience and hurt. So do shoes to the back of the head.

Know the crowd If you’re at a punk show and everyone’s got a studded jacket and mohawk, you’re gonna get punctured.

Deal or don’t dive in. Or, for example, you’re in a metal pit – be ready to bash against ginormo metal folks.

Moshing doesn’t mean groping If you feel someone up in the pit, you’re gonna get effing hit. A lot. Then kicked out. Then, hopefully, banned from the club.

Pick ’em up If you see someone fall, stop and help that person up. If you happen to see glasses, a wallet, or a phone fall, pick ’em up. If you can’t get the item back to the person, pass it to a safe edge of the stage.

More crap to leave outta the pit Don’t wear your backpack, satchel, or purse – it can become a handle to swing you by or spill everywhere.

Wear contacts or have a friend hold your glasses.

They’ll get knocked off and inadvertently stomped, or if you pocket them, one body wallop later and they’re smashed. Also, tuck your longass necklace in your shirt so it doesn’t get busted. Got a wallet? Hope there’s a chain on it or you have deep pockets.

Don’t be a douchetroll If you accidentally elbow someone in the effing throat, help them out of the pit. Say sorry. Make sure they are OK. Similarly, don’t kapow all over the crowd and try and engage folks not interested in the ruckus. And, seriously, pits aren’t fights. The golden rule in any of this is to slay the space but make new pals while doing it.

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Courtesy of Ryan Garcia

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Lumberjack, flower beards, and bowties Ryan Garcia is so PMA that he’ll put energy into your day. Garcia is the education manager for the Durango-area chapter of Planned Parenthood’s Responsible Sex Education Institute. He specializes in infectious disease, sex ed, working with diverse populations, and LGBTQIA issues. He’s a fantastic fella who’s charismatic AF, super nice, and always stylin’.

DGO talked to Garcia about his cosplay-meets-classic fashion sense. “(My style) varies, but I really enjoy bowties, suspenders, blazers. Those are always nice go-tos for me, along with a really tight vest and some nice shoes that match some part of the outfit. Summertime, I’m always in tanks and shorts, but if it’s not summertime, I mix it up and am more metrosexual lumberjack.

Friends would probably describe my style as a little bit crazy. Often, they’ll say, “That’s very Ryan.” I tend to throw random stuff into an outfit or play with my beard – to count it as part of my outfit. I’ve done flower beards before or metal beards. I made a beard out of chains one time for a steampunk event. I like adding a little bit of a costume component to fashion because I enjoy cosplay. If it’s an event that’s a bit more special, I’ll throw something in there.

Around high school, a family member really got me into style. She said, “You can’t wear Pokémon cards; you have to get clothes, too.” (Laughs) Ever since then, I started becoming more aware of clothes and slowly developed my own sense of style.

Biggest Selection! Biggest Smiles!

As long you are confident and happy with what you have on, it works. I think if someone is owning an outfit, that is what matters.”

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Kalish’s sound is built on classic country and punk rock

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017 was a light performance year for Nathan Kalish, the lightest in eight or so years of being a songwriter and a recording and touring musician.

If 150 shows is light, that is. The Nashville-based musician, who did some time as a multi-instrumentalist in Bloodshot Records favorites The Deadstring Brothers before his solo career, is striving for 250 shows in 2018. A show on Saturday (Jan. 20) will get him one closer to that goal, when Kalish and his band The Last Callers play at the Balcony Backstage. Kalish is touring behind his new record, “I Want to Believe.”

Kalish’s music is a DIY take on slacker folk and Americana that hints at country music; it’s quiet, laid back and loose, a stark contrast to the punk rock of his youth.

“I started playing punk rock because I didn’t have any formal music training or didn’t know how to play any instruments,” said Kalish. “I think I was in 7th grade and didn’t have a lot of pals. The few that I did have, we had some guitars and we weren’t very good. We played punk because it was what we were able to do, and what we liked. I didn’t have a huge musical palate at the time, so you do what you do like when you’re younger and angry. Now I listen to music very quietly.”

Starting on the punk-rock road and ending at a rootsrock destination is a typical path of many musicians, and even more music fans.

Classic rock, heavy metal, and punk rock is usually the starting point for those ready to dive into some more serious music exploration.

Tossing in an interest in the Grateful Dead will lead you to psychedelic as well as classic country bands. That then opens the door to acts like Uncle Tupelo or the Beat Farmers. Then your record collection is inundated, and you realize the musical chasm that separates Jerry Garcia and Neil Young from Greg Ginn or Country Dick Montana isn’t that large of a space.

“I got into Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and David Bowie. Then Wilco. Then I started getting into The Stones and Neil Young, stuff like that,” Kalish said. “It was a progression of classic rock to country music. Then you start listening to Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, and you move your way back into the different types through the time. It’s all kind of related and you don’t realize it when you’re just looking at punk rock music.”

“I Want to Believe” is 10 cuts that dance around a handful of genres, while remaining a reflection of independent, electric-folk music. Cuts like “Bar Fight” are the soundtrack for tears in your beer, while “Roswell” is an upbeat roots rocker with a subtle cow-punk vibe. The whole record is reflection of his influences and his past, from the punkrock of his youth to the jangly and loose rock ’n’ roll of The Deadstring Brothers, all with a nod to country and twang.

“When you’re on a musical path, you find that you soon realize how related all things are,” said Kalish. “I would have never thought some of the stuff I listen to now I would have listened to 15 years ago, 20 years ago, or even five years ago. You get a palate for it; just like food, you try things out. All that classic country stuff is the building blocks of rockabilly and rock ’n’ roll. Outlaw country stuff is like classic rock. It’s the same things, but different sounds.”

