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Meetings and Events
McDonald’s will host “Breakfast with Santa,” 8-10 a.m., McDonald’s, 201 West College Drive.
Backcountry Experience will host Demofest, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Durango Mountain Resort Plaza.
Turtle Lake Refuge will host a free bird walk lead by Kristi Dranginis, 9-11 a.m., Needham Elementary School Park.
Frosty’s Holiday Craft Show and Farmer and Flea Market, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., old Bayfield Middle School gym on South Street.
Adopt-a-thon for Blackhat Humane Society, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Petsense, 1185 South Camino del Rio.
Sunshine Gardens 32nd Street Assisted Living’s second annual Holiday Open House, noon-2 p.m., 25 Sunshine Court.
Community Connections’ “Festival of Trees” celebration, 1-6 p.m., Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train Museum, 479 Main Ave.
Christmas crafts, door prizes and tree education, 1-4 p.m., San Juan Mountains Association’s Silver Bells Trees for Conservation Christmas Tree Lot at the corner of Camino del Rio and College Avenue in the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad parking lot.
Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave.
Après ski party with live music by the Pete Giuliani Band, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Purgy’s at Durango Mountain Resort.
Chili Cookoff Benefit and Silent Auction for Kristen Dugan, 5:30-8 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive.
Arts and Entertainment
Christmas in Vallecito, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., with a pancake breakfast, snowshoe race, scavenger hunt, live music, ugly sweater party and more, Vallecito Lake, www.facebook.com/ChristmasInVallecito.
The Bizarre Bazaar, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Studio &, 1027 Main Ave.
The Met: Live in HD – “Die Meistersinger,” 10 a.m., Vallecito Room, Student Union at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive.
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” 1 and 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., featuring 60 of Durango’s young thespians.
State Street Ballet presents “The Nutcracker,” 2 and 7 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive.
The Best Brass of Christmas, 2 p.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave., $20 adults/$10 students.
Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.
Peter Neds, 6 p.m., 6512’ Restaurant, 152 E. College Drive.
The Living Yoga Project: “Trikala,” 7 p.m., Smiley Auditorium, 1309 East Third Ave.
Greg Ryder, 7 p.m., The Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.
Blue Lotus Feet Kirtan, 7-9 p.m., Inhabit, 1970 East Third Ave.
JBones and Mtn Menace, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.
Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave.
Hip Hop and Top 40 Dance Party with DJ Kaztro, 10 p.m., Ponga’s, 121 W. Eighth St.
Sports
Fort Lewis College women’s basketball vs. Adams State, 1 p.m., Whalen Gymnasium.
Fort Lewis College men’s basketball vs. Adams State, 3 p.m., Whalen Gymnasium.
