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Put a plug in it

Pay to play

Out with a bang

New rules seek to stop methane flatulence p7

Pickleball, trails, Chapman top City’s ’24 fun budget p8

’23 ends on a high note with synth, funk & ’90s beats p10

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Why it’s time to wake up and smell the woke

6 Writers on the Range

4 La Vida Local

A la (Des)cartes

by David Feela

7 The Land Desk

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8 Top Story 10 Between the Beats

Drilling down New methane rules could get help Hot Spot, other emission sources

11 Murder Ink

by Jonathan Thompson / Land Desk

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12-13 Stuff to Do

Pickleball, trails and ski hill highlight City’s 2024 Parks and Rec spending

14 Free Will Astrology

13 Ask Rachel

Serving up fun

by Jonathan Romeo

15 Classifieds

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15 Haiku Movie Review On the cover Harvesting a juniper for use as a Christmas tree in the San Juan National Forest. A nontraditional but fragrant tree that is allowed with a permit. / Photo by Alex Krebs

On a high note 2023 closes out with synthy blues, funk and ’90s big beat legend

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Ear to the ground: “I call it ‘Cheeto.’ It’s the opposite of keto.”

– Confessions of a fad diet failure

Making the rounds

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Looking for a way to leave your permanent mark on Durango? Now’s your chance – the City is holding a design contest for a new mini roundabout planned for E. 32nd St. and E. 3rd Ave., otherwise known as the “32nd Street Traffic Calming Design Project.”

“The final piece of the design is to create artwork for the interior circle of the mini roundabout,” Devin King, multimodal manager for the city, said. “This artwork is key for differentiating the mini roundabout from the rest of the roadway and giving it character.”

But you better hurry, designs are only being accepted through Fri., Dec. 8. To help spur your brainstorm, we came up with a few ideas of our own: • A giant innertube, complete with drunken tuber • A Buddha (very calming) • “Roundabout of History 2.0,” just kidding, we never want to go through that drama ever again • A replica of the steaming pile of poop, er, rocks, on 550 north of town, complete with “no climbing” signs that tourists blatantly ignore • Merry go round-a-bout • Giant doughnut, with sprinkles • Tribute to prog rock band Yes and its 1971 song “Roundabout” • Starbucks drive thru To submit your ideas (or feel free to use these here) go to: tinyurl.com/5n8532e8 And speaking of the City of Durango, for years, many of us have been perplexed and/or downright puzzled by the city’s web address, which ended in a “dotorg” instead of the more commonplace “dotgov.”

Well, stress not, intrepid internet surfer.

Starting in 2024, the City will be migrating its website from the old one, Durangogov.org, to the more official sounding DurangoCO.gov.

According to city officials, this is to ensure the public that they are dealing with the City’s official website and not one created by a Russian hacker in his parents’ basement. Apparently, just about anyone with a google email and an internet connection can register a .com or .org domain for a fee.

According to the City, a “.gov” domain is only available to U.S. government entities and must be approved by the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency. The City of Durango has been approved by the security agency and is working on transitioning over to the new, more legit webpage as we speak.

Whew, glad we got that settled.

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opinion

LaVidaLocal Woke á la mode When I read that a Melbourne cafe is selling a $200 cup of coffee, without refills, the news woke me up faster than my usual morning cuppa. I thought, wow, that’s has to be a QAnon story, but apparently it’s real, according to the Australian news site news.com.au that published it. Or maybe just surreal.

I closed my eyes and imagined a first class ticket to the Gesha Cafe in Melbourne. It would take me over $15,000 to buy the ticket, the better part of a day to arrive, plus assorted luxury hotel bookings and food costs. With these prices, a $200 cup of coffee would seem almost reasonable.

When I opened my eyes I admit, I was really Woke.

Woke, Wokeness or Wokeism. The idea is difficult to explain, mostly because it’s not a philosophy but a rant.

Those on the fringe right would have you believe American institutions like Senator Tuberville’s army, Disney’s un-Enchanted World and the entire U.S. public school system are merely vessels where liberals have infused the beans of their patriotic traditional roast with nonsense.

Woke, brewed simply, only means to be politically conscious and aware. That’s it, unless you want to travel with me to Australia According to Ohio State professor Elaine Richardson, the term originally surfaced in Black protest songs. First recorded in 1938, Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) sang “Scottsboro boys,” which advised his audience if traveling to Alabama to “be careful and stay woke.”

Some news outlets use the term to ridicule people who believe there’s something terribly wrong with trying to sanitize our history of slavery, deny the horrors of holocaust, make abortion illegal,or take away a human’s freedom to love whomever they choose. If these are the crimes of the Woke, then there is good reason to become the best Woke criminals a democratic society can produce.

As early as the 17th century, Descartes turned Woke. It could have been the coffee, because coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries were social places where, for the price of a cup, men would meet for conversation and commerce.

No doubt women had to smuggle beans into their homes and sip surreptitiously.

Descartes rediscovered a school of thought about intellectual freedom: that every thought can be questioned and subject to doubt. Of course, it’s all more complicated than that, but certainly food for thought.

Consciousness matters, it keeps the mind awake, aware and unmanipulated by those who would do us harm by pretending to do us good. You can, and should, express yourself if that’s what matters. But it’s a personal choice, not a political one. And don’t be afraid of opinions, but don’t be fooled either. If you aren’t Woke then you are in somebody else’s dream.

