Arts and Entertainment
Parade of Homes, opens 3 p.m., various Durango-area homes; “Homes Under the Stars” event, 5-9 p.m., 2167 Deer Valley Road, durangopoh.com.
Opening reception: “The Up and Down of It” work by Becca Conrad-Whitehead, 5-7:30 p.m., Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave., beccaconradwhitehead.artspan.com.
Hip-Hop dance class, 5:15-6:15 p.m., $5, Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave.
Best of Durango Awards, with live music by the Kitchen Jam Band, 5:30-9 p.m.; live music with Rob Webster, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., theirishembassypub.com.
Terry Hartzel, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.
Literary Festival: Reception for Author Tom Perrotta, 5:30-7 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380, durangopubliclibray.org.
Lee Bartley and Bob Cordalis, 6 p.m., Jean Pierre’s, 601 Main Ave.
The Assortment, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms, 5513 County Road 321, Ignacio, 563-4675.
Literary Festival: Author Tom Perrotta presentation and book signing, 7-9 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380, durangopubliclibray.org.
Andy Janowsky, 7-11 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Mark Walters, clarinet, and Lisa Campi, piano, 7 p.m., $20/$8, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive.
Merely Players present Dead Man’s Cellphone, 7:30 p.m., $22, Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 1550 Main Ave., durangoconcerts.com, 247-7657.
RENT, Broadway musical, 7:30 p.m., $24/$21, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org/theatre/rent, 259-2606, ext. 13.
Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.
Sir Wellington and The Brett, 8:30-10:30 p.m., Steaming Bean, 915 Main Ave., 385-7901.
Funked-up Fridays featuring DJ Kaztro, 9 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.
Meetings and Events
Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, improve communication, presentation and leadership skills, 7-8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160 West, September-May, 749-1741, r.j_barnes@yahoo.com, www.earlybirdtoastmasters.org.
Sunrise yoga adult classes, 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave. (next to Durango Community Recreation Center), $5, props provided, 259-0385.
Durango Botanical Society will host a free garden tour, 9:30 a.m., Durango Public Library Demonstration Garden, (meet in library lobby), 1900 East Third Ave., www.durangobotanicalsociety.com.
“Memoirs” writing group meeting, 1:15 p.m., Durango-La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave, 259-2630.
San Juan Square Dance Club, 6 p.m., Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., 884-1338.
Glow Run, benefiting Sexual Assault Services Organization of Durango, registration, 7:30 p.m., $10, quad outside West Hall, Fort Lewis College, lclightupthenight@gmail.com.
Sports
Fort Lewis College women’s soccer vs. Colorado Mesa, 12:30 p.m., Dirks Field, FLC.
Fort Lewis College men’s soccer vs. CSU-Pueblo, 3 p.m., Dirks Field, FLC.
Fort Lewis College volleyball vs. UC-Colorado Springs, 7 p.m., Whalen Gymnasium, FLC.
Ignacio High School football vs. Monezuma-Cortez, 7 p.m., IHS.
Bayfield High School football vs. Paonia, 7 p.m., BHS.
