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Why the Indigenous peoples who populated the Four Corners area left the region around 1250 AD will continue to be an endless source of speculation and mystery. But that hasn’t stopped researchers and experts from drawing parallels between challenges faced then and now.
In fact, that very topic is the subject of a new documentary – “Population Overshoot and Collapse in the Ancient Four Corners” –which will be screened at 7 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 22, at Fort Lewis College’s Student Union Building Ballroom.
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Between about 1250-1300 AD, an entire population of about 60,000 people left their highly evolved and established civilization in the Four Corners, which included major settlements like Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon.
The question has always been: why?
According to the National Park Service, archeological evidence points to a series of prolonged droughts, diminishing resources and social upheaval that may have contributed to the abandonment of the region. All these factors likely led to crop failures, as well as the depletion of soils, forests and animals. Researchers have also found evidence of violence among tribes, leading many to believe there were social and political problems as well.
By the 13th century, once bustling settlements like Mesa Verde were completely empty. Many tribes traveled south into Arizona and New Mexico.
In his film, Ruiz interviews top scholars, archeologists, tribal members and even Southwest author Craig Childs in an effort to address these questions. And, Ruiz explores what we can learn from the past as our society faces many of the same issues today.
“We again see the historical violence and unrest that played out in the ancient Four Corners may be repeating itself today, and the present megadrought and pandemic are only reinforcing the scientific evidence,” Jesse Tune, narrator of the film and former archaeology teacher at FLC, said.
Also during the screening, Diné weaver and scholar Venancio Aragón will give a brief talk. Aragón is a citizen of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico who fuses his education and culture into his art using ancient textiles and techniques.
The event is free and open to the public.
What do Diana Ross, Naomi Campbell, Rosie O’Donnell, Tom Holland and yours truly have in common? We’ve all been lucky enough to attend the queen’s Renaissance World Tour.
Mind you, I’m not referring to just any queen. I’m talking about Queen B., aka Ms. Carter. Or simply, Beyoncé. After attending her concert in Las Vegas on the evening of my birthday last month, there is this lingering feeling that I can’t quite shake. It feels like it happened both yesterday and so many years ago – like it’s always been a part of my existence. However, it continues to feel new each time I see a video posted online from a different angle from different concerts. The weight of this feeling has caused my friends and me to jokingly say, “We are living in year 0 AB – After Beyoncé.”
Her seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” is a love letter to the black and queer community. Noted in the liner notes of the album, Beyoncé partially dedicated this album to her uncle, Jonny, who died from an AIDS related illness when she was 17.
“A big thank you to my Uncle Jonny. He was my godmother and the first person to expose me to a lot of the music and culture that serve as inspiration for this album.”
The music she is referring to is disco and house music. House music evolved from disco, becoming altered, quicker versions of disco tracks played by black Chicago DJs in the ’80s. Eventually, black women became critical in defining the style of house music and expanding its reach across the world. Disco itself started in underground dance clubs where the LGBTQAI+ community could dance and safely express themselves. Disco, which was originally created by marginalized groups, was also listened to by those groups. It represented being able to liberate oneself on the dance floor without fear of racist or homophobic discrimination. Mirroring these statements, “Renaissance” is sold online with the following description:
“(This album) is a celebration of a club era when anyone who felt like an outsider sought each other and formed a community of freedom-seekers to express themselves creatively through the rhythm, which we still celebrate today.”
As for the culture Beyoncé mentions in her liner notes, it is most definitely
Durango rolling out its first-ever Poet Laureate program. For all you aspiring bards, the city is actively seeking two people to fill the role.
President Biden creating a New Dealstyle American Climate Corps that will be a major green jobs training program, employing 20,000 young adults to build trails, plant trees, install solar and perform other conservation work.
ballroom culture. I’ve written about ballroom in previous articles, but I think it’s important to keep revisiting this aspect of queer culture. Born in New York City in the ’70s, ballroom provided a safe space for houses to compete against one another. Houses were the found families of queer black and brown individuals. These competitions would often get heated, with lip-syncing, dancing and modeling being the modes of battle. Notable houses include the House of LaBeija, the House of Aviance and the House of Ninja. These houses provided literal and metaphorical refuge for these individuals who were ostracized from their homes or society for being gay, trans or the like. Ballroom competitions became the space where dreams of success, riches and respect could become a reality for an evening. It is also where voguing was born – a form of dance inspired by the modeling found in the pages of Vogue magazine. Madonna would later reference this style of dance in her eponymous hit ’90s song. Ballroom and its competitions still exist to this day and can even be seen on the HBO show, “Legendary.”
The night of the concert, guests came adorned in silver and black outfits, while many others carried clack fans and daringly walked around in stiletto heels. What did I wear, no one asked? I donned a cowboy shirt and hat, high waist pants with a corset underneath, a pair of cowboy boots with a sensible 3½-inch heel, and a platinum-colored necklace. The show was filled with voguing, couture and iconography that celebrated women and ballroom culture. Beyoncé also performed the Queens Remix of her album’s lead single, “Break My Soul,” which samples and interpolates Madonna’s “Vogue.” I found myself joyously repeating the phrase, “If this concert isn’t for the gays, I don’t know what is!” (And that was even after I saw RuPaul’s Drag Race Live the night before!)
