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ARTISTRY Native American creatives talk life on the res, kicking down boundaries, and learning to tell their own stories

Also: Ben’s Big Burgers, the VFW Record Swap, and a review of Lamb’s Bread wax

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Or, rather, a cheeseburger from Derailed, cause these things look, and taste, gotdang delicious. Ugh, and now our stomachs are growling. Thanks, burger photo. Thanks a bunch.

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Big ol’ burgers at Ben’s Ben’s Big Burgers on Second Avenue promises colossal-sized burgers that will make you feel thicccccc after devouring them, and boy, do they deliver.

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“It’s the perfect white-girl-wasted drink,” our companion declares, holding up her glass of wild strawberry basil lemonade at Derailed Pour House. “In the summer, it’s the perfect patio and drink, and in the winter...”

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TAPPING INTO YOUR »» Green

Chef and City Market face off in round two of our battle of the boxed meals

Attention, meal delivery service fanatics. We’re back with a second round of reviews for your reading pleasure. Our hope for you this chilly fall season is that if WE try to make food from a few specialty, out-of-thebox meal delivery boxes, it will convince you that there is life outside of Hello Fresh.

Last week, we tried PeachDish and Sun Basket, both of which were pretty pro in their own fancy ways. THIS WEEK, you’re in for a meaty treat, cause we are reviewing the Prep + Pared meal kits from City Market, which don’t need a FedEx label (unless you live hella far outside Durango). You can just grab them at the ol’ grocery store. We’re also trying out meals in a box from Green Chef, the only certified organic meal delivery service around.

Here’s how things turned out. (Hint: we saved the best boxed meals for last.)

City Market Price: $18 for two meals and four servings, although if I recall correctly, we got them on sale for about $15 Membership: Not required because you just snag them from the refrigerated bin at City Market.

What we tried »»Chicken enchiladas with red sauce How was the packaging?

The packaging on these meals was fine. It was a nice touch to have the meals sitting in a brown box – it felt kind of earthy, to be quite honest – and each component of the meal was packaged nicely in its own spot. However, I didn’t really dig having to drain cooked chicken.

Something about that seemed really...gross. I’m not sure why. Everything else was pro, though, and my avocados, which tend to be under-ripe when purchased separately at City Market, were the perfect consistency to make guacamole. So, that part was a win.

Our score: 3.5 out of 5 spatulas How easy were these to cook?

OK, so I’m going to apologize to City Market in advance, because these were the very first prepped meals I’d tried to cook, and I am going to tell you right here and now that I hated every single part of it. I don’t know if it was because I was tired from work or what, but I felt like they were a major pain in the ass. There wasn’t really a reason to feel that way – not that I can pinpoint, anyway – but for whatever reason, these did not feel like easy meals to conquer. I just didn’t feel prepared to make them. I think on any normal day they’d be easy enough. Just maybe avoid these boxes when you’re stressed out?

Our rating: 3 out of 5 microwaves So, how’d they turn out?

As you likely gathered from my mini-rant above, these did not turn out very well.

Here’s part of the deal. I grew up in south Texas, and I am very picky about my Tex-Mex. These enchiladas were not Tex-Mex. They were soggy and bland.

One of the main issues is that the chicken came pre-cooked, and cold chicken is really gross to shred with your fingers, which this recipe required of you.

Photos by Angelica Leicht/DGO Mag

»» The interior of our City Market find, the Prep + Pared meal kits, which are not for the faint of heart.

Another issue is that the recipe didn’t actually ask you to warm up the chicken. It just asked you to throw the damn stuff in the pan full of “sauce” (I take issue with that term being used for what was on top of these bad boys) to warm it up, which didn’t warm it up. It just made it less cold. These enchiladas also called for flour tortillas, which I have a real issue with. Flour tortillas do not belong in enchiladas EVER. I don’t care what you say. I know what I’m talking about here.

made the flour tortillas a soggy mess of inedible.

(THAT IS WHY YOU DON’T USE FLOUR, FOLKS.)

Also, while we’re on the topic, enchiladas should always go in the oven, yet this recipe didn’t want you to put them in the oven. It wanted you to be finished after you rolled the lukewarm chicken and sauce into the tortillas and covered them with sauce and cheese.

I put them in the oven anyway – yes, I’m a rule-breaker, and no, it did not work out well – to melt the cheese on top, and all it did was cause the sauce to separate into watery and chunky components, which

Our rating: 1.5 out of 5 at-home Michelin stars

Anyway, these were not edible and I ended up having to throw away most of them because no one in my house would eat them, not even for this story.

I ended up just eating the guac with a spoon for dinner. That stuff, unlike the enchiladas, was fine. The rice was all right. /meh. It was rice.

Would we snag these City Market meals again?

Heck no. Not this enchilada box, anyway. Maybe the other meals are better, but these enchiladas?

Burn them in a flour tortilla fire.

Who would like these City Market meals?

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INNER CHEF

»» Green Chef’s chicken with enchilada sauce (left), which may not be the prettiest dish, but it was definitely the tastiest. The pork chops and barley from Green Chef. This stuff is so good, y’all.

These meals are for people who either really have no clue how to roll corn tortillas or are desperate to make something inedible to ruin someone else’s day.

What we ordered »»Italian breaded pork chops »»Chicken with enchilada sauce »»Curry-spiced steak How was the packaging?

Green Chef Online: greenchef.com Price: Green Chef does things a little differently. Their prices are per meal, and range from $10.99 to $12.99 per meal.

You can order the two-person plan, which contains six meals/servings total per box, or the family plan, which contains two dinners for a family of four, which works out to eight meals/servings total per box.

This was some pro packaging, you guys. The brown paper bags that contain the veggies are recycled and compostable, and I LOVED that most of the vegetables were pre-chopped and ready to go. I do not want to chop a stupid onion when I’m starving, or when I’m at risk of burning something, and I did not have to do that with these meals. Things were ready to freakin’ go.

Heck yes. My kind of box.

Membership: You do have to have a membership, but Green Chef allows you to pick when meals are ordered – so you can have them sent over every week, or every two weeks, or every four weeks.

Kinda rad, if you ask us. Especially if you’re someone who tends to work late and/or nonstop...not that we’d know anything about that.

If I have to chop cilantro, I’m a’ight with it. If I have to chop carrots, I want to burn down the kitchen. The fact that most of the ingredients were chopped and ready to go kept my feelings of destruction at bay, and kept the meal edible. Hell yeah, that’s a win.

What we kinda love about these: So. Much. Variety!! Green Chef lets you order paleo, or vegan, or gluten-free, or omnivore, or keto, or vegetarian...or so on...boxes, and all of them are certified organic, and none of them contain GMOs, toxic pesticides, irradiation, sewage sludge, antibiotics, growth hormones, or steroids. MF’in win if you as us.

How easy were these to cook?

