{"id":66532,"date":"2019-09-08T00:21:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T00:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dirty-work-will-take-spotlight-at-raven-narratives\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:59:15","slug":"dirty-work-will-take-spotlight-at-raven-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dirty-work-will-take-spotlight-at-raven-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dirty Work\u2019 will take spotlight at Raven Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The upcoming Raven Narratives event will take place at James Ranch in Durango and at a remodeled Quonset hut in Yellow Jacket. The theme is \u201cDirty Work.\u201d<\/span>File photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Next weekend, brave community members are invited to share their impromptu tales of \u201cDirty Work\u201d for the latest rendition of the Raven Narratives.<\/p>\n

The Raven Narratives is a storytelling event held every few months, in which locals in Montezuma and La Plata counties have a chance to take the stage and share their life experiences. Sometimes the event centers around \u201ccurated stories,\u201d in which storytellers spend weeks crafting and practicing their tales, but the upcoming showcase is more spontaneous: It\u2019s a story slam, in which audience members volunteer in the moment to tell eight-minute stories.<\/p>\n

Raven Narratives co-producer Tom Yoder said he and co-producer Sarah Syverson started holding slams over the past few years, and they\u2019re starting to become a favorite for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for me as a co-producer of the event, there\u2019s just a sort of discovery of these stories, as they\u2019re being told,\u201d Yoder said.<\/p>\n

It will be held at James Ranch just north of Durango on Sept. 13 and at Road X Metal Werx in Yellow Jacket on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

The theme for the weekend event is \u201cDirty Work.\u201d When trying to figure out themes, Yoder and Syverson come up with a word or phrase that relates to a large number of people. He has wanted to theme a session \u201cDirty Work,\u201d inspired by his experiences as an archaeologist and those of friends who work in the oil, gas and mining industries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel like people that are out doing work with their hands and getting dirty eventually have good stories to tell about those experiences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But \u201cDirty Work\u201d can have other meanings too, whether it is work that other people don\u2019t want to do or even \u201cslightly illegal\u201d work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt like it was a broad enough theme that people could bring their own experiences to it and tell good stories,\u201d Yoder said.<\/p>\n

The Yellow Jacket venue is especially conducive to their \u201cDirty Work\u201d theme, he said. David Butler and Rosie Carter have been remodeling a Quonset hut there, and Butler\u2019s collection of tools, gear and vehicles will make a nice backdrop to the storytelling.<\/p>\n

A slam might seem risky, because producers don\u2019t know the stories they\u2019ll get. But Yoder said the slammers have been respectful and stayed on theme. Many of the people who decide to tell stories at a slam have come prepared, he said.<\/p>\n

The first storytelling night will be Friday, Sept. 13 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at James Ranch, 33846 Highway 550, 10 miles north of Durango. The next night, the Yellow Jacket slam will be 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Road X Metal Werx at U.S. Highway 491 and County Road X, 14 miles north of Cortez.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ravennarratives.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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