But this wasn’t just a concert for the gays. The crowd was filled with beautiful people of all shapes, sizes and colors. By providing a safe space for the queerest of us, she provides a safe space for all of us. That is what this album is –a safe space. And I invite you to join the House of Renaissance and listen to the album if you haven’t yet. For 1 hour and 2 minutes, I hope you find a place that you want to revisit time and time again. As Diana Ross might say, if there’s a cure for this love hangover, I don’t want it.
– Doug Gonzales
Lauren Boebert again in the spotlight for her embarrassing conduct, this time behaving at a musical performance of “Beetlejuice” as though she was at a monster truck rally.
A dad suing a hospital for $642 million for experiencing a “psychotic illness” after witnessing his wife’s C-section. Uhhh… don’t watch? Or better yet… don’t procreate?
McDonald’s again getting sued for serving up a coffee that was allegedly too hot. Maybe order iced coffee next time? Or maybe don’t go to McDonald’s?
Reza Baluchi was born in Iran, but then he moved to Florida where he caught the virus that turns people into “Florida Man.” An ultra-marathoner, he built a floating hamster wheel in which he planned to “run across the Atlantic.” But the Coast Guard had to rescue Reza in 2014, 2016 and 2021 because you need a boat to cross the Atlantic. Reza never figured that out though, because he tried again last month and threatened suicide with a fake bomb when the Coast Guard tried to rescue him. Reza’s plan makes sense, though, because do you know what’s across the Atlantic? Hamsterdam.
The housing crisis in the West is getting a lot of attention lately, but most coverage falls into the same trap: A false belief that the solution to the problem is simply to build more houses, usually by removing regulatory “burdens” on developers.
A Business Insider story, which opens in Durango, reports: “The solution to keep prices under control seems fairly simple: Just build more housing.”
These accounts adhere to the theory that the West’s housing crisis is caused by a simple supply-demand imbalance: A bunch of people move to Durango and snatch up the available housing. Demand soon outpaces supply, causing prices to shoot into the stratosphere.
The solution, according to this theory, is to up supply by building a crap load of new housing, which will bring things back into balance and lower prices to levels that are affordable for your average working stiff. And the way to get the market to build more housing is to obliterate the local land-use regulations getting in developers’ way.
I’ll give them this: It is a simple theory. Too simple, in fact, because it doesn’t account for how grossly distorted nearly every Western housing market has become. It doesn’t account for the unique dynamics of housing markets in Western amenities communities, or for the vagaries of human behavior, especially of those who have a lot of disposable cash. It doesn’t account for the second-, third-, and fourth- homeowners, or of well-heeled investors looking to profit from the Airbnb economy.
In these places, scarcity – i.e. lack of inventory, in real estate lingo – is certainly a factor in high home prices, but only a minor one. The big driver is wealth inequality, which manifests as some folks’ willingness and ability to spend gobs of money to own their own little – or vast – piece of Jackson, Moab or Durango, versus everyone else’s inability to do the same. The problem then is not a lack of housing, but rather a lack of affordable housing. And solving that problem is far more complicated than simply building more market-rate housing.
To be clear, I’m not arguing that housing is above the laws of supply and demand. In fact, I agree with a 2018 NYU School of Law paper on “supply skepticism” when they write: “the preponderance of evidence suggests that easing barriers to new construction will moderate price increases and therefore make housing more affordable to low and moderate income families.”
This works if, say, a new industry moves into a mid-sized city with reasonable housing prices, bringing hundreds of jobs with it. Housing demand will climb and begin to outpace supply, raising prices. Rising prices will spur developers to build more homes. And building more homes will restore the demand-supply balance and stabilize prices. That’s meaningless, however, when the cheapest home on the market costs hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the average family can afford.
Just take a gander at these wacky numbers – Durango: median sale price: $695,000; median household income: $69,000. Perhaps building hundreds of new market-rate housing units will stabilize prices or “moderate price increases.” But what good
will that do with prices like these? And so far, there’s little evidence that increasing supply in desirable Western communities does all that much to dampen price increases.
Perhaps the supply-side theory will prove out in Durango, where 2,000 new housing units are currently in the works, according to The Durango Herald. Almost 600 are intended to be sold –with 199 of those having “affordability components” – while the rest are rentals. That’s a lot of housing for a town of some 20,000 people and should be enough to accommodate a good portion of the housing-deprived workforce and bring rents down somewhat. But will it lower housing sale prices? Only time will tell, but I’m not banking on it. While the 400 market-rate units will increase the supply, they also may induce extra demand, luring investors looking for a short-term rental property or a second or third home, or simply drawing more well-heeled folks who can pay exorbitant amounts for a mountain home.
It’s worth noting that Durango didn’t have to relax its land-use codes to clear the way for all of this construction. And nearly 500 of the units are in a single apartment complex, which is remarkable for a small Western community, where this kind of building density is often frowned upon and even, in some cases, banned.
People are right to condemn sprawl and to pin some of the housing crisis on single-family zoning laws. But encouraging density should not be confused with doing away with land-use regulations altogether. Montana’s Republican-dominated legislature made it possible for developers to “build housing units by right” and loosened already lax regulations. Should we expect a bunch of affordable apartment high-rises in downtown Bozeman as a result? Not likely. Try more sprawl and more profits for the developers and more folks moving into the area.