Our score: 5 out of 5 compost piles

I’m pretty intimidated by both pork and steak, but let me tell you, if all pork and steak were this easy to figure out, I’d be the Gordon Ramsey of journalism. Part of what helped was that the recipes were broken down by the main dish and the sides, and they were even

numbered so I knew exactly where I should be and when. I didn’t feel the need to jump ahead because of how well laid out these instructions were, and – praise the food gods – I didn’t burn anything or undercook anything, either. Everything was easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5 microwaves So, how’d they turn out?

I’m going to just brag a bit here and tell you that I CONQUERED THE HELL out of these meals. Green Chef is by far my favorite of the boxes we’ve reviewed so far. The meals were so easy to make, and even with my subpar kitchen skills and sticky child hands touching everything, these meals were still gotdang delicious.

I’m not exaggerating, either. I wasn’t sold on the recipes initially – especially the sides, which were things like pinto beans, corn, and slaw – but they turned out so nicely. Pork isn’t easy to cook, but it’s really freaking easy to overcook, and thanks to this recipe, I made it work. Even the steak, which I’m normally intimidated by, turned out pretty well.

So did the sides, which were ultimately my favorite part. The barley and mushrooms that accompanied the pork chops looked like a sloppy mess as I was cooking it, but it ended up tasting

like delicious Parmesan risotto, and I ate the leftovers out of a pan with a spoon.

I did the same thing with that colorful slaw that went alongside the enchilada chicken. Please send that in every box. It is the cabbage bomb.

Our rating: 5 out of 5 at-home Michelin stars Would we order these Green Chef meals again?

Honestly, you can tear these Green Chef boxes out of my cold, dead, lazy hands. I loved them. The food isn’t as Instagram-worthy as some of the other boxes we’ve tried – chicken on a bed of beans and corn isn’t exactly pretty – but they were so delicious that I truly do not care. I do not care if you’re jealous of what my Insta-meals look like, because they taste so good, it ain’t even worth worrying about the pretty plating.

Who would like these Green Chef meals?

Um, e’rybody. You Durangatangs are hella conscious about things like organics and sustainable farming, and Green Chef is the only box out there that’s certified organic. Add that to the fact that the recipes are killer, and you’ve got yourself a big ol’ winner with this one.

—— Angelica Leicht

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What the Fork | Lindsay Mattison

Getting wasted: No, not that kind of wasted

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e’re coming up on a few holidays that we celebrate by preparing huge, feed-an-armystyle meals, so it seems like a good time to put a bug in your ear about food waste. I’m not just talking about save-the-environment style initiatives (although there are many compelling reasons to compost instead of sending your waste to the landfill).

I’m talking about creating a new kitchen economy that will save your pocketbook by keeping food waste to a minimum.

As someone who once loathed leftovers, I can tell you that reducing my personal food waste has been quite the journey. For the longest time, I didn’t want to eat last night’s dinner for lunch (and I still don’t really want to). Instead of reaching for that prepared Tupperware filled with tasty goodness, I’d opt for take-out instead. That got expensive, and it wasn’t exactly healthy, either. It took three simple words to get me to change my mindset: re-purpose your leftovers.

It actually happened while working at a restaurant. My sous chefs kept coming to me with their problems. What should I do with this leftover risotto? What about the extra mashed potatoes from last night? We pickled way too many beets last week; should I throw them away? The questions were constant, as was my headache in those days. You see, we sourced seasonal ingredients, which meant the majority of our menu was daily or weekly specials. Since they ran for a limited time, we were perpetually 86’ing things or dealing with tons of leftovers.

I knew that throwing away organic, locally-grown produce would seriously impact my food cost, which would not make my bosses happy. I also had some moral qualms about it. After all, my farmer friends had worked so hard to grow and harvest these ingredients, only to resign them to a fate in the dumpster?

No, throwing away leftovers was not an option.

So, we learned to reuse the things we could and re-purpose the rest. We found that most food (especially the starch-heavy kind) couldn’t be served as-is, because they

tasted lackluster the next day, so we started thinking outside the box. That extra risotto was balled up, stuffed with cheese, and fried to become the night’s arancini small plate special, and those mashed potatoes made an excellent loaded baked potato soup. As for things like pickled beets, there wasn’t a salad, sandwich, or dip that couldn’t benefit from a burst of their sweet-and-tangy flavor.

Once we began, we could hardly stop. It became a game – a challenge – to take whatever was left and turn it into a fun new dish. I started doing it at home, too. I found that almost anything in the fridge could be turned into a casserole or soup by simply tossing it into a pot or a baking dish. Leftover meats and vegetables become center-stage for a rice bowls or burritos.

Extra pastrami turns into sandwiches today and tacos tomorrow. And if there are still leftovers,

just put an egg on it and it becomes part of breakfast hash or chilaquiles.

I started looking at all my food with this new sense of clarity. How could I save it if it was starting to go bad, and what could I do with the scraps? I learned to use it all, chopping broccoli stems into small bits and cooking them alongside the florets. I save vegetable scraps and chicken carcasses in the freezer for my next batch of homemade stock. Nearly spoiled milk turns into ricotta (which, in turn, is made into cavatelli noodles or used for lasagna, cannoli, or a spread for toast). Extra eggs are hard boiled for salads or bowls of ramen, and meats are braised or turned into stews before living a long and healthy life in the freezer. Vegetables are pickled, and the too-wilted ones are perfect for juicing or making soup. I’ll even have some fun with infusions, tossing excess herbs into vinegar or lemon peels and other aging fruits into jars of vodka to create limoncello and other fruit liqueurs.

The possibilities are literally (not figuratively) endless once you start looking at your food in a different way. Every item you glean not only saves you money on your next grocery bill, but also keeps your food out of the garbage. As much as 40 percent of the food grown in the U.S. goes from farm to fork to landfill, which not only wastes the food itself but also the resources used to grow it (labor, water, fertilizers, gas for transportation, and so on). And landfills aren’t designed to break down waste – just store it – which means it’s there forever, releasing methane gas as it slowly decays.

That’s a sad fate, so don’t let that happen to your food. There are a million ways to reuse and re-purpose your food (even if you hate leftovers). Get creative and have some fun.

Lindsay D. Mattison is a professional chef and food writer living in Durango. She enjoys long walks in the woods, the simplicity of New York-style cheese pizza, and she’s completely addicted to Chapstick. Contact her at lindsaymattisonwriter@gmail. com.

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Diner dive of the week: Thick shakes and thicc burgers at Ben’s Big Burgers fries, now can you? Not next an extra thick shake anyway, which we used to wash it all down after practically inhaling the cheeseburger and fries.

Ben’s Big Burgers promises colossal-sized burgers that will make you feel thicccccc after devouring them, and boy, do they deliver.

We’d been eyeballing the divey-looking burger joint downtown on Second Avenue for weeks, but it wasn’t until one late afternoon, when we’d skipped our lunch hour at work, that our companion suggested we finally give it a go. It didn’t take much convincing on their part to get us on board to walk over.

