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Still Alice – Presented by Salida Theater Project

Written by Addison Guskey on .

Alice Howland has a thriving career, a loving family—and a life that suddenly begins to shift.

As memory fades and the ground moves beneath her, Alice and her inner voice, Herself, hold on to what matters most. While those around her struggle to understand, she meets each change with resilience, flashes of humor, and resolute strength.

Still Alice is a powerful story about identity, change, and connection in the face of Alzheimer’s. It asks: how long are we still ourselves—and who decides? In the end, as the past and future grow dim, Alice and Herself turn fully to the present—because in the end, it’s very simple: this moment—right here—is enough.

Directed by Jan Justis and featuring a cast of actors from Salida and BV.

After the Sunday matinee performance, join us for a community conversation about Alzheimer’s, caregiving, and the themes explored in the play. Sunday attendees are welcome to stay for the panel, and those who attended on Friday or Saturday are invited to return and take part in the discussion.
Our panel includes:
• Samar Fay – Salida resident whose spouse is living with Alzheimer’s
• Mary McConathy, RN – whose late husband lived with Alzheimer’s
• Dr. Yvonne Rollins, MD – Board Certified Neurologist, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center
• Kirsten Wulfsberg, LPC – Behavioral Health Regional Specialist

6th Annual Salida Jazz Fest

Written by Caitlin Sulley on .

Join us on Saturday, August 9 for another festive celebration of live jazz as the City of Salida Arts & Culture Department presents the 6th annual Salida Jazz Fest!
Enjoy an inspired evening of jazz, funk and fusion under the stars as local, regional, and national musicians perform for you in beautiful Riverside Park. Bring your picnic blanket, relax, and groove along to this year’s lineup of fresh and eclectic sounds alongside the banks of the Arkansas River.
Enjoy Focus Group, Salida locals who create fresh hand-crafted horn lines to level up their deep mix of Funk, Rock, Afro-pop, and Jazz music featuring Mike Pollock on trumpet/trombone with Rob Teegarden on guitar, Kent Davidson on bass, Michael Haynes on drums, and Eric Tauer on tenor & bari sax.
In addition, Salida will be treated to former Salida High School, RokSkool and Berklee School of Music graduate Alex Maes, now a professional musician in Los Angeles. Alex Maes is a multifaceted musician, songwriter, performer, and producer. Alex has graced stages worldwide, captivating audiences with her unparalleled versatility across genres such as jazz, blues, RnB, pop, funk, and rock. Her journey into production and recording earned her national acclaim and prestigious awards, showcasing her prowess and innovation within the studio.
 And as the stars come out, The Black Hole Boogie Band, a Colorado Springs and Denver based, five-piece jazz/funk fusion force with cosmic grooves will entertain. With Nate McMahon on tenor saxophone and electronic wind instruments, Braden Barrentine on trombone and keyboards, plus electric bassist Jordan Lovinger, electric guitarist Wagner Sanchez, and Dillon Defelice on drums.
Food trucks, concessions, and cash bar available.
Come out and enjoy an evening of Jazz in Salida, Colorado
Saturday, August 9, 5:30pm-9:30pm Riverside Park
Admission is Free!

32nd Annual SALIDA ARTWALK

Written by Tina Gramann on .

Save the Dates for the 32nd annual Salida ArtWalk! From the beloved Paint & Sip Kickoff to art demos, the Mini Masters, and the new tradition of the ArtWalk Parade featuring local performances followed by a giant dance party in Riverside Park, get ready for the 2025 Salida ArtWalk! New events this year featuring inspiring demos, lectures, and film. Watch for Community Art Making events as well as events for children and families. Come and get inspired, find a new piece of art, savor special menus at Dine Out with ArtWalk as you discover Salida’s unique arts community at the 2025 Salida ArtWalk this Fall!

Visual Art

Gallery Receptions

Artist Demos

Workshops

Lectures, Film,

Live Music

Paint & Sips

Community Art Making

Mini Masters

ArtWalk Festival

Parade & Party

Dining Out w ArtWalk

& much more…

Stay tuned. To find out more or to volunteer, reach out to info@salidasteamplant.com

First Friday: Rodeo RoundUp Aug 1

Written by Tina Gramann on .