Clearly something’s gotta give. But simply building more housing willy nilly is not the answer. After all, at its roots, the housing crisis is less about the gap between supply and demand than it is about the yawning abyss between the uber-wealthy and the rest of us. We could make progress on both fronts by, first, implementing a progressive real estate transfer tax on property sales that exceed $500,000, and by reviving the progressive income tax structures of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, which made it more difficult for a few people to accumulate gobs of wealth, leaving them less disposable income to buy up multi-million dollar homes as if they were Monopoly properties. The revenues generated by these taxes could then be used to build sustainable, affordable housing.
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Less than 100 kilometers to the finish line in Madrid, Durango’s Sepp Kuss was moments away from making American cycling history when live coverage of the Vuelta a España began Sunday in the U.S.
The first image delivered to the American viewing public was the man in the leader’s red jersey, and it was none other than Kuss sending a message back home.
“Hi dad. Love you mom. Hello Durango,” Kuss said, smiling into the NBC camera. Durango swelled with pride once more in admiration of their improbable champion –from a kid once riding around with Durango Devo to an American cycling icon at the highest level of the sport.
A few hours later, Kuss stood atop the podium of the third and final Grand Tour of the road cycling season. He became the first American to win the race since 2013 and only the second ever to do so alongside Chris Horner. And he became only the fourth American ever to officially win one of cycling’s three Grand Tour races, which includes the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Spanish Vuelta.
The name “Kuss” is now safely alongside the legendary Greg LeMond, Andy Hampsten and Horner as the only U.S. Grand Tour victors.
The 29-year-old has given American road cycling its first true icon since the black eye left on the sport in this country when Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis had their own Grand Tour wins vacated because of doping controversies.
It has been a meteoric rise from mountain biker to World Tour hopeful in 2017, and now a Grand Tour champion with the eyes of the world fixated on his success. Despite this, Kuss has stayed true to the kind-hearted guy that every Durangoan who has met him is happy to call a friend.
While celebrating in front of fireworks filling the Madrid skyline and standing on the podium with his wife, Noemi, and his mother, Sabina, Kuss’ mind was on his father, Dolph, watching back home along with everyone he wished to share the moment with.
“I am always thinking about my dad back home and my hometown of Durango – a big shout out to Durango,” Kuss said with enthusiasm and his trademark grin.
Local support for Kuss could be found everywhere from Main Avenue to social media. The sign outside Tarpley RV read “Let’s Go Sepp!” while three-time mountain bike Olympian Todd Wells hung a “SEPP KUSS” banner written in red paint from his second-story office in downtown Du-
rango.
“It’s great to see the reactions in the United States, especially in my hometown,” Kuss said.
The coronation of Kuss was the celebration of the good guy finally having his day. Kuss had previously been a support rider for his teammates Primož Rogli� and Jonas Vingegaard en route to six of their own combined Grand Tour victories. This time, Kuss got the chance to race for the overall win. Along the way, the pressure mounted, drama unfolded and the world rallied behind Kuss to reveal he was perhaps the most popular athlete in the sport worldwide.
Media attention was at an all-time high, and Kuss was thrust into the spotlight with many looking to pull at any thread that might unravel him. Through it all, Kuss never swayed from his easy-going and humble ways, refusing to take the bait or allow his personality to be altered.
“He’s still the same Sepp we traveled around in a Durango Devo van with,” pro cyclist Payson McElveen, said. The two were teammates on the Sweet Elite team when the riders were teenagers. “All the same mannerisms, his sense of humor and amiable attitude. He’s getting all this praise and financial reward that comes with this level of success, but to not change who you are and how you treat
people, that’s incredible to me,” McElveen said. “It doesn’t surprise me, but it’s a nice reminder that you can be a role model for young American cyclists in so many different ways.”
Kuss won the sixth stage of the Vuelta but wouldn’t go into the overall leader’s red jersey until two days later. He perhaps could have snagged the jersey after his stage win, but in typical Kuss fashion, he didn’t chase every possible second to the finish line. Instead, sporting a big smile, he took time to slap a few high-fives with spectators lining the road. In Durango, those are moments that endear his fans and friends to him all the more.
He followed that stage win with an iconic 13-second chug off the massive champagne bottle awarded the day’s winner. Had Kuss not gone on to win the entire race and shown his incredible physical and mental toughness, it would have gone down as the most memorable moment from the three weeks. In Durango, the chug was celebrated as much as the win itself.
“We get together, and he’s the guy building a beer can pyramid or throwing french fries around in the McDonald’s drive thru lane at 2 a.m. not long after winning a Tour de France stage,” McElveen said. “I would be shocked and disappointed if that isn’t how things went.”
In victory that day, Kuss thanked his childhood Devo coach, Chad Cheeney, for all he did to instill a sense of fun in cycling to go with the competitive side of the sport. Though he now calls Andorra home, Kuss makes it clear Durango is with him during the biggest moments of his career.
“It makes me feel incredibly proud of the team we cultivated with Devo and reinforces that team culture that we can see
really sticks with you to the end of the road,” Cheeney said. “It makes the whole tribe here in Durango feel really good to see him acknowledge all the things that have gotten him here. This little guy we all know and love in Durango, we still see that same smile.”
While Kuss has long been a hero in his hometown, his celebrity status in Europe might not be easy to understand for the
average American in a country where cycling is far from a mainstream sport.
“People probably don’t even understand how hard it is to even finish a Grand Tour, let alone win,” said Durango’s Quinn Simmons, the reigning road national champion and fellow World Tour rider with three Grand Tour starts to his name. “In Spain, he just won the Super Bowl. Take whoever the most popular quarterback is in the U.S. In Spain right now, that quarterback is Sepp Kuss.”
