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Comedian Jody Fuller will perform at VFW Post 4031 on Saturday night. (Courtesy)
Highlight of the week

VFW Post 4031 hosts a comedy night featuring Jody Fuller and supported by Durango comics from Comic Uprising at 6 p.m. Saturday at the post, 1550 Main Ave. Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tour of duty in Iraq.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. Tickets costs $20. For more information about Fuller, check out his website: jodyfuller.com.

Now through Sept. 3

The Mysto Really Big Magic Show, 7:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, $20-$30. animascitytheatre.com.

Wednesday, Aug. 3

La Plata County Board of County Commissioners discussion time, 8:30 a.m., www.co.laplata.co.us/calendar.php.

La Plata County Community Corrections Board Screening Committee, 12 p.m., www.co.laplata.co.us/calendar.php.

La Plata County Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting, 4 p.m., 1101 East Second Ave.

The Lisa Blue Trio, 5-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel, 726 East Second Ave. $10 cover charge supports participating nonprofits.

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Pint Night, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave. https://bit.ly/3zcYOzO.

Thursday, Aug. 4

La Plata CountyWildfire Advisory Board Meeting, 4 p.m., 1101 East Second Ave.

The Jeff Solon Jazz Duo, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 East Second Ave.

Friday-Sunday, Aug. 5-7

Durango Youth Theatre Double Feature: “Could You Hug a Cactus” and “Honk!,” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. https://bit.ly/3bhYbgx.

Friday, Aug. 5

La Plata County Board of Equalization, Board of County Commissioners, 10 a.m., 1101 East Second Ave.

Plein Air Painters of the Four Corners Juried Exhibit and Sale, opening reception, 5 p.m., Create Arts & Tea, 2026 Main Ave.

National Parks Art Show Opening – New paintings by Cindy Coleman, 5 p.m., Animas Chocolate & Coffee Co., 920 Main Ave.

Saturday, Aug. 6

World Breastfeeding Week Booth, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Durango Farmers Market, 259 W. Ninth St.

Homebuyer Education Class, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield. $15.

Arts and Crafts Festival, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Buckley Park, 1200 Main Ave. All items are hand/homemade by local vendors. Cigar box guitar and banjos, pottery, macrame, lawn decorations and more.

VFW Post 4031 hosts Comedy Night featuring Jody Fuller and supported by Durango comics from Comic Uprising, 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.), VFW Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave. $20.

Rob Webster, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.

Sunday, Aug. 7

Rockin’ on the River Summer Music Series, 4-7 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. www.powsci.org.

Sundays at The Office – with Devin Scott, 6:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Wednesday, Aug. 10

Jeff Solon Jazz, 5-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel, 726 East Second Ave. $10 cover charge supports participating nonprofits.

ES&M Trivia, 6 p.m., Zia Taqueria, 2977 Main Ave.

“Chacoan Roads: How Were They Used, and Why Does It Matter?,” 7 p.m., Lyceum at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Presented by Robert Weiner and hosted by San Juan Basin Archaeological Society.

Thursday, Aug. 11

High Altitude Blues, 5 p.m., Weminuche Woodfired Grill, 18044 County Road 501.

The Jeff Solon Jazz Duo, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 East Second Ave.

Friday, Aug. 12

Author in the Parklet: Ken Geharty, “The Making of an Adequate Fly Fisherman,” 4 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.

Conversations on MS, questions answered by Dr. John Corboy, medical director of the Rocky Mountain MS Center, 5:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. or online. Free, but registration required. To register and for more information: https://bit.ly/3JkL36M.

Black Velvet Trio, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms Winery, 5513 County Road 321, Ignacio.

Kirk James, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.

Friday at the Fair Concert – Asleep at the Wheel, 6 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. $28-$48. Details and tickets: https://bit.ly/3bg2kSa.

Saturday, Aug. 13

Books in the Parklet: “Silverton Stories” by Cynthia Chertos, 5-7:30 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.

Oblee, 6-9 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.