Like any good dive joint, Amanda Push/DGO Mag Ben’s Big Burgers didn’t »» All of this was gone probably within a minute of taking this photo. look too shiny on the outside, but the promise taste buds could pay attention to way and bacon. And our curly fries? Well, of cheeseburgers, fries, more important things, like the cheese you just can’t go wrong with some curly and ice cream shakes beckoned, and we don’t judge by appearances anyway.

In our humble opinions, the divier, the better.

Upon entering, we were met with a large, mouth-watering menu, which was splayed out haphazardly across the wall. Cheeseburgers. Coney dogs.

Frito pie. Chicken strips. Shakes. Fish and chips. Chili. Corn dogs. French fries. For starving journalists, the possibilities were endless, though it was clear we’d need a nap after our burger endeavor. Peeling our asses out of our booth might be a struggle.

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In our experience, Ben’s Big Burgers was everything one would expect from a local dive – casual and nothing fancy, but with plenty of character and juicy, fried carbs to take your mind off the fact that you’re not in a squeaky clean dine-in. Do you really need a fancy backdrop while you’re just trying to enjoy a decent cheeseburger? Nope. You sure don’t.

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A TIPSY TIME AT DERAILED POUR HOUSE’S

NEWLY REMODELED BAR LOUNGE

By Amanda Push DGO STAFF WRITER

“It’s the perfect white-girl-wasted drink,” our companion declares, holding up a glass of wild strawberry basil lemonade at Derailed Pour House.

“In the summer, it’s the perfect patio and drink, and in the winter...”

She trails off, distracted by the music providing the soundtrack for our visit to Derailed. She serenades the downtown bar with a song that has since faded from memory. We are greatly amused by her tipsy delight over this alcohol infused pink lemonade at the bougie-looking bar we are hanging out at this Saturday evening, and we agree with her. Wild strawberry basil lemonade IS friggin’ delicious.

We are here this night not only for the fancy drinks and greasy burgers (more on that later), but also to check out Derailed’s latest remodeling project. We are impressed (and thankful we decided to change out of our hole-y jeans).

The bar closed for the remodel a few days last week, and only just reopened to reveal their new layout, seating, and lighting. “(We’re) going for a Denver intimate-lounge style setting with more big, oversized chairs and leather couch style seating, along with new dining height tables, which will lower everything from the pub height you may have been used too,” said owner Lisa Gibson in an email to DGO Mag. “We are working everything around the original 1800s mahogany bar that has become a staple to the building and isn’t going anywhere. So, a chic, modern-rustic feel.”

Our evening at Derailed is set to dark, moody lighting, lit by the glow of candles, small fireplaces at the tables around us, and the radiance of the TV screens above us. The bar lounge is busy with activity – couples hunched over their drinks in conversation next to a fireplace, lone visitors looking for a bite to eat or a steady stream of booze, and groups of friends watching the football game flashing across the screens.

Despite the fancy layout, the vibe isn’t snobby or exclusive. While some are clearly here for an elegant date night, just across from us sits a group of sweatshirt-clad guys in baseball hats who are watching the game at the bar. At the other half side, there are the somber lone drinkers conversing with the bartender.

As soon as we open our drink menu, we find ourselves thrilled with the beverage options. While our friend went for a few glasses of the Wild Strawberry Basil Lemonade, we, though curious to try the Kentucky Kampfire, a signature drink garnished

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»» ABOVE: The cheddar and bacon burger. The lighting was perfect for reflecting the oh-so delicious greasy goodness.

»» RIGHT: I’m Your Huckleberry, one of Derailed’s Fall/ Winter unwinding drink specials. with bacon and orange peel , ultimately decide on a drink called the “I’m Your Huckleberry.” It’s one of the menu’s fall/winter drink specials, made with huckleberry vodka and topped with cinnamon and blueberries. Yes, we are that fancy.

We don’t limit ourselves to the drink menu, though. It has been nearly all day since we have eaten, and we’re extremely eager to get our hands on one of Derailed’s burgers. Our companion opts for the Derailed burger, while we try our luck with the trusty cheddar and bacon burger, which is slathered in barbecue sauce and garnished with a fried onion. Our food arrives quickly, and we aren’t disappointed.

To end the night, we take our server up on their recommendation to try The Porthole – liquor infused with fresh ingredients and served for two people. We are happy to find those fresh ingredients to be fruit saturated with Bacardi rum. We clink our glasses together and cheer our white-girl-wasted time at Derailed.

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Digging up nostalgia, dust, and sexy Santa at the VFW record swap

By Amanda Push DGO STAFF WRITER

“Are you looking for the record swap?” a patient staffer at the Veterans of Foreign Wars asks us, likely prompted by the look of confusion slapped across our faces as we make our way through the thrift store at the VFW. We nod, relieved that we won’t be wandering helplessly about much longer. She points us in the right direction of the record swap, sponsored by the Four Corners Vinyl Record Club. In the upper level of the VFW building is a treasure trove filled with snapshots from another time, a time when you could hold your favorite artist in your hands, when album sleeves were an awe-inspiring piece of art, not just a photo slapped on the cover. Elton John croons in the background as our guide as we launch ourselves into the hunt.

We’re here this Saturday afternoon to flip our fingers over the dusty texture of nostalgia: records from genres that range from classic rock, soul, and

punk rock to what some may refer to as the most annoying pop groups of the ’70s and early ’80s. We soon find ourselves squealing in delight over the 1979 “Voulez-Vous” album from ABBA. (Please stop your eye-rolling).

There are endless boxes to be rifled through, and vendors are eager to talk records. There’s the More Music Store booth, a new buy, sell, trade vinyl records shop in Pagosa Springs, which we learn just opened a few weeks ago. There’s also Gregg, a private collector who decided after decades of amassing a massive collection of vinyl and music memorabilia that it is time to share his finds with the rest of us.

Sensing our enthusiasm, Gregg demonstrates how collecting records can, in many ways, be like piecing together a puzzle. Literally. What he means is that there are collections that, when pieced together, create art. If all nine covers of The Capitol Disc Jockey Christmas Albums, released in 1969 by Capitol Records, are put together, it reveals a very regal-looking Santa Claus smok-

ing a cigar amongst a gaggle of sexily clad women.

The ultimate record puzzle.

“It makes collecting records fun,” Gregg says, as holding up two of the covers for us.

We are stoked to come also across vinyls from Styx, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Cher, Jethro Tull, Madonna, and Jefferson Starship, too. We drool over a 1969 Led Zeppelin album, which we respectfully place on top of the bin, and it is almost immediately snatched up by a fellow shopper, who’s balancing an ever-growing stack of vinyl in his arms. We return to ask a different vendor about a Pink Floyd album we’d seen earlier, only to find out that it was been purchased it mere seconds before we returned. At this record swap, it is every music lover for themselves, it seems.

