Homegrown food retreat to be held
The seventh annual Homegrown February Food Retreat will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
The event will feature an interactive discussion about food and social justice. The guest speaker will be Sarah Haynes.
To register, visit www.growingpartners.org.
Class on pruning trees, shrubs offered
Native Roots Garden Center will host a free tree- and shrub-pruning class at noon Saturday at Native Roots Garden Center, 26266 U.S. Highway 160.
Participants will learn proper pruning techniques of trees and shrubs as well as tree and shrub care. The class will last approximately two hours.
For more information, call 759-5111.
Diversity Dialogue scheduled March 14
The Embracing Diversity Initiative will host the “Diversity Dialogue” from 8:45 a.m. to noon March 14 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.
All ages middle school and older are welcome.
The event is supported by Durango High School’s Prejudice Elimination Action Team youth group, Fort Lewis College’s El Centro and Common Ground student groups, Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition, Alternative Horizons and the city of Durango’s Community Relations Commission. Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP by March 9 by contacting Lauren Patterson at 259-1247 or at lauren.evaluation@gmail.com.
Marvel Grange to host luau
The Marvel Grange will host its annual luau at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the grange, 217 County Road 133, Hesperus.
A traditional luau meal will be served, including, kalua pork, sesame cabbage salad, fresh fruit, shoyu chicken, and fried rice with shrimp and beverages.
Donations for the meal are appreciated. People are invited to wear Hawaiian clothes.
The dinner will feature hula demonstrations and other activities.
To RSVP, call 588-3386 or email hcrdgreer@frontier.net.
Archaeology society to meet Tuesday
The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Lillian D. Wakeley at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church, 515 Park St., Cortez, to discuss “Giving and Taking Away: the Geologic Largesse of the San Juan River Corridor.”
Wakeley will discuss the concentration of petroglyphs and other archaeological features along the San Juan River from Bluff, Utah, to Comb Wash and the geologic processes that created the landscape and that attracted people here for millennia.
For more information, call Kari Schleher at (505) 269-4475.
Life-Long Learning series continues
Mark Varien, executive vice president of the Crow Canyon Research Institute, will present a Life-Long Learning Series lecture at Fort Lewis College at 7 p.m. March 5 in Noble Hall, Room 130 at FLC.
Varien will talk about the Village Ecodynamics Project, which examines the long-term interaction between Pueblo Indians and their environment, including why the Mesa Verde region was depopulated at the end of the 13th century and where Pueblo people went when they migrated from the area.
He will answer these questions and explore how Pueblo Indian history is relevant to today’s world.
For more information, call 247-7401 or visit www.fortlewis.edu/professionalassociates.
Natural Foods coop seeks board members
Durango Natural Foods Coop is looking for people to fill open seats on its board of directors.
Application packets will be available on March 6 at the store or by download at http://durangonaturalfoods.coop/about-food-coop/coop-board-of-directors.
The election will begin at the coop’s annual meeting April 25.
For more information, visit http://durangonautralfoods.coop.
Herald Staff
