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– Yes, that’s what it’s come to. We can’t even stalk someone in person like the good old days.
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Sure, inefficient ditches lose precious water, but they also give us wetlands by Richard Knight/ Writers on the Range
Some tools for navigating the media jungle in the disinformation age by Doug Gonzalez 8 Bucket list
As momentum for composting grows, will Durango get on board? by Missy Votel
Musical monsoon
July brings everything from intimate indie shows to blues in the park by Stephen Sellers 5
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It’s time for one of Durango’s time-honored annual traditions. The Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show rolls into the La Plata County Fairgrounds on July 12-14. This will be the event’s 70th year, which is not exactly old in geological (or presidential) terms but certainly impressive by mere rock jock standards.
This year’s event features 60 local and international dealers showcasing raw, slices and specimen minerals; fossils; crystals and metaphysical wares; gems; jewelry; geodes; beads; and various rock-focused artisan products. There will also be kids activities, gold panning, geode cutting, junior geology kits and a food truck in case all that rock hounding makes you hungry.
In addition, there will be a silent auction benefiting the Four Corners Gem & Mineral Club, which is hosting the show. Established in 1947, the nonprofit club is dedicated to the earth sciences, local geology and mining history, as well as rock hounding, and lapidary and metalsmith arts. It also offers the only fully equipped open studio for lapidary and metalsmith arts in the region, at 2351 N. Main Ave., near Brookside Park. In addition, the club offers camping and field trips as well as classes and demonstrations on turning your rough treasures into polished works of art. Best of all, it’s a rock-bottom price to join the club, with dues costing just $33/year, or $48 for a family, with a $5 studio fee per visit.
Volunteers are still needed for this year’s show and will receive free access to the show for all three days. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 per day for visitors over 12 years of age. For more info., to become a member or volunteer, go durangorocks.org
Be there or be a tetrahedrite! (Their joke, not ours, but we dig it.)
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Media literacy and you
Do you happen to know what your daily screen time is? Although we can see this information on our smartphones, we don’t often calculate the time spent in front of other devices such as our computers or televisions. This past month, I taught a class on media literacy. Why choose this subject? According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, children ages 8-12 in the United States spend four to six hours a day watching or using screens, and teens spend up to nine hours. For adults, that number is similar to that of teens, although it lessens with age. In a world where technology is becoming more ingrained into our daily lives, media literacy is now more important than ever.
What is media? What is literacy? And what is media literacy? The National Association of Media Literacy (NAMLE) provides us with the definitions for these terms. NAMLE defines “media” as all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages. This includes print, broadcast, audio, film, photography and digital media. “Literacy” is the ability to encode and decode symbols and to synthesize and analyze messages. “Encoding” refers to the symbols, meanings and information meant to be carried through the media of choice. “Decoding” refers to how the message is interpreted, often reflecting a person’s experience and knowledge with deciphering the encoded symbols. It is important to note that media literacy is not “antimedia.” It is supported by and develops one’s critical thinking. In turn, this can influence how one navigates the world and their relationships within it.
others, they shared that the adults in their life seemed too proud to be taught by teenagers, making it difficult for the students to teach them about any subject. Are they correct? Are we, as adults, too proud? At the same time, it seemed like this pride was also below the surface in the students’ responses. They, too, felt like they knew better than to fall for something false on social media.
To me, it seems like the answer is found through communication between both parties. The wisdom that comes with age can work in tandem with a life born alongside the internet. It made for an interesting dilemma and showed the students that media literacy is not a simple subject. It is interdisciplinary, drawing in thinking often used in communications, psychology, art, philosophy and ethics.
We then touched upon methods for evaluating the quality of online content, whether through established news sites or social media hubs like Youtube and Tiktok. Created after a 2017 study of high school students, Professor of Reading and Digital Literacy at the University of Rhode Island Julie Coiro identified these methods and the questions they raise so we may all be less susceptible to false information. The considerations in evaluating online content include:
• Relevance: Does the content stay relevant to the information that you’re reading or learning about?
• Accuracy: Does the information contain factual details or updates that can be verified through outside resources?
For one of the exercises with my students, I asked them a series of true or false questions borrowed from the New York Times Learning Center. One was, “It’s easy to look at stuff on social media and take it as it is and not question it.”
Most voted false. Another was, “Older adults are more likely to struggle to recognize fake news than young people and are also the most likely to share it.”
Most voted true. A later question was, “Most young adults talk to their parents and guardians about what makes media sources trustworthy.” They all voted false. This made me ask them: “If you feel like older adults are more likely to struggle with fake news, then why are young adults not speaking to them about it? Do we have a responsibility to older adults if we know we can provide them with useful information?”
For some, it seemed like they had never made the connection before. For
It may not be the Stanley Cup, but at long last, Av’s center Nate MacKinnon has won the Hart Trophy, given to the NHL’s most valuable player. You can’t drink champagne out of it, but you could probably bring it in the hot tub.
After a hiatus of a few years, Fourth of July fireworks are back in Durango, this year shooting off from the Dog Park. (We would advise people not to walk their dogs there at this time.)
We know we just gave a thumbs up to the rain, but we can’t remember the last time there were respectable boating flows on the Animas on the 4th of July.
• Bias: Does this article lean toward any viewpoint, and why might it do so? What are the effects of that bias? Not only that, how does our own bias influence how we view this information?
• Reliability: Can you trust the information based on the history of the author and the publisher?