Sneak the banned books into your backpack, believe that LGTBQ+ people can be your friends. Don’t let the bullies turn you into a zombie. Stay strong and be cheerful.

History documents the good and the ugly. If it actually happened, it’s relevant.

When people try to sell me a new euphemism, I always wonder what sort of militia is behind it. And sometimes I just invent what needs to be said.

A la mode “Oh, my belly aches.”

“Are you sick?”

“I ate, therefore I am.”

“Did you chew?”

“How can anyone eat without chewing?”

“Intravenous feeding comes to mind.”

“You’re just being a smart-ass.”

“But you’re the one who brought up philosophy.”

“I said what normal people think.”

“That’s not what Descartes thought.”

“Who knows what he thought.”

“I think I have an idea.”

“So now you’re a psychic for dead philosophers?”

“No, I’m a reader of historical philosophies.”

“OK, in one sentence, what the hell did he know?”

“Cogito, ergo sum.”

“Skip the Pig Latin, just spit it out.”

“I think, therefore I am.”

“That’s what I first said.”

“But a Descartes menu included doubt to sustain life.”

“You can’t survive on that.”

“And he agrees, but it’s the brain that masticates thought.”

“Well, like I said, that’s what I said.

“Not exactly.”

“So maybe I took a shortcut.”

“Just try thinking before swallowing everything.”

– David Feela

SignoftheDownfall:

Thumbin’It Liz Cheney being one of the few voices of reason in the Republican Party and having the cajones to point out that the emperor has no clothes. (We know, we never thought someone with the last name Cheney would make it into the “up” column, either.)

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Well, that didn’t last long. Apparently, mud season is back with a vengeance.

We’re not even sure why we try to act like we know what’s going on with the weather. We give up.

After 80-some-odd years, wolves make an official return to Colorado starting this week. Good luck out there, guys. Stay out of trouble and look both ways before crossing the highway.

Ousted congressman George Santos didn’t waste any time cashing in on his fleeting fame. Personalized videos by him were fetching $350 on app Cameo this week. Shame on you people – you know you can watch Bowen Yang’s much funnier impersonation for free.

New EPA methane rules were announced this week at the COP28 Summit, limiting leaks from some 20,000 wells in the Four Corners. Hopefully now, the only “hot spot” will be The Ranch on Saturday night. Ba-dum-dum.

Speaking of the COP28, the leader, Sultan Al Jaber, has said there is “no science” to support a phaseout of oil and gas to combat climate change. Uh, he runs the Emirate-owned oil company, should we be surprised by this?

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The Golden Duce Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, but now it’s mostly a museum. One of its most famous pieces is a full-sized toilet made out of solid gold that’s titled “America.” You don’t have to be an art critic to get it.

Anyway, last week, four men were arrested/charged for stealing “America” (that much gold is worth $6 million), and for destroying part of the 18th century building with flood water. See, the toilet was actually connected to the plumbing, because as it turns out, you can pay a small fee to crap all over America.

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WritersontheRange

Outrage in Wyoming Auction of national park inholding short-sighted, foolish

by Savannah Rose

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here’s a 640-acre parcel of magnificent, state-owned public land in Wyoming that’s set for auction unless the state changes its mind.

Simply put, this small inholding, known as the “Kelly Parcel,” should never be privatized – never. It is one of the most awe-inspiring and important pieces of open space remaining in America.

Within Grand Teton National Park, its borders include the National Elk Refuge and Bridger-Teton National Forest. Its value was appraised in 2022 at $62.4 million. However, the director of the Office of State Lands and Investment just recommended a starting bid of $80 million.

But its real value isn’t about money: The land is a vital migration corridor for elk, moose, big horn sheep, antelope, pronghorn and mule deer travelling into and out of the national park. It also hosts 87 other “Species of Greatest Conservation Need.”

And the annual, 200-mile-long migration corridor known as the Path of the Pronghorn – from Grand Teton National Park to the upper Green River Basin – passes right through the Kelly Parcel at the crux of what’s recognized as the longest mammalian migration in the contiguous United States.

Wyomingites have been resolute in their opposition to selling the stateowned parcel. Publicity generated by the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance collected more than 2,600 comments

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from people opposed to an auction, and hundreds of opponents turned out at each of four public hearings in November. Many others contacted the state directly for a total of more than 10,000 people opposed to a state auction.

Yet this week, the Wyoming State Board of Land Commissioners will decide whether a private owner gets to do whatever they want with the Kelly Parcel once they bid highest at auction – fence it, subdivide it and certainly road it.

With its iconic views of the Tetons and natural beauty surrounded by public land – plus sporting one of the most coveted zip codes in the country – the Kelly Parcel will most likely be snatched up by a billionaire with development and dollar signs in their eyes.

“The people of Wyoming would not want to be part of a legacy where this land fell into a private developer’s hands and see that beautiful landscape dotted with a few select starter castles,” John Turner, former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said at a hearing.

There is no rush to dispose of the Kelly Parcel, no deadline to cash in before the bank forecloses or a buyer backs out. But an auction changes everything, in a way that can never be undone.

That is why Dave Sollitt, executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance is asking The State Board of Land Commissioners to put a stop to this auction and focus on working with state legislators to find a way to sell the Kelly Parcel to Grand Teton National Park, where it belongs.

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“National parks are heralded as ‘America’s best idea,’ and auctioning off public land within Grand Teton National Park would stand out as Wyoming’s worst idea,” Sollitt said. “If they go to auction, the state and everyone loses control. That’s how auctions work.”

