Community Calendar

The Durango Adaptive Sports Association invites the public to an Outreach Event from noon until 4PM at Santa Rita Park.
Attendees will learn about their programs and adaptive equipment and may sign up to volunteer for the summer season. Asadurango.com has more information.

Open to everyone!

The Animas Museum and the Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable present a fundraising train trip to Cascade Canyon on Tuesday, April 21st. The trip includes a visit to the Tacoma Power Plant, along with talks on the railroad and regional history. Limited seats are available and details are at swcohumanities.org.

The train departs downtown Durango at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21st, and returns at 2:30 p.m. Onboard, local historian Charles DiFerdinando will share insights. Tickets are $100 with space limited to 42 people.

The Ignacio Community Church's Clothing Closet will provide free clothing, jackets and shoes to the needy every Tuesday and Friday from 10 until 2 at the ELHI Community Center.

Room #16

The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County and the Durango Public Library invite parents, caregivers, and their preschoolers to a free six-part workshop series focused on preparing young children for kindergarten. More information is at ecclaplata.org.

Each session will explore important areas of school readiness, with hands-on activities that build early literacy, math, motor, and social-emotional skills.

Preschool participants will receive a free book and fun materials to support their learning journey (one per family, while supplies last).

To get the most benefit from the series, we encourage families to attend all six sessions.

The public is invited to the Durango Bird Club Wednesday Bird Walks, every week, starting at 8AM on April 1st and running through September 30th.
Those interested may meet at the painted wall in the Botanic Gardens in front of the Durango Public Library.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of our local birds. These guided walks are free, and beginners and experienced birders are welcome to join. Please bring your own binoculars.

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College presents an artist talk with Diné photographer and curator, Rapheal Begay at 6:30 on Wednesday, April 22nd.

Rapheal is a “visual storyteller” based in Tségháhoodzání (Window Rock, Arizona), who uses cultural landscape photography, Indigenous storytelling traditions, and land-based knowledge to inform his creative practice.

Rapheal will discuss his collaborative approach to creating ALL REZ: , the first traveling site-specific photography exhibition across the Navajo Nation.

This artist talk is connected to our yearlong series of programming under the “Power of Place” initiative, made possible with generous support from the Belonging Colorado initiative of The Denver Foundation and the Greater Good Science Center.

The public is invited to "Community Power X: A Regional Energy Forum" at the Durango Arts Center at 5:30 on Thursday, April 23rd. Speakers will explore reliability, regional collaboration, and the evolving power landscape. More information is at lpea.coop.

Join us for an engaging evening and learn about our energy transition and how regional utilities are working together to maintain reliable, affordable power.

The agenda includes a conversation with LPEA lineworkers as well as a panel with regional energy leaders:
Chris Hansen - La Plata Electric Association
Hank Adair — Farmington Electric Utility System
Jack Johnston — Delta-Montrose Electric Association
Luis Reyes Jr. — Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

Free music every Thursday at Uncle’s Bar and Social Club. Pagosa’s newest bar and best local gathering place. House band Connie the Soldier and musicians welcome for an open jam. Folk, Americana, and Celtic music.

Durango High School students and local water leaders invite the public to a family-friendly, interactive game night about drought resilience at 6PM on Thursday, April 23rd at the Powerhouse Science Center. Dinner will be provided.

Registration is available at: bit.ly/3ZiX7P5

The Ignacio Community Church's Clothing Closet will provide free clothing, jackets and shoes to the needy every Tuesday and Friday from 10 until 2 at the ELHI Community Center.

Room #16