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

Bryant’s best Friday: Los Lobos with opener Garrett Lebeau, 7:30 p.m. $39/$49/$54. Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Information: 247-7657.

Saturday: Alternative country with Nathan Kalish and the Last Callers, 9 p.m.

No cover. The Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave. upstairs. Information: 422-8008.

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Available: Friday, Jan. 19, via Sub Pop Records as a digital download on various high-quality formats (320K, MP3, ALAC, & FLAC), on cassette tape, and compact disc. Each of the reissues are also available on vinyl, with the (presumably limited) first pressings on three snazzy and eye-popping different colorways: Orange, yellow, and off-pink, respectively.

Within previous articles, I’ve both praised and lamented bands reforming, reissuing “classic” (classic to me, mind

New at

Jan. 19 Fall Out Boy,“Mania” The high-pitched wails and swoopedover hair have haunted me for what feels like 1,000 years. And now that goddamn “Centuries” song is in pretty much every sports discussion on the television, which is the most punk rock thing of all. Though Fall Out Boy may have stepped away from their more traditional pop-punk sound in favor of the bombastic rock stylings of genre contemporaries like Imagine Dragons, their distinct self-deprecating humor and weirdness is ever present on “Mania.” Musically, the record leans a bit too hard on the pop side of things, but the songs are certainly catchy. The almost reggaeton-tinged “Hold Me Tight (Or Don’t)” is a highlight, maybe just because it’s so sonically unique amongst their catalog. I never thought I would describe anything Fall Out Boy-related as reggaeton, but here we are.

Ghost,“Ceremony and Devotion” Ghost is one of the most popular modern metal bands, exploding over the course of just a few years from Swedish niche weirdness to opening for the likes of Iron Maiden and Metallica.

The costumes and masks, anonymity,

you) records, touring and eventually recording new material. To be crystal clear, I couldn’t be happier that the San Diego, California, post-hardcore act Hot Snakes are doing all four. It is my opinion that when the 2005 lineup of Rick Froberg (guitar, vocals), “Swami” John Reis (guitar), Gar Wood (bass), and Mario Rubalcaba (drums) unceremoniously called it quits, they did so at quite possibly their collective creative peak in this particular outfit.

All four members went on to other various musical projects. Wood continued to record and play with Beehive and the Barracudas. Rubalcaba stayed extra busy with a variety of bands, perhaps most notably the punk super-behemoth

and very clear themes of satanism, hedonism, humor, and sex permeate every bit of their sound. This live recording is a wonderful representation of their sound, with frontman Papa Emeritus III taking center stage.

The banter on this live album is worth the price of admission alone, hearing Papa make the audience promise to go home and give themselves or those they are close to orgasms after the conclusion of the concert is a highlight, as is his rant about eating flesh and drinking blood. Musically, Ghost has a classic metal sound, often compared to the neoclassical grandiosity of the likes of Blue Oyster Cult. I know the themes may make a few people a tad squeamish, but Ghost preach being bold in the face of the unknown, and if you are a fan of rock music at all, I implore you to steel yourself and take the plunge. tUnE-yArDs,“I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life” The projects of Merrill Garbus are certainly hard to categorize. Her voice has such a strange timbre – breathy but also bassy – while her music is a collage of ukulele, drum loops, bass guitar, piano, and the aforementioned voice, coagulating into a definite and distinct take on the indie genre. There is an infectious groove to a lot of her songs, driven by what sounds like a lofi drum machine but could easily just be badly recorded traditional drums.

Garbus has a very strong self identity, which gives each of her recordings so much soul and personality. Occa-

Pop will release their first album of new material in 14 years. To tide us all over for the next few months, reacquaint or make yourself for the first time familiar with these three scorchers. These are must-owns for fans of guitar-heavy, melody-driven, heavier-leaning indie, post-hardcore, and straight forward rock ’n’ roll.

OFF!. Reis tended to and focused on his killer Swami Records label, while Froberg started a band, Obits, that recorded, hands down, my favorite record of 2009 titled “I Blame You.” Stars, tours, and personal lives must have aligned just right, and this coming spring, Sub

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Other new releases include:

Recommended for fans of Hot Snakes and all their various crossover and related bands that are in no way limited to Rocket From the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Obits, Burning Brides, The Night Marchers, OFF!, and The Delta 72.

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First Aid Kit, Moon Taxi, Chick Corea, Black Label Society, Tommy Emmanuel, Glenn Hansard, Of Mice and Men, Screeching Weasel, They Might Be Giants, and more!

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First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

2018 beer predictions: Lots of lager and session stouts

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redicting the future is hard work, and nigh impossible. No one could have predicted two years ago that a sentient sack of shit would have been elected president.

No one could have predicted that Alabama would have narrowly elected a Democrat over an alleged pedophile. Politics definitely shows that the future is the most uncertain place, but the beer world is just as fraught. Five years ago, no one was afraid of losing their local brewery to a money-hungry mega-corporation, but now it happens monthly. It’s become a normal part of the beer world.

It’s with lot of humility that I delve into the world of predicting the future.

No, I’m not wearing a jewel-encrusted turban, ala Johnny Carson, but I’ve definitely got my eyes and nose and taste buds tuned to the winds of change. When you pay enough attention, you can see it and feel some of the trends coming.

I feel like American Solera is one of the brewers that’s always ahead of the curve. Owner and head brewer Chase Healey is always 10 steps ahead of the beer world. I don’t think he’s a trend-setter necessarily, but is so far ahead of trends that one can forget that he did [insert name of trend] first, or at the same time as [insert name of trendy brewery]. Chase might be best known as the founder of Prairie Artisan Ales, which basically created the approachable and

accessible tart farmhouse beer. Prairie Standard is, in fact, a standard.

