Furniture PARTAAAY!If you dig the community vibes and musical variety that is KDUR (and you’re a beast if you don’t), then hit up the Furniture as Art Auction, their annual fundraiser. Pick up tickets at KDUR or Maria’s Bookshop. For 30 bucks, you get three drinks, apps, desserts, music by Jeff Solon, and a chance to bid on furniture created by artists such as Mike Brieger, Philip Graveson, and Shannon Cruise.
Details: $30, all ages, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., https://kdur.org
Affordable outdoor movie festA’ight you outdoor geeks, get inside. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is in Durango. Get your goosebumps and adrenaline going with two evenings of over 15 docs like the zipline canyon surfing of “Surf the Line,” and the high desert cliff BASE jumping of “Where the Wild Things Play.” There are short docs, long docs, sports docs, nature docs, ALL THE DOCS!
Details: $15 one day, $25 for a two-day ticket, all ages, 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. movies – both days, Friday, March 16-17, FLC Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive. www.durangoconcerts.com
Soul music at ACT for TWO nightsJoin the funk soul brotherhood down at the ACT while grooving out to the good vibes of supergroup The Nth Power from New Orleans. Denver “dream rock” band Evanoff opens the show on Friday. Saturday’s opener is hometown hero J-Calvin’s Funk Express. Start stretching your glutes because your ass is shaking at these shows.
Details: $12 advance and $15 day of (each show), 18 and over, 9 p.m., Friday, March 16; 21 and over, 7:45 p.m., Saturday, March 16, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, www.animascitytheatre.com
Indie rock till you dropLittle Wilderness, Durango’s eclectic punk-groove-soul band, will rock the walls off of the Balcony this weekend, with the psychedelic desert garage rock The Crags opening the show. Also, FREE SHOW!
Details: Free, 21 and over, 8 p.m., Saturday, March 17, Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave., www.facebook.com/BalconyBackstage
Studio &’s anniversaryThere’s no party like a Studio & party. You never know what you’re gonna get, but it’s guaranteed to be EXTRA. This week, the gallery is turning 8. Ye gods only know what random rad will happen, but there will be art! and booze! and apps! and marvels! So get your ass to Main Ave. for a good time.
Details: Free, all ages, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, March 17, Studio &, 1027 Main Ave., www.anddurango.com