Though money generated from auctioning the Kelly Parcel to the highest bidder would contribute some $4 million annually to the support of public schools, the windfall to the state would also come at an immeasurable cost to wildlife.

There is a better approach. Selling the parcel to the National Park Service – as Wyoming did with its other three parcels within the park – is projected to generate up to $120 million over 30 years. The National Park Service tried to buy the Kelly Parcel in 2015, but the agency lacked enough money to make the deal then and now.

Establishing ourselves as the first state to auction off public land within a national park is likely to blight Wyoming’s reputation beyond recovery.

It should be clear: Privatizing an irreplaceable area within a national park for short-term gain is a foolish and destructive move. ■ Savannah Rose contributes to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring conversation about the West. She lives in Jackson, Wyo., and is a wildlife photographer who cares about keeping ecosystems intact.

TheLandDesk

Putting a plug in methane flatulence

by Jonathan Thompson

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he Biden administration used the occasion of the COP28 Climate Summit to announce it has finalized a rule aimed at slashing methane emissions and other harmful pollutants from new and existing oil and gas wells. While it’s not the fossil fuel phaseout advocates were hoping for, it is meaningful action that will protect the climate and people.

Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas and is a potent greenhouse gas, having about 86 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over the nearterm (methane in the atmosphere breaks down into CO2 and water over the longterm). Methane naturally occurs in coal seams and oil and gas reservoirs. Oil wells also contain methane and other “associated gases” that can include health-harming volatile organic compounds and deadly hydrogen sulfide.

Sometimes the methane is captured, processed and marketed as natural gas.

But the entire system is prone to leakage, some of it intentional, most not. When the driller is focused on oil, methane and other gases are often vented directly into the air or flared. Either way, the oil and gas industry emits gobs of methane and other compounds, including carcinogens. This is not only bad for the environment but also wasteful: Natural gas lost to leaks or flaring generates no royalties, meaning state and federal governments – i.e. the taxpayers – are losing out on millions of dollars.

The Obama administration and then the Biden administration worked for years on regulations to tackle these emissions, but previous efforts have come up short. Obama’s EPA, for example, implemented rules that would only cover new oil and gas wells, leaving the tens of thousands of wells contributing to the Four Corners Methane Hot Spot, for example, untouched (the BLM had its own set of rules for existing facilities). Earlier iterations also weren’t strong enough on flaring, didn’t regu-

late pneumatic controllers (a major emissions source) and exempted lowproducing wells that are common in the Western U.S. and tend to be leakier.

The new rules, while providing some flexibility for operators, fill in most of those gaps. They will phase out flaring on new wells, require regular leak-detec-

tion surveys (depending on type and size of facility) and require even lowproducing wells to pipe associated gases to market or use them to replace other fuels onsite if possible. The rules also allow the EPA to leverage data collected by certified third parties to identify and address “super emitters.”

Land and public health protectors generally have praised the new rule. “The U.S. EPA has taken bold action to cut methane pollution from oil and gas production,” Robyn Jackson, Executive Director of Diné C.A.R.E., said in a written statement. “Inspections at smaller wells with leaky equipment are especially important at the older infrastructure we see in Navajo Country.”

Jackson emphasized that it is now up to the Navajo Nation EPA – and other tribal nations and state governments – to implement the rules. “Both federal and tribal government action is critical to protect our communities.” ■ To subscribe to The Land Desk, go to: www.landdesk.org

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Pay to play Pickleball, trails and ski hill top City’s 2024 fun (and not so fun) budget

by Jonathan Romeo

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h, budget season – a time when most of us run and stick our heads in the sand. That is, unless, we’re talking about all the fun new projects the City of Durango’s Parks & Recreation Department has in store for 2024.

Durango city councilors approved the 2024 budget Dec. 5, and we thought it’d be fun to take a peek at all the projects the city hopes to start or complete in the coming year as it pertains to our outdoor adventures.

And there’s no lack of planned projects.

Improvements to the Animas River Trail? A new dog park, disc golf course and bike trails? Upgraded tow ropes at Chapman? Sign us up!

And pickleball. How could we forget pickleball? (We didn’t.)

Anyway, here we go. (*For the sake of brevity, we rounded cost estimates and left out some smaller projects.)

• Smart 160 Trail – $3.2M: Will 2024 be the year the City of Durango finally reaches an agreement with a private property owner to, once and for all, connect the Animas River Trail to Three Springs? Turns out, no one knows, but the City is setting aside money in its budget should the stars finally align.

New pickleball courts are being constructed at Schneider Park and will be ready for the masses in 2024./ Photo by Missy Votel

The City of Durango will be improving conditions on the Animas River Trail by replacing old asphalt sections, such as the one behind the Double Tree Hotel, with concrete. / Photo by Missy Votel

Since its inception, the Animas River Trail was planned to connect the north end of town, near Oxbow, south to Three Springs.

The connection to Oxbow was completed in 2020, leaving the final stretch, from behind Home Depot to Three Springs, as the final piece of the puzzle. For years, however, the City has been trying to work out the details

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with a private property owner to cross his land.

“We feel like we’re making progress, but we’re not there yet,” Scott McClain, the city’s Assistant Parks Director, said.

The good news: the landowner is supportive of the trail and wants to get it done. The complications: the landowner also wants to make sure the trail crossing through his property won’t hamper any future development on his land.

