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Upcoming Events

Date/Time	Event
Saturday 05/25/2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Elsewhere Resident Show Exhibition of work and artist talk by Elsewhere Laura Scandrett and Jamie Gibson at The Blue Sage through Thursday May 29th.
Tuesday 05/28/2013 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Valley Voices: Local Foraging Join us on Tuesday, May 28th from 6:30-8:30pm for a community talk focused on local foraging. Local experts will show you how to identify wild and edible plants, provide you with illustrative handouts and point out medicinal properties. Gary Klepper, DC, (mushrooms) Alicia Michelsen, Wild Food Forager and Herbalist, and Linda Buckley, Wild-crafted Herbalist will talk about a few of their favorite local plants. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.
Wednesday 05/29/2013 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Build Your Own Website A website is an irreplaceable tool for any organization or individual needing to convey information in the technology age. Now, with tools such as Wordpress, it's also easy and cheap. Learn how to build, customize and maintain your own website with this six-week course with Aaron Heideman. Each week you will learn the next step in the process, and at the end of the six weeks, your website will be ready for the world!
Friday 05/31/2013 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Singing Bowls Enjoy the soothing sounds of singing crystal bowls and gongs in this free meditation event led by Barry Chapman.  Bring a yoga mat to lay on and come and go as you need.  From 6:00-7:00pm during the Final Friday Art Walk.
Friday 05/31/2013 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm	Live Music - Stuart Davis "Without exaggeration, Stuart Davis is one of the most fascinating and exceptional songwriters in modern music." San Jose Metro. Discover this for yourself when he performs live at the Blue Sage. Tickets are $12, available at the door and in advance.
Monday 06/10/2013 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Art in the Age of Anything Goes Colorado Mesa University instructor and local artist, Michael Mitchell, will lead a 5-part dialogue series on appreciating the visual experience of Art. The dialogues will include visual examples, and begin with a 45 minute dialogue followed by a 30-minute Q&A on five different topics.
Saturday 06/22/2013 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Rocky Mountain Regatta Participate in the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Regatta at Azura Cellars. Enjoy boat races, a live auction, silent auction, hors d'oeuvres, wine and FUN! Tickets are available through the Blue Sage Gallery (only $35), so you can call (970) 527-7243 Mon-Fri 10-5 to purchase over the phone, or stop by 226 Grand Ave., Paonia, CO Mon-Fri 10-5.
Friday 06/28/2013 - 07/05/2013 All Day	Paint Paonia Paint Paonia is a plein air painting event held annually during Paonia’s Cherry Days 4th of July festival. Participants spend one day capturing Paonia and the surrounding areas on canvas. Cash awards of over $600 are awarded by our judge for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and the Paonia Chamber award for Best of Paonia. The works are then featured in a silent auction during Cherry Days festivities at the Blue Sage. This fun event promotes the diverse creative participation of our community, and true to the character of Paonia, celebrates traditional and non-traditional interpretations of “plein air” painting, allowing for three-dimensional and mixed-media artwork to be submitted.
Friday 06/28/2013 5:00 pm	Caroyln Porras Gallery Opening View Elsewhere resident, Carolyn Porras', fictional universes constructed from fabricated shapes during a special, two day showing at the Blue Sage Gallery.  Carolyn intuitively pieces together colored, geometric plants of gouache, graphite, colored pencil, and gold leaf.  The show opens on Friday, June 28 at 6pm and will close at 5pm on Monday, July 1. Carolyn writes about her art: "In my artwork, I am creating fictional universes constructed from fabricated shapes. These imagined spaces are created by intuitively piecing together colored geometric planes of gouache, graphite, colored pencil, and gold leaf. The architectural spaces within the universes draw influence from perspective but are not constrained by classical rules. The boundless structures hovering through multiple dimensions irregularly obey the laws of gravity. Some of these spaces are entry/exit points to separate galaxies, some are containers for dimensions, and others are transitory moments in between. Unbound by the conformity of logic, I am able to create environments that are infinite and un-tethered to this reality."
Wednesday 07/03/2013 - 08/07/2013 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Intermediate WordPress Class So you have a Wordpress website, but it just doesn't look quite right or do the things you want it to do. This intermediate level course, taught by Aaron Jerad, will take you past the basic Wordpress user interface and get behind the scenes where you have total control of your site's layout, colors, fonts, functions and more. The class format will include instruction and hands-on time for individualized attention. Wednesdays, July 3-August 7, 6:00-7:30pm. Call Aaron 986-4744 with questions.

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