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The final girl

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Native author’s latest turns the horror trope on its head p4

Preparing Durango for when, not if, the big one hits p6

Local artists get in the swim at Denver’s Meow Wolf p10

WordontheStreet With the empty pit on Second Ave. in downtown Durango languishing, the Telegraph asked, “What should we build instead of a hotel?”

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“Maybe an indoor skate park or indoor ski park with a foam pit.”

Roberto

“A bunch of slides and call it Slide World because adults need to remember to play.”

“It should turn into an indoor beach like down in Mexico.”

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“A giant Jell-O pit, a la ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.’”

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“Transitional housing for the unhoused.”

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Native author churns up pop culture horror trope in latest book

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The final girl

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The big one

Local authorities come together to make Durango more fire ready

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Is it us, or is Durango appearing on a heck of a lot of “Best Of” lists recently?

Whether it’s the “Best Small Town You’ve Never Heard Of” or “The Best Place to Ski, Mountain Bike, Raft and Ride A Historic Train All in One Day” – it seems every other day the powers that be are hyping up Durango and its smalltown charms.

The most recent honor, however, is worth noting, if only for its, shall we say, embellished depiction of our historic town. Last month, the website “RunRepeat” came out with “America’s 15 Most Livable Hiking Towns.” And, you guessed it, our fair city placed high atop the rankings, coming in at No. 3, only behind Boise and North Conway, N.H. We also held the special designation (if you wanna call it that) of being the only Colorado town on the list.

“We all know that Colorado is rife with, mountains, trails, and trip-worthy destinations,” RunRepeat writes. “Those like Aspen and Boulder, however, come with hoards (sic) of people, astronomical property values and little opportunity for career-type employment. Durango, on the other hand, has seen slow population growth which is cherished in these parts.”

But reading just a bit farther, one wonders where RunRepeat got its numbers.

For one, RunRepeat says Durango has seen slow growth with a population of 17,817, “which is a true feat as other Colorado locales see record growth and urbanization.”

According to the 2020 Census, however, Durango has hit a population of 19,071, a 13% increase from 2010. For the entire county, we’re now at 55,638, up about 4,300 people from a decade ago.

But that’s not all. RunRepeat then touts Durango’s affordable housing prices, listing the median property value at $383,500. Umm…. the current median property value is $650,000. We’ll just leave it at that.

We could go on (and maybe we will, just a little). Hermosa Creek is not a wilderness area, it’s a special management area; Purgatory does not offer night skiing; and you can’t just flag down the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for a ride, you need a ticket.

Ok, that’s out of our system.

Ranting aside, perhaps the main issue is seeing Durango depicted as this idyllic, fantasy land as residents here deal with getting priced out of housing and finding jobs with livable wages, not to mention living with drought and wildfire on a regular basis.

And, there’s a quantifiable downside to “Best Of” lists: both Rico Hot Springs and Bakers Bridge, for instance, were consistently ranked as “Places You Must Go,” despite the fact both were on private property. Still, those places were open to the public until they became overrun, and eventually, had to be shut down.

But yes, Durango is beautiful, especially if you love the outdoors and hiking – that’s the reason why most of us are here. Still, people would be well advised to do their research before pulling the trigger on that $380,000 house on the grid.

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LaVidaLocal No one is untouchable Last year, Stephen Graham Jones released his umpteenth novel, The Only Good Indians – a haunting, visceral horror story centered on Indigenous characters fleeing from an ominous entity seeking vengeance for their transgressions. And just like Freddie Krueger or Jason Voorhees, Jones has quickly returned from the void to deliver another bloodbath of a story.

In his latest novel, My Heart is a Chainsaw, we’re pulled into the gentrified border town of Proofrock, Idaho, guided by a 17-year-old half-Native girl named Jade Daniels – a social outcast on many levels and a diehard fan of horror films with an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre. Like many real-life border towns that fail to reconcile with their murderous histories and dark secrets, Proofrock has many skeletons hidden in the closet and in its lake, which rests near an abandoned summer camp, infamously home to many gruesome killings from decades ago (and now I’m realizing how profound it was when “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” said her town of Sunnydale rests on a Hellmouth).

The town of Proofrock is preparing to embrace a parasitic class of rich and powerful families moving into their community. This upper-tier group takes it upon themselves to develop the land near these tragic sites, with the local papers glowingly referring to them as “The Founders” for this ambitious project of housing development for the 1%. In the midst of this celebratory social stratification, dead bodies begin appearing around town. From foreign tourists to construction workers to even one of the rich yuppies, no one is untouchable from these brutal killings.

And from Jade’s perspective, where the slasher goggles are on at all times, these mysterious murders sound like the ominous rumblings of a horror movie. Which for her is cause for celebration; it’s a morbid dream come true, and Jade feels compelled to do her part. According to Jade’s logic, since the slasher figure “rises to right the wrongs,” when the slaughtering goes off the rails, “nature spits up its onewoman police force, its fiercest angel: the final girl.” Jade recognizes she’s not the chosen final girl. In the rulebook of horror, final girls are pure, innocent and goodnatured. And given Jade’s heart-wrenching upbringing in a broken home where her parents are either absent or abhorrent toward her, she falls far from meeting those standards. But the new girl in school, Letha Mondragon, has strong potential as the final girl, and Jade seeks to educate and train her for the inevitable climactic battle between good and evil.

And yet, on this journey in her supporting role, Jade gradually learns that reality doesn’t exactly conform to the arcs and tropes of horror films. As Jade and Letha try to uncover who or what is responsible for the corpses piling up around town, the story takes dramatic twists and turns that at times cleverly leans into familiar tropes of classic horror, and at other times tropes that are endearingly subverted/inverted.