Using these tools, anyone can become more discerning of the content that they come across, whether that be a great Aunt’s account of a story she saw on Facebook or the articles coming from your news source of choice. I had to remind my students, and myself, that these methods aren’t meant to make us unsure of what to believe and to send us into an existential spiral, unable to know what is true and what is not. They are meant to help us take a pause. And in that moment, we get to be intentional about the information that we consume and how we communicate it. Perhaps it’s us, humans, that are the greatest media of all.
– Doug Gonzales
OK, we couldn’t help but watch the slow-motion train wreck that was last week’s presidential debate. If we wanted to see two old guys bicker about golf, invent tall tales and doze off mid-sentence, we’d have stayed in the club house.
It seems like the Supreme Court has made some really questionable decisions lately, like giving presidents broad immunity and rolling back rules on health care, the environment and safety. But then again, we’re all screwed (see above.)
Durango hometown hero Sepp Kuss has COVID and won’t be partaking in this year’s Tour. Rest up, Seppy, and we’ll hopefully see you at the Vuelta.
Back of the Butt
Earlier this year, Miami-based swimwear brand “Divino Seas” released a bikini that was “dedicated to the memory of Rosa Parks,” which makes total sense given that nothing really matters anymore anyway. The tiny pink bikini started selling for $165, but after a post calling the bikini “peak millennial marketing” went viral, a permanent 50% Off sale was introduced. Many have since labeled Divino Seas as “racist,” which is a bit unfair considering they also sell a bikini dedicated to Eleanor Roosevelt (but that’s not something even Theodore would want to see).
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A leaky argument
As much as some don’t like them, ditch inefficiencies give us wetlands
by Richard Knight
Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone. This is not fiction during these times of determining the true value of water.
Most wetlands in the arid West owe their existence to the “inefficiencies” of unlined irrigation canals and flood irrigation. But when well-intentioned urban folks insist that irrigation companies use water more efficiently by piping their ditches, the result may be more about loss than water “saved” for rivers.
One of the least-known truths in the West is that many of our wetlands are the result of irrigated agriculture. For example, an irrigation company in northern Colorado irrigates about 24,000 acres, thanks to 146 miles of ditches.
The area served by the irrigation company also has approximately 1,300 acres of wetlands, and it’s no accident that most of those wetlands lie below a leaking ditch. A study by Colorado State University discovered this connection using heavy isotopes to create hydrographs of groundwater wells, ditch levels and precipitation. This is a Westwide issue.
We all know that climate change has been causing hotter, drier weather, and that helps reduce the flow of the Colorado River that 40 million Westerners depend on. In the Laramie Basin of Wyoming, 67% of its wetlands are attributed to agriculture. In North Park, Colo., close to 75% of all wetlands are byproducts of irrigated agriculture.
Decades ago, Aldo Leopold wrote, “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One, you think that heat comes from the furnace and two, you think that breakfast comes from the grocery store.”
May I add a third? We don’t know much about the water we depend on.
Farmers and ranchers produce two “goods,” a private good and a public good. They’re compensated for the private one by producing food. Their public goods, ecosystem services, are not compensated, though they include wetlands, biodiversity and plants sequestering carbon.
But knowing that rural agriculture uses 79% of the Colorado River’s water, our urban neighbors tell their rural counterparts to conserve water or, better yet, sell it to them.
Meanwhile, the environmental community would like rural agriculture to use less water so more could stay in the rivers to help fish and provide recreational opportunities.
Clearly, there are too many demands for the West’s diminishing water supply. Drinking water, ag water, river health. Where do wetlands fit in?
Wetlands cover 1% of the West’s land surface, yet half of our threatened and endangered species rely on them. Wetlands serve a similar function to our kidneys: They filter out impurities from human land uses, making our environment healthier.
Perhaps it’s time for all of us to wise up a little. Many of these wetlands are human created; that is, they were created by farmers and ranchers and are
not “natural.” Many will disappear in the pursuit of water conservation. Must it be water conservation and efficiency at all costs?
Will we prioritize water for urban uses, including urban sprawl? Or will we support more water staying in our rivers to create a healthier environment? Will water for food production be considered a necessity? Do green lawns trump healthy rivers and wetlands?
With more informed conversations about our region, talks between rural
and urban neighbors, perhaps we could pursue a triple bottom line: water for food production; water for urban uses; and, yes, water for our region’s rivers, streams and wetlands
Wouldn’t we all like that? Let’s figure out how to make that happen.
Rick Knight is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit that seeks to spur lively conversation about the West. He works at the intersection of land use and land health in the American West. ■
Since 1917, five generations of the Zink family have lived along the Animas Consolidated Ditch near Durango. Patty Zink pictured./ Photo courtesy Dave Marston
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A noxious human weed
With six hard-core conservative justices and three liberal justices in the U.S. Supreme Court, a decision was made July 1 about what kind of brand-new authority a U.S. president in office has. This new ruling undeniably favors Donald J. Trump, if he wins the presidency. He would be allowed to thumb his nose at our Constitution with unprecedented immunity. Just listen to his plans and make no mistake, he means what he says about being a dictator on day one, if elected.
The only way we can avoid another four years of “Trump’s Second Administration on Steroids” – where he would instill horrible health plans for women, stop our right to protest by shooting our legs (a wish by Trump when holding a Bible upside down during a peaceful demonstration during his first administration), and the dark list goes on and on –unless we vote for the democracy “We the People” proudly established more than two centuries ago. There is no room in the USA for leaders who are noxious human weeds who lie and do other morally corrupt actions without impunity.