Through American Solera, he also brewed plenty of wild ales and hazy IPAs (Terpy Citra). Recently, American Solera installed a horizontal lager tank, as there is currently a swell of lager beer that we’re all going to ride as a gnarly wave in 2018.

People have been predicting the rise of the craft lager for years, but this year I think we’ll finally see it; there is a visual aesthetic unique to the craft lager to set it apart: mountains of foam. Similar to the way that the hazy IPA has that visual click that sets it apart, the aesthetic of the new craft lager is the normal 2 inches of head, plus another 2 to 3 inches of stiff foam that stands out of the glass like a

beautiful, abstract, marble sculpture.

For the best images of this, check out Suarez Family Brewing’s instagram feed. It’s quite remarkable.

Another trend that I’m seeing, but is very tenuous because it is so new, is the session stout. Right now, we are in the heat of a huge adjunct-stout-mania. A lot of people call these beers Pastry Stouts as a slight because of all the doughnuts, cupcakes, breakfast cereals, and all manner of sugary additions to an imperial stout. The beers are crazy in their adjuncts but also crazy in the amount of alcohol – all in the 10 to 15 percent ABV range – so you’re lucky if you can drink a whole bottle yourself.

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Crossing into Canada with cannabis Travel stories worth telling “My boyfriend and a couple friends and I created a theater group, and we took a show to a fringe festival in Canada. I was about 26. My boyfriend, he didn’t even smoke pot that often, but I remember we were in Canada – we had already crossed over – and I was looking through his suitcase for something and there was this pipe and pot. I am a very trusting person; I assumed he accidentally packed them. (Laughs) I talked to him about it and it was on purpose. I was like, ‘Why the f*ck would you bring that? WE CROSSED A BORDER with this! Why didn’t you tell me we had this?’ And he said, ‘Because I knew you would be mad.’

You know you’re going to do it.

Sometime in the next short while, you’ll end up in Denver. When you roll over the mountains and through the passes (possibly on your way to a Trader Joe’s), make a side stop to the Denver Zine Library.

Founded in 2003, the Denver Zine Library is a nonprofit showcase for DIY magazines. It is an entirely volunteer-run organization that stays afloat through rebel librarians and donations.

In an era where censorship and alternative facts are becoming the norm, it’s more important than ever to show support to the free press. That free press can come in many forms, including that of handcrafted zines.

They didn’t find it, but we had bought Cuban rum, which they did find. The border guard comes out and says, ‘We found Cuban rum rolled up in one of your sleeping bags. Who bought that?’ We all looked at each other and one of our friends she was like, fine, whatever, and raised her hand. The cop was like, ‘So, how much did that cost you?’ and she said, ‘I dunno, maybe $35?’ and he said, ‘Well, it’s gonna be a lot more now.’

She was like, ‘Do you just have that line in your back pocket?’ (Laughs) They confiscated the Cuban rum,

fined her, and we all helped pay for the ticket.

I don’t know why they searched the car or what made us look suspicious.

I think they were just dicks. We were all mid-20s, theater people.”

— Anonymous Upstanding Durango Citizen

Got a travel story worth telling? Write it in about 400 words and send it to editor@dgomag.com. If you’d rather tell your story, send a brief synopsis to the same address. Either way, your story should be true.

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But there are also dark visions of the dead end of the style: Burger and fries stout. No, the brewery didn’t use the meat of the burger, but they did mash in a bunch of fries and buns.

Pair the end of creativity with the almost undrinkability of the amount of alcohol, and this is death knell of the

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I got so angry about it. I was like, OK. Fine. We’re going to go camping.

You’re going to smoke your pot, it’ll be gone by the trip back. It will be fine, but no. Coming back into the United States, I thought that would be easy because we’re Americans.

It was so much harder. The border guards took us all out of the car. They searched it. They brought us into examination rooms, one by one, to talk to them. I was this close [motions small space between thumb and forefinger] to throwing my boyfriend under the bus and telling them, ‘Yeah, we have pot. I didn’t bring it. He did,’ because there was still some left. I didn’t want that stress, but I didn’t tell.

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style. There is nothing more you can do, nothing else as crazy or as benign.

Sure, we may see some pizza stouts, or bagels and cream cheese, or curry stouts, but this is the end. As the philosopher Theodor Adorno said, “There is no poetry after the holocaust.” Thanks to the Pastryarchy, beer is dead.

But, somewhere out there is our savior. Simply calling a well-brewed

beer a session stout won’t be appealing enough to save us from our Pastryarchal Rulers. We need a good name, and Off Color Brewing in Chicago has that for us: Myshka Russian Serf Stout. All of the flavor and aroma and residual sugar of a Russian Imperial Stout, but in a 3.5 percent ABV. Just imagine, you can smash six packs of your favorite Pastry Stout! Instead of

The Denver Zine Library has a collection of over 20,000 zines that cover topics as wide as punk rock, poetry, comics, fiction, feminism, and general politics.

They lend up to five zines for three weeks to anyone who has visited the shop three or more times. They also regularly hold workshops and events promoting zine culture. (Including the Denver Zine Fest, usually held in June.)

If you’re gonna head to the library, they’re only open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and by appointment. For details on the Denver Zine Library, check out https://denverzinelibrary.org.

— Patty Templeton

drinking just a tiny sip of this year’s 13 percent Christmas Cookie Stout, we could potentially see a 3.4 percent Gingerbread Stout in six packs of tall boys in the 2018 holiday season.

Robbie Wendeborn is the head brewer at Svendæle Brewing in Millerton, New York.

He is also a former beer plumber at Ska Brewing.

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egans, rejoice! You have options to eat in Durango.