The horror movie homages go even further – every chapter is named after a 1980s

slasher and nearly every page mentions a horror film, from beloved classics to oddball deep cuts that will bring a smile to those weirdo VHS tape collectors out there.

On top of that, the end of nearly every chapter features a brief “Slasher 101” essay written by Jade for her high school history class. Regardless of one’s familiarity with the film genre, Jade’s rambling, excitable essays are a delight to read. And it speaks to the talent of Stephen Graham Jones to craft a character voice so distinct, rich and raw that the strength and innocence within her is palpable, even in these off-the-cuff supplementary essays. For a novel that takes metafiction to a heightened level, referencing and analyzing its own tropes and arcs nearly every step of the way, it still delivers an emotionally powerful story with Jade at the center.

Alongside the many references to horror movies, Jones also acknowledges some legendary women in the genre. The book begins with a dedication to Debra Hill – co-writer and producer of John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, “Halloween,” among many other notable films. As Hill bravely navigated through a predatory industry where powerful men were more vicious and demeaning to women than the horror villains she produced, she also became a friend and mentor to many women coming up in the industry, such as Jamie Lee Curtis to name one example.

The novel also begins with an epigraph taken from the film theorist Carol J. Clover, whose seminal text, Men, Women and Chainsaws, analyzed the horror genre from a feminist lens, giving a new subversive depth to the genre. Clover’s legacy to horror can be found in the concept of “the final girl” – the female victim-hero who, whether by luck or fate, is left to confront the face of horror in the end.

Alongside the novel’s richly layered pop culture acknowledgements and its commentary on colonialism, race, class and gender, Jones also organically weaves in a subplot commenting on trauma and abuse, and how visceral spectacles such as the horror genre can act as cathartic and therapeutic outlets for the aggrieved. And much like the arc of the best horror movies, such real-life terrors inevitably need to be confronted. During the chaotic climax of the story, Jade must face the many deaths she’s suppressed in order to live again.

In the 2015 re-release of Men, Women and Chainsaws, Clover admired how her concept of the final girl had become ingrained in pop culture. Yet she couldn’t help but comment on the way the modernized character concept was a little too clean and predictable. With Jones’ playful, subversive approach to storytelling, where stereotypes and settler state narratives are mocked and left for dead, and the forts demarcating “civil” and “savage” are burned to the ground, even the concept of the final girl is charmingly upended. In My Heart is a Chainsaw, such narratives of a “chosen one” become tangential. As long as one has the strength to rev up the heart like a chainsaw to confront horror head-on, one can make death retreat like a defeated army.

Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It The city of Durango considering traffic improvements on 32nd Street to make it safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. As the near victims on the stretch of road who really, really don’t want their deaths to end up in the Herald, we thank you.

A hunter from Pennsylvania fatally shooting another man who was hunting in the same area in the San Juan National Forest near Rico, marking the second time in less than a year a hunter has shot another hunter in Colorado.

McDonalds phasing out plastic toys from Happy Meals to be more “green.” Now, if only we could start looking at the obesity epidemic. Maybe just a little bit?

Residential gas bills increasing by nearly 20% in Durango. Great, now we can’t afford a gym membership. So, that’s that.

Ingenuity at its finest: residents in New Orleans throwing a “garbage parade” to call attention to the amount of trash still not picked up in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “admitting” he has six children, a question he has dogged because of an extra-material affair, and later telling the press on fatherhood: “I absolutely love it. I change a lot of nappies.” Gross?

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Bishop Takes Queen Xavier Novell, a Catholic Bishop and advocate of conversion therapy for homosexuals, resigned last month and left the church so he could be with a satanic erotica author named Silvia Caballol, who averaged onestar ratings for her book The Hell of Gabriel’s Lust. Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a priest, a pornographer, and a hypocrite walk into bar. And that was just the first guy! Anyway, the church released a statement distancing themselves from the disgraced bishop, and it seemed heartfelt, but then again, they’ve gotten a lot of practice lately.

D-Tooned/by Rob Pudim

SoapBox Adios, Durango After devoting 40-plus years of contributing to the Durango community, I’ve relocated to Aztec.

Admittedly, I hold bitterness toward the wealthy class that’s displaced me and many others. “Affordable housing” and Durango do not belong in the same sentence. Often empty trophy homes on the hillsides do not impress nearly as much as a hardworking and engaged citizenry.

My solution? Move to a humble community with realistic economic conditions.

Durango is stricken with natural beauty and will always attract seekers of mountain lifestyles. Sadly, it’s also attracted the profiteers in banking and real estate that have crushed the chances of those of us in the working class. Until society recognizes and rewards human values aside from their material holdings, places like Durango will be sold to the highest bidder.

With respect from south of the border.

– Bob Gregorio, Aztec

Making history The La Plata County Historical Society/Animas Museum wants to thank the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado for recognizing that we were able to “Pivot to Pirouette” during the pandemic and awarding LPCHS a 2021 CERF grant.

We developed online exhibits, a webinar series and implemented new Collections Management software that allowed volunteers

and staff to continue the mission of the Historical Society safely from home. With this grant from the Community Foundation, we can continue to recover from the effects of the COVID pandemic.

– Cheryl Bryant, La Plata County Historical Society

Drones are a disaster According to Sen. Chris Murphy, DCalif., in an interview on CNN with Jake Tapper, eight out of 10 U.S. drone attacks in the last 20 years did not hit the designated terrorist targets in Middle Eastern countries. Murphy also said these unsuccessful drone attacks created more recruitments of terrorists. No surprise.