By the time we leave, our hands are covered in dust and grime, but our spirits are full in only the way that seeing and hearing your favorite musicians on vinyl can make you feel. Durango may have just lost its only music store, but it’s clear we still have a love for nostalgia and wax...and Pink Floyd albums.

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Dollar Signs Are All I Can See The only gambling Patty Templeton goes in on are Dolly Parton-themed slot machines and lotto tickets for jackpots over 500 million hundos. If she ever gets rich, she is going to buy a f-ton of books. Chat on Twitter via @ PattyTempleton.

What’s new Note: This album review was first published in DGO Mag back in May 2018. What we mean by that is if we’re calculating the age in album years, it’s old as someone’s freaking toddler, but you should still check out the record anyway.

Oldies but goodies, man. Or, oldies but toddlers. Either or.

I’ve kept my eye on Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon-based record label Kill Rock Stars since my early affinity for lesser-known punk and outsider-whatever as teen in the mid-to-late ’90s. At the time, there was little unifying the disparate sounds I heard, other than their local geography and aesthetic.

I was enamored with that part of the country, and the music being made there. Truth be told, I still sort of am.

As with many of the labels I trusted at the time, I didn’t love everything, but the vast majority stuck with me, and I grew to appreciate the varying styles as my tastes and palette became more experienced. Certainly not refined.

Lithics are a band out of Portland that immediately appealed to my senses and sensibilities. I would have been just as into this band then as I am now. Certain sounds and ap-

proaches maintain over time. Their brand of wiry, jagged art punk would feel new and refreshing in any of the last four decades. Lead vocals and half the guitar duty come courtesy of Aubrey Hornor, and are equal parts jittery, convulsive twitch, and deadpan wry sarcasm. The propulsive rhythm section and start-stop guitars beg for movement, and I’d bet whatever is in my right pocket that their shows are sweaty dance-offs, with angular pogo-ing aplenty.

“Mating Surfaces” has been available since Friday, May 25, via Kill Rock Stars Records on compact disc, cassette tape, and on standard black vinyl LP. The cassette and vinyl, as is more than often customary in 2018, also comes with a digital download of the full record in your choice various high-quality formats.

Recommended for fans of The Bush Tetras, X, Gang of Four, ESG, The Slits, and more contemporary art/punks such as Shopping, Erase Errata, Deerhoof, and even moments of my 2017 record/band of the year Downtown Boys. High, high quality stuff here.

—— Jon E. Lynch KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu

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Dead Floyd honors legacies of Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd

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ack in 1967, both The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd released their first albums. The Grateful Dead’s self-titled album dropped in March, and Floyd’s “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” dropped a few months later. Both records are an apt reflection of what indie rock was during that time, and the majority of both records’ songs clocked in at about three minutes long, with a few longer tunes thrown in to foreshadow the route their music would later take.

Both bands have also become an essential part of the classic rock canon, so much so that they’ve inspired loads of tribute and cover bands, including Dead Floyd, a Fort Collins-based band that digs into both bands’ vast catalogs.

Members of Dead Floyd came together roughly nine years ago for what was supposed to be a one-off classic rock show, or what drummer Stu Crair describes as a “Monsters of Rock” style performance. When guitar player Charlie Humphreys revealed he was more than a casual fan of the Grateful Dead and had musical knowledge of nearly every song, bass player Josh Miller revealed the same musical fanaticism about Pink Floyd in return, and the two figured they were onto something. Combine that with two sold out shows, and the collab became much more than a one-off concert.

“We did a one night only thing in a small venue in Fort Collins and it sold out. Line down the street, crazy response, and then we did it again, and it sold out again at the Aggie Theatre,” said Crair. “That was nine years ago, and I never intended to be in a cover band. I’ve always played original music. But it kind of became fun to write set lists that are a crazy mix of two bands I personally love, and everyone in the band does. It kept evolving from there into something bigger and more fun.”

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Both Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead were on the same trajectory at the same time. Club shows and shorter songs started giving way to long psychedelic jams, bigger audiences, and larger venues. Dead Floyd, while very much a cover band, also wants to put their own stamp on what they do.

“The main thing we try to apply, and still to this day, we don’t want it to be like a tape recorder,” Crair said.

“The live show should be a unique show every time, and it should be very much in the moment. We absolutely want to do the songs justice. There are certain things I think are undeniable, but sometimes the tempos, the feel, arrangements of a song, we’ll definitely mess with a little bit to fit what we’re trying to do.”

One may wonder about the fandom, and if there is any monotony in playing “Bertha” or “Comfortably Numb” night after night.

“The answer is absolutely not,” said Crair. “I just listen to it differently than we ever did before. A song pops on that we play often, and I’ll say, ‘I haven’t listened to this song in years,’ even though we’ve been playing it for years, and there’s all kinds of cool little things we can incorporate into the show. So it keeps my fandom at an all-time high, because I appreciate it more than most. I’m studying it as much as I’m listening to it to say, ‘How can we do this better or different?’”

Dead Floyd will return to Durango tomorrow (November 9) at the Animas City Theatre.

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

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Indian artists tell their stories in their own strokes, in their own mediums, and with their own words

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»» A poster on Navajo code talkers by Lyshawna Benally.

During World War II, the Japanese were able to crack other codes used by the U.S. to transmit tactical messages, but never when the Navajo language was used. It is the only oral military code that remains unsolved.

raphic designer, comic book artist, musician, filmmaker – it doesn’t matter the medium or the tribe – Native artists want to be the ones to tell their own stories, from the grit to the shine.

These artists are proud of who they are. They embrace the struggle of challenging the status quo to shed light on who their people are, and balance the weight of telling their truths without being exploitive or harmful. These artists choose to tell their stories to fight back against the oft-misconstrued beliefs about their cultures, the victories and struggles of their people, and the confusion that persists over the fact that Native American reservations are still around.

Native hip-hop artist and DJ Antonio “Tones” Herrera put it this way: “We were here first but nobody hears us. But nobody knows what we go through right now, and nobody knows what we have to overcome because we’re some strong individuals.”

This week, in part two of our series, Native artists weigh in about growing up on the reservation, overcoming their dark sides, not giving a damn about the mold they’re expected to fit into, and the difficulty of walking the fine line between being honest about the “ugly side” of the Indigenous narrative and the fortitude of their people.

Lyshawna Benally Fort Lewis College graduate and Navajo artist Lyshawna Benally isn’t worried about making other people happy with her art. She’s interested in pushing the bounds of what it means to be a Native artist.

“I do want to push the traditional norms,” Be-

nally said. “I just don’t want to be limited.”

It was the creation of a character that she drew – a Navajo woman samurai that she’s thinking of turning into a comic book – and the criticism it brought on for “not being Native enough” that pushed her toward kicking down the confines of what it means to be a creative

who also happens to be American Indian.

