The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will combine a night of “alternative” ballet with a 10th anniversary party for Arts Perspective magazine Wednesday night. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, or “The Trocks,” are a troupe of highly skilled male ballet dancers who put a comic interpretative twist on classic ballets like “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker” and “Don Quixote.” The men play all of the roles, regardless of the author’s intended gender.Arts Perspective will kick off a mini-tour of the magazine’s cover art with a 6 p.m. pre-show display in the Concert Hall lobby. Les Ballets Trockadero, incidentally, are the featured subjects of the latest cover. Singer/songwriter Thom Chacon will play in the lobby during the cover art exhibition and many writers and artists for the magazine will be in attendance as well. It will be the first of four exhibitions for Arts Perspective: future events this year will be held at Sorrel Sky Gallery, Open Shutter and the Cortez Cultural Center.<br><br>The cover art exhibit is free; tickets for Les Ballets Trockadero are on sale now and will be available at the box office.

Courtesy of Shared Vision

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The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will combine a night of “alternative” ballet with a 10th anniversary party for Arts Perspective magazine Wednesday night. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, or “The Trocks,” are a troupe of highly skilled male ballet dancers who put a comic interpretative twist on classic ballets like “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker” and “Don Quixote.” The men play all of the roles, regardless of the author’s intended gender.Arts Perspective will kick off a mini-tour of the magazine’s cover art with a 6 p.m. pre-show display in the Concert Hall lobby. Les Ballets Trockadero, incidentally, are the featured subjects of the latest cover. Singer/songwriter Thom Chacon will play in the lobby during the cover art exhibition and many writers and artists for the magazine will be in attendance as well. It will be the first of four exhibitions for Arts Perspective: future events this year will be held at Sorrel Sky Gallery, Open Shutter and the Cortez Cultural Center.<br><br>The cover art exhibit is free; tickets for Les Ballets Trockadero are on sale now and will be available at the box office.

Courtesy of Shared Vision

Thursday, March 13

“Taste: The table, landscape and portrait in Baroque Art” by Judith Reynolds, 4 p.m., $15, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606, www.durangoarts.org.

Dave Luna (acoustic), 5 p.m., Paradise Pizza & Ice Creamery at Durango Mountain Resort.

Souper Thursday with Brushfire Stankgrass, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792, www.skabrewing.com.

Trivia Night, 5:30 p.m., Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, 259-9234, www.durangodiscovery.org.

Pete Neds, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

Terry Rickard, 6 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5440, www.derailedpourhouse.com.

“Circling Alaska and Yukon: A 4,700-mile, 6-month journey by foot, skis and packraft through Big Wilderness” by Andrew Skurka, 6:30 p.m., free, Durango Public Library, (email) mikeadamski@gmail.com.

Rob Webster, 7 p.m., 6512, 128 E. College Drive, 247-9083.

Jack Ellis, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 375-7260.

Intermediate dance instruction (7-8 p.m., $10, 799-8832); DJ Crazy Charlie(free), 9 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 375-2568.

The Motet CD release party with Peter Robot, 8:30 p.m., $20 ($30 VIP), Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com.

Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Ongoing

“Down the Rabbit Hole,” an interactive sculptural exhibit, through March 22; also “Time Lines: Meditations in Cloth” by Leesa Zarinelli Gawlik, through April 27 in the upstairs Art Library, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606, www.durangoarts.org.

Journey of an Artist: the Art of Mary Ellen Long, through March 19, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, 247-7167, www.fortlewis.edu/art/ArtGallery.aspx.

“Wanderings,” the art of Pat Smiley, through March 28, Pine River Valley Bank, 1701 Main Ave., 385-9583.

“Geopoetica,” painting and poetry by Burton Baldwin and Joaquin Salazar, through April 3, Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Ave., 259-0430.

“Visual Perceptions” photography by Linda Pampinella, Sub-stra-tum Gallery, 1021½ Main Ave., (435) 225-3650, www.lindapampinella.com.

“The Backyard” annual community photo show, through April 9; also “Journey of an Artist” by Mary Ellen Long (companion photographic exhibit to Fort Lewis College art exhibition) in the Red Room, Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., 382-8355, www.openshuttergallery.com.

Southside Artisans Guild presents the art of Kat Horn, through March 26, Raider Ridge Café, 509 East Eighth Ave., 375-9727.

“Woven to Wear: textiles from The Durango Collection,” through May, Center for Southwest Studies at FLC, http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu.

Far Out

“Maple & Vine” (play), March 14-15 and March 20-22, $22/$19, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606, www.durangoarts.org.

Durango Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival, March 14-16, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., www.durangoragtimefestival.com.

Euchre tournament, March 16, 1 p.m., $5 (toward prize pot), Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Ave., 259-0430, 259-1375.

Submissions

Submit events at www.durangoherald.com/section/eventsubmit, or fax, mail or deliver a listing for your event to the Herald no later than noon Wednesday for the coming week. Ted Holteen compiles the calendar. Email him at ted@durangoherald.com. Check www.durangoherald.com for updates to the calendar throughout the week.