Apparently, the recent drone attack in Kabul killed an aid worker and several young children who were not related to the ISIS-K massacre of 13 of our military and more than a hundred Afghanistan adults and children waiting to get a flight out of their troubled country.

To think the USA will be able to continue this drone program that has a long history of hitting the wrong target is absurd. We never should have stepped into one disaster after another at the start of the 21st century.

We all know what pockets were lined in the last 20 years and the number of casualties/lost limbs that came with it.

Enough is enough.

– Sally Florence, Durango

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The active front of the 416 Fire burning north of Durango in 2018. The fire served as an urgent reminder to local authorities and residents that fire could soon be at Durango’s door. A concerted effort has begun in recent months to thin and reduce fuels in Durango’s wildland-urban interface./ File photo by Stephen Eginoire

In the hot seat Local authorities prepare for very real threat of wildfire in Durango

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he reality of wildfire risk is about to arrive at Durango’s doorstep. Next spring, the Bureau of Land Management plans to set a prescribed fire, seen as one of the most effective tactics in reducing the threat of larger, catastrophic wildfires, on 700-acres atop Animas City Mountain, just on the northern edge of Durango. Once lit, the display of flames and smoke is likely to drive home just how vulnerable Durango and outlying homes are to wildfires.

“It’s going to be a show,” Ian Barrett, fire management specialist for the BLM, said.

“Even as someone who works in fire management, it’s a daunting burn.”

But the controlled fire also will serve as a signal to this enclave of Southwest Colorado that efforts are in full force to build buffer zones and protections around Durango – a response to the reality of living and developing in a landscape that has naturally evolved with fire.

And the work could not come at a more pressing time. Years of suppressing fires have led to overgrown forests, and a multiyear drought driven by climate change has dried the landscape out; the forests are ready to burn. To complicate matters, development continues to encroach ever farther into these wild areas, putting at risk

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hundreds of homes and human life.

In La Plata County, around 53,800 people – about 97% of the total population live in this cross section where humans have developed in forests, known as the wildland-urban interface, according to a Colorado State Forest Service study.

“We’re building full neighborhoods in those wildland areas,” Durango Fire Chief Hal Doughty said. “And the truth of the matter is, we have so much potential for fire to impact those homes.”

Sweating bullets As Chief Doughty was heading to a briefing early one morning in June 2018 with the 416 Fire raging north of Durango, he was stunned to learn winds had shifted the fire south. Initially expected to burn north, farther into national forest land, the 416 Fire instead looked as if it could reach Durango by roaring down Junction Creek or Animas City Mountain.

“I was blown away because that wasn’t the movement we were expecting,” Doughty said. “So we started talking about evacuating nursing homes and all the houses in that area. And we starting thinking, ‘Where else can it go if it gets there?’

Those were all huge considerations for us.”

The 416 Fire broke out at a time of extreme drought and rapidly spread, sending billows of smoke into town. Homes in the

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county were evacuated, businesses shut down and hundreds of firefighters converged on the region to battle the blaze.

Ultimately, several forces kept the 416 Fire at bay. Firefighters lit back burns, when a sliver of forest is intentionally set on fire so an active wildfire runs into an area already burned. Also, a major factor, Doughty said, were areas previously mitigated for fire, like the Falls Creek subdivision, where residents worked for years to thin and remove fuels. In the end, the fire was knocked out by a tropical storm, but not before burning 54,000 acres.

Then and now, the 416 Fire has acted as a forewarning that left a lasting impression on fire managers and the community, Doughty said. For the first time in recent memory, likely since the Missionary Ridge Fire in 2002 and to a lesser extent the Lightner Creek Fire in 2017, a wildfire was on the brink of reaching town limits.

“We’ve always known fires are possible,” Doughty said. “But I think the public is now recognizing how serious the threat is. We need to make changes now to prevent the next wild land fire from getting into town.”

Everybody wake up To understand how different agencies are working to fortify Durango against future wildfires, it’s perhaps best to start inward and work out. And in the immediate

vicinity, the two major landowners are the city of Durango and the BLM. Typically, two strategies are used to reduce the threat of wildfires: thinning projects to remove trees and vegetation; or prescribed burns, which replicate natural fires and burn at a lower severity.

With homes so close to forests, Amy Schwarzbach, the city’s natural resource manager, said thinning projects are what’s preferred around town. Recently, crews removed vegetation around high-risk areas, like Dalla Mountain Park and Twin Buttes, and just last summer, along the Powerline Trail near SkyRidge. The City of Durango and La Plata County are exploring ways to secure more funding for these types of projects.

“The momentum is picking up … and is happening at a landscape sale,” Schwarzbach said. “And that’s what’s really going to make a difference.”

But local government can only do so much, Doughty said. There’s also a responsibility on homeowners to fortify their homes, whether by thinning trees or removing flammable structures, like wood decks. Even just a small fire can break out and quickly consume a couple of homes in a neighborhood, which would be a tragedy in itself.

“There are so many opportunities in our community for fires to break out, and if we haven’t mitigated before that day, we’re playing defense from the minute the fire starts,” Doughty said.

Changing a landscape Increasingly, wildfire threat is being looked at on a landscape-wide scale, rather than separate agencies working in a vacuum.