“The concept was that I was trying to smash Native American mythology with Japanese mythology monster-wise. In Japanese culture, they have the yokai and in the Navajo (culture) Continued on Page 14

Courtesy of Lyshawna Benally

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they have all the giant stories and skinwalkers and everything mythological. I kind of want to smash them up and see the similarities between the two. …

I have definitely gotten criticism saying like, ‘She’s not Navajo enough,’ and what I should have added to the work.”

Tired of seeing female characters portrayed as needing to be saved, she intends to make the Navajo samurai woman the main character in the comic series.

“I want the main character to be the female because that’s always the trope of the woman being weak, useless, and always screaming. The man is always the savior, so this one I want to make the female the main character, the main savior of the story. I want to incorporate all the Native American and Japanese mythology.”

When asked why she is so fascinated by the Japanese culture, Benally said she sees a lot of similarities between the two cultures, especially in spirituality and tradition.

“What I thought was very interesting between the two is that they do definitely go with the inner strength and inner spirit. And they do have the temple, how they have like the Holy People, like how Native people do, especially the Navajos.”

Like her fellow artists, the alarming numbers of missing and murdered Native women is especially concerning to Benally, and she uses her art to bring attention to it. Native Americans are more than twice as likely than any other group in the U.S. to be victimized by violence, rape, and sexual assault, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. More than one in three Native women are raped during their life, according to a study published by PubMed Central.

During the month of October, she participated in the Inktober drawing challenge and, for the theme of stars, she drew a Native woman standing before a night sky – the stars a series of holes against a veil of darkness.

“The circles are the stars, or the missing holes of someone’s life. It represents how many missing women there are,” she said.

Other topics Benally incorporates into her art involve the abuse of Native elderly people and Navajo code talkers.

In one piece, she drew an image of an elderly Native woman walking down a road with a cane, alone.

“It’s just kind of messed up how that (elder abuse) is actually happening all over the reservation. I hear from other people. I just want to encourage young people to still have to respect and take care of your elders. … It’s just quite sad,” she said.

In one poster, she honors the work of the Navajo code talkers who helped communicate military plans over the radio during World War II. Unlike other codes the American military used, the Japanese were never able to crack the Navajo code, and it remains the only oral military code to not be deciphered.

“They were the reason why the U.S. during the time was able to win the war and many people don’t

Courtesy of Lyshawna Benally

»» A drawing of an elderly Indigenous woman walking. The piece represents how Native elders are still working hard and living the traditional ways. “It’s important to help and respect them,” said Benally. “Elderly abuse comes in many ways, like emotional, psychological, physical, sexual, neglect, abandonment, financial, and self-neglect.”

know that, and I think it’s a very important part of our history.”

Now that she’s graduated FLC with a degree in graphic design, Benally has aspirations of becoming an illustrator and to start her own clothing line,

while incorporating aspects of her culture into both mediums.

“What really did inspire me to incorporate those was when I took Native classes on how we were misrepresented, the stereotypes, and also break the

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»» Tones performing at the Animas City Theatre in 2014. of professions. It’s like breaking the traditional norms. I want to inspire young people to become a business owner or be an artist in their own way.”

Antonio Herrera

Courtesy of Lyshawna Benally

»» A character design for the manga Lyshawna Benally is creating. The character travels the country to find her missing husband and encounters monsters and supernatural beings during her journey. traditional norms, too. Being a Native American and trying to be an artist, they either associate you with weaving or pottery making. I want to inspire young kids – you don’t have to grow up and do those types

Antonio “Tones” Herrera is not someone who sugar coats his life or his experiences growing up on a reservation – not when he sits down with you for a cup of coffee, and especially not in his music.

“Us Native Americans go through a lot of stuff that people can’t even imagine. We go through big city problems,” said Herrera, who’s part Ute and Mexican American. “Being on my reservation, alcoholism is so huge. Everybody drinks there.”

He expresses that struggle and his journey to get to where he is today through his music, a medium that gives him a rush like nothing else, he said. Herrera attributes his talents to growing up in a family where music was just part of life.

“They call me a jack of all trades, master of none. I’m a DJ, hip-hop artist, musician, martial artist. I do everything,” Herrera said. “I grew up in a predominately music(al) family. My brother is an emcee-producer. My little brother is the person who makes all my beats and all the stuff that I do. My older brother is the one who engineers my music.

My grandfather plays pretty much every instrument that I can think of. … My family is just musically inclined. I’m very spoiled.”

Herrera, who grew up in Ignacio, was once part of an award-winning hip-hop group called The Council, alongside D’miti “Drezzy” Reynolds and D’shon “Tre” Lloyd,. The since-dissolved crew won an award in 2014 for the best rap hip hop recording for their album, “One Tribe One Nation,” at the 15th Annual Native American Music Awards.

“It’s kind of fortunate the way that I did it because I don’t think I would have ever been known as a musician coming out of a small town in Colorado – selling records worldwide and touring

nationwide. I never thought I’d ever be performing in the middle of Canada or visiting Montreal. That just wasn’t something that happened where I’m from.”

Though the group doesn’t make music together anymore, individually, the former members work on their own projects. Herrera will soon release his own solo album, “Dark Ominous Tones,” which he hopes to have done by the end of the year. The album will be available on iTunes and Amazon.

“This is my life’s work into one album, and then we’ll see what happens after that. … To put out a good solo album you have to tell your story first.”

The album will start off spinning the tale of Herrera’s old way of life, while the end of the album will reflect the positivity of what he’s doing with his life now, Herrera said.

“The dark and ominous theme is more like telling people my dark side of my mentality and telling people that growing up on a reservation, not just my reservation, is tough to do. It’s really tough to do. It’s a life that you think about a lot, all the time, and that you can never get away from because it’s what brought you to who you are right now. I feel like this album is saying goodbye to that dark side.”

Surrounded by violence, tragedy, and abuse growing up, it was difficult to keep from normalizing the hardships he witnessed. On walks to school as a child, Herrera would sometimes come across the bodies of people on the side of the road who had been drinking and ultimately died of exposure.

“That’s just what it is. People go missing and that’s the worst part. Some of my friends have gone missing. Some of my friends have been killed by gunshot or stabbing. I’ve been stabbed. I’ve been shot at. I’ve been robbed multiple times. I’ve robbed people multiples times. … I’m glad that’s all behind me.”

Despite the challenges Herrera has faced, he’s clearly not one to play the victim card. Throughout our interview, Herrera kept a big smile on his face, and shook his head while laughing at some of the stories he told. Thanks to his good-natured demeanor, people often find themselves surprised at his past.

“Buddhism is a beautiful thing, and yoga, too.

Finding yourself is very important because if you don’t do it, you can’t love anybody else. You can’t be around anybody else and have that same glow. I got tired moping. I got tired sitting around and slouched in my chair all the time, complaining about my life and there’s really nothing to complain about.”

Lacey Tewanema For Lacey Tewanema, film is the ultimate medium through which to tell her story.

