Events on this Day

 Thursday, May 19th
SJMA After-School Science Ramblers
3:00pm / Park Elementary School
Get your kids outside with SJMA's after-school program, the San Juan Science Ramblers!   Kids, grades 1-6, will be led on after school science-based hiking adventures with our amazing education staff and volunteers on trails around Durango. Spring programming will include month-long sessions in April and May that run on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The number of kids will be limited to 13 per session. This is a great option for kids who love nature and science. Each month will have a theme focused on outdoor exploration and learning.   Drop off between 3:00pm and 3:30pm – Pickup at 5:45pm.   For registration, price, scholarship information, and more details at: https://sjma.org/learn/after-school_programs/
Last Class for the Spring! Pots and Pints
4:30pm / Durango Arts Center
We will mix creativity with pleasure as we unwind from a busy week, enjoy happy hour drinks, spend time with community artists, and create together. By the end of the evening your piece will be ready for glazing. You select a glaze which will be applied to your ceramic piece when fired. Look for an email telling you when your piece is ready for pick-up and use. Let the fun begin!

$30/participant
Storytelling is Medicine
5:00pm / Fort Lewis College Ampitheater
Free In-person event!   Join us for an evening filled with Navajo stories on food and health with Sunny Dooley, a Diné Hozhojii Hané Teller, poet, and organizer of positive possibilities for true change.  Sunny is Nihókáá Diiyiin Diné/Earth Surface Divine Person residing in Ní'dishchíí'bi?yildiz Dédeez'á' Bigháá -Pinetree Glen on the High Ridge.   Please register at formstack.io/DB239 or contact chelsie.begoody@swcahec.org for questions.
Live Music
5:00pm / Fur Trappers Steakhouse and Bar
Come enjoy live music every Thursday through Saturday with various musicians!
Aikido
6:00pm / DSBK Dojo
Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art that embraces non-violent approaches to conflict resolution through personal development and self-mastery. Aikido uses the energy of an attack to diffuse it.    For 20 years, Durango Shin-Budo Kai (501c3) has been at the epicenter of exceptional Aikido training in southwest Colorado. Current college students and military personnel (active, reservist, veteran, and retired) receive a nearly 30% discount on a full month's classes.
Powerhouse Trivia Night
6:30pm / The Powerhouse
Join us inside The Powerhouse exhibit gallery for Trivia night every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. Our trivia includes four rounds- general trivia, science, pictures, and music. Bar open for drink purchases.
Merely Players presents MATILDA the Musical
7:00pm / Merely Underground
Feeling Naughty? Revolting? Has all you learned been from Telly? Even if you're little, you can do a lot ~   Catch some tickets for MATILDA today they are flying faster than Amanda Thripp.   TICKETS: $25- $35
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