McClain said the City has done its part looking at alternative alignments and plans. Now, city staff are waiting for the landowner to submit his own engineering and design plans that would better suit his needs. Unfortunately, there’s no timeline on when that’ll happen.

“He wants to make sure he can get road access to all parts of the parcel,” McClain said. “He’s putting in a lot of effort and energy. It really feels like we’re headed in the right direction; there’s just a lot of challenges in that corridor.”

• Outdoor Pickleball Courts – $1.9M: Oh, pickleball – who would have thought a game with a little paddle and perforated plastic ball would generate such a furor?

Regardless, the City of Durango heeded impassioned

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requests from pickleballers, directing nearly $2 million to build three courts at Schneider Park. Construction began this year and is about halfway done, McClain said. The City allocated money in 2024 to finish the project.

“We’re on schedule at this point,” McClain said.

Durango’s not the only town in the crosshairs of people demanding pickleball courts as the sport explodes in popularity. Take this quote we found from a New York Post article titled, “Pickleball is wreaking havoc across the US – and it’s only going to get worse.”

“I’ve had to go over to our recreational sports center and tell 70-year-old men: ‘If you threaten to hit our sports center director with the paddle again, I’m going to kick you out,’” Chuck Line, the city manager in Glendale, Colo., told the Post.

• Durango Mesa Park – $2M: Durango Mesa Park burst into public view this year with the unveiling of some new mountain bike trails adjoining Horse Gulch.

In 2024, the City of Durango has set aside funds to hopefully start construction on the Ewing Mesa Road as well as a new bike park, disc golf course and dog park.

• Chapman Hill – $3.1M: This project has been in the works for a while and looks like it will finally break ground in 2024. In all, the City of Durango will replace

the small and large tow ropes, as well as install an entire new lighting system for the small ski area, which offers night skiing. When complete, the two rope tows at Chapman will be on the edges of the hill, opening up more of the middle area for skiing and jibbing.

• Lake Nighthorse – $1.6M: Ever been stuck in traffic trying to turn into Lake Nighthorse? Yeah, you’re not alone.

The City of Durango will attempt to address safety concerns on CR 210 by reconfiguring traffic lanes that should increase space for cars inside the entrance station. The city will also install a small, dual-windowed booth to increase efficiency of entrance pass sales.

Also, funds will be dedicated for a new building for watercraft decontamination equipment, office space and shop space to store lake equipment. And, the City will improve decontamination infrastructure and build a vault toilet to replace the portapotty.

• Animas River Trail: Hey, who doesn’t love bumping over asphalt and irreparably damaging their wrists? No one, that’s who! That’s why the City of Durango, for years, has been replacing old asphalt sections of the trail with concrete.

Some sections the City hopes to address in 2024: $1.1M: South of Santa Rita Park to the intersection of CR210 and South Camino del Rio. Here, it was determined that the pedestrian bridge south of Santa Rita Park needs replacement. Design work is in process, and it will likely will be addressed in 2025. $1.5 million: South of Albertsons to the north side of the Durango Wastewater Plant. $638,000: Demon Bridge replacement design study.

(The City expects the bridge replacement, as well as the conversion of the asphalt trail from Demon Bridge to 29th Street to concrete, to begin in 2025.

• Rec Center – $210,000: In 2024, the City of Durango plans to replace the gym facility roof at an estimated cost of $100,000 and replace fitness equipment (specifically spin bikes and cardio) at an estimated cost of $110,000.

• Parks, trails and rec – $280,000: The City of Durango recently finished a comprehensive evaluation of all its parks, identifying necessary improvements and developing a priority list. This year, the City has about $280,000 to start addressing some of those needs, McClain said.

Projects include: replacing the roof on the pavilion at Rotary Park; irrigation work at Brookside Park; improving the shelter at Lion’s Den; and renovations at Ryler Park.

“They’re all fairly small maintenance projects, but things that need to be taken care of and done,” McClain said.

• Parks, open space and trails - $243,000: These funds are used for things like trail maintenance, signs, fire mitigation, weed control and erosion control.

McClain said the funds are split between trails that clearly need some work done, as well as trails that are affected by things like overuse or a weather event.

• Greenmount Cemetery - $2M: Well, this doesn’t necessarily fall into the “fun” category, but, you know, we all gotta face the music some day. And, when we do, we damn sure want the turf above our plots to look nice.

Greenmount Cemetery’s irrigation system is terribly

Durango Mesa Park will be getting a new bike park, disc golf course and dog park in 2024. /photo by Missy Votel outdated, McClain said. It’s not automatic, so a staff person has to go around the 40-acre cemetery all day turning on and off water lines. And, as a result, the system is only turned on during the day – the worst time to water grass.

The $2 million project will install an automated irrigation system, which will open up that staff person’s time and actually save the city money in the long run, McClain said. The price tag is driven up a bit, because, well, there are some obstacles underground you definitely don’t want to run into. ■

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Out with a bang Synthy blues, bass and ’90s big beat round out 2023

by Stephen Sellers

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reetings, dear readers! Hope you’re generating plenty of heat from within right now and finding some good love in the brilliant snow, bluebird days and fireside nights to help your soul stay toasty.

Did you get a chance to experience the wonder that was Rodeo Odyssey, the month-long art pop-up that occupied the Basin Printing building? I’ve never seen more artistic camaraderie and excitement in my brief 15 years in Durango. A special thank you on behalf of the local working-class artists and musicians in town to organizers Marissa Hunt and Emily Ciszek for making it happen!