He’s the man of the hour in Spain and across Europe. But here in Durango, he’s the same old “Seppy” the town has always loved, which we all got to witness for three glorious weeks.
Whether he’s winning the biggest races in the world or back home having a cheeseburger and a beer, Kuss is and always will be one of us. And that’s why we love him.
“It’s not often you get his attitude among the top stars in each sport. But he’s just a Durango kid raised in our culture,” Cheeney said. “You never forget that feeling of having fun on a bike and sharing success with your friends. Sepp’s still doing that. He’s definitely inspiring another generation of Durango cyclists but even more good humans out of Durango at the same time.” ■
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Awildly popular art exhibit, which blends Star Wars with contemporary Native American art, is about to land at Fort Lewis College’s Center for Southwest Studies.
In October 2019, “The Force is With Our People” opened at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff to critical acclaim. The exhibit dived into the influence Star Wars has on present day Indigenous artists, exploring why this particular piece of popular culture resonates
so deeply with Native communities, especially those in the Southwest.
“The Force is With Our People” stayed on display until October 2020, but, you know, some stuff happened in 2020 and that killed much of the momentum behind the exhibit.
Tony Thibodeau, the exhibit’s founder and curator, said the intent wasn’t to take the display on tour. This past year, however, an opportunity came up to revive the exhibit at Fort Lewis College, though under a different name – “Return of the Force” – and with some
new artwork.
“In a way, I don’t think of this as an art exhibit,” Thibodeau said. “I think of it more as exploring this cultural connection between the pop culture of Star Wars and traditional Native American art. I didn’t want it to feel like you were walking into a gallery; I wanted to feel like walking into another world.”
Indeed, it’s rather uncanny how contemporary Native American artists have interweaved the imagery and aesthetic of one of the most popular film franchises in history, which began with the 1977 film “Star Wars: A New
Hope,” and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
And, at the same time, the popularity of Star Wars has provided a venue for Native American artists to showcase their work, culture and history on a much wider platform.
“Some of these pieces deal with an extremely painful and difficult history, but it’s presented in a way people can relate to and not feel lectured about,” Thibodeau said.
Do. Or do not.
The genesis of the original “The Force is With Our People’’ started around 2016 after Thibodeau went to an Indigenous comic con in Albuquerque that focused on Native American artists who were incorporating pop culture into their work. There, Thibodeau saw how many people were infusing Star Wars imagery into their art. On top of that, he learned that
the original 1977 film, “A New Hope,” was translated into Diné, the language of the Navajo people.
For the next two years, Thibodeau went back to comic con and saw the event triple in size. And, more than any other material in pop culture, Star Wars was by far the most popular and prevalent among Indigenous artists.
“So clearly something was going on there,” he said. “Then I got the idea that this would be an interesting exhibit.”
Thibodeau, who serves as the Director of Research and Collections at the Museum of Northern Arizona, said he wanted the voice of those artists to be prominent, exploring the central question: why artists felt inspired to incorporate the Star Wars world into their work.
The exhibit was an instant hit, covered by news media across the world and win-
ning the 2020 Viola Award for Excellence in Visual Arts. Over the past few years, though, some pieces were returned to their artists, others sold, and there wasn’t any real plan to travel it. That is, until Duane Koyawena, one of the featured artists, came knocking. This is the way
So what is it about Star Wars that fits so seamlessly with Native American art? Well, it depends on which artist you ask.
For Ryan Singer, a Diné artist, it started when he was about 4 years old, when “A New Hope,” was first released.
“It basically blew my mind,” he said.
As a kid, Singer would draw characters and play with action figures (not toys!). Years later, around 2000, he started experimenting in his art by adding Star Wars characters into the landscapes of the Navajo Nation. It all eerily seemed to fit, especially with the similarities between the desert of the reservation and (geek out alert!) the deserts of Luke Skywalker’s home on Tatooine.
“In that first film, it’s all dusty and desolate; those washes, rocky hills and arroyos,” Singer said. “It looked basically where my grandma lived in Tuba City. It all made sense.”
Now, Singer uses the Star Wars medium as an opportunity to educate a wider audience on Native history. In one of his most accomplished pieces, Singer painted a split screen image of an Ewok – one in its Native regalia and weapons, side by side with an Ewok captured by the Empire, in uniform, cut hair and behind a desk.
Singer said the image is supposed to evoke the history of boarding schools, in which Native children were stolen from their families and communities, not allowed to speak their language and forced to become Americanized in an attempt to wipe out their culture.
“Art is a way of communicating, and this is my way of educating people about that history,” Singer said. “And it’s not in your face. It’s very subtle. We’re using this popular piece of pop culture to reel people in and tell our story.”
Built on hope
Koyawena, who is taking the lead in curating the exhibit at Fort Lewis College, said his connection to Star Wars is on a personal and spiritual level. He takes life lessons out of the battle between the light and dark sides of the force, and uses Jedi teachings as reminders to remain humble.
“For myself, in my own life, as well as in my Hopi culture, there are battles between good and evil,” he said. “And we strive to embrace the light and turn away from the dark. In some of the ceremonies and practices we do, we are not supposed to have that darkness in us.”
Koyawena was instrumental in the original exhibit’s shining star, a functioning R2D2 that’s adorned with Native American imagery.