We can be the envy of the world as we once were. Vote in November for
keeping our democracy intact. – Sally Florence, Durango
Thanks, Nordfest
We are deeply grateful to the incredible bands from Montezuma and La Plata counties who performed at the Nordfest fundraiser on Sat., June 22, in support of our organizations. Thanks to The Lawn Chair Kings, Midnight Cowboys, Acid Wrench, Nathan Schmidt and the Kickers, and the Afro Beatniks for sharing your time and talent.
To our generous communities – your attendance and support meant so much. Together we are making strides at bringing support and awareness to the mountains of barriers people face while dealing with a cancer diagnosis in rural Colorado.
To Erik Nordstrom and his organizing team, volunteers and the generous sponsors, including Mancos Brewing, thank you! We look forward to connecting at the next Nordfest for more joy, hope, unity, and great music.
– Toni Abbey, Cancer Support Community SW Colorado, and Sue Tompkins, Cancer Resource Alliance Serving Montezuma and Dolores Counties
Less is more
Lower Basin Colorado River water usage drops; Powell rebounds a bit
by Jonathan Thompson
The latest Lower Colorado River Accounting Report is out from the Bureau of Reclamation, and it holds some good news: The biggest guzzlers of the river’s water are using less of it.
Last year, the Lower Basin states of California, Nevada, and Arizona consumed 5.78 million acre-feet, or nearly 900,000 acre-feet less than in 2022. That’s a huge amount of water that’s staying in — or being returned to — the river rather than getting gulped up by crops or lawns or power plants or swimming pools.
Still more impressive is that consumptive use has decreased by nearly 1.8 million acre-feet since 2003, or a 23% drop, even as the population of the region served by the river has ballooned Both agriculture and municipal users appear to be taking a portion of the cuts. The predominantly agricultural Imperial Irrigation District, the river’s single biggest user, slashed consumption by 160,000 acre-feet from the previous year, indicating that federal compensation programs for fallowing fields are working. Nevada, where virtually no water is used for farming, is taking less of its already paltry share of the river by cracking down on waste.
Whether these cuts will be enough isn’t yet clear – they don’t include any changes in Upper Basin use. Federal officials have said 2 million to 4 million acre-feet of reductions will be necessary to offset the effects of climate change-
exacerbated aridification and to keep Lake Mead and Powell viable. Others think even deeper cuts will be necessary if the river continues to shrink.
The river has carried less than 10 million feet during nine of the last 22 years. In 2002-23 it only held about 5 million acre-feet – which wouldn’t have been enough to serve just the Lower Basin.
On a related note: Those summer solstice storms and flash floods gave a bit of a boost to Lake Powell. On June 21, the average inflow to the reservoir was about 31,000 cubic feet per second — a pretty good volume resulting from the tail-end of the spring runoff. Two days later, it popped up to more than 51,000 cfs, bringing the surface elevation up to 3,583 feet above sea level and a bit further out of the dead pool danger zone. It’s still a long, long ways from full, however.
It’s likely the floods delivered another gift to Lake Powell: a herd of rafts belonging to a boating party that happened to set up camp along the banks of the San Juan River above Mexican Hat just before the storm hit. They had tied up their boats and set up their tents right at the mouth of Lime Creek. Pretty soon a wall of hot chocolate-colored water came barreling down the wash, taking gear and all of the boats with it. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
The Land Desk is a newsletter from Jonathan P. Thompson, author of “River of Lost Souls,” “Behind the Slickrock Curtain” and “Sagebrush Empire.” To subscribe, go to: www.landdesk.org ■
Coming full circle
Momentum for composting is growing – will the buck(et) stop in Durango?
by Missy Votel
The topic of food composting is heating up, in more ways than one, and not just in Durango but around the country. Not only did the City of Durango recently participate in a citywide composting trial, but it appears the State of Colorado and the Biden administration are also hopping aboard the composting truck, so to speak.
In 2023, state legislators passed a bill requiring the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to study the impacts and feasibility of requiring diversion of organic materials from landfills. The goal is to come away with steps local governments can take to reduce food waste and increase organic waste recycling in their communities. The CDPHE will be submitting its findings to lawmakers by Aug. 1, if not sooner.
Meanwhile, on June 12, the Biden administration re-
leased its “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics.” The aim of the initiative, the first of its kind, is to help the United States meet its target to halve food loss and waste by 2030. The administration has pledged more than $200 million toward that target.
While reducing food waste and loss can save people money, the biggest driver in the composting charge is, of course, climate change. According to the EPA, landfills are the country’s third-largest source of methane – the potent greenhouse gas that is emitted from rotting food and other organic waste in landfills. And an estimated 58 percent of that methane comes from food waste. In fact, food waste in the United States creates the greenhouse gas equivalent of 50 million cars.
Composting, or food recycling, however, prevents methane emissions through aerobic decomposition, as methane-producing microbes are not active in the presence of oxygen. In addition, its byproduct – a rich
soil amendment – can be put directly back into the earth and used to grow more food, thus closing the ecological loop.
Ahead of the curve
Fortunately for Durango, it is already in this loop.
“A huge chunk of methane emissions comes from food waste,” Taylor Hanson, co-owner of local composting service Table to Farm, said recently. “When it comes to fighting climate change, composting is low-hanging fruit.”