Without further ado, let’s get to the top four yuletide musical blessings coming our little hamlet’s way courtesy of the Animas City Theatre. And, remember! Friends don’t let friends share their Spotify Wrapped … especially as Spotify lays off 17% of its employees during the holidays. (Nice marketing job there, y’all!) Give the gift of supporting live music and the local businesses that make it happen. Support artists directly. Buy a record, buy a shirt, buy a tote bag. Call a friend, go dancing. Stay human!

Thanks for a great year, y’all. See you on the dance floor!

• Son Little, Animas City Theatre, Dec. 8, 8 p.m. Son Little makes music for the pure joy of it. It’s not often that Durango hosts an artist who transmutes hypnotic, primordial blues into a celebration of life quite like he does.

Similar to his musical next of kin, Leon Bridges, Son Little is heavily steeped in the tradition of mid-century doo-wop, R&B and soul. Little, however, brings his own uncompromising, electrified and at times synth-saturated fingerprint into the mix. For fans of: Leon Bridges, flute-era André 3000, Black Pumas.

• Maddy O’Neal, Animas City Theatre, Dec. 9, 7 p.m. - We’re in a beautiful golden era for dance music events in Durango right now, and it’s wicked-talented local ladies leading the charge. Hell. Yes. With backyard bad asses Baby Del, DJ X and DJ Pearly helping to guide the underground locally, heavy-hitters Ana M, The Librarian and now Maddy O’Neal have been entrusted with rallying the troops above-ground for transcendent moments on the biggest system in town – The ACT. One of the leading voices in bass music over the last 10 years, Maddy O’Neal is going to blow the dang roof off the ACT. Bring your earplugs and get ready for your cellular structure to get reorganized as the soundwaves do their work. For fans of: Clozee, Maya Jane Coles, Late Night Radio.

• Apollo Suns, Animas City Theatre, Dec. 13, 7 p.m. - Apollo, Greek god of music and light, played music so wonderful that it was known to ease people’s pain and suffering. Heck, he even played music for the weddings of gods and goddesses. Yes, Apollo, the unsung patron god of wedding DJs for generations (my dude!) Fact of the matter is, Apollo knew how to party. And his disciples, Apollo Suns,

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Pioneer of the ’90s big beat sound Scott Kirkland, aka The Crystal Method, comes to the ACT on Dec. 29. are coming to the ACT for a mid-week festivus with their high-octane, horn driven, funk-filled chalices in hand. For fans of: Galactic, Soulive, Charlie Hunter.

• The Crystal Method, Animas City Theatre, Dec. 29, 8 p.m. - The summer between 8th and 9th grade, my older brother took me and a friend to my very first nonChristian concert in downtown Dallas. We listened to Operation Ivy and the Chemical Brothers on the 45-minute drive to the venue – punk and psychedelic dance music being the soundtrack of our summer nights together. I had been growing ever more interested in the spirit and rhythms of dance music thanks to the radio and roller rink. This night, my first rave, our guides for the evening were none other than The Crystal Method, Orbital and the Lo Fidelity Allstars. I knew I wanted to be a DJ someday after the show.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the name, The Crystal Method helped establish the trans-Atlantic dialogue of ’90s big beat sound that catapulted artists like the Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim and even “Homework” era Daft Punk into the popular music lexicon. Suffice to say, we’re welcoming a legendary performer to town, just in time for NYE weekend. Lucky for us, the ACT was able to coax the Grammy-nominated act into our back yard before landing in Denver for a sold-out NYE party. What a time to be alive!

For fans of: ’90s rave, The Chemical Brothers, Propellerheads.

MurderInk

Ashes to ashes A dramatic gem crafted in the way only Italians can

by Jeffrey Mannix

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hy is it that the earliest and best noir crime fiction comes from France and Italy? Arguable, I know, but such a high percentage of European literary crime fiction comes to the U.S. that translators have been famously valued. There are even award-giving guilds that pay tribute to the translation industry’s luminaries.

“Daughter of Ashes,” written by Ilaria Tuti, from Gemona del Friuli, Italy, is translated by the very accomplished Ekin Oklap, who was born in Turkey, grew up in Italy and translates both languages into English. Oklap has been shortlisted for the prestigious International Booker Prize for exceptional translation, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if her meticulous and challenging translation of “Daughter of Ashes” secures extra attention.

“Daughter of Ashes” could be labeled a police procedural for those who need to categorize, but for Italians especially, police and procedure have relaxed and even contradictory meanings. In “Daughter of Ashes,” we’re riding along with Teresa Battaglia, a ranking superintendent who has served in Rome’s laddish and hierarchical police force for 27 years.

She is, in every other chapter, a warrior female than a worse-for-wear geriatric superintendent handling Rome’s criminal element and a misogynous police force. In the “today” chapters, she’s an irascible crone after nearly three decades of outthinking the boozy hierarchy and earning authority by finding clues the suits never had time to consider. And in the “27 years ago” chapters, she is a preternatural sleuth who leads detective dandies in solving crimes while they continue to vilify women detectives.

Now about the book and what makes it so different and worth reading: Teresa Battaglia is slipping steadily into dementia, likely Alzheimer’s. On the brink of giving in to her nagging, humiliating fate and retiring, she is summoned by virtuoso serial killer Giacomo

Mainardi from prison. The cleverest of villains whom she knows all too well, she tracked him down wit for wit and sent him to prison 27 years ago, creating an unrealized, unavoidable bond.