For one, there’s the Rocky Mountain Restoration Initiative, an ambitious, collaborative project that seeks to treat more than 300,000 acres of private and public land across Southwest Colorado. “We’re looking at the problem collectively as a whole, and recognizing there is not one silver bullet,” Jason Lawhon, who works for the RMRI for the San Juan National Forest, said. “None of us have the resources individually to do the

scale of work that would be needed across the entire landscape.”

Finding the funding and resources for fire mitigation has always been a challenge, according to the agencies interviewed for this story. But as the impacts of wildfire have increasingly entered the public eye – like smoke from burns in California choking the East Coast – its been easier for Western agencies to plead their case for more funding. Recently, Sen. Michael Bennet proposed a bill, the Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act, which would invest $60 billion in forests and watersheds, with much of that money going directly to local and state efforts.

“Forests and watersheds are essential infrastructure that sustains our economy and way of life in Colorado, but for too long, Congress has failed to meaningfully invest in them,” Bennet said in a statement.

For the Forest Service’s part, which manages much of the vast San Juans that serve as Durango’s back yard, major projects are in the works, like a prescribed fire in Junction Creek and up Florida Road, around the Edgemont and Tween Lakes subdivisions.

“The projects we did 10-15 years ago were much smaller,” James Simino, Columbine District ranger, said. “But it’s not been a huge landscape transformation, which from a fire threat perspective, we’re trying to design now.”

Climate change is now With climate change driving drought and catastrophic wildfires, communities across the West have realized the time is now to adapt and become more resilient to the reality, and inevitably, that fires will burn, and likely at an intensity not seen in the past. Three of Colorado’s largest fires in history, for instance, all happened in 2020.

But even with unlimited funding for mitigation projects, communities in the West must come to terms with the inherent risk of living in an arid landscape exacerbated by climate change, Julie Korb, a fire ecologist and Forest Lewis College professor, said. “We need to expect the unexpected,” she said. “Because it’s not if, it’s a matter of

Ian Barrett, fire management specialist for the BLM, said there will be a prescribed burn atop Animas City Mountain, north of Durango./ Photo by Jonathan Romeo when. This is something that will happen in your lifetime.”

Every semester, Korb shows her students a documentary about the 2018 Camp Fire, which was California’s deadliest and destructive wildfire in history. In just a short time, as people were getting ready for school and commuting to work, the fire consumed entire towns. Korb thinks, “What if that happened in Durango?

“Are we prepared for that?” she said. “Because it just takes one spark. That’s what we need to realize.”

The BLM, for its part, said it has evaluated

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nearly 6,000 acres in La Plata County that could be treated. By far, the most ambitious project is the burn atop Animas City Mountain, seen as a gateway between Durango and the surrounding forest. Conditions will need to perfectly align for the prescribed fire, but Barrett said if all goes well, the burn will likely take two to three days, with on-theground resources at the ready.

“We want to make this community as resilient to fire as we can,” Barrett said. “Because the kind of fires we see in this day and age, don’t stop at forests, they easily burn into communities.”

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Team Tardigrade’s underwater, otherwordly seascape.

The twilight zone Local artists’ colorful glimpse into another dimension debuts at Denver’s Meow Wolf

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t any one time in the past year and a half, it’s safe to say a good portion of the world’s quarantined population was walking around feeling lost and disoriented. Calling this disorientation “fun” would be unnatural, but unnatural is what venerable entertainment company Meow Wolf does best. Things like “kaleidoscopic cathedrals, Corinthian catacombs, lush alien habitats, and dazzling and gritty cityscapes” – all of these are part of Meow Wolf’s highly anticipated Denver branch, the House of Convergence, which opened Sept. 17.

Yeah, it’s all pretty crazy, but as bizarre as these things sound, there is at least one thing Durangoans will find fa-

miliar within the astronomical strangeness: three local artists who contributed to the maddening mystery.

Chad Colby, Lexis Loeb and Hayley Kirkman are among the 110-plus Colorado artists who contributed to Meow Wolf’s new galaxy space, in itself an out-of-this-world feat considering more than 1,000 hopefuls applied.

“That was exciting,” Colby, professor of Art & Design at Fort Lewis College, said. “It tends to be that these artistic applications are quite competitive so I’m proud that we made the cut.”

Starting as an informal artists’ collective in Santa Fe in 2008, Meow Wolf put down brick-and-mortar roots with its original interactive art space, House of Eternal Return, which opened in 2016. Since then, Meow Wolf has ex-

panded, with Omega Mart opening in Las Vegas earlier this year and now Denver’s Convergence Station.

But dates are just an illusion at the Convergence Station, and so is time and a sense of reality. The art space (just a football’s throw from the Bronco’s stadium) is a place where doors become portals to different worlds and even a small flick of a switch can send visitors into a multiverse wormhole. True to the Meow Wolf brand, Convergence Station presents a multi-layered mystery that we all naively think we can follow along and solve, but none of us actually can.

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erases the memories of all the folks left on the planet and spawns the disappearance of four women. In order to even begin to understand where these women went, Meow Wolfers must open The Quantum Department of Transportation gateway, or “QDOT.” To get thier work in Meow Wolf, Colby had to open a gateway of this own. He initiated the application process in 2018 and recruited two of his former students, Loeb and Kirkman, to join him.

Both Kirkman and Loeb had taken art classes from Colby at the college and considered him a mentor. Loeb, who left Durango for a stint to travel and move home to Texas, eventually returned to Durango to take a job working for Colby in the FLC Art Department.

Upon her move back to Durango, Loeb became friends and roommates with Kirkman.

The two soon began collaborating on many local art projects.