For folks not familiar with a vegan diet – think vegetarian, so no meat, but extend that to not including any animal byproducts either. No cheese, dairy, honey, eggs, and so on. A dietary vegan eliminates animal products from their diet, while an ethical vegan extends that philosophy into other areas of their life (like not wearing leather, using products tested on animals, etc.).

Being vegan can be kind of a pain when you wanna go out to eat with pals. There’s a lot to be considered. Sure, a restaurant may have a vegan entrée or appetizer or menu items that can be modified into being vegan, but did they share space in a fryer or on a grill with animal products? Stricter vegans might find this shared space unacceptable, while other vegans adopt an attitude of “close-enough.” This isn’t a commentary on how strict of a vegan one can be, but more so a space to showcase Durango restaurants that are attempting to create vegan-inclusive menus rather than relegating veg-heads to olive oil-drizzled baked potatoes or half-ass salads. OK, OK, there’s also some joints on here that aren’t necessarily trying to please vegans but do have vegan options, if you know what alterations to ask for. When possible, DGO’s noted if a vegan item would share space on a grill or in a fryer with animal products. It is up to the diner to double-check with their server about ingredient changes or production methods.

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Backcountry Gourmet at 11th Street Station

431 East Second Ave. Contemporary Mexican cuisine. The Bean Burrito, Vegetarian Tamale Plate, and Vegetarian Enchilada are all vegan if you skip the cheese. The fresh-made Vegetarian Green Chili Garden Burger is a 100 percent vegan patty and features soy cheese.

1101 Main Ave. Gourmet sliders and sides. The Fried Zuchinni Slider is vegan if you omit the Chipotle Ranch and sub chimichurri. Also, all salad dressings are vegan, so if you 86 the cheese, the Quinoa Salad and Backcountry Salads are options.

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Casual, sustainably-sourced burgers and more.

Grassburger has a Vegan Black Bean Burger – just make sure to leave off the Chipotle Mayo. There’s also a Vegetarian Black Bean Bowl that becomes vegan by skipping the cheese. They do not have a separate fryer or grill space for vegan versus animal-based products.

American fast casual. Bloom is a lunch joint located in the Albertson’s parking lot. There are plenty of vegetarian options. For-sure vegan options include the Garden and Quinoa Salads.

The Box at 11th Street Station 1101 Main Ave. Wood-fired pizzas. Their dough and red sauce are vegan. If you minus the cheese, there are buildyour-own pizza options.

Cairo Café 1849 Main Ave. Homemade, locally-sourced Egyptian cuisine.

There’s a heckton of vegetarian dishes at Cairo Café. The Hummus and Pita is a delicious starter.

The Falafel Pita and Eggplant Pita sandwiches become vegan if you cut the feta. The Eggplant Rice Bowl can be vegan if you ask for tahini sauce (instead of tzatziki) and no feta.

Carver Brewing Co. 1022 Main Ave. Contemporary, handcrafted, high-end brewpub.

Carver Brewing Co. updates its menu seasonally.

Almost any of its breakfast options can be turned vegan. They will substitute tofu for eggs, avocado for meat, and most dishes can be made dairy-free upon request. One of the most popular breakfast options is the Scramble Verde with tofu. For thicker meals later in the day, try the Thai Curry Quinoa Bowl with Tofu or the Persian Braised Cauliflower (minus the yogurt).

Other notes: The green chile is not vegan. In rad news, Carver’s doesn’t use a fryer, they bake their vegan-friendly fries.

Chimayo Stone Fired Kitchen 862 Main Ave. Contemporary American cuisine with Southwestern flair. If you skip the cheese, the Cauliflower Steak and Warm Roasted Veggie Salad are vegan. The pizza dough and red sauce are vegan, so cheeseless pizzas are an option. Fire-Roasted Jalapeño Guacamole is good for the noms. The Focaccia and Shishitos & Shiitakes apps are solid, minus the dipping sauces. Skip the bacon and the Roasted Brussels Sprouts make the cut. The Apple Quinoa Salad works, leaving off the chicken and

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cheese. (The Balsamic and Ancho Vinaigrettes are also vegan.) Also, the Zucchini & Squash “Zoodles” are vegan, if you leave off the bacon and sub pizza sauce (the roasted tomato and green chili sauces are made with chicken stock).

East by Southwest 160 East College Drive Asian fusion cuisine. East By Southwest has a Vegan Sushi Set that includes Carrot Soup, Vegetable Futomaki, and five Vegetable Nigiri sushi.

El Moro Spirits and Tavern 945 Main Ave. Modern rustic cuisine with extensive mixology menu. If you minus the cheese, the Beluga Lentil Salad and Beet Carpaccio are vegan. The Beet and Apple Salad is vegan without cheese and subbing a red wine or harissa vinaigrette. The Falafel Gyro without cheese and subbing a house salad is in the clear. The Root Vegetable Shephard’s Pie can become vegan if you don’t top it with the creamy mashed potatoes.

An almost: Depending on how strict your diet is, the KFC (Korean Fried Cauliflower) is almost vegan. It’s tossed in a sauce that includes honey, and El Moro’s fryer is used for both vegetable and animal products.

Eolus Bar and Dining 919 Main Ave. Fine dining multi-cuisine. If you don’t mind a shared fryer, the French fries are great, but the main vegan option at Eolus is the Veggie Roll on their sushi menu – if you leave off the aioli. Pro tip: The price is half-off during happy hour.

Nepalese, Tibetan, and Indian Cuisine. There’s loads of vegetarian dishes at Himalayan Kitchen, but there’s also a few vegan ones. Baigoon Bharta, Kumari Tarkaari, Vegetable Curry, and Tse Phing are all straight up vegan.

Homeslice Pizza 441 East College Dr. and 2915 Main Ave. Homeslice’s pizza dough and red sauce are both vegan. If you skip the cheese, there’s a ton of veggies you can pile up for a vegan pizza.