The chapters alternate between 27 years ago and the murders and modern day with such fluidity that we’re drawn into a web of intrigue. We can’t wait to learn what took place then and how it pertains to now.

We feel that Giacomo is content in prison perhaps because he wants his wicked desires to be constrained as he ages. Or perhaps he’s quite capable of leaving any time he gets the itch to create his artistic butchery. But Giacomo has summoned Teresa, and she obeys, because she knows this man better than she may even know herself. And now, as she’s losing traction and needing a walker to rest on halfway down the hallway, Teresa is despairing of losing her skills, her job and, too soon, her life.

It’s almost as if Leonard Bernstein had composed the score for this drama. Giacomo tells Teresa that someone wants to kill him, because he knows who contracted for the murder of Teresa’s abusive exhusband, Sebastino. He was jettisoned some years ago

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after he put Teresa in critical care with permanent disabilities. Did Giacomo kill to revenge the only woman he has ever respected and may secretly love? Is prison porous enough for Giacomo to slip out and back? Certainly he’s capable of the ritualistic killing of Sebastino, especially after treating his Teresa so poorly.

“Daughter of Ashes” is a gem of a book, a master lesson in fiction writing. Don’t miss Ilaria Tuti’s drama; you’ll be worse off if you skip this one.

Before you go to Maria’s Bookshop for your 15% Murder Ink discount on this hardcover, I have to timidly sneak in another recommendation. This one is by one of Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelists, Nicola Lagioia, with translation by the highly esteemed Ann Goldstein and published Europa Editions. “The City of the Living” should be on Maria’s prestige table – or maybe it is too salacious or voyeuristic to put out with ordinary books. Do order it if it’s not stocked. The book is saved from tabloid fodder by a skilled treatment of a real crime.

Fictionalized to spare the grimness, it follows a coterie of Roman twentysomethings who, after months of heavy partying and depravity, kill 22-year-old Luca Varani in a drug and alcohol delirium and confess as if it were the fault of the drugs.

This is a true story explored by a literary fiction writer, and if the public isn’t too parochial, “The City of the Living” will keep you up way past bedtime and should be read anytime you have a minute. I won’t sell it any further, but to say “The City of the Living” is a special book for a sophisticated reader. ■

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Son Little with Kirk James plays, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre

Bluegrass Jam, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice, 3000 Main Ave.

State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s “Nutcracker” featuring the San Juan Symphony, 7:30 p.m., Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall

Thursday Night Sitting Group, 5:30 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E 3rd Ave., Ste. 109

Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1330 Camino del Rio. “Hands on a Hardbody,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr. www.merelyplayers.org Party with Pine, a CAIC Fundraiser, featuring music by High Country Hustle, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing Drag Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Deadline for “Stuff to Do” submissions is Monday at noon. To submit an item, email: calendar@durangotelegraph.com

First Thursdays Songwriter Series, 8 -10 p.m., iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave., #207

EDM Party, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Roxy’s, 693 Main Ave. Silent Disco, 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m., 11th St. Station.

Aria PettyOne presents Aria’s Pizza Party, 8:30-9:30p.m., Father’s Daughters Pizza, 640 Main Ave.

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The Bizarre Bazaar, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave.

Vinyl Sundaze, 12 noon, Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

DJ Party, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Roxy’s, 693 Main Ave.

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Holiday Farmer’s Market, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds The Bizarre Bazaar, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave.

State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s “Nutcracker” featuring the San Juan Symphony, 2 p.m., Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall “Hands on a Hardbody,” presented by Merely Players, 2 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr. www.merelyplayers.org Feed the People! free aid for homeless community members, 2 p.m., Buckley Park.

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Winter Wonderbands: Stillwater Youth Band Showcase, 12 noon-5 p.m., The Light Box, 1316 Main Ave.

Gary B. Walker, 10:15 a.m.-12 noon, Jean-Pierre Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave.

“Women of the Colorado Gold Rush Era,” book signing with the authors, Julie VanLaanen Bell and Jan Gunia, 1 p.m., Animas Museum and online via Zoom. Register at animasmuseum.org/events.html

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Pet Photos with Santa, 2-4 p.m., Creature Comforts, 1111 S Camino Del Rio

Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.

Christmas Art Fair, 2-6 p.m., Durango Winery & The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave., Suites E & F

Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s “Nutcracker” featuring the San Juan Symphony, 2 & 7:30 p.m., Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall

Meditation and Dharma Talk, 5:30 p.m., The Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E 3rd Ave., Ste 109,or Oonline at www.durangodharmacenter.org

Free Friday Yoga, 8:30 a.m., Lively (a boutique), 809 Main Ave.

Sitting with Peace, 12 p.m., meditation, Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E 3rd Ave., Ste. 109 STEAM Lab – Winter Wonders! 3:30-4:30 p.m., Durango Public Library Free Legal Clinic, 4-5 p.m. Contact the Ignacio Library, (970) 563-9287 The Bizarre Bazaar, 5-9 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave. Jack Ellis & Larry Carver play, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Karaoke, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice, 3000 Main Ave.

Sunday Funday, 6 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Ukulele Jam, 5 p.m., Durango Coffee Co., 730 Main Ave.

Merely Players “Chicago” auditions, 5:45-9:30 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Drive.

Community Yoga, 6-7 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.