Dust off your boots and come join us after the rodeo for August First Friday: RODEO ROUNDUP🌵August 1 at 5pm in historic downtown Salida Creative District! Dress the theme, let’s see those Western ‘fits Salida!
💛The galleries and creative businesses are ready to welcome you for an inspired evening!
🎨From painting to sculpture, ceramics, photography, plein air, jewelry, culinary arts, brewers, makers and more, drop into one of Salida’s twenty+ art galleries and creative industies. Interact with the artist or business owner, ask questions, watch a demo and discover something new! Enjoy art & industry, live music, and light refreshments.
Catch live music by the Sad Hands at Rocky Mountain Mercantile & Guitar Co. And David Tipton at Brodeur Art!
♥️Brought to you by the City of Salida, Colorado Creative District program and local businesses.

SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT PARTY featuring PAVEMENTS!

Written by Tina Gramann on .

SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT PARTY featuring PAVEMENTS!
Friday, July 25 at 6:30pm
Save the date and join us at the SteamPlant as Salida Arts and Culture presents a SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT evening as we screen the revolutionary biopic PAVEMENTS about “the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography.” Written and directed by Alex Ross Parry.
Synopsis:
An examination of the iconic 90s indie band, “Pavements” appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn’t. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual  hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to  their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band  of a generation. Anchored by Pavement’s slacker-sage-sphinx Stephen Malkmus, the film features performances by Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Tim Heidecker, Kathryn Gallagher, Michael Esper, and Zoe Lister-Jones, as well as editing by nonfiction innovator Robert Greene (Procession). Unrated. 128 minutes.
“I think they (Pavement) are the most fascinating text you can study if you want to study every single question about music in the 1990s,” Alex Ross Parry, New York Times article with David Renard, May 18, 2025
SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT:
Dress like a forgotten generation. 90’s fits like underground T’s and punk encouraged, grunge tolerated. Take your shot at 90’s indie rock music trivia as you find your spot. Sit back in cushy seats like you just turned 50 and enjoy the screening. Then after the film, stay for the Slacker Party on the SteamPlant Plaza with 90’s underground mixes by DJ Mike the Science Guy, a Teenage Dirtbag slideshow featuring cameos by willing Salida Gen Xers, and cynical snacks for all you latch key kids. Cash bar and realistic expectations available.
Event: PAVEMENTS Documentary + Slackers at the SteamPlant Party
Date: Friday, July 25
Doors at 6:00pm
90’s indie Trivia at 6:30pm
Film at 7:00pm- 9:08pm
Slacker Party after film on the Plaza until 10:15pm.
Tickets| $15 on Eventbrite or at the SteamPlant Box Office 719-530-0933

Salida Jazz Fest

Written by Tina Gramann on .

Join us on Saturday, August 9 for another festive celebration of live jazz as the City of Salida Arts & Culture Department presents the 6th annual Salida Jazz Fest! Enjoy an inspired evening of jazz, funk and fusion under the stars as local, regional, and national musicians perform for you in beautiful Riverside Park. Bring your picnic blanket, relax, and groove along to this year’s lineup of fresh and eclectic sounds alongside the banks of the Arkansas River.
Enjoy Focus Group, Salida locals who create fresh hand-crafted horn lines to level up their deep mix of Funk, Rock, Afro-pop, and Jazz music featuring Mike Pollock on trumpet/trombone with Rob Teegarden on guitar, Kent Davidson on bass, Michael Haynes on drums, and Eric Tauer on tenor & bari sax.
In addition, Salida will be treated to former Salida High School, RokSkool and Berklee School of Music graduate Alex Maes, now pursuing a professional career in Los Angeles. Alex Maes is a multifaceted musician, songwriter, performer, and producer. Alex has graced stages worldwide, captivating audiences with her unparalleled versatility across genres such as jazz, blues, RnB, pop, funk, and rock. Her journey into production and recording earned her national acclaim and prestigious awards, showcasing her prowess and innovation within the studio.
 And as the stars come out, The Black Hole Boogie Band, a Colorado Springs and Denver based, five-piece jazz/funk fusion force with cosmic grooves will entertain. With Nate McMahon on tenor saxophone and electronic wind instruments, Braden Barrentine on trombone and keyboards, plus electric bassist Jordan Lovinger, electric guitarist Wagner Sanchez, and Dillon Defelice on drums.
Food trucks, concessions, and cash bar available. Come out and enjoy an evening of Jazz in Salida, Colorado! Saturday, August 9, 5pm-10pm Riverside Park, Salida. Free!