Started in 2015, Table to Farm has grown from the days when co-owner Monique DiGiorgio used to bring food scraps to her house into a 4.5-acre full-blown facility near Elmore’s Corner. In addition, it has gone from just 110 customers in 2018 to 800 today. Part of that bump came from Table to Farm’s partnership with the City of Durango this past spring. Using a grant from the CDPHE, new customers were offered free composting for two months. About 800 households signed up, with
Table to Farm composting team members, from left, Operations and Sales Manager Grady Turner, co-owner Monique DiGiorgio and Farm Manager Jeremy Church with their new windrow turner, which was procured with the help of a federal grant. The turner now enables the facility, near Elmore’s Corner, to process compost almost twice as fast. / Courtesy photo
about 40% staying on after the free trial was over. Once the pilot program concluded, the City followed up with a survey to gauge participants’’ thoughts on composting long-term.
“Composting aligns with the goals of the City’s Sustainability Plan, which was adopted in 2022,” Marty Pool, the City’s sustainability manager said. “The City is looking at expanding into composting service and exploring different options to see how it fits into the City’s sustainability picture.”
First and foremost, Pool pointed out that reducing consumption is the first step in reducing food waste – in other words, don’t let your eyes supersize for your stomach. But after that, diverting food from the landfill is the next logical choice.
“The next step is to divert and use that food waste in a circular economy – using microbes to recycle,” he said.
So far, nine states and a handful of communities in Colorado already require composting, including Denver and Boulder. However, before Durango can implement such a program, it must first be approved by the City Council. That's where the recent pilot program came in –the follow-up study will determine if, in fact, folks are interested in citywide composting and what the biggest hurdles are. Pool said he plans to present his findings to council later this summer, but there are some key takeaways. For starters, he said participants seemed to be widely dispersed across the demographics spectrum.
“It was really cool to see, we had all ages, renters, homeowners, and all income levels,” he said.
However, what united most of them in their desire to compost was environmental concerns.
“They said they didn’t want food waste going into the landfill, which was somewhat expected,” he said.
In addition, most respondents said about $15/month was an acceptable rate
for composting services. Currently, Table to Farm, which is the only commercial composting facility in the region, charges $28/month for their composting angels to empty out your green bucket weekly. However, given the feedback of the survey, the company immediately responded, offering bi-weekly pickup for $18/month. Folks can also drop their buckets off at a compost kiosk for $5/week.
This is just one of the ways Table to Farm is pivoting to increase compositing accessibility and capacity on a local level.
“The whole point is to get the entire community composting,” said DiGiorgio.
Ramping up
With growth in mind, DiGiorgio said about a year ago, Table to Farm really started to ramp up its efforts. In addition to going through the arduous CDPHE process to become certified a Class III facility – one of only 16 in the state – they also expanded operations and secured federal grants to buy a windrow turner (think John Deere tractor meets transformer). For compost newbs, “windrows” are the rows of compost in the field that, prior to the motorized turner, had to be turned laboriously by hand.
“With the new turner, we can make compost faster,” said Hanson. “Before it took six to eight months, now it’s closer to three to six months.”
And more compost means more composting products, including bags of garden amendment as well as “erosion logs,” which are used by customers like CDOT for reseeding, and stormwater and erosion control.
An added bonus to closing the “circular economy,” DiGiorgio said, is that instead of trucking these items here from far-off places – and producing even more emissions in the process – they’re produced and used right in La Plata County. And, she said she only sees demand growing. In addition to its residential customers, Table to Farm has several
commercial customers as well, including Durango Joe’s, Ska and Fort Lewis College. They also recently announced plans to expand to Pagosa Springs, which is running low on landfill space, offering curbside and kiosk pick up.
The recent moves statewide and nationally to ramp up food waste recycling has only helped the momentum.
“The announcement (from the Biden administration) was a total surprise,” DiGiorgio said. “But we are really pleased by the tremendous amount of state and federal efforts. We’re just going to see more and more support.”
Conversation starter
And as that support grows, DiGiorgio and Hanson say they're ready for all your moldy, messy, slimy scraps (yes, even small quantities of meat as well as pesky avocado pits, salad dressing and even
stale bread.)
“We are ready to supply any policy the City has,” said DiGiorgio. “We’ve been anticipating this.”
In other words, it looks like the composting bucket has been kicked back to the City’s curb.
For Pool’s part, he said he sees composting just as, if not more, important than recycling. However it will take the scrap-saving citizens of Durango to put this on their, uh, “bucket list” (sorry).
“It’s up to people to share their opinions with Council,” Pool said. One potential option would be to have residents “opt-in” to the service for an additional fee on their monthly utility bill.
“It’s mirroring what we saw with recycling years ago, which now is just part of what we do,” he said. “Now, we need to have the conversation about compost.” ■
Table to Farm’s 4.5-acre facility, northeast of Elmore’s Corner, located on Savannah Tree Farms, a family owned and operated farm whose mission is sustainable agriculture./ Courtesy photo
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Soaked in sound
July brings monsoon of musical options
by Stephen Sellers
Greetings, dear readers! This last weekend, like many of you, I was scurrying above treeline, elated and filled with joy in the indomitable vastness of the San Juans. This time, I was with my girlfriend who is training for the High Lonesome 100 – a notso-casual 100-mile trail run around Buena Vista and Salida. I pedaled behind her on my trusty Surly as she galavanted across the vibrant, saturated tundra leaving me in the dust more often than not. About 10 miles into our 20-mile loop, and despite a clear forecast for the day, we were suddenly surrounded by more rain, thunder, and lightning than we had anticipated. Luckily, we were able to adjust course and escaped with only soaked shoes and a surplus of adrenaline.
