Salida Colorado Calendar for May 2012
2012 Events are still being scheduled - please come back soon.
3 - 4 ~ Dr. Charlotte Karl - Collegiate
Peaks Forum Series Distinguished Lecture Two
Thursday, May 3, - “Finding Joy: Free Your Spirit and
Dance with Life.” 7:00 p.m., Salida Steam Plant Theater, 220 West Sackett
Avenue, Salida
Friday, May 4, - “The Zen and Art of Loving Relationships:
Everyday Practices for Friends and Lovers.”
Dr. Karl is the autor of nine books, including “If the Buddha Dated/Married/Got
Stuck/Had Kids,” believes joy is one of the highest vibrations of energy
in the human experience. “It’s powerful flow provides vibrant healing
and it is life affirming,” she says, “yet many people limit their capacity
for joy and happiness with shame, guilt, perfectionis and other shoulds
and shouldn’ts. Dr. Karl will explore how to hance with your critics and
stimulate the immune system, revitalize relationships, and open our minds
to new possibilities.
www.collegiatepeaksforum.org
5 ~ 28th Annual Caddis Festival
Conservation Dinner & Auction - 5 PM doors open, dinner at
7 PM. Chaffee County Fairgrounds - 10165 CR 120, Poncha Springs. Silent
and live auctions, bucket raffles, Heads or Tails for cash! Tickets are
$20 for adults and $15 for ages 15 and under and are available and Salida
& Buena Vista Chambers of Commerce. For more information contact Linda
at 719-221-0365 or iamchefprice@msn.com.
Funds go to support local habitat restoration projects, access, and educating
the next generation of conservationists.
9 ~ Annual Salida Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble.
26 ~ Bluegrass on the Arkansas
– Expanded from a Sunday-only event for the past several Memorial Day
weekends, this popular event has expanded to include some Saturday shows.
Join us on Saturday, with a show that features Carin Mari at the SteamPlant
Event Center.
www.bluegrassonthearkansas.org
27 ~ Bluegrass on the Arkansas
– Enjoy the afternoon in Riverside Park with an impressive line-up
of bluegrass bands. Live music begins at Noon and will continue into the
early evening. A variety of food will be available along with a selection
of beer, wine and soft drinks served by the Salida Rotary Club.
The 2011 line up features five different bands, two of which are past
winners of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest. This year promises
to be one of the best.
Admission is free. Donations in support of Rotary’s Scholarship
Fund are encouraged.
The Sunday afternoon/evening schedule Includes:
Spring Creek
Jody Adams and the StringDudes
Run Boy Run
Finnders and Youngberg
Harper and Phoebe – the Powell Sisters
www.bluegrassonthearkansas.org
31 ~ , Paul K. Chappell - Collegiate
Peaks Forum Series Distinguished Lecture Three
Thursday, May 31,- “Why Peace is Possible and How We
Can Achieve it,” 7:00 p.m., Buena Vista Community Center, 715 East Main
Street
www.collegiatepeaksforum.org