“I’m honored to be a part of the experience,” Loeb said. “I think more than being a part of Meow Wolf, I was excited to be doing another project with my old professor, whom I admire a lot, and one of my best friends.

Going through that artistic journey with them has been a really cool, exciting thing for all of “Team Tardigrade,” from left, Lexis Loeb, Chad Colby and Hayley us.”

And what a journey it was. With the appli- Their Meow Wolf diorama debuted Sept. 17./Courtesy photo. cation turned in, it became a bit of a waiting knowns resulted in grandiose ideas. Thinking their work game.

“It’s been a protracted process and there was like a year space would be a full, interactive room, the team imagined that we were just playing with ideas of what we could do,” creating things like a roller coaster or painting a large-scale mural on one of the walls. But when they got word their projColby said.

Fortunately, this was actually a pretty fun perk for the ect was a 3-by-3-by-4-foot “gritty cityscape” diorama, they trio, since they were used to working together. The three had to downsize their dreams a bit, but they didn’t flinch.

Colby immediately went to work on a prototype. Gleansaid they were given few details and little direction from Meow Wolf for a long time. However, this duration of un- ing ideas from his previous works, he drew a backdrop for

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the diorama to match the apocalyptic theme.

Meanwhile, Loeb and Kirkman helped with the foam sculptures and painting.

The team proposed a sea theme – a “glowing, colorful glimpse into another dimension” – filled with anemones, sponges and tardigrades (if you don’t know what a tardigrade is, I highly urge you to look it up). The artists explained the work as a world of inverted logic, where murals give life to creatures, reminiscent of the ocean’s Mesopelagic (or “twilight”) zone. And the color scheme – based off a kind of “Kermit the Frog green” – is what is called a “simultaneous contrast,” where the background colors cause the foreground colors to optically flux.

“They accepted our initial idea, which fit along with the quirky meta narrative that’s going on in the space,” Colby said.

Although some parameters were quite strict, such as having to work within a tight space, the team was given quite a bit of free reign in terms of subject matter, Colby said. Of course, due to the pandemic, the work mostly took place in separate, COVID-safe homes or airy garages. But even with the difficulty of social distancing, the trio pulled it together, fabricating a magical, bizarre world not of this one.

“It started as a sea-theme for us but transKirkman. formed into an alien-planet aquatic life form,” Loeb said. “The drawings are coming alive into sculptures.”

It might be difficult to imagine exactly what that looks like, which is just fine, because you can see it for yourself on the fourth floor of the Convergence Station in Denver.

To find it, all you have to do (after getting to Denver, of course) is wander in total disorientation through an intergalactic apocalypse of kaleidoscopic cathedrals, Corinthian catacombs, lush alien habitats, and dazzling and gritty cityscapes.

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Durango Walk to End Alzheimer’s, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Rotary Park, 1565 E. 2nd Ave.

Thursday23 Cafe au Play free outdoor baby group, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 495 Florida Road (behind Christ the King church). 970-7499607 for info.

Durango Fall Blaze bike race, more info. at durangofallblaze.com. Proceeds benefit FLC Cycling scholarships and programs.

Free Community Shred Day, 11 a.m. 1 p.m., Alpine Bank, three Springs.

Pete Giuliana & Richard Leavitt play, 1-4 p.m., part of the Durango Fall Blaze Bike Tour, Fort Lewis College Clock Tower.

Library Community Champions event, honoring Marcia Clouser and Corrie McCarthy, 3 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East 3rd Ave.

Durango Shimmy Mob, dance fundraiser at locations around town for Alternative Horizons. More info at Durango Shimmy Mob’s Facebook page.

Pickin’ on the Plaza, 4-6:30 p.m. Food, drinks and music by High Country Hustle, Powerhouse Science Center, 1295 Camino del Rio.

National Drive Electric Week Event, More info. at 970-259-1916.

Reed and Spencer play, 5 p.m., Happy Apple Orchard, 1503 County Road 513 in Ignacio.

Manhattan Short Film Festival, 4 p.m. & 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.

Local First’s Harvest Dinner, 5 p.m., Smiley Building, 1309 E 3rd Ave. More info. at www.localfirst.org.

Mancos Farmers Market, 4 p.m., 145 Grand Ave., Mancos.

Elk’s Lodge “Denim and Diamonds” Casino Night Charity Ball, 6-10 p.m., 901 E. 2nd Ave. Tickets cna be bought in advance at the Elk’s bar or onlive via a link on the Elk’s “Events” Facebook page.

SkaBQ, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing HQ, 225 Girard St.

Deadline for “Stuff to Do” submissions is Monday at noon. To submit an item, email: calendar@durangotelegraph.com

Ben Gibson Band plays, 5-8 p.m., Nugget Mountain Bar, HWY 550 north.

Artist Jon Bailey’s “Dragonfly” is among the works that will be on People We Know plays, 4:30 p.m., Mancos exhibit during his solo show “Layer,” on display at Studio & Art Brewing Company.

Gallery, 1027 Main Ave., through Sept. 26,

SCAPE Virtual Startup Showcase, 5 p.m., www.goscape.org/startupshowcase2021

State 38 plays, 4 p.m., Mancos Brewing Company.

Author Woody Tasch on “Introducing Beetcoin,” 5:30 p.m., Adobe House Farm, 31417 HWY 550.

Live music, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon and The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Live music, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon and Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Friday Nights at Fire Fox Farms, 6-9 p.m., 5513 CR 321, Ignacio.

Bluegrouse plays, 6 p.m., Durango Hot Springs, HWY 550, Hermosa.

