COMMUNITY
CALENDAR – NOW UPDATED WEEKLY
(as new information is received)
last update July 18, 2008
Note: To list event in monthly print calendar,
please submit in writing to PO Box 101, Crestone CO 81131
by 22nd of the month or e-mail to calendar@crestoneeagle.com.
To update calendar online during the month, submit entries
each week by Friday, 3pm to janet@crestoneeagle.com.
They will appear online the following Monday morning.
July – Daily/Weekly
Events
Daily
• Aarati, Haidakhandi Ashram, 7am and 7pm (new winter
time), 719-256-4108 or www.BabajiAshram.org
• Daily at Temple of Consciousness (except Thursdays):
meditation 7-8am, aarti 8-8:30am & 5-5:30pm, 256-4176
• Shumei International Institute holds daily Sampai
with chanting and offering of healing Jyorei, 7:50am and 5:50pm
in Sanctuary, 256-5284
• Shumei International Institute welcomes visitors for
tours and healing Jyorei from 9am-5pm, 7 days a week, 719-256-5284
• Shumei’s gallery is free and open to the public
7 days a week from 9-5
• Crestone Children’s Cooperative Play Group,
Monday-Friday, 11am-5pm (babies & toddlers 11am-1pm; preschoolers
pm), 256-4040
Sundays
• Mass at Nada Carmelite Hermitage, 9am, 719-256-4778
• Sangre de Cristo Christian Church in Crestone: Sunday
School classes 10am, Services 11am, 256-4625—potluck
follows on first Sunday of month
• White Jewel Mountain: Meditation on Padmasambhava
in form of Dorje Trolo, 10am-12noon, 1295 Brookside Overlook,
256-5773, all welcome/free
• Church in the Valley, Sunday School 11am, Worship
11:45am, at 5th & Gunnison in Saguache, 655-2012
• Insight (Vipassana) Meditation, 5:30pm, call Peter
256-4306
• Musical Evenings at Temple of Consciousness, 2nd &
4th Sunday every month, 6:30-9pm, Lela 256-4176
• Open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, LINK Building across
from
Challenger Golf Pro Shop, 7pm, 256-5895
Mondays
• Continuing Ashtanga Yoga, 8-9:45am, 256-5668
• Women’s Fitness Fantastic Group Training 8am,
call Carrie Robertson to reserve space 588-3879
• Soccer scrimmage and practice, 3:30-6pm, Robin 256-4908
or Amanda 256-5246
• Alanon meeting, LINK Building on Road T, 5pm, 719-256-4320
• Men’s Strength and Core Fitness group at 5:15pm,
call Carrie Robertson 588-3879
• Hatha Yoga classes w/ JoAnn Connington, Jillian’s
studio, 5:30-7pm, 719-256-5129
• Ongoing Didjeridoo classes, 5:30-6:30pm, with Elianna,
719-256-2202
• Iyengar Yoga classes for continuing students with
Chuck Tidd at the Saguache Yoga Studio, 6-7:30pm, free/donations
accepted, 256-5436
Tuesdays
• Beginning Tai Chi class for mature teens and adults,
8:30-9:30am, 256-4453
• Gentle Yoga w/ JoAnn Connington, at Jillian’s
studio, 10:30am-noon, 256-5129
• Continuing Ashtanga Yoga, 5-7pm, 256-5668
• Kundalini Yoga at Crestone Kundalini Yoga Center,
5pm, 1540 Willow Creek Way, call Sue or Dan 256-4036
• Love to Dance? Dance for joy! Studio donation. Join
Nancy at Jillian’s studio, 5:30-6:30pm. Bring your favorite
music and a mat. 256-4659
• Savitri Reading Circle, 7pm, at Savitri House, 83
Baca Grant Way, for info call 256-4917
• Narcotics Anonymous, open meeting, marijuana users
are welcome, Baca Library on Road T, 7:30pm, 256-5007 or 256-5524
Wednesdays
• Ashtanga Yoga for Beginners, 8-9:45am, 256-5668
• Women’s Fitness Fantastic Group Training 8am,
call Carrie Robertson to reserve space 588-3879
• Villa Grove Craft Classes, 9am-noon, 719-655-2203
• Pottery classes for adults, 9:30-11:30am, ongoing,
a few spaces still available, call Margaret 256-4188
• Oriental dance, Egyptian Folkloric, and Kathak—Classical
Indian Dance, 4:30pm, call Signe Ramstrom, Sacred DanceArt
Studio 256-4386
• Beginning Martial Arts for Kids, 6-13 years old, 4:30-5:30,
