Best bets this weekend include the Silverton Skijoring competition and Purple XPerience – A Tribute to Prince concert at Sky Ute Casino.
The Silverton Skijoring competition returns this weekend after its 2018 hiatus with its biggest purse yet – $10,000, championship buckles and other prizes. Skijoring teams consist of a horse, rider and skier. Skiers hold onto a tow rope and are guided by the horse and rider through an obstacle course of jumps, gates and rings. Teams are timed as they race down Blair Street. The fastest finishers win prizes.
The traditional categories of Open, Sport and Novice classes will be joined this year by the “Fat Boy” class for “slightly older and slower horses, riders and skiers.” Entry fees for Open, Sport and Novice classes are $50 per team per day, and only $10 per team per day for the Fat Boy class. Contestants can enter as a team or individually.
Early registration and live entertainment by Lacey Black will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Grand Imperial Hotel. Race day registration will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Sage Hen Cafe, with races starting at noon each day. The event is free for spectators, but donations are appreciated. This is a dog-free event.
For more information, visit www.silvertonskijoring.com.
Fans of Prince can enjoy a tribute concert at Sky Ute Casino from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The five-member group, originally from Prince’s birthplace of Minneapolis, have been touring the country since 2011 when the band was formed by Dr. Fink and front-man Marshall Charloff. The group has been hailed as “the nation’s most authentic tribute to Prince.” Charloff performed with Prince on the “94 East” album and is a celebrated producer and recording artist.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at https://bit.ly/2SxLMuq by calling (888) 842-4180 or at the door. Concert-goers must be 21 or older to enter the casino.
Sweet Things Dance, 6:30 p.m., free, Vallecito Room, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive.
“Doubt: A Parable,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Feb. 15 and 16, $25, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., https://bit.ly/2BxwP0N.
February Durango Dance, 4 p.m., The Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave.
Bridesmaid Bash – Girls Night out!, 8 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave.
Walter Dear Student Honors Recital, 3 p.m., free, Roshong Recital Hall, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by the Durango Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby, 4 p.m., $15 general/$7 student (with ID), Durango Arts center, 802 East Second Ave., https://bit.ly/2UViaUu.
The Infamous Stringdusters, 7:30 p.m., $35-$45, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, https://bit.ly/2GDfzuC.