The Living Tree 680 Main Ave. Fresh, organic, casual cuisine. Living Tree has a Vegan Sweet Potato Chili and an array of salad choices with vegan dressing options. They will also, randomly, have vegan treats, like raw, vegan “Snickers” and “Twix” dessert cups.

Manny’s Fresh Co. at 11th Street Station 1101 Main Ave. Modern Asian cuisine. The Wakami Seaweed Salad is vegan, plus vegan sushi rolls are coming to the menu soon.

Mariana’s Authentic Cuisine at 11th Street Station 1101 Main Ave. Indonesian, Chinese, and Southeast Asian Fusion. Mariana’s is a fresh, homemade vegan heaven. She has two sauces – ask for the vegan house sauce. Spring Rolls, Mariana’s Salad, Steamed Jasmine Rice, Chop Suey (with tofu), Kung Pao Tofu, Chai Tea, and Thai Tea come vegan as-is. Ask for no egg on the Gado-Gado, Kwetiaw Sirem, Chow Continued on Page 15

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Mein, Fried Rice, and Vegetarian Dish and they are vegan. Tofu is a meat substitution option.

Mongolian Kitchen 1135 S. Camino del Rio, #230 Mongolian BBQ buffet and ala carte Chinese cuisine. Mongolian Kitchen has a lot of vegetarian dishes. Most of these can be modified into vegan fare by asking your server for no egg, fish sauce, or oyster sauce and, obvs, adding tofu. Try out dishes like the Vegetarian’s Delight, Vegetable Lo Mein, Kung Pao Tofu, Sautéed Broccoli, Tofu with Garlic Sauce, Broccoli with Garlic Sauce, Hot Sesame Tofu, and Tofu or Vegetable Fried Rice.

Ore House 147 East College Drive If you make a reservation at the Ore House a week or more in advance, they’ll create a custom vegan meal with in-season, locally-sourced veggies. A high-end vegan dining experience starts at $40 for three courses.

Raider Ridge Café

Hearty American fare with an emphasis on locally- sourced foods.

Seasons does not have any dedicated vegan menu items, and anything fried may be in contact with fish and gluten. They will, however, create a vegan dish if you call at least 48 hours in advance. The earlier you call before your visit, the longer the chef has to figure out a gorgeous dish.

Steamworks Brewing Co. 801 East Second Ave. Casual American cuisine. The pizza dough and red sauce are vegan, so veg pizzas are an option if you subtract the cheese. The Indonesian Peanut Salad without chicken works. Take away the meat and cheese and the Mediterranean Salad, Southwest Salad, and Spinach Salad are vegan.

Thai Kitchen 101 W. 11 St. Contemporary Thai food. Dishes like Pad Thai, Vegetable Stir Fry, fried rice varieties, and most curries can be adapted to vegan dishes. Ask your server for a vegan plate with a tofu substitution and no egg, dairy, fish sauce, or oyster sauce.

509 East Eighth Ave.

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Locally-sourced, fast casual café fare. If you nix the feta, the Portabella Breakfast Wrap is vegan. The Big Canyon Breakfast Wrap is a solid choice, along with the Animas Valley Vegan lunch wrap. Skip the feta and the Greek lunch wrap works. You can also add tofu to your wrap.

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Seasons of Durango 764 Main Ave.

with Tempeh, Pineapple Fried Rice, Chiang Mai Noodles, or the House Pad Thai Noodles with Tofu (minus the egg).

Zia Taqueria 3101 Main Ave. and 400 South Camino del Rio Fast, casual Mexican food.

At Zia’s you can build your own burritos and rice or salad bowls.

Lime Cilantro White Rice, Mexican Whole-grain Brown Rice, Pinto, and Black Beans are all vegan. They have grilled vegetables, fajita veggies, and vegetarian green chile. Just leave off the dairy.

Bonus breakfast news: Durango Bagel, 106 East 6th St., has vegan-friendly bagels. Rendezvous Doughnuts, 139 East Fifth St., lists on their website that they are working on vegan doughnut options.

Vegan options are current as of January 2017 but ingredients and preparation techniques are subject to change.

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Cannabanoids can help keep our bodies in balance

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t is good to be homeostatic. Homeostasis, according to Britannica: “any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival. If homeostasis is successful, life continues; if unsuccessful, disaster or death ensues.” On the surface, this seems important.

Upon further investigation, homeostasis is, in fact, very, very important; it is considered “a unifying principle of biology” and it maintains spheres of influence in the areas of blood pressure, body temperature, glucose management, pH balance, hydration, respiration, reacting to toxins – the list is long and every component part is tied to a series of feedback-and-adjustment systems in the human body, which make up the wire-fine edges that divide health from the innumerable permutations of its opposite.

We are going to play a little game here this week.

I am going to let you guess which plant, with its evolutionary roots in the rugged lands of Central Asia, the plant with taxonomical designations of indica, sativa, and ruderalis, the plant with a rich recent history of targeted cultivation that is as helpful as anything found in nature for the maintenance of the homeostasis governed by such organs as the liver, kidneys, skin, lungs, cell walls, and pancreas.

Yes! Great guess! It is cannabis, specifically, the plant’s eponymously named “cannabanoids,” chemical combinations that closely mirror the human body’s own cannabanoid, anandamide – a fat-based neurotransmitter produced by all healthy mammals with a chemical composition nearly identical to that of the best known plant-based cannabanoid, THC. CBD, the next-best known, has an internally-created mirror known as 2-Arachidonoylglycerol. The mammalian brain and nervous systems contain a series of receptors designed specifically to interact with these compounds in an intricate dance that results in proper systemic function.

