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Enjoy deviled eggs, an Easter brunch favorite, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Easter Brunch on Sunday. (Associated Press file)

City of Durango will host its annual Arbor Day celebration at 10 a.m. Friday at Santa Rita Park.

Attendees can help staff members plant trees at the park. There will be a presentation about the benefits of trees, the Arbor Day Proclamation will be read and a local forester will answer questions.

This event will happen regardless of weather.

For more information, call 375-7321 or email rec@durangogov.org.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave., will host an Easter Brunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

The menu will include cheesy scrambled eggs, eggs to order, cottage-style cubed O’Brien potatoes, fruit bowls, yogurt, spiral ham, Veterans Signature Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, prime rib, green bean almondine, mashed potatoes and brown gravy, corn cobettes, deviled eggs, dinner rolls, coffee, juice and strawberry shortcake for dessert.

Donations are appreciated at $15 for adults, $12 for veterans and $10 for children 12 and younger.

Friday

Larry Carver and Jack Ellis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Chuck Hank, 6-9 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

Jazz Jam, 7-9 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave. $25 per person. Hosted by iAM MUSIC.

Random Rab, edamame, Smiley Coyote, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. $22-$25, tickets available at www.animascitytheatre.com and Animas Trading Co.

Friday-Saturday

Kids Festivity Follies, 7 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Tickets and details: www.durangoarts.org.

Friday-Sunday

Fort Lewis College Theatre presents “I and You,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, FLC Theatre. Cost: Free for FLC students, $10 for faculty/staff/seniors/students, $16-$18 for adults.

Saturday

Worm Charming Workshop, 1-2 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive. For more information, contact revgary@durangouu.org.

McCurry Organ Trio, 6-9 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.

BANYAN (ft. members of Jane’s Addiction and Fishbone) with Cheap Skates, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. $30-$35, tickets available at www.animascitytheatre.com and Animas Trading Co.