Krushendo, Elctrx, Teknique and nOOnz play, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.

Artist Jon Bailey: “Layer – A Solo Exhibit,” Sept.

17-26, Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave. Soberfest, Oct. 23-26, featuring live music and other events, Tico Time River Resort, 1 mile south of ColoradoNew Mexico border.

Trivia night 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino Del Rio. Dave Mensch plays, 7 p.m., 11th Street Station.

Beam Me Up Starlight Trivia, weekly 7:30-9:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave. Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8-10 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.

Friday24 Gary Walker plays, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Jean-Pierre Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave.

Live music, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle and Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Sunday26 Durango Parade of Homes, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tickets and info at : www.hbasc.org.

Gold King Mine Spill Retrospective Movie, 12:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. Open Mic, 1 p.m., Mancos Brewery.

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Open Mic night, 4 p.m. every Sunday, Fenceline Cider, Mancos.

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., featuring music by Morgan Thomas, TBK Parking Lot, 259 W. 9th St.

Live music, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, and Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m., 1328 County Road 501, Bayfield.

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Durango Parade of Homes, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tickets and info at : www.hbasc.org.

Bayfield Heritage Day and Sheep Trailing, 9 a.m. at Sheep Trail near Buck Highway, followed by parade down Mill St. and live music in Joe Stephenson Park.

Fireworks at dusk.

Meditation and Dharma Talk, 5:30-6:15 p.m.

Online at www.durangodharmacenter.org Aikido, 6 p.m., 121 W 32nd St. #B, www.durangoaikido.com

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Cutthroat Trail work, 9 a.m., more info at durangotrails.org.

Twin Buttes Farm Stand, 3-6 p.m., Tuesdays thru October, 165 Tipple Ave., www.twinbuttesfarm.com

Animas Museum Live, featuring history talks and kid activities, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Events outside, 3065 W. 2nd Ave.

Bingo night, 5 p.m. every Tuesday, Fenceline Cider, Mancos.

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AskRachel Selling yourself short, swamp stumper & courting friends Interesting fact: The Creole holy trinity is onion, bell peppers and celery. I am pretty sure that is also the Veggie Tales holy trinity.

Dear Rachel, I keep hearing about more and more supply chain issues, supposedly related to the pandemic. You know, like how lumber tripled in cost earlier this year. I’m wondering if I can get away with asking more money from my clients in the same way. I can keep it vague, like “my material costs have escalated, I need to raise my rates just to offset even a little bit of it.” Who’s going to question me these days?

And don’t I deserve it, with all the other prices that have gone up?

– Fluff It Up Dear Fluffernutter, The only inflation going on here is your inflated presentation of self. If you have to lie to your clients to justify raising your prices, then you aren’t confident in what you’re selling them. You gotta walk in there like you’re the winner of the latest season of RuPaul and state what you’re worth. And if they don’t like it? You walk back out that door, still carrying respect in your pockets where all that cash was meant to go.

– Love yourself, Rachel Dear Rachel, What the heck is gumbo, exactly? By which, I guess I mean… what makes gumbo “gumbo”

Manhattan Short Film Festival, 5:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College.

Rob Webster plays, 6-9 p.m., Durango Hot Springs, HWY 550, Hermosa.

Acoustic Music Jam, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Rotary Park, all instruments and singers welcome. For info: 970-259-3408.

and not just soup or stew? I’ve tried to internet this to no real avail. There are some standard ingredients but also they’re interchangeable, and also things you find in other pots. I thought all gumbo had shrimp, but nah, no such thing. Maybe gumbo just literally means “soup from the Cajun parts of the world?”

– No Know Gumbo Dear Gumbilliterate, My favorite answer to “What is art?” is “Something that an artist made.” Someone just needs to make gumbo and believe – really believe – in it. Then it’s gumbo! Now some Nawleans snobs might demean your dish, but that’s literally the worst that can happen with gumbo: someone doesn’t like it. That’s it! The end of no worlds at all. So you get out there and call whatever you please gumbo. Just don’t you dare cross it with jambalaya.

– Full of it, Rachel Dear Rachel, I just made my first new friend since 2019. I took a craft class and sat with this really rocking couple. The wife and I really hit it off. Endless Parks & Rec references, and so on. At the end of the class, she insisted on swapping numbers (because we’re both old enough that we still use numbers). But now, I don’t know how to continue the friendship without making it weird. I’m rusty! Help!

– Friendly Reminders

Dear Refresher Course, I think the only way you can’t go wrong is to invite your new pal over for some homemade gumbo. The only way you CAN go wrong is to call up your new friend and jack up your friendship rates. Anything in between has at least some chance of working. As RuPaul once advised: “Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the best woman win.”

– Your bestie, Rachel

10th Annual Solar & Net Zero Home Tour, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., More info at fourcore.org.

Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Festival, Oct. 2-3, Riverside Park in Aztec, 500 S. Lightplant Rd. More info. at AztecHighlandGames.com.

Animas City Night Bazaar, 5 p.m.

More info. at animascitynightbazaar.com.

Merely Players presents “Men on Boats: A Grand Canyon Adventure, runs through select days in October. Full schedule can be viewed at merelyplayers.org

Trivia night, 6 p.m., every Wednesday, Mancos Brewery.

Farmington Hill plays, Oct. 2, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.

Upcoming Four Corners Comedy Festival, Oct. 12, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

SkaBQ, featuring music by Thee Fearless Peasants, Oct. 7, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing headquarters, 225 Girard St.