There are two main types of cannabis receptors, known as CB1 (present primarily in the brain and nervous system) and CB2 (centered in the immune

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system) that have been known to science and studied for decades (in places where the government does not interfere with cannabis research). Recent discoveries of additional receptor sites promise an even better understanding of the processes involved in the body’s use of both internally and externally generated cannabanoids.

THC and CBD are the best known cannabanoids, but they are definitely not the only two. There is a virtual alphabet soup of compounds present in each and every marijuana plant – CBN, CBG, THCA, THCV, CBC, and dozens more. There are more than 80 that have been discovered and scientific analysis is now working to understand how each functions, alone and in combination with each other. Additionally, terpenes, which are natural aromatic oils that imbue specific strains with their own special aromas, interact with cannabanoids to promote wellness. Terpenes are found across the plant kingdom

(and are even manufactured by some insects). Cannabanoid “mirrors,” known as cannabamimetics, are also available in a variety of plants, including echinacea, electric daisy, Peruvian maca, liverwort, and others. The molecules in these plants also work with the cannabanoid receptors, offering promise for future research and relief for a wide range of maladies.

Year after year, in laboratories around the world, our understanding of the healthy relationship between marijuana and our bodies comes to be more understood. Cannabanoids have been shown to be a powerful ally in our pursuit of health and wellness.

So put something in your pipe this week and smoke it in the name of homeostasis.

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

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Historical fiction nearly impossible to put down Destined to become a classic in American literature, “All the Light We Cannot See,” by Anthony Doerr, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015. Broken into short segments, it’s nearly impossible to put down – one of those “just one more chapter” reads that will blur evening into dawn in a flash.

ing chain of events unfolding.

White Rabbit book review: “All the Light We Cannot See,” by Anthony Doerr

The book is a tale interwoven between Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a young German orphan, whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II. Delving into this book is akin to wandering through the innards of a videogame. The characters are vulnerable, yet capable, and one can’t help but become them for the duration, experiencing firsthand the disorient-

In the world that binds these two disparate characters, it’s their sense of hearing that’s most important, specifically regarding the radio. In a time when the voice of a distant stranger in one’s home through a contraption was miraculous, the radio was an invaluable tool for both propaganda and resistance. In this case, it brings together the most unlikely of

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Life Hax | Carolyn Hax

Should I tell my niece her husband’s hitting on my girls?

Adapted from a recent online discussion: I just found out that my niece’s husband has made inappropriate comments/propositions to both of my daughters, one still a minor (17). I have to tell my niece, right? I can’t see a way out of telling her, but it breaks my heart. I don’t want to hurt her.

Broken Heart You’re not hurting her, her husband is.

As for whether you “have to tell,” that depends on the comments themselves. I realize we’re in the midst of a massive and long-overdue awakening to the fact that male sexual aggression toward women is an abuse of entrenched power, and so discretion is arguably the more radical advice than disclosure. However, “inappropriate” is still a big category and still defined by the beholder, and there’s still a lot of room between “You look hot in that dress” and grabbing your wife’s teenage cousin by the pantry.

So I suggest using this standard for unwelcome, awkward, possibly family-disrupting judgment calls: Telling others only what you yourself would want to know in their position. And would you really want your aunt notifying you that your husband just told so-and-so she looks hot in that dress?

Your younger is 17, not 9 – and you don’t stir a family pot unless you have darn good cause.

I realize this risks letting your nephew-in-law get away with skeevy behavior, but he and your niece are adults and as such get a fair amount of leeway to make bad, gross, or ill-informed choices. A threat of physical or emotional harm – if your daughter really were 9, say – means you speak up. If everyone just thinks your niece married badly? Stay out of it.

Re: Hitting on My Girls: He has professed “feelings” many times for my older daughter and it made her so sick. She is very close to my niece. We told him to never

talk about that again. He stopped for about a year but started up again.

And now I’ve found out that he twice asked my younger one to play strip poker with him. My girls didn’t know how to handle it other than to tell him to stop. Should I tell my niece?

She might leave him for something like this.

Broken Heart again Perhaps she should.

It’s a pattern; your daughters said no and he’s still pursuing them; and your niece is apparently oblivious. If presented with those facts myself, I’d tell my niece. No – I’d monitor closely, but urge my daughters to tell their cousin themselves, even the 17-yearold. She is, presumably, out on her own more than she’s with you and therefore needs big bad world advocacy skills.

They tell him no, they walk away, they tell their cousin. Empower them to empower each other.

I’ve just crested the mid-30s hump and I still can’t decide whether or not I want to try to have kids. My husband is equally agnostic. How do you know when you know, you know?

Bio Clock Is Ticking You don’t WANT kids, so just decide not to have them.

Then live with that decision for a while. See how it fits. It is, after all, the far easier decision to reverse if you change your mind.

Is it unethical or cruel of me to stop paying for cigarettes for a friend who has no job and no way to fund his own habit, knowing he will have to go through withdrawal? I’ve offered to fund any “stop smoking” effort he wants to try (nicotine replacement, classes, medications, etc.). I just can’t afford to keep spending $350/month on his smoking.

Funding an Addiction

When you cut off his supply as you suggest, you will be giving him two choices: get smoking-cessation treatment free of charge (to him), or go cold-turkey.

If he opts for cold turkey, then that’s his choice, not your cruelty.

kinds of pain. That means I get a peek at a lot of bad people and people behaving badly.

Your sister-in-law now ranks among the worst of the worst. I won’t soon forget her.

To my mind, the more interesting question here is whether it’s cruel or unethical to KEEP financing a habit that he cannot continue on his own and that correlates so highly with disability and early death.

If you can forget her, though, then by all means do. Avoid her completely where possible, and if you must deal with her to avoid losing other people you value, then be sure not to linger – in the conversation, in the room, in the house, in her warped and angry sights.