“We knew that R2 would be huge,” he said. “People from all over were mind-blown over it.”
Christal Ratt, a member of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake Tribe in Quebec, Canada, said she believes Native artists
take so strongly to Star Wars because of one of the movie’s main themes – resistance against imperial forces, which resonates with Indigenous peoples.
“For our people, we’ve always been resisting –whether that’s genocide, policies on our people, the government – just everything we’ve been through,” she said. “It’s always been a resistance in trying to survive. And now we’re trying to revitalize a lot of the things we were made to feel ashamed about.”
One of Ratt’s pieces is a Mandalorian helmet with woodland and floral designs. It features the color orange in recognition of the Every Child Matters movement, which seeks to highlight the damage boarding schools had on Native people.
“I thought – if we had our own super hero, what would he wear?” Ratt said. “I wanted to honor our own grassroots people out there protecting our land, our language and our rights.”
Going into hyperspace
In the original “The Force is With Our People,” Thibodeau said he wanted pieces that were already made connecting Star Wars and Indigenous cultures to explore that existing relationship. “I didn’t want the exhibit itself as an influence for people creating that art,” he said.
But now, with the wild success of the exhibit, the cat’s out of the bag, Thibodeau said. As a result, the display at Fort Lewis College features new artists and new pieces solicited specifically for this exhibit.
With more than 20 featured artists, it’s not just paintings and droids. Work in the show also consists of ceramics, beadwork, graphic art, jewelry and cosplay outfits.
And, while each artists’ connection to Star Wars differs, at the end of the day, it just looks cool, Thibodeau said.
“It’s hard to put your finger on it,” Thibodeau said. “I almost like to envision the Navajo Nation as a parallel universe that’s an expansion of the Star Wars universe. I know that’s not canon, but it doesn’t matter to me.” ■
What: “Return of the Force” grand opening
When: Wed., Sept. 27, at 5:30 p.m., as well as an artist panel at 6 p.m. Exhibit runs until August 2024
Where: The Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College
For info.: www.swcenter.fortlewis.edu
by Ari LeVaux
Caprese is a simple dish. Yet the mere combination of tomato, basil and mozzarella, dusted with salt and olive oil, accomplishes so much. Dressed in the colors of the Italian flag, caprese exemplifies the fresh ethos of that cuisine. The wafting, penetrating basil and the sweet, piercing tomatoes combine with the rich cheese and oil producing otherworldly satisfaction. Like a margherita pizza without the crust and heat, caprese is the perfect way to enjoy the sunset of summer.
As with any recipe of cultural significance, there will be static between purists and innovators. I generally have tremendous respect for traditions. But I’m flexible with the season and region.
With the low-acid heirloom tomatoes available today, for example, we often need to add more acid, as the tomato alone can’t stand up to the cheese and olive oil. A few drops of balsamic does the trick. There is also white balsamic, which for trademark reasons is often labeled “White Italian Vinegar” or “White Italian Condiment.” Both types are made from grapes, red and white, respectively. You can also make homemade reductions of red or white balsamic. Simply heat and slowly reduce by half. It becomes thick and syrupy, and sticks to the tomatoes, basil and cheese.
Aside from the balsamics, any red or white wine vinegar could work. And lemon or lime will get it done brightly. My favorite caprese is a mix of red and white balsamic, and lime juice.
Structurally speaking, a caprese can be stacked, layered or tossed in a bowl.
If you choose to make a tower, the slice of cheese belongs at the foundation, with the basil atop the cheese and a slice of tomato atop the basil. While many caprese makers put the basil on top because it’s more colorful, I find the leaves deflect the salt, oil and vinegar from the tomato, shielding it from its much-needed dressing.
If you prefer to serve caprese as a salad, I recommend cubing both the tomato and cheese. All those cut surfaces do a great job holding the vinaigrette. Toss together with salt and vinaigrette, and add the basil leaves last. One thing fun about the salad, you can
toss the whole business into a pot of pasta (see below).
If we played our cards right last spring, we won’t run out of tomatoes or basil during these luxurious late summer days. Thus it’s the mozzarella, purchased in a sealed placenta-like bag of water, that becomes the limiting factor.
And if you run out of mozzarella? Replace it with something, presumably cheese, but maybe just don’t call it caprese. You will get called out by the self-appointed experts. You can substitute feta for a Greco-Roman salad that is most definitely not caprese. Since you went there, why not finish with
chunks of cucumber and garlic or minced onion, and swap the basil for oregano or thyme? Skip the balsamic and lean on the citrus.
Or perhaps replace the mozzarella with a Spanish Manchego with a drizzle of red wine vinegar. Serve atop crusty bread and wash down with a blended red.
And don’t forget to enjoy the brief, glorious end of summer when everything is in season and perfect, like I imagine life must be on the isle of Capri.
Salad
1 lb tomato, cut into cubes
½ lb fresh mozzarella, cut into cubes
1 bunch basil leaves
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup XVOO
1 teaspoon balsamic
1 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
Pasta
1 strip bacon, cut into strips
1 pound pasta
1 clove garlic
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
½ cup XVOO
Combine ingredients in a medium bowl. Taste, adjust salt and acid as necessary.
Bring pot of salted water to a boil. While the water heats, cook the bacon bits in a different pan. When water boils, add the pasta. Cook the amount of time specified on the package, plus a minute (not today, al dente). Drain the noodles and while still piping hot, stir in garlic, cheese, bacon and olive oil. When fully tossed, add the caprese and serve. ■
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Ben Gibson Band plays, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard Ave.
