Cannondolls bring Americana to Buckley Park Summer’s here and so is Concert Hall at the Park where FLC brings damn fine music to Buckley Park, 1200 Main Ave. From 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 on Thursday, June 22, The Cannondolls will give a free, all-ages concert.
Get a lawn chair, a blanket, or your dancing shoes ready. The Cannondolls are known for their heavenly harmonies, quirky humor, and lively shows.
Details at www.durangoconcerts.com
Bluegrass at the BalconyArkansauce will holler out Southern roots music at Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave., on Friday, June 23. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. and goes all night long. 21 and up. You’ll have more money for beer ’cause it’s a free show.
Info at www.balconybarandgrill.com
From book to movie See “Neither Wolf Nor Dog” at the Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, while you still can. The show costs only $9 and starts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 22. Adapted from the novel by Kent Nerburn, “Neither Wolf Nor Dog” is about contemporary Native American life as seen through a 95-year-old Lakota elder.
It’s damn good, ya’ll.
The lowdown: www.animascitytheatre.com
New art exhibit at the DACThe 41st Annual Juried Exhibit opens at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 23. The show will be a mixed media roundup of works picked by Benjamin Hickey, curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Masur Museum of Art in Louisiana.
Awards for Best in Show, second, and third place will be awarded at the free, all-ages reception.
More info at http://durangoarts.org.
Quilt show, m-effers!!!You may not expect it, but we here at DGO think quilts are freakin’ awesome and the people who make them are patient sons-a-guns who put a whole lot of heart into their art. Get an eyeful of fabric folk art at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., on Saturday, June 24, through June 25. It’s $3 to get in and check out the work of local quilters. You can be dang sure we’re filling out a ticket for the annual raffle quilt, too.
More info at www.facebook.com/LaPlataQuiltGuild