Jillian’s Studio with Schuyler Fishman, $10/class, $35
for 4 classes, 480-1688
• Men’s Strength and Core Fitness group at 5:15pm,
call Carrie Robertson 588-3879
• Sangre de Cristo Christian Church: Prayer Meeting
& Youth Group, 6:45-8pm, 256-4625
• Reiki offered to community at Rainbow Healing Center,
7pm, 256-4110
• Dharma Study Group, Kagyu tradition of Chogyam Trungpa
Rinpoche, Monte Vista, meditation open to everyone, 7-9pm,
719-852-2868
• Aikido Wooden Sword Training, 7:15-8:30pm, at Crestone
Healing Arts Center, contact Dan Retuta Sensei 256-4036
• Confidential HIV/AIDs testing, $10, first Wednesday
each month, call Rose 719-754-2773
Thursdays
• Kundalini Yoga at Crestone Healing Arts Center, 7:30am,
call Sue or Dan 256-4036
• Beginning Tai Chi class for mature teens and adults,
8:30-9:30am, 256-4453
• Volunteer Hospice Training (Thursdays in May 08),
9am-3pm, at Hospice de Valle, 514 Main Street, Alamosa, 589-9019
to register
• Gentle Yoga w/ JoAnn Connington, at Jillian’s
studio, 10:30am-noon, 256-5129
• Therapeutic Yoga, Saguache Yoga Studio, 3:30-5pm,
prior consultation required, 256-5436
• Sufi Zikr at 5pm, all welcome, phone Hamida Nur at
256-4290 for info and directions
• Continuing Ashtanga Yoga 5-7pm, 256-5668
• Study group: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying,
at Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center in Pagosa Springs,
970-731-3711
• Iyengar Yoga classes for continuing students with
Chuck Tidd at the Saguache Yoga Studio, 6-7:30pm, free/donations
accepted, 256-5436
• Ongoing Course in Miracles open discussion and meditation
group, 7pm, call for location 256-4969
• Disciples of Christ meeting in Crestone, 7:30pm, 256-5867
• High Hand Poker Club at the Silver Crest Palace, 256-5577
Fridays
• Women’s Fitness Fantastic Group Training, 8am,
call Carrie Robertson to reserve space 588-3879
• Martial Arts Summer Camp at Crestone Ki Aikido in
Sangre de Cristo Inn, for info Schuyler Fishman 480-1688,
paldenwwangmo@gmail.com
• Karate Class for Kids w/ Schuyler Fishman, 1-2pm (6-8
years old), 2:30-3pm (9-13 years old), $10/class, $35 for
4 classes, 480-1688
• AA Big Book Open Meeting, Fridays, 7pm, Baca Library
(rear door)
• Open Mic Night at the Silver Crest Palace, 256-5577
Saturdays
• Valley Farmers Market, open 7am-2pm through October
11, downtown Alamosa at State & Main
• Crestone Farmers Market, 9am-2pm, Silver Avenue in
downtown Crestone
• High Valley Hikers, for anyone interested in hiking
in Crestone area anytime, call Steve & Janet Andersen
256-5825
• Morning Meditation, 10am-12pm, at Tara Mandala Buddhist
Retreat Center in Pagosa Springs, 970-731-3711, info@taramandala.org
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July
July 7-24, Monday-Thursday
• Odyssey Summer Camp” A Creative Learning Adventure
in Nature’s Classroom, for 4-10 year-olds, Schuyler
Fishman 719-480-1688
July 18, Friday
• Full Moon in Capricorn at 2:01am
• Full-moon fire ceremony at Haidakhandi Universal Ashram,
10:08am, followed by a meal, 256-4108, info@babajiashram.org
• Baca Grande Water & Sanitation District meeting
(third Fridays), 9am, 256-4310, www.bacawater.com
• Monthly free Friday night at the movies at Shumei:
Gaia Symphony 6, Theme: ”All that exist resonate with
each other”, 7pm, 256-5284
July 19, Saturday
• Summer Saturday in Saguache: Town Garage Sale-Flea
Market at Otto Mears Park, 9am-3pm, $5 per space, everyone’s
garage sale at one time!
• Los Cancioneros del Valle will perform at Alamosa
Farmers’ market, 10:30am-12:30pm
• SLV Big Band, Cole Park, Alamosa, 6pm
• CB Jazz at Black Bear Media, 7-9pm, $5 cover (or roll
the dice!)
