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Salida Colorado Events for August 2008
We are now updating and scheduling our events for 2008.
1 ~
Collegiate Peaks Forum Series Lecture Two - Dr. Lynn Japinga
Dr. Japinga is an Associate Professor of religion at Hope College,
where she has taught since 1992.
August 1 at 7:00 pm - Friday Topic:
Turning the World Right Side Up Again: The Christian Tradition Says
Yes to Women Leaders
Buena Vista Community Center Pinon Room
2 ~ The
2008 Summer Seminar Series hosted by GARNA - Greater Arkansas
River Nature Association
Field Sketching and Book Making with
Sherrie York
Time spent observing nature is ALWAYS profitable, and to sketch
while you're at it is just plain fun! Grab a sketchbook and a pencil
and join us as we learn to record the world around us. We'll cover
several basic drawing and observation skills and techniques, including
contour, memory, and gesture drawing. Non-artists welcome. We'll
also spend a little time looking at different sketchbook and journal
forms, including some easy ways to bind your own books.
Instructor: Sherrie York, Salida printmaker, painter, and naturalist
is an accomplished artist with an international reputation for lyrical
and expressive works on paper.
Date: Saturday, August 2
Time: 9:30 am -12:30 pm
Location: Salida Regional Library and locations outdoors
Bring: a pencil, eraser, sketchbook, (preferably 8x10 or larger),
or paper and a clipboard. Optional - something to sit on outside,
snack, water, hat and sunscreen. Sherrie will supply everything
else.
Cost: $20 GARNA Members, $25 Non-GARNA members
Pre-reg required – Minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 participants;
Please call or email GARNA to register – 539-5106, info@garna.org.
www.garna.org
8~
Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour will stop in Salida overnight.
For more information call 720-641-2130 or visit www.crmbt.com
9 ~ Salida
Aspen Concert: John O'Conor, Poet of the Piano will play
at 7:30 p.m. at John Held Auditorium, Salida High School, 10th and
D Streets, Salida CO.
The Irishman John O'Conor plays music all over the world now since
earning a reputation as a true Poet of the Piano and praise for
his formidable technique and eloquent phrasing. He won 1st prize
in the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna in 1973
and made a special study of Beethoven with the legendary German
pianist Wilhelm Kempff. In January 2007 he recorded Beethoven Concertos
Nos. 2 and 5 with the London Symphony Orchestra under Andreas Delfs
and will complete the cycle in 2008. His website (www.johnoconor.com)
has much more. Tickets $15.00 at the door or online at salidaaspenconcerts.org
9 - 10 ~
Going Green 100 Century Bike Ride & Expo www.goinggreen100.com
11 ~ Collegiate
Peaks Forum Series Lecture Three - Dr. Peter Vitousek
Dr. Vitousek is Clifford G. Morrison Professor of Population and
Resource Studies in the Dept. of
Biological Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught
since 1984.
August 11 at 7:00 pm - Monday Topic:
Global Environmental Change: Certainties
and Uncertainties
Congregational United Church of Christ
217 Crossman Ave - Buena Vista
11 ~ The
2008 Summer Seminar Series hosted by GARNA - Greater Arkansas
River Nature Association
Compost: Nature’s Ultimate
Recycler: You build the pile, Bugs do the rest
If you start with the right mix of brown, green, air and water,
a host of micro- and macro-organisms will transform these organic
materials into “Black Gold”. Learn the right and wrong
things to include in a compost pile, how to put them together, and
how to tend the mixture as the ‘bugs’ do the work. You’ll
learn how to create various styles of bins out of recycled materials,
the right place for a compost bin, and how to know when it’s
finished.
Instructor: Trisha Cullinan, Master Composter
Date: Monday, August 11
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Salida Community Garden, corner of 2nd and I Streets
Cost: $5 GARNA members, $7 Non-GARNA members; Please call or email
GARNA to register – 539-5106, info@garna.org. www.garna.org
12 ~ Collegiate
Peaks Forum Series Lecture Four - Dr. Pam Matson
Dr. Matson is a Professor and Dean, School of Earth Sciences at
Stanford University.
Dr. Matson is the author of over 160 scientific publications and
four books.
August 12 at 7:00 pm - Tuesday Topic:
A Transition to Sustainability: Reconciling
the Needs of People and the Planet in the 21st Century
Congregational United Church of Christ
217 Crossman Ave - Buena Vista
16-17 ~
Mon-Ark Shrine Club "Gun Show". For more information
call Bob McCormick at 539-2682.
16-17 ~
17th Annual Angel of Shavano Car Show, hosted by Chaffee County
Search and Rescue and Salida Chamber of Commerce. Activities
include Cruising through Salida, 50's dance, pancake breakfast and
lunch served by Sertoma. 539-2068, (877) 772-5432.
24 ~
The Crest Crank: Ride to end domestic
violence, ride the Monarch Crest section of the Continental Divide
Trail. www.crestcrank.blogspot.com
28-29 ~ Collegiate Peaks Forum
Series Lecture Five Dr. Walid Phares
Professor Phares is a Senior Fellow and the director for
Future Terrorism Project at the
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington (2001-2007).
August 28 at 7:00 pm - Thursday
Topic:
Future Jihad and The War of Ideas
August 29 at 7:00 pm - Friday
Topic:
Jihad in America
Salida SteamPlant Theater & Event Center Ballroom/exhibit hall
31 ~ 11th
Annual Tenderfoot Mountain Duathlon/Triathlon and Kids’ Triathlon.
The adult race will be held on Saturday, August 30th. A new
company is timing both races, Championship of the Rockies Timing
Company, which means racers will be using ankle chips to track their
time. So start your training now for these fun events. The adult
race is a 1K swim 40K bike 10K run. And don’t forget you can
sign up to be a 2-3-person relay team! The Tenderfoot Mountain Kiwanis
Kids’ Triathlon is the next day, Aug. 31st. There will be
NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION for either event. Register online at Active.com,
or for more info call Tammy at 719 942-4526 or email: tadamay@juno.com.
Or go to: www.tenderfoottriathlon.com
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