Community Calendar

Theater Games at Paonia Library. Children are invited to join us for an afternoon of theater games, improv, and imagination-based activities at the Paonia Library. This program is open to all kids ages 8-12. Theatre Games will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., through the month of May. For more information, call the Paonia Library at 970-399-7881.

Join massage therapist Liz Evans for an immersive introduction to our Oxygen Training Suite, where you’ll have the opportunity to experience the power of breath in a supportive, hands-on environment. During this session, you’ll explore LiveO2 oxygen training, a dynamic system designed to enhance energy, recovery, and overall vitality, and gain a deeper understanding of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and how it supports the body’s natural healing processes.

Together, we’ll move beyond theory and into practice—guiding you through simple yet effective breathing techniques that can help regulate your nervous system, improve oxygen efficiency, and create a greater sense of balance in the body. This experience is designed not only to educate, but to empower you with tools you can carry into your daily life. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of your breath and practical ways to begin cultivating a personalized breathwork practice at home.

Workshop on attendees will receive exclusive deals on continued oxygen training.

Thursday May 14, 7:00 -8:30 pm Black Canyon Audubon Society will host Scott Raschid who will speak about the natural history of small mountain owls. Scott has worked with and rehabilitated Northern Pygmy, Northern Saw-whet, Flammulated, and Boreal Owls that nest and live in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. He has documented habitat, nests, courtship behavior, feeding and growth of the young. The Montrose Field House Summit Room, 25 Colorado Avenue, Montrose. For more information about the speaker and topic go to programs at blackcanyonaudubon.org

How to Fix Back Pain, Move Better, and Keep Pain Away for Life

Back pain can be crippling, it can steal your workouts, your sleep, your confidence, and the simple freedom to move without fear.

Bulletproof Your Spine is a hands-on workshop that teaches you why your back hurts, what keeps pain coming back, and what you can do immediately to take control.

You’ll leave with practical pain-relief tools, mobility work, strength strategies, and a simple daily system to help you move better, feel stronger, and keep back pain from running your life.

The class will be Live Streamed in the Thrive Community,

https://www.skool.com/releasetheweight/about?ref=e57eed8e7140447fb756266b1f7e4a8f

COMMUNITY DEFENSE: Dinner Social & Skill Building

🍲🤝 Monthly Potluck Gathering
📍 The Hearth | 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO
⏰ 5:30–7:00 PM
🗓 This is the last meet up

Upcoming Dates:
• May 21

Join us to share food, connect, and practice skills from our Community Power Workshop. Together we’ll explore current local and national issues while strengthening democracy and local social and environmental movements.

RSVP: Community Defense Dinners

🥗 Please bring a dish to share!
Hosted by The Learning Council & Citizens for a Healthy Community

Help plant our Happy Hollow garden to harvest in September. Enjoy story time from Montrose Library's Bookmobile, and celebrate Colorado's 150th birthday with fun activities! Program for kids ages 3 to 12 with an adult. Free and open to the public.

Are you craving deeper, more restorative rest?

The Sleep Deep Retreat is designed to support your body and mind in slowing down and preparing for better sleep. This afternoon experience focuses on practical tools and calming therapies that help regulate your nervous system to create a more effective nighttime routine.

We’ll start with larger group sessions in stretching, breathwork, and nighttime skincare to give you the simple, accessible practices you can carry into your daily life. From there, you’ll rotate through breakout sessions that offer support for relaxation and recovery. These include information about our Migun and Ceragem massage bed sessions, essential oil therapy with Nina Worley, breathwork practice with Katie Snyder, an Eminence Organics nighttime skincare sample bar, and BEMER circulation restoration therapy demonstrations.

Each session is designed to help reduce tension, improve circulation, and support the body’s natural inclination to restore itself. You can move through the space at your own pace and focus on what feels most helpful for you.

We’ll close the evening with a sound healing session to help settle the body before you head home. As part of the retreat, you’ll also receive a $60 Relax & Rejuvenate Package to use another day, which includes access to the Ceragem Bed, Infrared Sauna, and Salt Room, so you can tap back in when your routine needs a reset.

Enjoy an evening of free entertainment as your fellow community members present fast-paced five-minute presentations on their ideas, hobbies, travels, interests, passions and curiosities Tuesday, June 2. Ignite begins at 7:30 pm at the Canyon Creek Bed and Breakfast (Backyard patio, 820 East Main). Beverages will be available. Check ignitemontrose.org for a list of topics and presenters.

Join Colorado Native Plant Master Mary Menz on a stroll through our Native Garden to learn about the importance of native plants and how people and other creatures use them – then play Plant Bingo!

For kids ages 3 to 12 with an adult. Free and open to the public.

The Ridgway RiverFest is a family-friendly celebration of the Uncompahgre River, our watershed and river recreation with all-age river races, live music, local food and drink, kids’ activities, watershed educational and cultural programs.

This year's RiverFest will kick off at 11am-12pm with river races. Later, at 3pm, are the main festivities, live music, and "Junk of the Unc" race.

RiverFest is produced by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership, a Ouray County nonprofit watershed group dedicated to helping protect the economic, natural, and scenic values of the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed.

The highlight of the day is the infamous “Junk of the Unc” race in which boaters maneuver their craft, constructed from scrap materials not intended for river travel, through whitewater rapids and others’ junk, trying to keep it all intact until the finish line.