• Chamber music at Salida Aspen Concert Series, Valley
Fellowship Church, Buena Vista, 7:30pm, www.SalidaAspenConcerts.org
July 19-20, Saturday-Sunday
• Annual American Haidakhan Samaj Meeting at the Ashram,
256-4108, info@babajiashram.org
July 20, Sunday
• Nada Carmelite Hermitage will celebrate annual service
of recommitment to Carmelite way of life, mass at 9am &
potluck, everyone welcome
• Creative Birth Choices, 11am-2pm (third Sunday each
month), call Zuki to register 719-256-4544
• Shumei Artists Symposium, painter & printmaker
Mel Strawn, 3-5pm, free, 256-5284 for directions
• Boulder Acoustic Society, Sundays@Six, Cole Park,
Alamosa, 6pm
July 21-25, Monday-Friday
• Annual Family Week and Devi Workshop at Haidakhandi
Universal Ashram, 256-4108, info@babajiashram.org
July 22, Tuesday
• Sun enters Leo at 4:55am
July 22-25, Tuesday-Friday
• Vacation Bible School at Sangre de Cristo Christian
Church, 2-4pm, 256-4625
July 23, Wednesday
• Basic Business Law seminar with Amanda Pearson, atty,
sponsored by the SLV Small Business Development Center, 9am-noon,
$15, Kavley's Bus. & Tech. Ctr, Alamosa, 587-5151
• Quilt Club, 9:30-noon,
• Silent meditation 5:30pm and satsang 6:30pm with Sharon
Landrith, at Sanctuary House (Townhouse #10 near Desert Sage),
256-4420
July 26, Saturday
• Alamosa Film Festival; venue to be announced
• Moffatstock fundraising event, 10am-4pm, Ralph Mitchell
Park in Moffat, music, flea market, food and fun, 256-4773
• Tours of Historic Hutchinson Homestead between Poncha
Springs and Salida on Hwy 50, 10am-2pm, free/donations accepted,
719-539-4079
• Music from mixed eras at Salida Aspen Concert Series,
Salida High School, 7:30pm, www.SalidaAspenConcerts.org
July 27, Sunday
• Crestone Healing Arts Guild Service Day, at the Crestone
Healing Arts Center, sign up for appointments 11:30-12, treatments
12-4, 256-4469
• Broadway music at Hazlerig Music House, 2pm, 256-4371
or www.hazlerigmusichouse.com for directions
• Sisters Morales, Sundays@Six, Cole Park, Alamosa,
6pm
July 28, Monday
• Saguache Downtown Revitalization Partnership, everyone
welcome, Community Building, Saguache, 2pm & 7pm, www.scseed.org,
655-2775
• Women’s Writing Group, 6:30pm at Savitri House,
83 Baca Grant Way, 256-4917 (second & fourth Mondays)
• Peter Rowan in concert, Creede Repertory Theater,
$27 gen'l admission, www.creederep.org, 719-658-0909, 719-658-1112
July 30, Wednesday
• Film: Land of Little Rain, Hazlerig Music
House, 8pm 256-4371 or www.hazlerigmusichouse.com for directions
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August
August 1-3, Friday-Sunday
• 10th Anniversary Crestone Music Festival at Challenger
Golf Course, info at 719-256-4533 or www.crestfest.org
August 9, Saturday
• "Toward a Medicine of the Human Spirit",
talk by Phil Incao, MD, Old Crestone School House, 7:30pm,
free
• Valley Farmers’ Market, Alamosa, 8am-2pm; Japanese-American
Obon Festival, Japanese-American foods, Crestone Mountain
Thunder Taiko, 11-12
• Children’s program, Bal Gokulam, at Haidakhandi
Ashram, 10am-noon, followed by potluck, call Shila 719-256-4477
or Cindy 719-256-5007
• Tours of Historic Hutchinson Homestead between Poncha
Springs and Salida on Hwy 50, 10am-2pm, free/donations accepted,
719-539-4079
• John O’Conor, Poet of the Piano, Salida Aspen
Concert Series, www.SalidaAspenConcerts.org
August 9-10, Saturday-Sunday
• UFOlympics, UFO Watchtower, Hwy.17, Hooper, www.ufowatchtower.com,
719-378-2296
August 10, Sunday
• Inaiah Lujan & Haunted Windchimes, Sundays@Six,
Cole Park, Alamosa, 6pm
August 11, Monday
• Slide presentation by Jennifer Thomson on artist Emily
Carr, Old Crestone School House, 7:30pm, free
August 12, Tuesday
• Democratic Primary Election, polling place is changed
to the Crestone Community Building (old schoolhouse on north
Cottonwood St., Crestone)
August 13, Wednesday
• NHN Fundraiser for Ed Rosenberg at White Eagle Village,
Lasagna dinner with live music, 5:30-7pm; Live auctions 7-10pm;
Silent auctions all evening.
