Naked in Lyons For most artists, freedom of expression is the basis of their work. In Lyons freedom of expression was challenged when some members of the Lyons Town Board requested the removal of a very small nude painting which they deemed offensive. After it was pointed out that proper procedure was not followed the nude was reinstated.

Ultimately, the board decided to allow the Lyons Council for the Arts and Humanities to decide what art is appropriate and what is not appropriate.

To celebrate the nude and freedom of expression, a group of artists will display their versions and variations on nudes at the Ohm Salon and Art Gallery at 440 Main St. above the Lyons Pharmacy.

An open house and meet-and-greet for the artists will be held at 5 p.m. on April 4 at the Ohm Salon. The show is called Naked in Lyons and will feature local artists Ann Ripley, Sally King and Katherine Weadley. Celebrate the beauty of nakedness from the perspective of local artists. If anyone has any art that they would like to hang in this show please contact Jul Swann. For more information, call 720-220-0311.

Making tiles for the Clarifier
Pricilla Cohen and Cathy Rivers are hosting tile-making workshops soon for the clarifier project. The workshops are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome to learn tile making from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sundays March 29, April 12, April 26, May 17 and May 31 at the Lyons Community Church on Main Street. These will be textured clay tiles.

Surface preparation on the old clarifier and stone work will begin this spring and continue on March 29, April 12, April 26, May 17, May 31. Both the Lyons Elementary and Lyons Middle/Senior High students are involved making tiles now through their art programs. We are also scheduled to do another tile workshop with the GAP group at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 26 at the Walt Self Senior Housing community center at 335 Raiload Ave.

RockyGrass tickets available
The Lyons local discount tickets for the RockyGrass Festival, held July 24-26 at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, will be on-sale through March 22 exclusively at the Stone Cup. Lyons local discount tickets for the Folks Fest will be available later in the spring.

Three-day RockyGrass festival passes will be discounted to $115 ($15 discount) and single-day tickets will be discounted to $45 ($5 discount).
Tickets are available only at the Stone Cup. Call 303-823-2345 for information.

No phone or internet orders will be accepted. A local ID or proof of residency in the 80540 zip code is required, and this offer is limited to two tickets per person.

Because of overwhelming demand for RockyGrass tickets, these Lyons local tickets will only be available for these two weeks. No local discount tickets will be sold after that date. We expect the entire festival to be sold-out sometime in May.

The lineup for the 37th Annual RockyGrass Festival includes Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes, Hot Rize, Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush Bluegrass Band, Del McCoury Band, Peter Rowan, and many more.

• Friday, July 24 includes Sam Bush Bluegrass Band, Del McCoury Band, Peter Rowan, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger with Väsen, the Wilders, Three Ring Circle, the High 48s, and Anne and Pete Sibley.
• Saturday, July 25 includes Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes, Earl Scruggs with Family and Friends, Claire Lynch Band, California, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper , Kruger Brothers, and Bearfoot.
• Sunday, July 26 includes Hot Rize, To Be Announced, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, Darrell Scott Bluegrass Band, Sarah Jarosz, Steep Canyon Rangers, and the Blue Maddies.

For more info visit: www.bluegrass.com.

Art at the Stone Cup
Julia Lunk continues to show in March. Lindsay Heppner will be displaying her work starting on April 1. Her show is called A Winter Garden and it will include recent paintings. She works in acrylic and pencil.

The paintings are whimsical depictions of trees and birds. The paint is layered with lots of abstract textures in winter scenes. It will be a fun show. For more information, contact lindsayheppner@gmail.com.

Lyons Itinerant Poets
The Lyons Itinerant Poetry Society is featuring poet Katherine West and her husband Jeff Finer on slide guitar (dobro). The event will start at 6:30 p.m. rather than our historical later 7:30 p.m. time on Friday March 20 at the Lyons Town Hall, 432 Fifth Ave.

Please mark your calendars and support live poetry in Lyons. All invited, always free.

Drawing on her experiences in Guatemala and the U.S., West probes notions of awareness and ignorance, innocence and complicity, human and nonhuman violence. To go beyond the tired binaries that tie us to old allegiances of nation, race, gender, ethnicity, we must continuously re-map the world, include the dragons that are always beyond. These poems are wonderfully inventive, both in terms of image and sound. The poet and her musician husband live in Bellevue.

There will be a book signing by West for her new book The Bone Train, Howling Dog Press. This will be followed by invited readers from LIPS and open MIC. For more information, call Sapan 303-823-6477 or Coco Gordon at 303-823-5585, or contact SapanRinpoche@sapanrinpoche.com.

9Health Fair
Mark your calendars for the upcoming 9HealthFair, coming to Lyons Middle/Senior High School, 100 S. Second Ave, on Saturday, April 18. The fair will be held from 7 a.m. till noon and will offer several screenings and tests, including blood chemistry, colon cancer, prostrate exam, pap smear, breast exam, eye test, BMI (body mass index), and others to those 18 and older. While the event itself is free, there will be a small charge for blood chemistry, PSA, blood cell count, and the colon cancer screenings. All other screenings and tests will be available at no charge.

At the same time, local community members will be hosting Healthy Living in Lyons. Several health professionals will provide information and presentations about healthy living options in Lyons.

Hosted in the school cafetorium, Food and Flicks will be serving delicious snacks and lunch, with all proceeds going to the Lyons Community Foundation. If you have questions, please contact Ellen Keane at ekeane@q.com or 303-823-5067.

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