Community Harvest, fruit gleaning, 5:30-7:30 p.m., location at goodfoodcollective.org/harvest-fruit
Thursday Night Sitting Group, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave, Suite 109.
An Evening with Ron Hall, writer and advocate for the homeless, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Doubletree Hotel. Benefit for by Community Compassion Outreach Register at: tinyurl.com/3ufy4m5y
Jeff Solon Jazz Duo plays, 6 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Jackson Grimm and the Bull Moose Party play, 6-9 p.m., 11th St. Station.
Karaoke, 6 p.m., Grassburger South, 360 Camino del Rio.
Bluegrass jam, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice, 3000 Main Ave.
Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1330 Camino del Rio.
“Removing the Hood: Memory, Forgetting and White Supremacy in America’s Past,” 8:30 p.m., FLC’s 130 Nobel Hall.
Free Friday Yoga, 8:30 a.m., Lively (a boutique), 809 Main Ave.
Open Meditation, 12 noon-1 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave, Suite 109.
Weaving Demonstration, presented by Diné textile artist Venancio Araon, 3 p.m., FLC’s Art Department Building, Room 170.
Durango Open Studio Tour kick off, 5-8 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.
Fashion Show, early show at 5 p.m. & late show at 8 p.m., Lively (a boutique), 809 Main Ave.
Women Outside Adventure Forum: Kick Off Event with inspirational stories from local women, 5:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center. Register at: tinyurl.com/yfwb8h5m
Six Dollar String Band plays, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms, Ignacio.
Author Talk: Matthew Moseley, 6 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.
Pastor & Pagan play, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice, 3000 Main Ave.
Tracy Wieback Duo plays, 7-10 p.m., 11th St. Station.
“Overshoot and Collapse of the Ancient Four Corners,” film presentation, 7-9 p.m., FLC’s Ballroom.
Women Outside Adventure Forum, events all day. Info and register at: tinyurl.com/yfwb8h5m
Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m., TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St.
Durango Derby, 50-mile MTB race, 8 a.m., Durango Mesa Park. durangoderby.com
Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m., 1328 CR 501, Bayfield.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s, 9 a.m., Rotary Park.
National Public Lands Day at Ophir Fen, volunteer with Mountain Studies Institute, info at mountainstudies.org
Energize Durango: Spark the EVolution, EV driving and education event, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Durango Motor Co., 1200 Carbon Junction. Sponsored by 4Core and LPEA.
Durango Open Studio Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.
Summer Art Series, 1-6 p.m., Fox Fire Farms, Ignacio. Also featuring History Live with live painting, art vendors, music, food and more from 4-7 p.m.
Author Talk: Jamie Siebrase, 4 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.
Lawn Chair Kings play, 4-7 p.m., Mancos Brewing Co.
Ben Gibson plays, 5:30p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.
Author Talk: Portia Sykes, 6 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.
Pete Giuliani Trio play, 6-9 p.m., Weminuche Woodfire Grill, Vallecito.
Karaoke, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice, 3000 Main Ave.
Rockin’ Randy plays, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Community Yoga, 6-7 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.
hoodfoot plays, 7-10 p.m., 11th St. Station.
Get the Led Out plays, 7:30 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.
Silent Disco, 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m., 11th St. Station.
Women Outside Adventure Forum, events all day. Info and register at: tinyurl.com/yfwb8h5m
Durango Open Studio Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.
Vinyl Sundaze, 12 noon, Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Terry Rickard plays, 12 noon-3 p.m., 11th St. Station.
Jason Thies and Jeff Haspel play, 12:30 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice, 3000 N. Main Ave.
Feed the People! free aid for homeless community members, 2 p.m., Buckley Park.
Sunday Funday, 6 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
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Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Community Harvest fruit gleaning, 5:30-7:30 p.m., location at goodfoodcollective.org/harvest-fruit
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Great selection of boots, jackets, sweaters and jeans from brands like Madewell, Patagonia, Sundance & Kühl
Interesting fact: There’s a whole “shopping cart theory” proposing that a person’s moral character is revealed by what they do with their cart in the parking lot. I propose that it’s better revealed by what questions they submit under obviously fake names to a newspaper columnist.
Dear Rachel, Halloween is coming up soon. What elected office will be most in costume this year? Who will be the best witch or goblin? How about you? I know you will go as an angel, but deep down what witch costume would you wear or your goblin friends?
Dear Orange Noggin,
– Pumpkin Head
Given the choice between wearing a witch costume or my goblin friends, I’ll wear my friends. They are HAWT. But the real issue here is that I think you are trying to flatter me, calling me an angel and all, but on Halloween we dress up as what we aren’t. Are you calling me devilish? Or worse? I need to know, because that is dead right, but also it probably shouldn’t be quiiiiite so apparent in the newspaper. I’ll get to work brushing up my image in hopes of getting more treats than, well, the alternative.
– Gonna TP your house, Rachel
Dear Rachel, Which is the greater crime against humanity? Not putting your shopping cart back? Or
“Salone Italiano: The Trust Story of an Italian Immigrant Family in Southwestern Colorado,” 11 a.m., Durango Public Library.
Community Yoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.
Slow Bluegrass Jam, 5:30-7:30 p.m., General Palmer Hotel, 567 Main Ave.
