Community Calendar

First and Third Thursdays for ages 6-10

Writing as Remedy workshops at Wellspring Vitality invite you into a supportive, creative space where storytelling becomes a tool for healing, reflection, and connection. Through friendly prompts and shared presence, we use words to process what’s been held, honor lived experience, and remember that we don’t heal alone. No writing experience needed, just a willingness to show up and explore.

Downtown Paonia sparkles with creativity during Final Friday Frolics. The last Friday of each month, year-round, visit galleries, studios, boutiques and restaurants. Enjoy our tasty local food and wine, mingle with the community and find the perfect treasure to take home. You never know what you might find…wine tasting, farm-to-table dinners, live music, exhibition openings and more!

Participating Venues (venues vary month-to-month; please check venue websites for current offering):
- Big B’s Delicious Orchards
- Blue Sage Center for the Arts
- Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer
- Cirque Boutique & Gallery
- Elsewhere Studios
- Grapevine Gallery
- Horse Cow 57
- Louie’s Loft
- Lucille Lucas Gallery
- Paonia Books
- Paonia Clayworks
- Paradise Theatre of Paonia
- Pollinate Paonia
- PUB
- Refinery Paonia
- Robin’s Nest (formerly Trader Mags)
- Root & Vine Market
- The Hearth by The Learning Council
- The Looking Glass Gallery by Shannon Richardson

2023 Dates:
- Friday, January 27th
- Friday, February 24th
- Friday, March 31st
- Friday, April 28th
- Friday, May 26th
- Friday, June 30th
- Friday, July 28th
- Friday, August 25th
- Friday, September 29th
- Friday, October 27th
- Friday, November 24th
- Friday, December 29th

Writing as Remedy workshops at Wellspring Vitality invite you into a supportive, creative space where storytelling becomes a tool for healing, reflection, and connection. Through friendly prompts and shared presence, we use words to process what’s been held, honor lived experience, and remember that we don’t heal alone. No writing experience needed, just a willingness to show up and explore.

The Montrose Farmers Market is a year-round, outdoor market in beautiful downtown Montrose, Colorado!

Enjoy abundant fresh, local food and artisan crafts from the Western Slope. Live music, kids’ activities, and events all year round!

The Montrose Farmers Market welcomes SNAP, Double Up Food Bucks, and Local Pharmacy RX vouchers.

To learn more about us, please see our contact information below.

Join the community every Saturday for open craft studio and snacks. Bring your own craft supplies or use what we have. Bring food to share or share food with others. FREE event but we do accept donations or tips.

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.

Writing as Remedy workshops at Wellspring Vitality invite you into a supportive, creative space where storytelling becomes a tool for healing, reflection, and connection. Through friendly prompts and shared presence, we use words to process what’s been held, honor lived experience, and remember that we don’t heal alone. No writing experience needed, just a willingness to show up and explore.

Introduction to the Northern European knitting traditions. Second and fourth Sundays.

Evening of Mindfulness
Every 4th Sunday of the month
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
The Hearth (138 Grand Ave, Paonia)

Bring a vegetarian dish to share and join us for an evening of:

Deep relaxation

Mindful eating (potluck style)

Walking meditation

Dharma sharing

These community evenings are a beautiful way to wind down, reflect, and nourish both body and spirit.
Come as you are. Leave a little more grounded. 💛