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Friday Dancing, 6 p.m., VFW. Instruction followed by open dancing at 7:45 p.m. DurangoDancing.com

“Hands on a Hardbody,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr. www.merelyplayers.org

Slow Bluegrass Jam, 5:30-7:30 p.m., General Palmer Hotel, 567 Main Ave.

“Hands on a Hardbody,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr. www.merelyplayers.org

Maddy O’Neal with special guest Yoko & Squoze, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre

Merely Players “Chicago” auditions, 5:45-9:30 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Drive.

Ugly Sweater Party & Contest, 7 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave., Suite F

Chuck Hank w/Basilaris Trio, 8-10 p.m., iNDIGO Room, 1315 Main Ave., #207

Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Pete Giuliani plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Public House 701 E. 2nd Ave.

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Community Yoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.

AskRachel

Death chariot, buying happiness and missing the point Interesting fact: “Last Christmas,” released in 1984, didn’t hit #1 in the U.K. until 2021. And it didn’t chart at all in the U.S. until 2016. Wham!

Dear Rachel, I’m new used-car shopping. Has it ever occurred to you when test driving a car that, statistically speaking, you might well be choosing the chair you will sit in when you die? This has changed my whole outlook on the process.

People will drop mad bucks on a casket. Why not spend that money now, so that if I die, it’s at least in a Subaru and not a Geo? – Highway to Hell Dear Fast Lane, I have never thought this about cars (but now I will, thanks, dummy) but I think this often when I am eating a meal by myself in my car. Windows are generally more tinted these days, and other drivers are generally paying more attention to their phones, and I’m fairly sure if I started choking, no one would ever see me, and I wouldn’t be able to jiggle open my janky car door (not a Geo but close), and I would die.

So, yeah, I get it.

– Chewing fully, Rachel Dear Rachel, I need a job, money, to make people happy over the holidays. Just like I did in 2022. I

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Restorative Yoga for Cancer, 9:30-10:45 a.m., no cost for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers, Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Info and register at cancersupportswco.org/calendar Hideaway Ukulele jam, 6–7:30 p.m., Smiley Building Studio #114 and online via Zoom Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave. Open Mic, 6:30 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave. Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Bottom Shelf Brewery, Bayfield.

Apollo Suns with Dana Ariel & The Comin Up Roses play, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.

spent moneys to support the economy on neat things. Any ideas for my future, my wallet or purse?

– Santos Claws Dear Georgie Porgie, This is the beauty of America. You can be anything you want. And you? You have the special gift of really, truly being anything you want. I mean, when someone like you is the last man to fly a moon mission, inventor of the iPhone, record-setting Boston marathoner, and SI swimsuit cover model, there is really no reason not to continue being anything you want to be. And because this is America, and what you do is worthless, someone is bound to pay you for it simply to piss off the libs. I ain’t worried for you; more worried that you won’t actually go away.

– Don’t let the door hit you, Rachel telegraph@durangotelegraph.com Dear Rachel, I have an issue with point-scoring systems that make no sense. Like any game that scores in increments of 10. Just remove the zero! And football? Why is a touchdown six points but a safety only two? Don’t even get me started on the TV show “Whose Line is it Anyway” (where if the points don’t matter, why have them) or tennis (which just gives me absolute fits). Why can’t these things just be simple, Rachel? Like in soccer or baseball or Uno – a dream game without points?

– Accounting Errors Karaoke Roulette, 8 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Dear Pointless, I’m all about the games without points. But not the kinds of points you’re talking about. I mean games like Whamageddon, where participants strive to go from Dec. 1-24 without hearing any part of the original recording of Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” One stee-rike and yer out. Or the driving game. Some people assign points to pedestrians and cats and deer and whatnot. Me? I just try not to go Wham! and if I don’t, I win.

– Pointedly, Rachel “The Return of the Force,” art exhibit exploring the influence of “Star Wars” on Native artists, FLC’s Center for Southwest Studies. Thru August 2024.

“A Christmas Carol – A Radio Play,” presented by Durango Theatreworks, 7 p.m., Fort Lewis College Mainstage Theatre

Toy Drive, Durango Treasures and Twilight Toys, 900 Main Ave., Suite A or 600 Main Ave., #105

Ongoing

Upcoming

Louisa Palmer in the Recess Gallery, Studio &, 1027 Main Ave. thru Dec.

Community art fair, Dec. 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Lumien Apartments, 3180 E Animas Village Dr.

The Polar Express, thru Jan. 1, 2024, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main Ave.

Veterans Benefit Breakfast, Dec. 17, 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., VFW

”Ec(h)o,” woodwork and art of Ted Moore, thru Jan. 5, 2024, 11th Street Station.

Bar D Wranglers 2023 Christmas Jubilee, Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m., Bar D Chuckwagon

“Sine Language” exhibit by Christine Cassano, 4:30-6 p.m., FLC’s Lyceum, Center for Southwest Studies.

Thru Dec. 8

“A Christmas Carol 2 A Radio Play,” presented

by Durango Theatreworks, Dec. 13-17, Fort Lewis College Main Stage Theater

Deadline to submit items for “Stuff to Do” is Monday at noon.

