Best bets this weekend include the Backcountry Film Festival at the Durango Arts Center and a gathering to make your own Victorian-style Valentine’s Day cards.
Durango Nature Studies will host the seventh annual Backcountry Film Festival, which focuses mostly on winter sports and backcountry experiences, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Films this year include: “Ode to Muir,” “Ski the Wild West,” “The Abbey,” “The Backcountry Snowsports Initiative,” “Abandoned,” “Blue,” “I Am Here,” “Surfer Dan,” Searching for Christmas Tree” and “Westward: Brennan Lagasse.”
Tickets can be purchased in advance online for $12 for DNS members and $15 for non-members. At the door, they are $15 for DNS members and $20 for nonmembers.
Event sponsors include Hesperus Ski Patrol, Durango Outdoor Exchange and Backcountry Experience.
For more information, visit: https://bit.ly/2DZ7Gh9.
For lovers in search of the perfect Valentine’s Day card, why not make it yourself?
The Animas Museum will host an event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 3065 West Second Ave., for people who want to create their own cards, in the Victorian style.
The cost is $30 per person. Seating is limited, call the museum at 259-2402 to reserve a spot. No refunds. Proceeds benefit the Animas Museum. Participants must bring scissors; everything else will be provided.
Laugh Therapy Stand-Up Comedy February Showcase, 8 p.m., $5, Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave.
