Best bets this weekend for the Durango area include a Raven Narratives live storytelling event on Saturday and Father’s Day on Sunday.
The Raven Narratives will present live storytelling on the theme “privilege” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave.
Eight storytellers from the area will take the stage that evening to share true, personal and thought-provoking tales of privilege in front of an audience.
The Raven Narratives, created by Sarah Syverson and Tom Yoder of Mancos, features people of all colors, ages and perspectives who share authentic experiences and thoughts with a live audience.
Raven Narratives storytelling rules include:
Stories must be told, not read, and notes are not allowed on stage.Stories must be true and not fictionalized.Each performer tells one 8- to 10-minute story with a beginning, middle and end.Syverson studied improvisation and sketch writing at Second City in Chicago and still writes, produces and performs comedic material in the Southwest. She also performs regularly as a member of Merely Players Durango and is a contributing writer for Edible San Juan Magazine.
Yoder worked as an archaeologist for 16 years in the Southwest before he started a career in media. In 2010, he was named as the programming and media director at KSJD Community Radio in Cortez.
Raven Narratives stories are available as podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud.
For more information, visit www.ravennarratives.org.
Durango, along with the rest of the nation, will celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday. The observance was created because of Mother’s Day to honor the role of the father and recognize the importance of fatherhood.
Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, was listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909 when she decided a special day should be reserved to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who raised six children on a farm, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The mayor of Spokane initiated the first Father’s Day celebration on June 19, 1910, because it was the month that Smart was born, according to the Census Bureau.
President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed in 1966 that Father’s Day would be observed on the third Sunday in June. It has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed a law that officially made it permanent.
Open house event, 3 p.m., CryoMedSpa, 1800 East Third Ave., Suite 101.
Bacon, 7 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
The Raven Narratives: Live Storytelling, 7:30 p.m., $13-$15, Sunflower Theatre, 8 Main St., Cortez, https://bit.ly/2JAw5OB.
Andrew Sickler, 8 a.m., Durango Farmers Market, First National Bank of Durango, 259 W. Ninth St.
Chess in the garden, 11 a.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St.
Honey Hawk, 7 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