August 15, Friday
• Barbara With, Group Channeling—channels Einstein—6-9pm,
$20, in Alamosa, reservations required 587-9355, www.barbarawith.com
August 16, Saturday
• Valley Farmers’ Market, Alamosa: Planter Painting
with the Alamosa Community Greenhouse & Gardens, 10am-noon
• Conflict Revolution Workshop, info from Einstein,
10am-4pm, $75, in Alamosa, reservations required 587-9355,
www.anewenergycenter.com
August 16-24, Saturday-Sunday
• Lharila Kalsang Nyima: Elemental Practices (Transmissions
Required), Chamma Ling Retreat Center, www.chammaling.org
August 17, Sunday
• Alex Maryol, Sundays@Six, Cole Park, Alamosa, 6pm
August 18, Monday
• Tim O'Brien in concert, Creede Repertory Theater,
$27 gen'l admission, www.creederep.org, 719-658-0909, 719-658-1112
August 23, Saturday
• Free art program with ranger/artist Patrick Myers
at Great Sand Dunes' Liberty Gate on the south edge of the
Baca Grande for artists, beginner-professional levels, all
styles & media; 9:30-11:30am, come earlier, stay longer;
719-378-6343
• Valley Farmers’ Market, Alamosa: Mark Dudrow
& Justin Dean, original acoustic, folk and rock, 10am-noon
• Tours of Historic Hutchinson Homestead between Poncha
Springs and Salida on Hwy 50, 10am-2pm, free/donations accepted,
719-539-4079
• Summer Saturday in Saguache: San Luis Mariachi Band
w/ Salsa & Chips, Otto Mears Park, 11am-1pm, bring your
own chair and salsa & chips to share
August 24, Sunday
• Burgundy Brown, Sundays@Six, Cole Park, Alamosa, 6pm
August 29-31, Friday-Sunday
• 19th Annual Crestone Energy Fair, www.joinLAS,com
August 30, Saturday
• Valley Farmers’ Market, Alamosa: Antique Tractor
Display with the San Luis Valley Antique Iron Club
August 30-31, Saturday-Sunday
• 19th Annual Crestone Energy Fair
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September
September 5, Friday
• Last day for Saguache County Sales Tax Grant applications,
4pm, 719-655-2231 or sagcoadm@centurytel.net
September 6, Saturday
• Valley Farmers’ Market, Alamosa: SLV Big Band,
11am-noon, swing to popular jazz and Big Band tunes by powerful
20-piece jazz orechestra
September 9, Tuesday-September 13, Sunday
• Dr. Reggie Ray, “Meditating with the Body 2008”,
www.DharmaOcean.org
September 13, Saturday
• Children’s program, Bal Gokulam, at Haidakhandi
Ashram, 10am-noon, followed by potluck, call Shila 719-256-4477
or Cindy 719-256-5007
September 18-21, Thursday-Saturday
• Chamma Ling presents Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Healing
Waters of Yeshe Walmo, White Eagle Village, www.chammaling.org
September 20, Saturday
• Annual Fall Festival in Saguache, 655-2232
September 21,Sunday
• Chamma Ling presents Alejandro Chaoul Reich: Tsa Lung,
7pm, www.chammaling.org
September 22-24, Monday-Wednesday
• Chamma Ling presents Alejandro Chaoul Reich: Tibetan
Yoga and Trul Khor, White Eagle Village, www.chammaling.org
September 26, Friday
• Taiko concert, Richardson Hall, Adams State College,
Alamosa, www.shumeicrestone.org
September 26-28, Friday-Sunday
• 3rd Taiko Awakening the Spirit retreat in Crestone,
www.taikospirit.org
• Sacred Peaks Enlightenment Conference, dialogue &
teaching in Eastern & Western traditions, 719-256-5210,
www.sacredpeaksconference.com
September 27, Saturday
• Valley Farmers’ Market in Alamosa: Herb Day
with the Alamosa Community Greenhouse & Gardens, herbs
and info about uses on display
September 27 & 28, Saturday & Sunday
• 3rd Annual Taiko Conference, Shumei International,
registration deadline 8/31/08, www.shumeicrestone.org
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October
October 11, Saturday
• Valley Farmers’ Market, Alamosa: Kids’
Pumpkin Painting (free), 10am-noon, enjoy some creative Fall
harvest fun on this last day of the Farmers’ Market
October 18, Saturday
• Children’s program, Bal Gokulam, at Haidakhandi
Ashram, 10am-noon, followed by potluck, call Shila 719-256-4477
or Cindy 719-256-5007
November
November 2, Sunday
• Daylight Saving Time ends, Mountain Standard Time
begins, 2am
November 15, Saturday
• Children’s program, Bal Gokulam, at Haidakhandi
Ashram, 10am-noon, followed by potluck, call Shila 719-256-4477
or Cindy 719-256-5007
Note: To list event in monthly print calendar,
please submit in writing to PO Box 101, Crestone CO 81131
by 22nd of the month or e-mail to calendar@crestoneeagle.com.
To update calendar online during the month, submit entries
each week by Friday, 3pm to janet@crestoneeagle.com.
They will appear online the following Monday morning.
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