AskRachel International days of drinking and sock it to me

Interesting fact: If you think about the Easter bunny being a goddess of fertility and rebirth, and eggs being symbols of fertility, and spring itself being all about fertility… man, Easter could be a very different kind of holiday.

Dear Rachel,

St. Patrick’s Day got me thinking. Once I’d sobered up, anyway. Why don’t we have more international holidays about drinking? There are something like 200 countries in the world. Enough to have a party every other day. If any place is up to the challenge, it’s Durango. What do you think? Can we make it stick?

– World Traveler

Dear Frequent Flier, Huh. I suppose it would be a bit like backpacking the world in your own backyard. It would also be a bit like normal life in Durango, only with more international stereotyping. Still, anything that gets us thinking about other peoples and other cultures can’t be inherently bad, can it? And every nation is bound to have its own style of alcohol, even if it’s just Americans putting food coloring in generic beer. Let’s give it a whirl.

– Party on, Rachel and hands them out to people. How about the Easter Bunny helps out? As a Hollywood angel (socks galore) you have a lot of power. I hope you spread the word. Bless you and be safe.

– Sockit Tommey

Dear Stocking Thomas,

My favorite part of this idea (except socking the homeless… wait, no, giving socks to people living on the street) is that, to you, having power equates to having socks aplenty. This is probably the greatest descriptor of wealth and influence I’ve ever heard. I wear the same socks for years until they lack functioning bottoms. Luxury, to me, would be buying 365 pairs of new socks every year, and never once having to pair them in the sock drawer. I’ll gladly give my used ones to the Easter Bunny if you think they’d come in handy.

– Footloose and fancy free, Rachel

Dear Rachel,

With Easter coming up, how about the Easter Bunny giving out socks instead of eggs and candy? Maybe they could go to people in need. John C has them in his car

Ongoing

Rosie the Riveter Day, pop-up exhibit, Animas Museum, 3065 W. 2nd Ave.

!Jubalee! spring art show, Nadya/Tron digital/watercolors, Durango Rec Center, through March.

62nd annual Student Juried Exhibition, The Art Gallery at Fort Lewis College. Exhibit runs until April 8.

“Tyrannosaurus – Meet the Family,” Farmington Museum, 3041 E. Main St. Exhibit runs thru April 26.

The Hive Indoor Skate Park, open skate and skate lessons. www.thehivedgo.org

Upcoming

Return to Clay, webinar hosted by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, March 30, 4 p.m. crowcanyon.org

Southwestern Water Conservation District Water Seminar, March 31, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Sky Ute Casino.

“Mission: Joy” film featuring the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, screening, March 31, 6 p.m.,

Dear Rachel,

I think this is adulthood: I’ve started measuring my mental wellbeing on the number of emails in my inbox. It used to be that anything more than 30 was out of control. Now I’m in four digit land. I think I’ve pretty much given up on ever being in control of my life ever again, and my heirs can deal with the mess I’ve left behind. Unless you see a way out of the morass?

– Bogged Down

Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave.

Reefer Madness, The Musical, March 31 and April 1 at 7:30 p.m., April 2 at 5 p.m. Durango Arts Center.

Art Silent Auction and Creativity Seminar, a fund-raiser for the Silverton Powerhouse, April 1, 6-9 p.m., at the Silverton Powerhouse, 1250 CR2. www.silvertonpowerhouse.com

Metal Night, featuring live music by Morbid Justice and Anarchy Hammer, April 1, 7:30 p.m., The Hive, 1150 Main Ave.

Bitcoin Meet-Up, April 1, 10 a.m., 81301 Coffee Roasters, 3101 Main Ave. More information at bitcoinstudygroup@protonmail.com

“As Seeds, We Grow” closing celebration, April 5, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum, Fort Lewis College.

Birds of Play play, April 5, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

First Thursdays Songwriter Series, April 6, 7-9 p.m., iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave.

Dear Stick in the Bog,

Here’s a wild and radical idea for you: What if you chose a particular international holiday – I’d recommend Lupercalia, the Satanist holiday of bodily autonomy and sexual liberation – to get crazy, click that “select all” box at the top of your inbox, and delete all? Then, go into your trash and delete them all permanently. As long as you still have socks, you will be free, my friend. Free.

– Without a trace, Rachel

The ArtRoom Collective First Friday Art Crawl, April 7, 4-7 p.m., Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.

Alex Graf and Tony Holmquist & Brendan Shafer play, April 7, shows at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave.

Tenth Mountain Division and Dana Ariel & the Coming Up Roses play, April 7, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre.

Second Weekend Series, April 8, shows at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave.

Graham Good & the Paints with Haro in the Dark play, April 15, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre.

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