Road Apple Rally Mountain Bike Race, events run Oct. 1-2, more info. at roadapplerally.com

A Spooky Night at the Pumpkin Patch, Oct. 8, 6-9 p.m., Falfa Pumpkin Patch, 54 County Road 221.

Cowboy Gathering Parade, Oct. 2, 8:30 a.m., Main Ave. in downtown Durango.

Kirk James plays, Oct. 9, 6-9 p.m., Weminuche Woodfire Grill in Vallecito.

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Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com

Deadline to submit items for “Stuff to Do” is Monday at noon.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Blogger AnaSophia was asked, “What do you find attractive in a person?” I’ll reproduce her reply because it’s a good time to think about what your answer would be. I’m not implying you should be looking for a new lover. I’m interested in inspiring you to ruminate about what alliances you should cultivate during the coming months. Here’s what AnaSophia finds attractive: “strong desire but not neediness, passionate sensitivity, effortlessness, authenticity, innocence of perception, sense of humor, vulnerability and honesty, embodying one’s subtleties and embracing one’s paradoxes, acting unconditionally and from the heart.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Roberto Bolaño confessed, “Sometimes I want greatness, sometimes just its shadow.” I appreciate his honesty. I think what he says is true about most of us. Is there anyone who is always ready for the heavy responsibility of pursuing greatness? Doubtful. To be great, we must periodically go through phases when we recharge our energy and take a break from being nobly ambitious. What about you, dear Taurus? If I’m reading the omens correctly, you will benefit from a phase of reinvention and reinvigoration. During the next three weeks, you’ll be wise to hang out in the shadows of greatness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having,” wrote religious writer C. S. Lewis. That advice is 10 times more important right now than it usually is. For the sake of your body’s and soul’s health, you need to indulge in sprees of playful amusement and blithe delight and tension-relieving merriment. And all that good stuff will work its most potent magic if it stimulates pleasures that are unique to you – and not necessarily in line with others’ tastes.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “It is one thing to learn about the past,” wrote Cancerian journalist Kenneth Auchincloss. “It is another to wallow in it.” That’s stellar advice for you to incorporate in the coming weeks. After studying your astrological omens, I’m enthusiastic about you exploring the old days and old ways. I’m hoping that you will discover new clues you’ve overlooked before and that this further information will inspire you to re-envision your life story. But as you conduct your explorations, it’s also crucial to avoid getting bogged down in sludgy emotions like regret or resentment. Be inspired by your history, not demoralized by it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to deepen and strengthen your capacity to concentrate? Cosmic rhythms will conspire in your favor if you work on this valuable skill in the coming weeks. You’ll be able to make more progress than would normally be possible.

Here’s pertinent advice from author Harriet Griffey: “Whenever you feel like quitting, just do five more – five more minutes, five more exercises, five more pages – which will extend your focus.” Here’s another tip: Whenever you feel your concentration flagging, remember what it is you love about the task you’re doing. Ruminate about its benefits for you and others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What’s your favorite feeling?

Here’s Virgo poet Mary Szybist’s answer to that question: hunger. She’s not speaking about the longing for food, but rather the longing for everything precious, interesting and meaningful. She adores the mood of “not yet,” the experience of moving toward the desired thing. What would be your response to the question, Virgo? I’m guessing you may at times share Szybist’s perspective. But given the current astrological omens, your favorite feeling right now may be utter satisfaction – the gratifying sensation of getting what you’ve hungered for. I say, trust that intuition.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the English language, “naked” and “nude” have different connotations. Art critic Kenneth Clark noted that “naked” people depicted in painting and sculpture are “deprived of clothes,” and embarrassed as a result. Being “nude,” on the other hand, has “no uncomfortable overtone,” but indicates “a balanced, prosperous and confident body.” I bring this to your attention because I believe you would benefit from experiencing extra nudity and no nakedness in the days ahead. If you choose to take on this assignment, please use it to upgrade your respect and reverence for your beauty. PS: Now is also a favorable time to express your core truths without inhibition or apology. I urge you to be your pure self in all of your glory.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Anne Sexton wrote, “One has to get their own animal out of their own cage and not look for either an animal keeper or an unlocker.” That’s expert advice, but it will be vital for you to heed in the coming weeks. The gorgeous semi-wild creature within you needs more room to run, more sights to see, more adventures to seek. For that to happen, it needs to spend more time outside of its cage. And you’re the best person to make sure that happens.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Sagittarian composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) could be a marvelous friend. If someone he

cared for was depressed or feeling lost, he would invite them to sit in his presence as he improvised music on the piano. There were no words, no advice – only emotionally stirring melodies. “He said everything to me,” one friend said about his gift.

“And finally gave me consolation.” I invite you to draw inspiration from his example, Sagittarius. You’re at the peak of your powers to provide solace, comfort and healing to allies who need such nurturing. Do it in whatever way is also a blessing for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): At age 23, Capricorn-born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (1721–64) became French King Louis XV’s favorite mistress.

