Featured Events
Sunday Dance, First & Third Sundays!
1-3 PM First & Third Sundays of each month
at The Studio at the Paonia Laundromat, 604 2nd Street.
Ecstatic-style dance with Amber unless noted otherwise. New! Opening will include a Somatic Lab exercise led by a guest facilitator.
Arrive at 1 pm to warm up, stretch, and gently settle into the space. Opening circle 10-15 minutes in and 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
Let's start it up again this fall!
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
Community Garden Evenings at Mariposa
3 more Wednesdays: September 16, October 7 & November 4, 2026.
Hosted by Mariposa Ascendente. These evenings are an opportunity for us to gather, connect, and develop our relationship to the land and each other. Sometimes we may simply be weeding and mulching, while at other times we may have a theme, or someone may have an educational offering.
5:00 -7:30 pm with potluck-style snacks.
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 10 AM
At least through the end of 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
Mondays at 10 AM
At least through the end of 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: Sep 28, 5-7 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 earl
Next: Sep 28, 5-7 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.