E-mail your stuff to: calendar@durangotelegraph.com

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I will cheer you on as you tenderly push yourself to be extra exploratory in the coming weeks. It’s exciting that you are contemplating adventures that might lead to wild frontiers and half-forbidden zones. The chances are good that you will provoke uncanny inspirations and attract generous lessons. Go higher and deeper and further. Track down secret treasures and lyrical unpredictability. Experiment with the concept of holy rebellion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In January, I will tempt you to be a spirited adventurer who undertakes smart risks. I will invite you to consider venturing into unknown territory and expanding the scope of your education. But right now, I advise you to address your precious needs for stability and security. I encourage you to take good care of your comfort zone and even add cozy new features. Compose a list of everything you can do to feel exceedingly safe and supported.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) was an American Black leader who advocated a gradual, incremental approach to fighting racism. Hard work and good education were the cornerstones of his policies. Then there was W. E. B. Dubois (1868–1963), another American Black leader who encouraged a more aggressive plan of action: protest, agitation, pressure and relentless demands. In the coming months, I recommend a blend of these attitudes. You’ve got two big jobs: to improve the world you live in and get all the benefits you need and deserve from it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I periodically get a big jolt of feeling how much I don’t know. I am overwhelmed with the understanding of how meager my understanding of life really is. On the one hand, this is deflating to my ego. On the other hand, it’s wildly refreshing. I feel a liberating rush to acknowledge I am so far from being perfect and complete that there’s no need for me to worry about trying to be. I heartily recommend this to you, fellow Cancerian. Now is a favorable time to thrive on fertile emptiness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you reached your full height? If there were ever a time during your adult life when you would literally get taller, it might be in the coming weeks. And that’s not the only kind of growth that may occur. Your hair and fingernails may

lengthen faster than usual. I wouldn’t be shocked if your breasts or penis got bigger. But even more importantly, I suspect your healthy brain cells will multiply briskly. Your ability to understand how the world really works will flourish. You will have an increased flair for thinking creatively.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I like Virgo author Cheryl Strayed’s thoughts about genuine togetherness. She says, “True intimacy isn’t a cluster f*** or a psychodrama.

It isn’t the highest highs and lowest lows.

It’s a tiny bit of those things on occasion, with a whole lot of everything else in between. It’s communion and mellow compatibility. It’s friendship and mutual respect.” I also like Virgo author Sam Keen’s views. He says, “At the heart of sex is something intrinsically spiritual, the desire for a union so primal it can be called divine.” Make those perspectives your guideposts in the coming weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my interpretation, you now have the capacity to accelerate quickly and slow down smoothly; to exult in idealistic visions and hunker down in pragmatic action; to balance exuberant generosity with careful discernment.

In general, you have an extraordinary ability to shift moods and modes with graceful effectiveness – as well as a finely honed sense of when each mood and mode is exactly right for the situation. I won’t be surprised if you accomplish well-balanced miracles.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Dear Goddess, thank you a trillion times for never fulfilling those prayers I sent your way all those years ago. Remember? When I begged and pleaded with you to get me into a sexy relationship with You Know Who? I am so glad you rejected my prayers. Though I didn’t see it then, I now realize that being in an intimate weave with her would have turned out badly for both of us. You were so wise to deny me that misguided quest for “pleasure.” Now dear Goddess, I am asking you to perform a similar service for any Scorpio readers who may be beseeching you to provide them with experiences they will ultimately be better off without.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Among our most impressive superpowers is the potency to transform ourselves in alignment with our intentions. For example, suppose you feel awkward because you made an insensitive comment to a friend. In that case, you can take action to assuage any hurt feelings and dissolve your awkwardness. Or let’s say you no longer

want to be connected to people who believe their freedom is more important than everyone else’s. With a clear vision and a bolt of willpower, you can do what it takes to create that shift. These are acts of true magic that I believe you will have extra access to in the coming weeks. Homework: Identify three situations or feelings you will use your magic to change.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn philosopher William James (1842– 1910) is referred to as the “Father of American Psychology.” He was a brilliant thinker who excelled in the arts of logic and reason. Yet he had a fundamental understanding that reason and logic were not the only valid kinds of intelligence. He wrote, “Rational consciousness is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.” In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to investigate those other types of consciousness in the coming months. You don’t need drugs to do so.

Simply state your intention that you want to. Other spurs: dreamwork, soulful sex, dancing, meditation, nature walks, deep conversations.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are people sometimes jealous or judgmental toward you for being so adept at multitasking? Are you weary of dawdlers urging you not to move, talk and mutate so quickly? Do you fantasize about having more cohorts who could join you in your darting, daring leaps of logic? If you answered yes to these questions, I expect you will soon experience an enjoyable pivot. Your quick-change skills will be appreciated and rewarded more than usual. You will thrive while invoking the spiritual power of unpredictability.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Romantic relationships take work if you want them to remain vigorous and authentic. So do friendships. The factors that brought you together in the first place may not be enough to keep you bonded forever. Both of you change and grow, and there’s no guarantee your souls will continue to love being interwoven. If disappointment creeps into your alliance, it’s usually wise to address the issues head-on as you try to reconfigure your connection. It’s not always feasible or desirable, though. I still feel sad about the friend I banished when I discovered he was racist and had hidden it from me. I hope these ruminations inspire you to give your friendships a lot of quality attention in 2024. It will be an excellent time to lift the best ones up to a higher octave.

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Licensed psychologist Dr. Doug Miller, PsyD, is offering a free anxiety workshop for anyone living with anxiety on Tuesday, December 12th at 6:00 pm at Summit Church Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive. This interactive workshop will provide you with skills that can used immediately to live a less anxious life.

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