Events on this Day

Exhibit run: December 5, 2019—January 30, 2020   The public is invited to the opening reception for the Looking Glass Collective’s winter art show at the Smiley Café Gallery, Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 5 to 7 PM. Meet the artists and see their work in oil, pastel and watercolor. All paintings are for sale with 30% of sales going to Durango’s Local First’s efforts to establish a Creative District in Durango. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The show continues through January 30, 2020. The Looking Glass Collective consists of twenty artists who meet monthly to critique one another’s work. The collective also creates opportunities for exhibits such as the yearly show at Smiley, exhibits for non-profits like San Juan Citizens Alliance and shows at local businesses. The artists have all been juried into multiple national shows; many have won awards. Looking Glass Collective artists participating in this year’s show are: Linda Bonds, Emma French, Sue Giddings, Sandra Heller, Yvonne Holland, Rosemary Juskevich, Rebecca Koeppen, Betsy Krill, Annette LeMaire, Juanita Nelson, Cheryl Roberts, Pat Smiley, Ann Stringfellow, Dinah Swan and Lorraine Trenholm.

Zumba Gold ® fuses Latin and World rhythms with easy to follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program that will leave you wanting more! Performed at a slower pace with lower impact, Zumba Gold® is perfect for beginning exercisers, Seniors, and anyone wanting major F U N at a less intense pace. Class is open to all-1st class free! Multi class discount punch cards available. *Class runs from 9:30-10:15 AM

THE NEW YEAR SACRED PSOAS RETREAT  This illuminating and uplifting retreat starts on Friday evening and continues on Saturday to set the tone for a truly transformational experience. I’m thrilled to share with you a new paradigm in healing body-mind-spirit rooted in ancient yoga therapeutics and breath work, as well as, leading edge work in neuropsychology, spiritual awakening, and healing “Gaia” planetary principles.   Enjoy gentle, therapeutic yoga modified for all ages, shapes, and abilities. Learn liberating breath work and mindful movement cultivating profound embodied presence. Release your psoas “muscle of the soul” to enhance freedom, function, flexibility and ease in your body again.   Discover how your posture is actually a “shape” and learn how to “re-shape” your self for deep healing and enhanced vitality. Delve into emotional authenticity exercises and body oriented inquiry designed to free your body-mind-spirit of trapped energy and old limitations.   SET YOUR INTENTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR AND EMBODY MORE GRACE, PEACE, EASE, AND JOY AS YOU EMBRACE TRUE HOPE FOR HEALING AND AWAKENING.   Register today! This retreat is sure to fill as space is limited to 15.

Live music from 6-8pm in The Tasting Room

The Community Foundation serving SW CO is bringing in Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest, as our next Making a Difference speaker. He is an athlete, adventurer, motivational speaker and best-selling author of No Barriers: A Blind Man’s Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon. Join us to hear his inspiring story.

Desert Thunder playing classic and new country at The Wild Horse! Dance away!!

Electro Soul / Future Funk / Hip Hop Producer & Live Guitarist   $12/$15/18+   Tickets available at the Animas City Theatre, Animas Trading Company, and online at www.animascitytheatre.com   http://www.marvelyearsmusic.com  https://www.facebook.com/MarvelYears/  https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/6X2cD6Y4zRNwn8ZkYPHKe6  https://www.soundcloud.com/marvel-years-official https://www.instagram.com/marvelyears/<b r> https://www.twitter.com/marvelyears  http://www.youtube.com/c/marvelyears   Marvel Years Bio  Cory Wythe, the producer and guitarist better known as Marvel Years, has found a welcome place for himself within the increasingly popular glitch-hop / electro-soul dance music scene. In just a short period of time, his progression has become outright impossible to ignore. Much more than your average DJ/producer, Marvel Years incorporates electric guitar in his live performances. His approach to blending electronic beats and shredding soulful guitar on his original tracks and remixes creates a sound that is a unique hybrid of EDM combing glitch, retro-funk, classic rock, soul, jazz and hip-hop. “Classic rock has been a huge influence on me,” Wythe explains. “I love breathing new life into those older songs. I think that’s a good medium for bringing new listeners into my music because they can relate to that stuff. I improvise (on live guitar) over a lot of my stuff.”   Follow Marvel Years official Spotify playlist #TurnItLoose here: http://spoti.fi/2uSHKNA   “If Vermont-based artist Marvel Years, AKA Cory Wythe, isn’t on your list of artists to watch yet, now is definitely the time to add him to it. The producer and live guitarist tastefully blends elements of classic rock, electronic, funk, jazz and more into soulful creations that exude energy with each release.” - ThisSongIsSick.com   “Cory Wythe does not have a ceiling when it comes to the art of remixing, as he is known for taking natural classics and turning them into burning supernovae that no human can fight the urge to let go and dance their asses off.” – The Untz