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Learn how to use shamanic journeying to enhance creativity in the supportive atmosphere of this group. Shamanic Experiences were designed by the Shamanic Arts Center to open your mind to alternative ways of thinking and creating.  Continued study will yield many benefits particularly enhanced creativity in all areas of your life.

The main instructor is Dr. Robert Sullivan (Chi), a Choctaw native and traveling shaman who’s assisted by Julia Widdop founding director of  the Shamanic Arts Center in Hotchkiss.  Meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Subscribe free to Postcards From Shamans to get email announcements.

Celebrating the significance of the North Fork Valley, Blue Sage Center for the Arts presents Picture Paonia 2019

The exhibit will show works from photographers who have captured an image of a story in North Fork history.
Picture Paonia is a bi-annual competition/exhibition This year photographers are asked to capture an image that depicts a story or history of the North Fork Valley.  Thanks to the Kampe Foundation $600 in prize money will be given out in prizes.Submitted pieces will also have an opportunity to be judged for inclusion in a local exhibit alongside a Smithsonian exhibit that will happen in January/February 2021 Crossroads: Change in Rural America.
The Smithsonian Exhibit is a Museum on Main Street exhibition from the Smithsonian traveling to 30 states through 2024.  The exhibit is being brought to Paonia by the North Fork Valley Creative Coalition in partnership with the Blue Sage Center for the Arts and the North Fork Historical Society.

Every year the Mountain Harvest Festival kicks off with the Harvest of Voices reading at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts. Harvest of Voices celebrates the bounty of the harvest season by inviting writers from across the Western Slope to share some of their best writing.  Selections include poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essays, and the occasional song.  Because of the popularity of the event which fills Curtis Hall and results in long waiting lists, for the past two years the event has been simulcast across the street to the Paradise Theatre.  A raucous party ensues with back and forth between the audiences.  This event is not to be missed.

This is Dedicated To You: A Collection of Curious Women

In this collection, Rohrig explores the divinity of women embodying power, strength, and mystery.  After three years of painting her series of Ladies, as small treasures, Rohrig was challenged to bring her Ladies to a larger scale.  As the paintings developed, Rohrig was moved by the beauty and power embodied in each. The collection is a gathering of women with visceral impact for Rohrig and the viewer alike; some find resonance where others are left wondering.  Through the collection, Rohrig offers an opportunity for women to be embraced as they are: complex, diverse, and sovereign.

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Saturday Sundown Swing!
Bruce Hayes plays Rhythm & Celtgrass music, a fusion of musical styles that combines acoustic and electric instrumentation with elements of Rock, Bluegrass, Celtic, and R&B music. Collaborating with The String Cheese Incident and Acoustic Junction, Hayes helped define the acoustic jam band sound. He continues this tradition performing original songs and arrangements on Mandolin, Guitar, Dobro, foot board and his latest creation, the Stratobassto.
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, recording engineer, one man band -Bruce Hayes does it all. The forty-something entertainer has been a professional musician since high school and his experience shows.
On stage Hayes’ presence is electrifying. He taps his feet on an amplified floor board, slaps accents on his guitar and cheeks, wails on the harmonica and sings charismatically. His fingers dance around the strings with incredible fluidity creating rich harmonic textures and rapid-fire riffs.

*Mountain Harvest Festival wristband required

Gypsy Jazz Social Club returns to The Cirque in downtown Paonia, Colorado on Saturday, September 28, as part of the evening entertainment program during the 2019 Paonia Mountain Harvest Festival. Showtime is from 10 pm until Midnight. Configuration of the band and instrumentation for this show will include Les Choy “El Chino” – vocal, rhythm and lead acoustic guitar, Erin Geye- alto sax, Laine Ludwig- congas and bongó,
with North Fork citizens Jon Hickam- accordion, mandolin, and Dylan Fixmer on upright bass.

Mysterious… yet strangely familiar, the Gypsy Jazz Social Club musical journey embraces the acoustic swing sound pioneered in the 1930s and 1940s by Django Reinhardt and others and is today enjoying a resurgence in popularity among musicians and jazz aficionados alike.

Gypsy Jazz Social Club is a consortium of versatile musicians scattered throughout western Colorado and elsewhere commonly inspired by the style of acoustic string-band jazz known as “Le jazz hot”. GJSC showcases material dating from the early 1900s to present day, sourcing traditional and modern repertoire, all “gypsified” for your enjoyment. The GJSC performance includes vocalized and instrumental arrangements of
jazz and swing standards, latin rhythms, and original material, as well as contemporary and traditional gypsy tunes.