Levi Platero plays Buckley Park July 18
One year ago this month, local hiker Ian O’Brien went missing in the La Platas after going for a solo run. RIP Ian, and big love to his family and friends. As we find ourselves gravitating toward the high country, I offer a humble public service announcement. Tell friends your routes and when you expect to be back. For maximum mountain bad-ass credit, get yourself an In Reach. I know weight can bring some of you down, but a warm layer and rain gear seems like the move with the amount of water coursing through the jet stream these days. Stay safe to go out another day!
With all of that being said, July is absolutely drenched with music in Durango. Here are a few of the hundreds of gigs around town this month that are on my radar. 11th St. Station is hosting more 25 shows this month alone, so get out there and show some love to the venues and promoters keeping our town soaked in sound. Let it rain. See you on the dancefloor!
• The Motet, Desert Child, Durango Transit Center, Thur., July 4, 5:30 p.m. - One of Durango’s favorite bands, Desert Child, is set to warm up the stage with their blend of impeccable covers and original soulful indie rock for legendary jam-funksters, The Motet, for the City of Durango’s free post-parade celebration in the Transit Center parking lot. This is the place to be on the 4th.
• Marty O’Reilly, Alex Paul, Jimmy’s Music, Sat.-Sun., July 3-4, 6 p.m. - Jimmy’s Music is gearing up for some listening-room events this July, and first on the docket is Bay-area based Americana/folk singersongwriter Marty O’Reilly
on Sat., July 6. Alex Paul, of Durango’s Birds of Play, will be following the next day. RSVP by calling 970-764-4577 or stop into Jimmy’s for guaranteed seating.
• Jude Brothers, Avery Lee, Zach Bassett, Toast Records, Sun., July 7, 5 p.m. - On the other end of Main Avenue, Toast Records will be hosting three exceptional singer-songwriters from the Americana realm. With limited capacity, this is sure to be an event that only those who arrive early will have the hope of soaking in the magic that is the Toast listening room space.
• Elder Grown Summer Camp, Tico Time, Sat., July 13, 5 p.m. - Elder Grown’s Summer Camp is back for its second year! The band is in high gear bringing its funky sound for a day of fun and sun just over the border. Rounding out this year’s eclectic lineup are Desert Child, ORA, J-Calvin and emerging DJ duo Forest Thump. Camping is encouraged and tickets are available at www.eldergrownmusic.com
• Levi Platero, Buckley Park, Thurs., July 18, 5:30 p.m. - The Community Concert Series at Buckley Park is on fire each Thursday this summer. What a gift to have these free parties in Durango’s most beloved parks. Of special note this month is eastern-Arizona based blues rock guitarist Levi Platero. Expect a raw, emotional, straight-forward performance from one of the Navajo Nation’s finest.
• Western Medicine Band, Tashi T, Rochester Hotel, Sat., July 20, 6 p.m. - Last but certainly not least, the fine folks at the Rochester are hosting yet another intimate and unique show in their Secret Garden venue. LA’s Western Medicine band is somewhere between honky-tonk and Americana and promises to bring a taste of big city musicianship to town with local wunderkind Tashi T opening up the evening with their beautiful, stripped-down guitar ballads born in the San Juans. ■
by Tana French
YThe French connection
‘First Lady of Irish crime’ returns with ‘The Hunter’
ou would have to have just gotten off a boat to have never read or at least heard of Irish crime writer Tana French. Viking published French’s eighth novel in April entitled, “The Hunter.” And as with all her novels, beginning in 2007 with “In the Woods” – which received instant international acclaim and sold an excess of 1 million copies in the year is was released – any book by French can be counted on as a bestseller.
The New York Times has declared French to be “in a class by herself.” And the dust jacket goes on to say that “The Hunter” is a “nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.” Really, what else do you need to know?
The story takes place in Ireland, mostly on the sparsely populated side of rolling hills ending in the little town of Ardnakelty, which is made up of a general store and a couple of bars. We join the story as 15-year-old Trey Reddy is ambling along a mountain trail carrying a broken chair on her back. Her dog, Banjo, whose name comes from a banjo-shaped patch of white on his belly, is scouring the side of the path, through the heath and around the bogs, intent on turning up a critter.
Trey is on her way to Cal Hooper’s place, where she and her trusted friend and mentor repair broken or discarded furnishings, which they take to the Saturday market in Kilcarrow to sell.
Cal is a retired cop from the U.S. who came to Ireland to get over being a cop, live quietly and tinker with wood. Trey found him years before as she and
Banjo were exploring the hills to get away from an unstable home with two younger siblings, an overworked, bilious mother and a long-gone father.
Trey is smart, defiantly rebellious and talented with wood and anything she puts her mind to. And she’s
bonded to Cal and his venerated friend and regular lover Lena, both of whom provide stability and genuine love for Trey.
“The Hunter” is 467 pages, way too long for those of us who read books one after another, and the story would have been just as good if the first 100 pages were reduced by half. French wrote this book during the pandemic, locked away in her Belfast home with plenty of time.
Too many pages notwithstanding, every sentence and paragraph in every chapter could never be fairly traded for anyone’s compact, tidy and easier mystery. French’s books are good, suspenseful reading; she never misses.