“How the West was Clothed,” presentation, 67:30 p.m., Pine River Library. Featuring local weaver Sherry Hawkins on history of clothing in the West.
Tackling the Root Causes of Food Insecurity show & tell, presented by the La Plata Food Equity Coalition, 6-8 p.m., FLC Center for Innovation, Main Mall, 835 Main Ave., Suite 225.
putting the gas station windshield cleaner back in the holder squeegee side down? The cleaner should obviously have the spongy part down so it can soak up the Windex-like water.
– The Geneva Convention
Dear Cruel and Unusual, Um, shopping cart. Done. But I have a word count quota to fill, so let me elaborate: an upside down squeegee is only a problem if the reservoir has run mostly dry. If so, you just … turn the squeegee around. A shopping cart, on the other hand, just takes one little nudge while you’re parking your car to send it wobbling down the slight incline across an entire parking lot until it whomps the passenger door of an unsuspecting SUV, and you run inside the store hoping no one saw because really it went implausibly far and no one could pin it on you otherwise.
– Hypothetically, Rachel
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Dear Rachel,
For 3½ years I have had the best excuse the world has ever known (the pandemic) not to have my mother to my house. I love her dearly, but she sucks the air right out of the room and literally never shuts up. She’s also anti-vax, and I work in the hospital, sooo seemed likely I’d give it to her. Welp, family obligations finally won out and she’s coming next week. Any advice on how to survive?
– Hurricane Mother
Nina Sasaki plays, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Restorative Yoga for Cancer, 9:30-10:45 a.m., no cost for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers, Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Find info and register at cancersupportswco.org/calendar.
Ben Gibson plays, 5 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill, 600 Main Ave.
Animas City Night Bazaar, 5 p.m., north Durango.
Dear Storm Front, Time to haunted house the crap out of your digs. Cobwebs, ginormous spiders, animatronic zombies. Put on a Michael Myers mask and just stand in the corner, staring at her, for hours. It’ll creep her out, and, mostly, allow you to wear your N95 under your costume. Oh, and you could put prop syringes in her bed and tell her they are left over from a vaccine drive.
– Who’s an angel now, Rachel
“The Return of the Force,” art exhibit exploring the influence of “Star Wars” on Native artists. Opening reception at 5:30 p.m., FLC’s Center for Southwest Studies. Exhibit runs through August 2024.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Tim Sullivan plays, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Open Mic, 6:30 p.m., EsoTerra , 558 Main Ave.
Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Bottom Shelf Brewery, Bayfield.
Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.
Karaoke Roulette, 8 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): So it begins: the Building and Nurturing Togetherness phase of your astrological cycle. The next eight weeks will bring excellent opportunities to shed bad relationship habits and grow good new ones. Let’s get you in the mood with some suggestions from intimacy counselors Mary D. Esselman and Elizabeth Ash Vélez: “No matter how long you’ve been together or how well you think you know each other, you still need to romance your partner, especially in stability. Show your partner, often and in whatever tender, goofy way you both understand, that their heart is your home.”
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): From May 2023 to May 2024, the planets Jupiter and Uranus have been and will be in Taurus. I suspect that many Taurus revolutionaries will be born during this time. And yes, Tauruses can be revolutionaries. Here’s a list of some prominent rebel Bulls: Karl Marx, Malcolm X, activist Kathleen Cleaver, lesbian feminist author Adrienne Rich, Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, artist Salvador Dali, playwright Lorraine Hansberry and dancer Martha Graham. All were wildly original innovators who left a bold mark on their cultures. May their examples inspire you to clarify and deepen the uniquely stirring impact you would like to make, Taurus.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini writer Joe Hill believes the only fight that matters is “the struggle to take the world’s chaos and make it mean something.” I can think of many other fights that matter, too, but Hill’s choice is a good one that can be both interesting and rewarding. I especially recommend it to you in the coming weeks, Gemini. You are poised at a threshold that promises substantial breakthroughs in your ongoing wrangles with confusion, ambiguity and enigma.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Author Crescent Dragonwagon has written more than 50 books, so we might conclude she has no problem expressing herself fully. But a character in one of her novels says the following: “I don’t know exactly what I mean by ‘hold something back,’ except that I do it. I don’t know what the ‘something’ is. It’s some part that’s a mystery, maybe even to me. I feel it may be my essence or what I am deep down under all the layers. But if I don’t know what it is, how can I give it or share it with someone even if I wanted to?” I bring these thoughts
to your attention, Cancerian, because I believe the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to overcome your own inclination to “hold something back.”
