Schedule
12-12:30pm Community Yoga with Urban Sanctuary, bring your mat, all ages, family friendly
12:30-2pm Mariachi Alma Del Folklore
12-3pm Community Art Workshop with Quana Madison, live painting, all-ages
1-3pm Community Lighthouse Writers Workshop
3-4pm Open Mic with Lighthouse Writers Workshop
4-6pm Pamlico Sound
Lighthouse Writers Workshop - Join Suzi Q. Smith for a series of interactive writing activities open to all ages! Together we'll explore themes of home, community, memory, and storytelling. Anyone who participates in an activity will receive a free Lighthouse journal!
Lighthouse Writers Workshop - Clayton Community Days Open Mic with Theresa Rozul Knowles
Did you write a piece you're proud of during the Clayton Community Days writing workshops? We'd love to hear it! Join us for an open mic hosted by Lighthouse Writers Workshop! Your emcee, Theresa Rozul Knowles, is a Lighthouse instructor and passionate artist based in Denver. Before the open mic, hang out as we unveil the Lighthouse mural on 39th and York streat created by The Worst Crew. This mural is a celebration of the Clayton neighborhood inspred by those who call Clayton home.
Vendors
Denver Food Rescue, Denver Public Library Mobile Library Truck, Cohesion, Harvest Moon Botanics, Denver Urban Gardens, Volo,
Food
Big Raven Bread, Cohesion, South American (arepas + empanadas), Little Bodega (paninis and convenience store in Five Points), Lottie’s Meats + Provisions
About The Artists
Mariachi Alma del Folklore, the first all-female mariachi group in Colorado, was formed on March 21, 2018, by lifelong educator and musician, Pam Liñan. The debut occurred at the 5th Annual Mariachi Women’s Festival at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse in San Gabriel, California. This group shared the stage with the Grammy Award Winning, Mariachi Divas from Los Angeles, Mariachi Las Adelitas UK from London, and Mariachi Estrellas from Vancouver, Canada.
Since then, Mariachi Alma del Folklore, comprised of talented trumpet, violin, guitarron, vihuela and guitar musicians has played throughout Denver, Ft. Collins and Colorado Springs. Mariachi Alma del Folklore performs with a passion for celebrating and sharing the love of traditional mariachi music culture with their audiences and the greater community.
Quána Madison is a multi-disciplinary artist with disabilities, a healing arts facilitator and a well-being advocate. After a life-changing near-death experience and the sudden onset of chronic illnesses, Quána dived into the world of arts and wellness topics to support her holistic well-being journey. Quána strives to inspire, educate, empower, and uplift people through her artwork and consulting services
Suzi Q. Smith is an award-winning artist, organizer, and educator who lives in Denver, Colorado. She has created, curated, coached, and taught in Denver for over 20 years, managing the largest poetry festivals that Denver has seen to date. A TEDx speaker multiple times, Suzi has performed throughout the United States for over a decade, and has shared stages with Nikki Giovanni, the late Gil Scott Heron, and many more. The author of poetry collections Poems for the End of the World, A Gospel of Bones, and Thirteen Descansos, Suzi is also a singer-songwriter, playwright, and multi-disciplinary creative. Currently, she is Affiliate Faculty with Regis University’s Mile High MFA, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and DU’s Prison Arts Initiative, as well as the [margins.] Conference Director for The Word. She also serves as a community representative on the Denver County Cultural Council.
Theresa Rozul Knowles is an educator, entrepreneur, and event typewriter poet (or, in the case of COVID-19, "Pick a Topic Get a Poem Junt via Post Office). Her 13 years of teaching have included cognitive skills training, coordinating special education programs, and teaching creative writing. She graduated from the University of Memphis with honor in literature and a minor in Italian and theater. She has a poetry chapbook, Samhain & Such Inspired Junts; her poetry has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, Pink Progression's Refuse to Stay Silent, Spit Poet Publishing, Sampaguita Press, and Immortal Verses. She is a co-coordinator of the Malaya Movement's Colorado chapter. When not dancing while contemplating action steps to empower the people or pretending the bath tub's an ocean while writing dramedies and poetry, Theresa's blessed ADHD brain also operates Citrine Ink to raise consciousness through creative writing experiences.
Pamlico Sound Boulder Colorado’s longest-running champions of high-energy, authentic funk and soul music, The Pamlico Sound are known for their original contemporary songs and performances, while drawing inspiration from legends like Sly & The Family Stone and Parliament Funkadelic. The joyful interplay between band and audience combine to create the “Jive Church”: a non-religious, theatrical/interactive experience inspired by the Black Baptist churches of the south—with everyone moving, shouting and shaking in a celebration of the uplifting power of Pure Funk'n Soul.
An 11 piece band with four dynamic lead vocalists and a killer horn section riding atop a precision rhythm section of bass, drums, guitar, keys and percussion, TPS works like a well-oiled dance party machine. The audience is always part of the show with sing-alongs, call-and-response chants and singing parts, dance-offs, and a call for congregants to come forward and get “Baptized in The Funk”—a “ceremony” that’s a lot more sanitary than it might sound!