French is a natural writer. She studied to be an actor but picked up writing in between long dry spells without calls. She paints pictures with words. Her characters come alive through her words, her dialogue is whispered in our heads. Scenes are real enough to smell the cut grass and see the birds and know which path leads to Cal’s place. She’s won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry awards, and The Independent newspaper of Great Britain has labeled her “the First Lady of Irish crime.”
So one day Trey’s father Johnny Reddy comes sauntering home, dressed to the nines, perfumed, barbered, shod in expensive footwear and as charming as a timeshare salesman. He’s come home to take care of his dear family, and he has a plan to get rich quick and make all his farmer neighbors wealthy. He’s met the rich Cillian Rosenborough in London, who has a map given to him by his dear departed grandmother, who lived in Ardnakelty, to dig for gold.
Johnny, in true shell-game fashion, assembles the farmers in the local bar, buys them their brews and spreads the good news – rich, damnit! Think of it; who wants in?
I’ll leave it here.
The usual advice prevails: skip lunch and use that saved money to buy “The Hunter” at Maria’s Bookshop, and ask them for your Murder Ink 15% discount.
Tana French
Thursday04
All-American Gourmet Breakfast by the Durango Rotary clubs, 7:30-10:30 a.m., Rotary Park, 1565 E. 2nd Ave.
Freedom 5K, 9 a.m., Rotary Park, 1565 E. 2nd Ave.
Southwest Civic Winds, 9:15 a.m., Rotary Park, 1565 E. 2nd Ave.
Picnic Benefitting Building Homes for Heroes,12-4:30 p.m., Buckley Park, 1250 Main Ave.
Stars & Stripes Parade, 5-6 p.m., Main Avenue, Downtown Durango
Live Music by Leah Orlikowski, 5-8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave.
Live Music by The Badly Bent, 5:30-8 p.m., James Ranch Grill, 33846 HWY 550
Live Music by Terry Hartzel, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Live Music with Ben Gibson Band, 6 p.m., Gazpacho Restaurant, 431 E. 2nd Ave.
Live Music by 100 Year Flood, 6 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill, 600 Main Ave.
Live Music by Jeff Solon Jazz, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Street Dance featuring The Motet and Desert Child, 6-9:30 p.m., Transit Center, 250 W. 8th St.
Live Music with Gary Watkins, 6-9 p.m., Cliffside Bar & Grill, 314 Tamarron Dr.
Live Music by Andrew Schuhmann, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Drag Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
4th of July Fireworks Show by City of Durango and Durango Fire Protection District, 9-10 p.m.
Friday05
Oscar’s Café Pie Eating Contest, 1:30 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.
First Friday Art Walk, 4-8 p.m., local businesses and art galleries across Durango
Holiday Weekend Celebration with Baracutanga, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Pie Baking Contest, 5-6 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave.
“Light the Way,” Clint Reid artist opening reception, 5-8 p.m., The Recess Gallery, 1027 Main Ave.
Live music by Tracy Wiebeck, 5-8 p.m., Serious Texas BBQ South, 650 S Camino Del Rio
Live music by Leah Orlikowski, 5-8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave.
Live music Ben Gibson Band, 6 p.m., Balcony Bar and Grill, 600 Main Ave., Suite 210
Live Music by Dana Ariel, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Live music by Terry Hartzel, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Friday Nights at Fox Fire, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms Winery, 5513 CR 321, Ignacio
Live music by Dustin Burley, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Apple Slushy Slam Contest, 6:30 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave
Live music with Skunks & Roll Away, 7 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave., Suite F
The Mysto Really Big Magic Show, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Movie in the Park featuring “The Sandlot,” dusk, Buckley Park
Live music with “Yes, No, Maybe”, 7 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Durango Star Party presented by SJMA and the Durango Astronomical Society, 8-11 p.m., Durango Nature Center, 63 CR 310
Live music and DJ, 8 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Aria’s Pizza Party, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Father’s Daughters Pizza, 640 Main Ave.
Saturday06
Durango Farmers Market with live music by Pete Giuliani, 8 a.m.-12 noon, TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St.
Live Music with Reeder & Spencer, 12-3 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
“Animus on the Animas” 1st annual Durango Boxing Classic, 12-9 p.m., The Main Mall, 835 Main Ave.
The Ultimate Halving Competition, 2-4 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Dan Carlson and Nina Sasaki, 5-7 p.m., Meadow Market, 688 Edgemont Meadows Rd.
Live Music with Matt Rupnow, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Live Music by Terry Hartzel, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Hot Dog Eating Contest, 5 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Live Music with Sensacion, 5-8 p.m., Gazpacho Restaurant, 431 E. 2nd Ave.
Live Music by Ben Gibson, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Public House 701, 701 E. 2nd Ave.
Live Music by Devin Scott, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Live Music with Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, doors 6:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Music & Supply, 1239 Main Ave. Ste. 101, call to RSVP 970-764-4577
Live music with I AM Hologram, 7 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
The Mysto Really Big Magic Show, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
Sunday07
Durango Food Not Bombs mutual aid and potluck, 2-4 p.m., Buckley Park
Live Music by the Alison Dance Duet, 12-2 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Downtown Walking Tour of Durango’s early history, 5 p.m., D&SNG train depot, 479 Main Ave.
Live Music with Alex Paul & Friends, doors 5:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Music & Supply, 1239 Main Ave., Ste. 101, call to RSVP 970-764-4577
Live Music by José Villarreal, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Live Music by the Blue Moon Ramblers, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Monday08
Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Adaptive Sports Association Community Cruise, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Animas River Trail, 2500 Main
Live Music by Terry Hartzel, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Book Release Party for Scott Graham’s “Celebration for Death Valley Duel,” with ultrarunner Maggie Guterl and Hardrock 100 ED Dale Garland, 6 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.