“It’s a lot harder to describe things in words rather than being able to see it on actual film. You can only describe so much, but being able to see that emotion...basically, a picture is worth a thousand words, so a moving picture is worth even more.”

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craft, but is eager to represent her culture in the industry.

“I really want to be able to get that Native narrative out there, that Indigenous narrative, in other words,” said Tewanema, a Fort Lewis College student. “What I’m going to school for right now is to be able to write about Indigenous aspects about things. So that plays into what I’m going to be filming and what my films are going to be about.”

She is currently working on a film about powwows. There’s a lot more to powwows than singing and dancing, she said, and by giving certain aspects of Native culture more exposure and background, she hopes to help eliminate assumptions people make about American Indians.

“I want to get those stereotypes of what a Native is, what an Indigenous person is, and get those stereotypes thrown out. I’m advocating for the Indigenous community,” she said.

Tewanema became interested in the field after learning how low the percentages of Native journalists, film writers, and actors were. People

who weren’t Native were telling their stories, often leading to Native characters and story lines about American Indians that were two dimensional.

“Well, are we not telling our own stories? Why are we letting someone outside of our nations telling our stories when they don’t know even the history of it sometimes? … It’s something that could be improved, I think, but it can’t be improved unless us as Native nations decide to.”

While she’s part of three tribes, there are times where she’s made to feel as though she’s not enough of one tribe or another to express or explore certain aspects of the culture.

“I get that nation-to-nation racism. So I get I’m not Navajo enough because I don’t know my language.

I’m not Hopi enough because I don’t know my culture and I don’t know how to do certain things, but at the same time, I know enough to be able to represent all of them, no matter where I go.”

One way she expresses that is through her KDUR show, where she plays only Native-composed music.

“So that’s one way I can express how I represent whether I’m Native

enough or not. I’m still playing what I think will be interesting, not just to me, but everyone else out there, and not just playing my own tribes’ music ,but everyone else’s.”

Another challenge she faces is the criticism of showing the “ugly side” of the Indigenous narrative, which she realizes is painful, but also necessary to tell the full story.

“That’s (a) major part of what my art is advocating. People need to know about these things. People need to see things. There’s people that say, ‘You’re just showing our weak spot.’ But at the same time, is it weak to show these spots or is it weak to not show these spots and show that we do have a weakness?”

Bringing awareness to these issues while not being exploitive or negative is a big challenge, though. Still, it’s a test that Tewanema is more than happy to take on. She’s proud of her culture, history, and customs, warts and all.

“I like to say I’m an Indigenous woman before I’m an American citizen because that’s really where my roots are. That’s part of where the resilience comes into play.”

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This week, we’re reviewing a new strain from Prohibition Herb called Glass Slipper, and you should know that I want to make so many Cinderella references right now, but I will refrain.

Just know that they’re looming in my head as I write this.

Prior to testing this ol’ girl out for our review, I had not encountered Glass Slipper. If you’re also unfamiliar with this strain, lemme tell you a little bit about her. She’s a sativa hybrid that was created by crossing Cinderella 99 and LA Confidential, and she’s quite the beaut. Her buds are a deep green and are covered in sticky crystals, and she smells like a candied version of cannabis: a bit fruity, a bit sugary, and sweet through and through.

Given how nice this strain smelled, I had high expectations for the taste, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed.

This Glass grass tastes like smoky pineapple when inhaled, which I learned after lighting her up with a friend on a random weeknight.

We smoked a bowl between the two of us, and it took about ten minutes or so before we really started to feel the effects of ol’ Cindy’s fancy footwear.

(SORRY. THAT’S THE ONLY ONE. PROMISE.) But, once this semi-creeper kicked in, there was no mistaking it. It was almost like someone flipped on a smarty-pants light switch, and I went from lazed out and over my life (thanks, work!) to feeling clearheaded and smart in a matter of moments. I love a good sativa, especially when it works to repair the depletion of the minimal amount of motivation I was born with.

And, things only continued uphill (quite literally) from there. I went from 0 to 60 shortly after the fog cleared from my head, and all of a sudden, I had the drive to do things I ALWAYS put off, like cleaning counters and wiping the freaking dust off the open cabinet shelves that someone inexplicably built in my house. Why anyone builds shelving that isn’t protected by cabinet doors or glass is beyond me, but I digress. I found the energy to clean those dumb things, which is fine by me.

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This strain would be the exact opposite of what someone with insomnia should smoke, in case you haven’t gathered that by now. But if you have like 17 years worth of dust bunnies gathered under the bed, or you have a pile of towels that has grown as tall as the Swiss Alps, grab some of this baddie and you’ll be all set.

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The folks from Chronic Therapy sent over four different concentrates for us to try, and we opted to split the reviews into two weeks, cause it just seemed impossible to give each strain its fair shake in one review. We only have so many words. So this week, we’re focusing on the Lamb’s Bread and Strawberry Cough PHO Wax. But before we do that, let’s talk shop. While Chronic Therapy has some higher-end products, most of this dispensary’s wax and shatter are mega affordable. They offer wax and shatter priced at both $15 and $20, which is a hell of a steal. Their live badder, resin, and crystals cost between $30 and $50, and they’ll knock 25 percent off the price if you load up on four or more.

ALSO. They have a thang called Wax Wednesday, which is where they offer bulk pricing on grams, so your wax can be as cheap as $11.25. Ballin’ on a budget is ALWAYS all right with us.

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Let’s start with Lamb’s Bread. I was pretty surprised to learn that Chronic Therapy keeps this strain on hand, because it’s not the easiest to find. It’s a sativa with Jamaican origins, and it’s known to really help elevate the mood and make the most cynical ass (me!) dig up some positivity. This strain is universally loved, and rumor has it that even Bob Marley (RIP to the greatest stoner ever) liked himself some of this sticky stuff. After smoking some, I believe it. Marley had to have been a fan. I sure am.

Details Where to find Lamb’s Bread and Strawberry Cough PHO Wax: Chronic Therapy, 1020 S. Broadway, Cortez, chronictherapy.co Price: Varies, but check out their deals cause it can drop to like, bottom dollar prices. Baller.

Not only did this bright yellow wax smell like skunky heaven, it also tasted fantastic, too. It contains 68 percent THC, so although I smoked just a small amount, I was immediately high as a mf’er. I felt GOOD, you guys. Very good. I wasn’t super chatty, but I was very mesmerized with the screen on my phone, which looked to me like it was very three-dimensional, and I could not look away. The ratio of the depth between the words and the background was too amusing to me.

When I finally tore myself away, it was to eat like 16 packs of gummies and a huge bag of Cheetos. The muchies and the introspective head high are real with this one.

I followed up the Lamb’s Bread with another sativa, Strawberry Cough, the following night, and it became real clear, real quick as to why this second strain has cough in its name. Try and smoke this berry-scented goodness and NOT choke like a newbie. You can’t. Or, I couldn’t, anyway. I was gasping for air after the first hit.