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In her book, “Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface,” psychologist and author Martha Manning says she is more likely to experience epiphanies in “grocery stores and laundromats, rather than in the more traditional places of reverence and prayer.” She marvels that “it’s in the most ordinary aspects of life” that she is “offered glimpses of the extraordinary.” During these breakthrough moments, “the baseline about what is good and important in my life changes.” I suspect you will be in a similar groove during the coming weeks, Leo. Are you ready to find the sacred in the mundane?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “These are the bad facts,” said author Fran Lebowitz. “Men have much easier lives than women. Men have the advantage. So do white people. So do rich people. So do beautiful people.” Do you agree, Virgo? I do. I’m not rich or beautiful, but I’m a white man, and I have received enormous advantages because of it. What about you? Now is a good time to tally any unearned blessings you have benefited from, give thanks for them, and atone by offering help to people who have obtained fewer favors.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My favorite creativity teacher is author Roger von Oech. He produced the “Creative Whack Pack,” a card deck with prompts to stimulate imaginative thinking. Here’s one for you: “Imagine a joke so funny you can’t stop laughing for a month. Paper stronger than steel. An apple the size of a hotel. A jet engine quieter than a moth beating its wings. A home-cooked dinner for 25,000 people. Try exaggerating your idea. What if it were a thousand times bigger, louder, stronger, faster, and brighter?”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you buy a bag of popcorn and cook it in your microwave oven, there are usually kernels at the bottom that fail to pop. As tasty as your snack is, you may still may feel cheated by the duds. I will be bold and predict that you won’t have to deal with such duds in the near future – not in your popcorn bags and not in any other area of your life, either literally or metaphorically. You’re due for a series of experiences that are complete and thorough and fully bloomed.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Writer George Bernard Shaw observed that new ideas and novel perspectives “often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.” As you strive to get people to consider fresh approaches, Sagittarius, I advise you to skip the “blasphemies and treason” stage. If you proceed with compassion and good humor, you can go directly from “jokes and fancies” to “questions open to discussion.” But one way or another, please be a leader who initiates shifts in your favorite groups and organizations. Shake things up with panache and good humor.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Novelist and astrologer Forrest E. Fickling researched which signs are the worst and best in various activities. He discovered that Capricorns are the hardest workers, as well as the most efficient. They get a lot done, and they are expeditious about it. I suspect you will be at the peak of your ability to express these Capricornian strengths in the coming weeks. Here’s a bonus: You will also be at the height of your power to enjoy your work and be extra likely to produce good work. Take maximum advantage of this grace period!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The British band Oasis has sold more than 95 million records. The first song they ever released was “Supersonic.” Guitarist Noel Gallagher wrote most of its music and lyrics in half an hour while the rest of the band was eating Chinese take-out food. I suspect you will have that kind of agile, succinct, matter-of-fact creativity in the coming days. If you are wise, you will channel it into dreaming up solutions for two of your current dilemmas. This is one time when life should be easier and more efficient than usual.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “When sex is really, really good,” writes Piscean novelist Geoff Nicholson, “I feel as though I’m disappearing, being pulverized, so that I’m nothing, just particles of debris, smog, soot and skin floating through the air.” Hmmmm. I guess that’s one version of wonderful sex. And if you want it, you can have it in abundance during the coming weeks. But I encourage you to explore other kinds of wonderful sex, as well – like the kind that makes you feel like a genius animal or a gorgeous storm or a super-powered deity.
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5 weeks, 18 yrs. and above, 4 days a week, 6-8 students. Call Manna, 970385-5095 ext. 110.
KDUR is Celebrating 50 years of broadcasting in 2025. With that anniversary fast approaching, staff is on the hunt for past DJs. Maybe you did a show for one year, maybe you did a show for 10. However long that was, hopefully you have a fond memory, a story or maybe even some recorded material! If you do, please email station manager Bryant Liggett, Liggett_b@fort lewis.edu or call 970.247.7261
Kids 8+ Aikido 4-Week Series
Thursdays 5-6pm. Starts Oct 5. Learn nonviolent solutions for conflicts, bullies or pesky siblings. Have fun, and boost confidence and coordination. Register: durangoaikido.com
Cash for Vehicles, Copper, Alum Etc. at RJ Metal Recycle. Also free appliance and other metal drop off. 970-259-3494.
4 Nearly New Bridgestone
Blizzak DM-V2, 225/65R 17, radial winter tires. $300 Gary, 970-749-1159.
2016 Outback Terrain Trailer
2016 Keystone Outback Terrain travel trailer in great condition. 2 slides,
25’, sleeps 8, easy to pull. King bed. 970-560-2767
Rocky Mtn Thunderbolt
2020 like new, full suspension bike with dropper post. Very nice ride but too big for me. Size small. Text 303-2042890
TaoTronics 4k Action Camera
New and in the box. Comes with user guide and all accessories that came with it: waterproof housing, handlebar/pole mount, mounts, battery, tethers, protective back cover, USB cable and lens cleaning cloth. $50. J.marie.pace@gmail.com
Reruns Home Furnishings
Brighten up your space with furniture and décor for moving in like cabinets, kitchenwares, nightstands, rugs, lamps and coffee tables. Looking to consign smaller furniture pieces … 572 E. 6th Ave. Open Mon.-Sat. 385-7336.
letters, blogs, etc. for small, local, independent or startup businesses. www.the saltymedia.com or email jnderge@ gmail.com
Harmony Cleaning and Organizing
Residential, offices, commercial and vacation rentals, 970-403-6192.
Lowest Prices on Storage!
Inside/outside storage near Durango and Bayfield. 10-x-20, $130. Outside spots: $65, with discounts available. RJ Mini Storage. 970-259-3494.
‘Voyeur’
A creepy motel owner admits to watching his guests through peep holes
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Lotus Path Healing Arts
Unique, intuitive Esalen massage, deep tissue & Acutonics, 24 years experience. Kathryn, 970-201-3373.
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The Durango Poet Laureate committee invites La Plata County residents to apply for the first ever Durango Poet Laureate Program. There are two positions available, a youth and an adult, who will act as a representative of the poetic arts. Applications are being accepted until Oct. 16. For more info and to apply, visit durangogov.org/library or visit the Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.
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