Live Music by Leah Orlikowski, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Singo with Devin Scott, 6 p.m., Grassburger South, 360 S. Camino Del Rio, Ste. 300
Tuesday09
Economic Development Alliance Meeting, 8-9 a.m., Main Mall Center for Innovation, 835 Main Ave., Ste. 225
AskRachel Go fly a kite, watch the birdie and digging for gold
Interesting fact: Like the Olympic torch, the Seine protest will run through France. People can make donations anywhere upstream, with an online tool to calculate how long it will take to reach Paris.
Dear Rachel, Whatever happened to kite flying? When I was a kid in the ’50s, we did it all the time. We went to the sports field to soar and have fun. Can’t these kids have fun other than with a smartphone? How about some bonding on a field of dreams? We had arial zooming and some crashes, oh well, I guess that’s life. Hey, can you even buy one in Durango?
– Rocket Man
Dear High as a Kite, I promise you, kids these days are still soaring and having fun. They just don’t need a kite to do it. Neither do you, by the sound of this letter! And they’re better off for it. I tried flying a kite as a kid. It was … not fun. Not unless you enjoy detangling string and watching your possessions get stuck in a tree.
– Strung along, Rachel
Dear Rachel, I can’t wait to see the badminton in the Paris Olympics. However, there’s not much fuss about it, even though the fast-moving sport is harder than tennis and pickleball. How about
“Advancing Equity through Language Justice,” presented by the League of Women Voters, 10 a.m., Zoom, www.lwvlaplata.org, events
Live Music with Three Way Street, 5:30-8 p.m., James Ranch Grill, 33846 HWY 550
Concerts at the Plaza with Dave Mensch, 6 p.m., Three Springs Plaza, 151 Heritage Lane
Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, presents to the Rotary Club of Durango, 6-7 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.
Live Music with Nina Sasaki & Dan Carlson, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Live Music by Randy Crumbaugh, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Wednesday10
“Native Bees,” 4:30- 6 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
Community Concert Series featuring The Monkberries supporting the Adaptive Sports Association, 5 p.m., The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino Del Rio
the City of Durango builds badminton courts or just raise the nets on the tennis and pickleball courts? Why haven’t they thought of that? This may be the next new fad in Durango. The jock in you will know the answer.
– Bad Mutton
Dear Bye Bye Birdie,
You know what else I can’t wait to see in the Paris Olympics? #JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin. In case your hashtagish is rusty, France cleaned up the Seine to make it swimmable. The French president and Parisian mayor announced they would take a dip. So the French people decided to protest by, erm, de-cleaning the river en masse. The initial date has passed and the politicians put it off, but I have faith that you will find a way to suggest we do this in the Animas.
– Raising a racquet, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
Money makes families b-a-n-a-n-a-s. My grandma is close to the end, and so there’s lots of chatter about her will. I basically expect to get nada because I’m the black sheep who ran off to the mountains. But my cousins, aunts, uncles and siblings tear into each other, jockeying for favor. How can I stay above the fray and not get sucked into the muck?
– Distrust Fund Kid
Live Music by Terry Rickard, 6-9 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Open Mic, 7 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave.
Chicken Sh*t Bingo w/Devin Scott, 6:30-8 p.m., Grassburger downtown, 726 1/2 Main Ave.
True Western Roundup, 6:30-9:30 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
“The Cutting Edge of Conservation: Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology on the BLM’s National Conservation Lands,” presented by San Juan Basin Archaeological Society and Andrew Gulliford, 7 p.m., FLC’s Lyceum Room, SJBAS.ORG
Summer Comedy Open Mic, 7-8:30 p.m., Fired Up Pizza, 735 Main Ave.
Ongoing
The Mysto Really Big Magic Show, Wed. -Fri., July 5-26, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr.
“Light the Way,” art by Clint Reid, thru July, The Recess Gallery, 1027 Main Ave
“The Return of the Force,” art exhibit exploring the influence of “Star Wars” on Native artists, FLC’s Center for Southwest Studies. Thru August 2024
Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com
Dear Beneficiary,
Is this a pitch for an HBO show? Because I might watch this. I imagine it as “Game of Thrones” meets, I don’t know, “Weekend at Bernie’s.” Maybe that’s what you do! Tell everyone who tries to talk to you that you need them to sign a disclaimer, granting you full permission to use their words and actions in your screenplay-in-progress. That’ll clam ’em up REAL quick. And hey, if you do get some dough, maybe buy yourself a kite.
– Subject to taxes, Rachel
Upcoming
Wildwood Reed Trio, presented by Concerts in the Plaza and Music in the Mountains, Thurs. July 11, 2-3 p.m., Three Springs Plaza, 175 Mercado St
Ska-B-Q with Music by Warsaw Poland Bros., Thurs. July 11, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Concert at the Park with The Sweet Lizzy Project, Thurs., July 11, 5:30 p.m., Buckley Park
Live Music by Caitlin Cannon, Thurs., July 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hillcrest Golf Club, 2300 Rim Dr.