But, you know, sometimes you gotta give a little to get a little, and if the price for feeling as good as I did is to cough out one of my lungs, I’m down. I don’t need two of them. One will suffice. I was all grins, Cheshire Cat-style, until I passed out a few hours later. Dis stuff good, friends.

I’m stretching the limits of my space with this review, so I’m just going to wrap this up by saying that for the price and for the quality, you cannot go wrong with Chronic Therapy’s PHO wax. I loved both strains, although Lamb’s Bread made me feel all Marley af, and I’m pretty confident you will, too. So just dig some change out them pockets and grab some. You won’t regret it.

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[happening] DGO picks in and around Durango Authors unveil the mystery Get your magnifying glasses and questions out, sleuths, cuz mystery authors Margaret Mizushima, Emily Littlejohn, and Scott Graham will be telling Durango about how awesome it is to write mysteries, along with giving some inside info on their new releases. Learn about what it takes to take on the Sherlock craft of weaving together twists and turns that make mystery novels so damn fun to read. Be sure to stick around after for the Q&A and book signing after the panel.

Details: Nov. 8, Colorado Mystery Authors, 6:30 p.m., free, Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., mariasbookshop.com

Run, girls, run!

We personally don’t really like to move, but we would for Girls on the Run Durango 5K! About 550 girls from La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, San Miguel, and Archuleta counties, who have trained for this 5K, will participate in this long ass run. Girls on the Run is a nonprofit dedicated to helping girls activate their inner strength and potential.

We think that’s pretty rad.

Details: Nov. 10, Girls on the Run Durango 5K, 9:30 a.m., $25-35, Three Springs Durango, 175 Mercado Street, gotrwesterncolorado.org

What a girl wants, what a girl needs Tell us what you want, what you really, really want. Well, this weekend, you can make that known at the What a Girl Wants Expo. Bask in the glory of all the things you could want as a woman, from home business tips and self-defense products to health and fitness merchandise and more. Check out the all-female cocktail and bartending competition, take yoga classes, and make the most of getting to know the other chicks in your community.

Details: Nov. 10, What a Girl Wants Expo, 10 a.m., $5, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., fourcornersexpos.com

Thursday Electronics Recycling, 8:30

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Dead Floyd and Stillhouse Junkies, 9:30 p.m., $12 to $15,

Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 970-799-2281.

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Free Veterans Day Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m., Marvel Grange,

Adulting 101: Money Smarts,

4 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave., 970-375-3380.

Business After Hours *1968*,

4:30 p.m., Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market St., 970-565-1151.

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Centers OA, 1401 Main Ave., suite A. 8 Week Mindful Self-Compassion and Inner Resilience, 5:30 p.m., $250 to $450,

reduced payment plan available, Smiley Building, 1309 E. Third Ave., 970-382-9593.

Adaptive Sports Association Winter Volunteer Orientation, 6 p.m., Durango Community

Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 970-375-7300.

Life Hacks: Money Smarts, 6 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave. Colorado Mysteries Multi-Author Panel, 6:30 p.m.,

Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., 970-247-1438.

Colorado Mystery Authors Panel, 6:30 p.m., Maria’s Book-

shop, 960 Main Ave., 970-247-1438.

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STEAM Lab, 3:30 p.m., Free, Du-

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San Juan College Fall Art Student Exhibit, 5:30 p.m., Hen-

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Art of Giving Scholarship Fundraiser, 5:30 p.m., Smiley

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Bestselling Authors Kathleen and Michael Gear, 6 p.m.,

Cortez Public Library, 202 N Park Street.

Chautauqua: New Mexico Before Columbus, 7 p.m., Little

Theatre - San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., 505-566-3430.

217 County Road 133A. Veterans Breakfast, 8 a.m.,

Marvel Grange, 217 County Road 133A. Girls on the Run Durango 5K, 9 a.m., Three Springs Plaza, 175

Mercado Street, 970-764-6000.

Model Railroading Meeting Silver San Juan Division NMRA, 9 a.m., Upper Pine River

Fire Protection District, 515 Sower Drive.

Animas Museum’s Knit Your Bit, 10 a.m., Animas Museum, 3065

W. Second Ave. What a Girl Wants, 10 a.m., $5 to $15, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., 970-749-5582.

Metropolitan Opera: Live in Hd - Muhly Marnie (New Production/met Premiere),

College Blvd.

Montezuma County Veteran’s Day Parade, 1 p.m., Monte-

zuma Avenus, 107 N. Chestnut.

Matter Of Balance, 2:30 p.m.,

San Juan Regional Medical Center, 800 West Maple.

Manhattan Monday, 5 p.m., password - find it on our social media, The Bookcase & Barber, 601 E. Second Ave. Thrive! Living Wage Coalition Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Com-

mons Building, 701 Camino del Rio.

Tuesday San Juan College Fall Art Student Exhibit, 10 a.m., Henderson

Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, 4601 College Blvd.

Diabetes Education Series,

3:30 p.m., Bonnie Dallas Senior Center, 109 E. La Plata Street.

Super Ted’s Super Trivia, 6

p.m., Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 970-375-7160.

Wednesday

11 a.m., $23 to $26, Vallecito Room at Fort Lewis College Student Union, 1000 Rim Drive, 970-2477657.

San Juan College Fall Art Student Exhibit, 10 a.m., Henderson

Mountainfilm on Tour in Durango, 2 p.m., $5-$20, Durango

Fired Up Stories, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave., 970-375-3380.

Arts Center, 802 E. Second Avenue, 970-259-2606.

Mountainfilm on Tour in Durango, 5 p.m., $5-$20, Durango

Arts Center, 802 E. Second Ave., 970259-2606.

La Plata County Humane Society Bark & Wine Fundraiser Gala, 6 p.m., $40, Fort Lewis

College Student Union Ballroom, 1000 Rim Drive, 970-247-7010.

Farmington Cinematheque presents Science Fair, 7 p.m.,

Little Theatre - San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., 505-566-3430.

Southwest Civic Winds presents ‘A Century of Courage’,

7 p.m., $11 to 18, Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive.

Uncle Kracker in Concert,

8 p.m., $29-$49, Sky Ute Casino Resort, 14324 Highway 172 N, 970563-7777.

Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, 4601 College Blvd.

Green Business Roundtable: Fiber to the Home - Enabling the Utility of the Future, noon, $17 to $22, Henry

Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 970375-7160.

Wednesday Activities Club (WAC), 2:30 p.m., Cortez Public

Library, 202 N. Park Street.

Bonita Peak Mining District Public Meeting and Open House, 6:30 p.m., Silverton Town

Hall, 1360 Green Street.

Blockhead with YPPAH and Arms & Sleepers, 9 p.m., $12

to $15, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 970-799-2281.

Ongoing Henry Stoy, piano at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday at JeanPierre Bakery and Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave.