I’m a two-time, currently-Stage IV breast cancer survivor. When I was told I needed a double mastectomy, I did the research and decided to “go flat”; I heard too many horror stories about implants, and, on the basis of my own personal history, decided they weren’t for me.

Should you feel any flickers of guilt, please douse them quickly by reminding yourself that you didn’t fight for your survival just to listen to her abuse.

Or anyone’s.

For dressy occasions, I wear prostheses, but they’re not that comfortable.

I’m a small, slender (these days: skinny) woman, and barely made it to an A cup even when I was pregnant. It’s not that important to me. Most of the time, I don’t bother with them.

At Thanksgiving, I worked hard (too hard) to prepare my house and dinner for family; I changed for dinner, but I was tired, and didn’t bother putting on my prostheses. My sister-in-law – who vocally disapproved of my decision to go flat – told me, in front of the family, that I looked terrible and was “disrespecting” my company as a result. I thought I was respecting them by knocking myself out on their behalf.

I have to see her and the others again at future holidays. I’m trying to decide if I should make a point by skipping the prostheses, or if I should keep the peace and be uncomfortable.

Maybe there’s a decent person under her shockingly awful, boundary-oblivious surface; maybe she harbors a deep terror of illness and mortality, and her way of dealing with it is to vilify anyone she sees as their earthly messengers.

But that’s not only as charitable as I’m willing to get – it also, even if true, would be no excuse for her to indulge her mortality fears at your or anyone else’s expense.

My flight of fancy is that, if she ever gives you another opportunity, you’ll tell her – in front of the family, as she would – where she can shove the prostheses. Even better, calmly ask her to leave your house. Both are ways to handle this to which you are fully entitled.

If such defiance is too much to ask of your nature – and I suspect it is, given your willingness even to consider appeasing Scylla the Sister-in-Law – then please at least rest assured there’s no reason or occasion, zero, for you not to rock your finest, flattest, utterly beautiful self.

How can I best handle this? Thanks!

“Disrespectful”?

Doing this job puts me in a position to see inside the lives and minds of all kinds of different people in different

Carolyn Hax is a syndicated advice columnist for The Washington Post. She started her advice column in 1997, after five years as a copy editor and news editor in Style and none as a therapist. Email her at tellme@washpost.com.

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DGO’s picks in and around Durango Comedy at Congregation Har Shalom “Seinfeld” writer Keith Barany will be at Congregation Har Shalom for an evening of comedy. The New York Post called him, “The wittiest comic working today.”

Details: $35, all ages, 8 p.m, Thursday, Jan. 18, Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, www.facebook.com/harshalomdurango

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Friday

Baby meet-up, 9:30 a.m.,

Caregiver Cafe, 10 a.m.,

Columbine House, 2307 Columbine Drive.

Little readers story time, 10 a.m., Pine River

Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield, 884-2222.

Toddler story time, 10:30

a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 3753380.

Liberty School groundbreaking, 11:30 a.m., The

Liberty School, 3107 Western Ave.

Politics shmolitics, it’s too confusing – but it’s not! The Durango Peace and Justice Coalition is sponsoring an Activism and Know Your Rights Workshop. They’ll go through fundamental tactics for action and organizing.

Read to Rover, 3:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380.

Details: Free, all ages, 4-6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 19, in the Senate Chambers of the Student Union at FLC, 1000 Rim Dr., www.facebook.com/durangopeaceandjustice

3:30 p.m., Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield, 884-2222.

Alt-rap at the ACT Southern alternative rap quartet Nappy Roots will slay Durango on Saturday. Colorado hip-hop duo Kind Dub and Durango’s own Prestone will open.

Details: $27 and $30 day of, 21 and over, 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Saturday, Jan. 20, Animas City Theatre, 128 East College Dr., www.animascitytheatre.com

Charlie Daniels at Toh-Atin Country legend Charlie Daniels will be signing his new memoir, “Never Look at the Empty Seats,” at Toh-Atin Gallery. It’s a blink-and-it’s-gone one-hour opportunity so get there early or on time.

Details: Free entry, all ages, 2-3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 20, Toh-Atin Gallery, 145 West Ninth St., http://tohatin.com

Listening room series opens The Red Scarf Studio Listening Room is a new music series in Durango. Limited to only 40 seats, the first show will feature Ashley Edwards (of Hello, Dollface) and Davis Jones (of Blasé).

Details: $25, all ages, 6:30 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. music, Wednesday, Jan. 24, The Listening Room, 121 West 32nd St., www.facebook.com/redscarfstudio

After School Awesome,

Wild Rose Gang, 5 p.m.,

Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St.

Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield, 8842222.

Preschool story time,

10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. STEAM Lab, 3:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380.

Black Velvet Duo, 5:30

p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Gems of Eastern Europe, 7 p.m., St. Mark’s Epis-

copal Church, 910 East Third Ave. Los Lobos with Garrett Lebeau, 7:30 p.m., $39-$54,

Fort Lewis College, Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive.

Nappy Roots with Kind Dub and Prestone, 9 p.m.,

rango, 259 W. Ninth St. Baby story time, 2 p.m.,

Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380.

Disability forum and open house, 3 p.m., South-

west Center for Independence, 3473 Main Ave. Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Introduction to leather working, 6 p.m., $20-$40,

Powerhouse Science Center, MakerLab, 1295 Camino del Rio.

Wednesday Morning meditation for all, 8:30 a.m., Pine River

Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield, 884-2222.

T(w)een Time, 4 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.

Tim Sullivan, 5:30 p.m., Di-

Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive.

amond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

HoneyHawk, 9:30 p.m., Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave.