Music in the Mountains, July 11-Aug 4, various times and locations, musicinthemountains.com for more
“I Hate Hamlet” presented by Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, July 12-28, Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
Deadline to submit items for “Stuff to Do” is Monday at noon. Please include:
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E-mail your stuff to: calendar@durangotelegraph.com
FreeWillAstrology
by Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The “nirvana fallacy” is the belief that because something is less than utterly perfect, it is gravely defective or even irredeemably broken. Wikipedia says, “The nirvana fallacy compares actual things with unrealistic, idealized alternatives.” Most of us are susceptible to this flawed approach to dealing with the messiness of human existence. But it’s especially important that you avoid such thinking in the coming weeks. To inspire you to find excellence and value in the midst of untidy jumbles, have fun with the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. It prizes and praises the soulful beauty found in things that are irregular, incomplete and imperfect.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are coming to a fork in the road – a crux where two paths diverge. What should you do? Author Marie Forleo says, “When it comes to forks in the road, your heart always knows the answer, not your mind.” Here’s my corollary: Choose the path that will best nourish your soul’s desires. Here’s your homework: Contact your Future Self in a dream or meditation and ask that beautiful genius to provide you with a message and a sign. Plus, invite them to give you a wink with either the left eye or right eye.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Last year, you sent out a clear message to life requesting help and support. It didn’t get the response you wished for. You felt sad. But now I have good news. One or both of the following may soon occur. 1. Your original message will finally lead to a response that buoys your soul. 2. You will send out a new message similar to the one in 2023, and this time you will get a response that makes you feel helped and supported. Maybe you didn’t want to have to be so patient, but I’m glad you refused to give up hope.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Fates have authorized me to authorize you to be bold and spunky. You have permission to initiate gutsy experiments and dare challenging feats. Luck and grace will be on your side as you consider adventures you’ve long wished you had the nerve to entertain. Don’t do anything risky or foolish, of course. Avoid acting like you’re entitled to grab rewards you have not yet earned. But don’t be self-consciously cautious or timid, either. Proceed as if help and resources will arrive through the magic of audacity. Assume you will be able to summon more confidence than usual.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): All of us have aspects of our lives that are stale or unkempt. What is the most worn-out thing about you? Are there parts of your psyche or environment that would benefit from a surge of clean-up and revival? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to attend to these matters. You are likely to attract extra help and inspiration as you make your world brighter and livelier. The first rule of the purgation and rejuvenation process: Have fun!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): On those rare occasions when I buy furniture from online stores, I try hard to find sources that will send me the stuff already assembled. I hate spending time to put together jumbles of wood and metal. More importantly, I am inept at doing so. In alignment with astrological omens, I recommend you take my approach in regard to every situation in your life during the coming weeks. Your operative metaphor: Whatever you want or need, get it already fully assembled.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Adragon De Mello was born under the sign of Libra in 1976, his father had big plans for him. Dad wanted him to get a PhD in physics by age 12, garner a Nobel Prize by 16, get elected President of the United States by 26, and then become head of a world government by 30. I’d love for you to fantasize about big dreams like that in the coming weeks – although with less egotism and more amusement. Give yourself a license to play with scenarios that inspire you to enlarge your understanding of your destiny. Provide your future with a dose of healing wildness.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Your horoscopes are too complicated,” a reader named Estelle wrote to me recently. “You give us too many ideas. Your language is too fancy. I just want simple advice in plain words.” I wrote back to tell her that if I did what she asked, I wouldn’t be myself. “Plenty of other astrologers out there can meet your needs,” I concluded. As for you, dear Scorpio, I think you will especially benefit from influences like me in the coming weeks –people who appreciate nuance and subtlety, who love the poetry of life, who eschew clichés and conventional wisdom, who can nurture your rich, spicy, complicated soul.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks will be prime time for you to re-imagine the history of your destiny. How might you do that? In your imagination,
revisit important events from the past and reinterpret them using the new wisdom you’ve gained since they happened. If possible, perform any atonement, adjustment or intervention that will transform the meaning of what happened once upon a time. Give the story of your life a fresh title. Rename the chapters. Look at old photos and videos and describe to yourself what you know now about those people and situations that you didn’t know back then. Are there key events that you have repressed or ignored? Raise them up into the light.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1972, before the internet existed, Capricorn actor Anthony Hopkins spent a day visiting London bookstores in search of a certain tome: “The Girl from Petrovka.” Unable to locate a copy, he decided to head home. On the way, he sat on a random bench, where he found the original manuscript of “The Girl of Petrovka.” It had been stolen from the book’s author George Feifer and abandoned there by the thief. I predict an almost equally unlikely or roundabout discovery or revelation for you in the coming days. Prediction: You may not unearth what you’re looking for in an obvious place, but you will ultimately unearth it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquariusborn Desmond Doss (1919–2006) joined the army at the beginning of World War II. But because of his religious beliefs, he refused to use weapons. He became a medic who accompanied troops to Guam and the Philippines. He won three medals of honor, which are usually given to armed combatants. His bravest act came in 1944, when he saved the lives of 70 wounded soldiers during a battle. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for the coming weeks. I invite you to blend valor and peace-making. Synergize compassion and fierce courage. Mix a knack for poise and healing with a quest for adventure.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What types of people are you most attracted to? Not just those you find most romantically appealing, but also those with whom an alliance is created. And those you’re inclined to seek out for collaborative work and play. This knowledge is valuable to have; it helps you gravitate toward relationships that are healthy for you. Now and then, though, it’s wise to experiment with connections and influences that aren’t obviously natural – to move outside your usual set of expectations and engage with characters you can’t immediately categorize. I suspect the coming weeks will be one of those times.
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