Oscar Shorts: Animation & Guest Artist Talk

Written by Tina Gramann on .

2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts: ANIMATION with preshow  talk by Naters Calderone and Kat Been
Join us at the SteamPlant for Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation and enjoy a preshow talk by local illustrators Ryan O’Brien, Naters Calderone and Kat Been who will share images of work and talk about their illustration and animation projects!

Date: Thursday, April 24
Doors: 6:00pm
Showtime: 6:30pm | Preshow talk by local illustrators at 6:30pm, movie begins immediately after, approx 7pm

Run time: 88 minutes

Ticket price: $10 | Purchase online or at the Box Office

“This special release features the year’s most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time shortly after nominations are announced.” The 2025 Oscar nominated Animation Shorts are:

BEAUTIFUL MEN
Synopsis- Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
Director- Nicolas Keppens, BELGIUM, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS/18 MINS/2023

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
Synopsis- Living in a house by the sea with his daughter, a former captain who has post-traumatic stress disorder leads a tough and secluded life.
Director- Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani; IRAN/20 MINS/2023

MAGIC CANDIES
Synopsis- The other kids at the park never ask Dong-Dong to play. But he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. One day he goes out in search of new marbles, but ends up buying a bag of colorful, marble-shaped candies instead. But the first time he pops one of them into his mouth, he’s astonished to hear his old sofa start talking to him! For the next few minutes, until the candy melts away, he has the most unexpected and amazing conversation of his life. Realizing that these are no ordinary candies, Dong- Dong looks at the rest of colorful sweets. Who else will he be able to talk to, and what else will he learn, through these magic candies?
Director- Daisuke Nishio; JAPAN/21 MINS/2024

WANDER TO WONDER
Synopsis- Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids’ TV Series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Director- Nina Gantz; NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, FRANCE, UK/13 MINS/2023

YUCK!
Synopsis- Yuck! Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find it disgusting! What’s more, you can see it from afar: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo makes jokes about it, as do the other kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.
Director- Loïc Espuche; FRANCE/13 MINS/2024

Cash bar and limited concessions available.

Shards & Chardonnay Mosaic Making Night

Written by Tina Gramann on .

Artist Anne Walker and the Salida Community Mosaic are getting close to the finish line! After numerous workshops and thousands of hand laid tiles by community members and the artist, the 60′ long mosaic can see the light at the end of the tunnel! We can’t wait to share the work at the installation at Chisholm Park later this summer!
🥂Join Anne for a fun Sip & Mosaic SHARDS & CHARDONNAY Night on Friday, May 9 from 5-7pm at the Scout Hut. Then just a few more workshops are available in April and May.
🐟Last call, come help Anne bring it home, and help create the Salida Community Mosaic!
Participants must sign up using the link below and sign a waiver:
This project brought to you in part by the City of Salida, Salida Creative District program and the Public Art Commission.

2nd Annual Salida Chalk Festival

Written by Tina Gramann on .

Save the Date for the 2nd annual Salida Chalk Festival Saturday June 28! Artists transform downtown Salida into a giant outdoor gallery of colorful murals as artists create 6’ x 6’ temporary art works of chalk and pastel live during the festival. Apply as a Chalk artist! Selected artists receive stipend, lunch, artist T-shirt, 24 set of pastels. Presented by City of Salida, Arts & Culture Department Salida Creative District program and the Public Art Commission. Applications due May 2nd. See artist application and details on CaFÉ:
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Artist Reception- Andrew Dengate

Written by Tina Gramann on .

Please join us at the Salida SteamPlant as Arts & Culture hosts the March artist reception featuring the work of Andrew Dengate, painter and designer. Stop in to view the work and talk with the artist. Light refreshments and cash bar available.

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