She was not born into aristocracy, but she wielded her Capricornian flair with supreme effectiveness. Ultimately, she achieved a noble title as well as high prestige and status in the French court. As is true for evolved Capricorns, her elevated role was well-deserved, not the result of vulgar social-climbing. She was a patron of architecture, porcelain artwork and France’s top intellectuals. She ingratiated herself to the King’s wife, the Queen, and served as an honored assistant. I propose we make her your role model for the next four weeks. May she inspire you to seek a boost in your importance and clout that’s accomplished with full integrity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The bad news is that artist Debbie Wagner was diagnosed with two brain tumors in 2002. The good news is that surgery not only enabled her to survive, but enhanced her visual acuity. The great news is that on most days since 2005, she has painted a new image of the sunrise. I invite you to dream up a ritual to celebrate your own victory over adversity, Aquarius. Is there a generous gesture or creative act you could do on a semi-regular basis to thank life for providing you with the help and power you needed?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A self-described “anarchist witch” named Lars writes on his Tumblr blog, “I am a ghost from the 1750s, and my life is currently in the hands of a group of suburban 13-year-olds using a Ouija board to ask me if Josh from homeroom has a crush on them.” He’s implying that a powerful supernatural character like himself is being summoned to do tasks that are not worthy of him. He wishes his divinatory talents were better used. Are there any resemblances between you and him, Pisces?

Do you ever feel as if you’re not living up to your promise? That your gifts are not being fully employed? If so, I’m pleased to predict that you could fix this problem in the coming weeks and months. You will have extra energy and savvy to activate your full potential.

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Wanted: Weekend Help at B&B Looking for weekend help at Country Sunshine Bed and Breakfast; $14/hour to start; call 970-247-2853 or email durangocountrysunshine@gmail.com The Greenery - Customer Service Representative Valid MED Badge required, but no experience necessary. Full-time position, $13 per hour plus tips to start. HRA, paid vacation, and paid sick leave available.

Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and lift 50 lbs. Please email a copy of your MED Badge and resume to jesse@durangogreenery.com to apply.

The Greenery Hash Factory Warehouse Assistant Valid MED Badge required, but no experience necessary. Full-time position, $13 starting wage. HRA, paid vacation, and paid sick leave available. Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and

lift 50 lbs. Please email a copy of your MED Badge and resume to jesse@durangogreenery.com to apply.

20. Post Traumatic Growth Somatic Therapy Certification Series: One weekend a month Nov-Feb. rubyjowalker.com

Dental Lab Tech Dental Lab- (Yes, we make teeth) FT entry level dental technician position now open. Experience in a dental lab is a plus but not necessary. The individual that we are looking for must be organized, work interdependently and have attention to detail while meeting deadlines.

Competitive pay, we offer vacation, sick pay and 401K please email resumes to dur angodentalceramics@gmail.com or call 970-749-2256

Cooking Classes Professional chef to give personal cooking classes in your home from 1 – 10 people. You choose the type of food you want to learn about. Call Scott for more info. 970-759-6922 or email: chefscottg@ aol.com

Laundry Customer Service 1-2 very responsible, reliable, friendly, multi-tasking, self-directed team players with strong customer service skills are needed! Responsibilities include doing laundry, helping customers, cleaning, etc. ~20-40 hrs/wk. Training is provided. $12.50+/hr DOQ (plus wash/dry/fold commissions of roughly $1-$2+ per hour, tips and free personal laundry)! Nice facility, customers, co-workers, and owners!

Please apply in person at the College Plaza Laundry, 509 E. 8th Ave. Colorado Legal Services is Hiring Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals throughout Colorado. CLS has 13 offices statewide and over 120 staff. Our Durango office is hiring a Paralegal to staff our reception and intake, provide administrative/legal support, and participate in outreach efforts. Full job posting with salary information and how to submit application is available at www.coloradolegalservices.org under “Careers” tab. This is a full-time position.

Insight Meditation Course Calm the mind and connect with the heart by learning the fundamentals of insight meditation. Thursday evenings starting September 30. 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Durango Dharma Center. www.durangodharmacenter.org Spanish Classes Now accepting students for in-person beginner thru advanced Spanish. Call 970309-5966 or visit www.espanolahora.net

ForSale Reruns Home Furnishings Modern and retro desks, nightstands, barstools, lamps, chairs, tall bookcase, West Elm rugs, side tables, dressers, kitchenwares and lots of décor to warm up your space. Come in today! 572 E. 6th Ave. Open Mon.-Sat. 385-7336.

Wanted Want to sell your home to a hardworking local?

Longtime Durango Telegraph writer Luke Mehall is looking to buy a modest condo/small home in Durango. Please contact Luke at luke@climbingzine.com or 970-376-3116.

Cash for Vehicles, Copper, Alum, Etc. at RJ Metal Recycle. Also free appliance and other metal drop off. 970-259-3494.

GarageSales Sat., 9-3, 31 Villa Escalante Court Harley gear, mens medium; power and hand tools; cat/raft; wheeled storage container; cords; airplane tow and heater.

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Inside/outside storage near Durango and Bayfield. 10-x-20, $130. Outside spots: $65, with discounts available. RJ Mini Storage. 970-259-3494.

Local Neurobiology Trainings Neurobiology of Attachment: Oct. 2; Neurobiology of Self Compassion: Oct.

RSE Handyman Service Home repair - yard work - odd jobs, 970-903-0449.

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BodyWork Lotus Path Healing Arts Now accepting new clients. Offering a unique, intuitive fusion of Esalen massage, deep tissue & Acutonics, 24 years of experience. To schedule call Kathryn, 970-201-3373.

Massage by Meg Bush LMT, 30, 60 & 90 min., 970-759-0199. massageintervention.life Voted best massage in Durango 18/19/20. Couples, cupping, local CBD. Reviews on FB + Yelp. 970-903-2984

CommunityService SJBPH Vaccine Clinics Free vaccine mobile clinic provided by San Juan Basin Public Health in partnership with Jogan Health and Upper Pine Fire District. No ID or insurance required.

Walk-ins welcome. Contact 970-247-5702 or visit https://sjbpublichealth.org/covid19-vaccine/ for more information.

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