“Durango Rocks” awards ceremony, 5:30

Saturday

SMART Recovery Durango, 5:30 p.m., Suttle Street

March to ACTion 2018,

Clinic, 72 Suttle Street, Suite M.

10 a.m., Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave.

Greg Ryder, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

p.m., Fort Lewis College, Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive.

“The Mask You Live In” documentary screening and discussion, 6 p.m., Fort

Lewis College, Student Union, Ballroom, 1000 Rim Drive.

Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Eno

Cocktail Lounge and Wine Bar, 723 East Second Ave., 385-0105.

Introduction to electronics,

6 p.m., $20-$40, Powerhouse Science Center, MakerLab, 1295 Camino del Rio. “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” main stage auditions, 6 p.m.,

Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606.

Durango Photography Club meeting,

7 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Evening of comedy with Keith Barany, 8 p.m.,

$32.65, Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203.

Instrument Discovery Day, 1 p.m., Fort Lewis

College, Jones Hall, Roshong Recital Hall, 1000 Rim Drive, 247-7657.

Greg Ryder, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 375-7260.

Nathan Kalish and The Lastcallers, 9:30 p.m., Bal-

McDonald’s Twilight Nights Race Series, 5

p.m., $10, Purgatory Resort, 1 Skier Place.

Introduction to vinyl cutting, 6 p.m., $20-$40,

Powerhouse Science Center, MakerLab, 1295 Camino del Rio. Winter Wine & Dine, 6:30

p.m., $84, Mahogany Grille, 699 Main Ave., 247-4433.

cony Backstage, 600 Main Ave.

Ongoing

Sunday

Durango Arts Center 10-Minute Play Contest submissions,

Ukulele jam, 4 p.m., Mag-

pies Newsstand Cafe, 707 Main Ave.

Monday Prayerful response to stopping suicide, all-day

event, Christian Science Reading Room, 1166 East Third Ave. Sitting meditation and talk with Erin Treat, 5:30

p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 East Third Ave. “Learn to square dance” class, 7 p.m., Flori-

da Grange, 656 Highway 172.

Tuesday Tim’s Tuesday Tech Time, 9:30 a.m., Pine River

Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield, 884-2222.

Decision-making, noon, $37, First National Bank of Du-

accepted through Feb. 9. To submit, visit www.durangoartscenter.submittable. com/submit/98943/10-minute-play-contest.

“The Shape Of Water” exhibit by artist Julia Klema, on display through

Feb. 23 at Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave.

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A discussion with a female acquaintance might be important for you this week. Share your hopes and dreams for the future with this person to get his or her feedback. (It might help you.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) With the Moon at the top of your chart, you are high-viz this week!

However, people seem to know personal details about your private life.

(Spooky.)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Try to do something different this week to satisfy your urge for adventure.

Travel would be an obvious choice.

At least, go someplace you’ve never been before – perhaps a new store or a different restaurant.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

You might learn more information

about someone else’s wealth and assets this week. This might be your partner, or it could be someone you know. (Yes, that will be interesting.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Because the Moon is opposite your sign this week, you have to go more than halfway when dealing with others.

This simply requires a little patience and diplomacy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Do what you can to feel better organized this week. Take 15 minutes out of your day to tidy some little area – your glove compartment, your medicine cabinet or your bedroom floor.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a playful, fun-loving week!

Take a long lunch. Meet the gang for happy hour. Talk to a friend and enjoy a lighthearted discussion. Live

it up this week!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Grab any chance that comes your way to hunker down and cocoon at home this week because you will like this.

You need some peace and quiet among familiar surroundings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a fast-paced, busy week! Short trips, discussions with siblings and relatives plus increased reading and writing will keep you on the go!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Keep an eye on money matters this week because this is an appropriate focus for this week’s Moon. Don’t shop with your feelings; shop with your brain.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)

This week, the Moon is in your sign, which makes you more emotional than usual. But it also attracts a little bit of extra good luck! Yay! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Work alone or behind the scenes this week because quiet solitude will please you. You need a moment to just take a breather. You deserve it.

BORN THIS WEEK You are generous, kindhearted and will help those in need. This is a busy, social, fun-loving year when you can live life to the fullest! You will have a great zest for life and want to nurture the happiness and beauty around you.

Be grateful for what you have. Expect increased popularity and warm friendships that will delight. Enjoy! © 2018 King Features Syndicate Inc.

[songs to jam out to in the new year] “Get Busy Livin’ or Get Busy Dyin’,” by Kings of Nuthin’: Doesn’t matter if Lady Luck took the last train out, we got a say in how we spend our days. Let’s slay the m-effin day.

“If the Kids are United,” by Sham 69: “If the kids are united, then we’ll never be divided,” sounds like a damn fine start to making 2018 better than the blazing pile-on of last year. Let’s get organized.

“Elastic Heart,” by Sia: Because holy crap it doesn’t matter if you’ve had a hard breakup. What matters is you don’t let them break you. You don’t wall up. You love again.

“I Got You (I Feel Good),” by James Brown: Srsly. James Brown yowling, “I feel good,” it’s the sugar and spice you need.

“People Have the Power,” by Patti Smith: Damn right we do. Power to change the way we frame our own life stories and socio-political surroundings.

“Touch the Sky,” by Kanye West, feat. Lupe Fiasco: West is half jackass, half genius, Fiasco is all beauty, all the time. Whatever to all of it cause this song is PMA all the way.

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Funk, brunch, and storytelling DGO photo contributor Lucy Schaefer caught the The Motet’s funky flyby at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Friday, Jan. 12. She also stopped in for brunch at El Moro and captured other characters on Main Avenue. DGO’s Patty Templeton was at the Raven Narratives at the Durango Arts Center Saturday.

For more photos, go to dgomag.com

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