MarchFourth, 8:30 p.m., $30-

Old west stage shows, held at 5:30 p.m. nightly throughout the summer at Bar D Chuckwagon, 8080 County Road 250. Cost is $12-$38 and reservations are preferred. To reserve, visit www. bardchuckwagon.com.

$35, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 970-799-2281.

Submissions

Mountainfilm on Tour in Durango, 8:30 p.m., $5 to $20,

Durango Arts Center, 802 E. Second Avenue, 970-259-2606.

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San Juan College Fall Art Student Exhibit, 10 a.m., Henderson

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This week, Jupiter changes signs, which means you will have increased travel opportunities and chances for further education for the year ahead. Start booking reservations!

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This week, Jupiter moves opposite your sign, where it will stay for a year. This improves all your relationships and makes it the best year for Geminis to get married in over a decade!

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This week, Jupiter moves into your sign, where it will stay for the next 12 months. This will bring good fortune and increased happiness to you in the coming year. Yay, you!

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Many of you will become more spiritual and seek out groups and organizations to explore new beliefs and ideas during the next year. Keep an open mind!

Native knowledge Ball fruit We know you love your avocado toast, so you should also love your avocado word origins. After all, the word “avocado” is Nahuatl, which is a Central Mexican/Aztec Indian language, and it means “testicle.”

Inconvenient interests Paintings by southwest Native Americans go back thousands of years – the earliest of which dates back to 4000 B.C. They had to work for their materials back then, getting their paints from nature, via mediums like charcoal, ochres, and soladinite.

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No good, horrible, very bad schools In the 1800s, the U.S. government attempted to eliminate Native American culture by removing American Indian children from their families and placing them in boarding schools to assimilate them. Their hair was cut, their tribal clothing was taken away, the children were forced to convert to Christianity, and were forbidden from speaking their language and practicing their culture. Yeah...not the highlight of American behavior.

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Rocky Road | Katie Burford

I’m terrified of repeating negative patterns Dear Rocky Road, My last relationship ended a year ago, and was a long term suffer fest of misery and dysfunction. I took space, healed, and got good with myself. Now, I am developing feelings for someone much younger than I. The age difference alone brings up enough insecurities. Of course I know I am awesome and deserve to be loved, but past hurts have me questioning my self worth. Now that I’ve broken them, I’m terrified of repeating negative patterns. I also need to live, not check out because of fears. What should my main focus be with my vulnerable heart? How can I believe in my self worth and ability to be in a healthy loving relationship and move forward in love?

Confused Cougar Dear Confused Cougar,

that’s society talking. Listen to your heart.

Need advice?

Need advice? Send your questions for Rocky Road to rockyroad@dgomag.com.

our long-term happiness. In avoiding pain, we also miss out on pleasure.

This is the rub. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t go all in for pleasure while still insulating yourself from pain. You must accept that hurt might happen. What you can control is your fear.

You said you were terrified of repeating negative patterns. What if, instead, you were mildly worried, somewhat leery or slightly nervous? By knocking that fear mountain down to speed bump height, you make it surmountable. You make it possible to close the distance between the experiences you crave and the relationships that can deliver them.

I recently attended a writers conference where I met a woman who resides in San Fransisco. Over a dinner seasoned with house-made salt from the nearby bay, she recounted how, after her unfortunate marriage ended in 2004, she decided to give this new-fangled thing called Online dating a try. Nearly 15 years later, she’s still trying. She could write a book on the ins and outs of every dating site or app that ever was. One might expect such a person would be pessimistic, perhaps even suicidal, after sifting through so much detritus. To the contrary, she relished her dating adventures.

Diminishing fear is easier than you think; you’ve already got the tools. As you’ve said, you’ve got good with yourself (love this). This means you’ve got your self-worth locked in an impenetrable safety deposit box. No matter what relationship challenges may come, you will never sink to the place you were before because you know now what you have in the bank. You don’t have to be terrified because you are not the same person you were when those destructive patterns were happening.

You can endure getting knocked down because you have the strength to get right back up.

“At least I’m still trying,” she said, giving a little shrug and downing the last of her Cabernet.

As for the age differential, I could say it’s nothing so long as you feel you are both at a similar stage in life, but that would be denying blatant sexist injustices that exist in our society. Take for example this scenario: instead of candidate Donald Trump having a spouse 24 years his junior, Hillary Clinton had. Hard to imagine, eh? The disparity glares from the hair color aisle of our local drug stores. You will know from the faces on the boxes that this aisle is for women (unless, that is, you are a male wishing to turn your hair cobalt).

I love that attitude. It sums up what I believe is the only way to live a rich life. To approach each day with an open heart despite the knowledge that it may suffer damage.

“The secret of life … is to fall seven times and to get up eight times, ” writes Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist.

This is not an easy thing to do. Our brains are wired to weight negative experiences more heavily than we do positive ones. The basis for this is evolutionary. Through time, it was more important for our survival to remember a poisonous plant or threatening person than it was to have on ready recall a beautiful sunset or kind gesture.

While the salience of negative stimuli may be good for our short-term survival, it is not good for

Ageist ideals of beauty also have evolutionary roots. Attraction in its most primitive form is a vehicle for reproduction. In a strictly biological model, a woman’s attractiveness declines with her fertility. Sadly, modern society has done little to counteract this entanglement. So if the age of the object of your attraction makes you feel insecure,

“True belonging and self-worth are not goods,” writes Brené Brown, author of Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone. “We don’t negotiate their value with the world. The truth about who we are lives in our hearts. Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially our own. No one belongs here more than you.”

What I love about this sentiment is that it grants each of us permission to live a messy, complicated life. Or let me put this way, if you are uncertain about where you are going, that’s a good sign you are forging your own way. You won’t get lost on a well-worn path, but you also won’t get where you alone want to go.

Being lost isn’t so bad so long as you are enjoying yourself along the way. That was the message I got from my dinner acquaintance. She was savoring the quest for love.

Coelho writes, “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

As long as you believe in the possibility, then you have hope, and hope is an essential ingredient to a gratifying life.

KEEPER I’m borrowing the idea of a “keeper” from The Atlantic podcast to close this column. A keeper is something that you heard or read that you want to hold onto. Mine is from the movie Free Solo, which is about climber Alex Honnold’s pursuit to climb El Capitan without a rope. It’s playing at the Animas City Theatre.

What stuck with me about this movie was not just the physical and psychological challenge it depicts, but the emotional one as Alex attempts to navigate a new relationship while pursuing his passion. We see him juggle something he is expert at – climbing – with something he knows little about – love. It drives home a fundamentally human reality: to experience the full magnitude of our accomplishments, we need someone to share them with.

Katie Burford has worked as a social worker, journalist, university instructor, nanny and barista. These days, she’s a mom, professional ice cream maker and writer. Reach her at rockyroad@dgomag.com, @ rockyroadadvice (Twitter) or Rocky Road, 1021 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301.

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