Events on this Day

Two spring raffles available now: Explore the outdoors with your own Alpacka Raft or bring your friends to play golf at the scenic Dalton Ranch. For only $10 a ticket, the $595-value packraft or the $500-value golf package can be yours! 5 tickets for only $40. And remember, by purchasing tickets you directly support the Conservancy’s work to protect Southwest Colorado's open landscapes.    Raffle tickets are available on the Conservancy’s website until May 7, 10 AM. The drawing will take place the same day at noon. Learn more and buy raffle tickets now: www.lposc.org.   A big shout-out to Alpacka Raft and Dalton Ranch, for their generous donations.

Fort Lewis College Music and Theatre Departments present “Diverse Voices” live streamed April 23 and 24 at 7:30pm! A recorded version will also stream April 26 – 30 any time.    First to be presented is the 1904 operetta CENDRILLON, a charming rendition of the classic fairy tale CINDERELLA. Then “Musical Scenes of Diversity and Inclusion”. From race to gender, sexual orientation to religion, these musical scenes will explore stories from 12 Broadway musicals that helped pave the way to a more inclusive stage. You will enjoy scenes from THE PROM, RENT, SPRING AWAKENING, IN THE HEIGHTS and more.    Join us to celebrate the merging of these 2 departments! For tickets, go to fortlewis.edu/theatre.

1st class FREE! A different virtual workout every time, this energizing class consists of aerobic intervals to improve cardiovascular endurance combined with strength training intervals, core and balance work. Common equipment is incorporated, modifications will be shown for those without equipment. Your instructor is Durango personal trainer Lynn Beck. Class is open to all. Multi class discount punch cards available. Please email lynn@mothertech.net for Zoom link.

Lotus Girls Spring After School Classes:  Art, Yoga & Mindfulness classes for girls ages 6-12 years begins Thursday March 25 - April 29 meets weekly 3:30-5pm

In preparation for Wildfire Awareness Month beginning in May, Mountain Studies Institute is gearing up for its 4th annual Forest & Fire Learning Series that will take place every Thursday in April 6-7pm. This livestream e-vent will feature a Q&A session following presentations intended to educate and engage our community on a variety of topics that include wildfire management, fire-adapted communities, the connection between wildfires and water, adaptations to the challenges of 2020, the chemistry of wildfire smoke and air quality, seasonal outlooks for 2021, and personal stories of living with fire.    To wrap up the last evening in the 5-part Forest & Fire Learning Series, we will learn about local wildfire resources and mitigation efforts with Alex Graf and Gem Boone. Alex will cover some of the many programs and services offered by Wildfire Adapted Partnership (WAP) while Gem shares her experience as a neighborhood ambassador for the Elk Steam Ranch in the East Canyon Community. Her powerful story will outline the coordinated and community-wide response to the East Canyon Fire in the summer of 2020 - by the time Gem received her emergency alert text with the mandatory evacuation order, the entire community was mostly through its evacuation plan, phone-trees were completed, livestock was loaded, and Gem herself was already driving out of the community with all of her belongings.   Brad Pietruszka will conclude the evening with a presentation that shows seasonal outlooks for both wildfire and prescribed fire across the San Juan National Forest and surrounding areas for 2021. Brad will explain the concept of fire debt, or the amount of fire that is missing from a landscape, what that means in our changing climate, and the two paths we can take to prepare for its inevitable return.    SPEAKERS   - Alex Graf: Montezuma County Coordinator, Wildfire Adapted Partnership   - Gem Boone: Neighborhood Ambassador, East Canyon Community   - Brad Pietruszka: Fuels Program Manager, San Juan National Forest, USDA Forest Service    We invite you to join the conversation, ask questions, and help to inform a community approach to living with fire!   Photo: Michael Remke

You have great ideas and your neighbors want to hear them. How can we make vaccines more accessible in Southwest Colorado? What needs to happen to give us some relief from Covid-caused economic insecurity?   Join Colorado Working Families Party, the Colorado AFL-CIO, and United Today, Stronger Tomorrow to discuss everything and anything that's on your mind. Covid is putting physical distance between us, but we have the digital tools to strengthen our communities and ensure that no one is left behind. Our voices reach from Grand Junction, to Pueblo, to Trinidad, to Cortez. Together, we won’t be ignored. Let's talk, organize, and win!   Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/co-wfp/event/374164/

Around the World with the Durango Choral Society will treat you to never before seen or heard audio and video performance and rehearsal footage from our concert tours to far flung places, including Zagreb, Salzburg, Prague, Greece, and Hawaii as well as Santa Fe, Cincinnati, Telluride, and Carnegie Hall. This virtual event will offer you an inside look at our many adventures with performance videos in spectacular locations, photos, and commentary by Linda Mack Berven, PLUS performances of international music by our Women’s and Youth Choirs. Please visit our website for tickets. Your ticket will give you access to a private YouTube channel that can be watched at your convenience after the performance is released.