Featured Events
Sunday Dance, First & Third Sundays!
1-3 PM Third Sundays & First Sundays April through September
at The Studio at the Paonia Laundromat, 604 2nd Street.
First Sundays provide an opportunity for different facilitators or co-facilitators to try on this style of dance space. Reach out if you are interested in facilitating!
Third Sundays through the end of 2026 with Amber unless noted otherwise.
Arrive at 1 pm to warm up, stretch, and gently settle into the space. Opening circle 10-15 minutes in and a closing circle after the music. An eclectic recorded music soundscape provided for your movement journey. This community dance space is inspired by the Ecstatic Dance and 5 Rhythms movements. It does not have to look like dance, nor does it have to be ecstatic. Come as you are; leave transformed.
All humans are welcome! Age 12 and under please bring an adult with you. 16 and under no charge.
$5-$20 requested donation. (Aim for the middle: 10-15 regular, 16-20 supporting, 5-9 low income). First dance is free.
Emerald Podcast Discussion
Second Mondays 4:30-6:30 PM
Join Heidi Griswold and Amber Van Cleave for a discussion of this deep and timely podcast. BYO hors d'oeuvres and beverage if desired.
This event is free.
RSVP for location. (970) 623-6272
Location is in Paonia, CO
Come Together to Fall Apart
4th Mondays: March 23, April 27 & May 25, 4-6:30 PM
Hosted by Mariposa Ascendente. Facilitated by Sarah Peterson, Sunny Morehouse & Amber Van Cleave. This three-part series is an opportunity to move through some of the thoughts and emotions arising in response to our current world situation in an intimate group setting. Attend one or all 3. Suggested donation $10-30 per evening. Preregistration required.
Contact: Amber (970) 623-6272 text or leave a message
Regularly Occurring Events
Sing to the River
Community Ash Circle
Sing to the River
Mondays at 2 PM
April & May, 2026. Meet at the Paonia River Park just down the boat ramp from the east end of the parking lot.
Bring a song to share or not.
This came about in response to a part of our watershed being slated to be piped, and the feeling that the land was grieving the loss of that water to the ecosystem. I heard the river asking to "gather people to sing to the river."
Weavers Council
Community Ash Circle
Sing to the River
Next: June 30, 4:30-6:30 PM
RSVP for location.
Weavers Council is a space for community organizers, facilitators, creatives, visionaries & pretty much anyone to share and support each other in our processes of weaving community and culture into being. Come tend your sense of connection and purpose. Please feel free to arrive up to 15 minut
Next: June 30, 4:30-6:30 PM
RSVP for location.
Weavers Council is a space for community organizers, facilitators, creatives, visionaries & pretty much anyone to share and support each other in our processes of weaving community and culture into being. Come tend your sense of connection and purpose. Please feel free to arrive up to 15 minutes early.
Contact: Amber (970) 623-6272 text or leave a message. By donation at this time.
Community Ash Circle
Community Ash Circle
Community Ash Circle
The Ash Circle is based on a West Africal (Dagara) conflict resolution ritual modeled by Sobonfu Somé. In my experience everyone in atttendance, whether participating or witnessing, comes away with deepened insight and connection.
Community Ash Circles may be scheduled on an as-needed basis.
Contact: Amber (970) 623-6272 text or leave msg
The Ash Circle is based on a West Africal (Dagara) conflict resolution ritual modeled by Sobonfu Somé. In my experience everyone in atttendance, whether participating or witnessing, comes away with deepened insight and connection.
Community Ash Circles may be scheduled on an as-needed basis.
Contact: Amber (970) 623-6272 text or leave msg.
Come experience this profound ritual and support community member/s to shift what is ready to come unstuck in interpersonal or intrapersonal relationships.