Salida SteamPlant Event Center

19/03/2025

🎨Art, Community & Film: April Exhibit and Monthly Creative Mixer, April 10 at 5pm in the Paquette Gallery at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center.

The City of Salida,Arts & Culture presents the April art exhibit in the Paquette Gallery featuring the artists of Community Arts at T. Rex Hall "dedicated to providing studio space, learning and support for artists and the arts in Chaffee County, Colorado." The artists of TRex Community Arts exhibiting work in the Paquette Gallery are oil painters Christy Shain-Hendricks, Tara Flanagan, and Donna Miller; pastel artist Licia Iverson; ink artist Jonathan Stalls; mosaic artist Julie Mordecai; and photographers Ron Hendricks, David Shaw, and Michael Frankenfield.

Meet the artists as Salida Arts & Culture and Salida Council for the Arts host the April Creative Mixer, a reception and chance to view the exhibit, network, and participate in the Soapbox tradition- where artists and organizations can make announcements about upcoming events, shows, and programs. From visual art, dance, music, theatre, and more, discover ways to get involved in Salida's vibrant arts scene! Enjoy live music and light refreshments. A cash bar is available. The Mixer is free and open to the public.

Then after the Mixer, stay for the SteamPlant April Film series, featuring the 2025 Oscar nominated Live Action Shorts. Five short films, critic favorites including the Oscar winning film will be screened in the Theater. “This special release features the year’s most spectacular short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time" 102 minutes. Tickets available at https://salidasteamplant.com/event/steamplant-films-2025-oscar-nominated-shorts-live-action/ or drop by the SteamPlant Box Office.

Join us for an evening of art, community, and film at the Salida SteamPlant!

16/03/2025

City of Salida, Arts & Culture presents the 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts! Join us for special viewings of the Live Action and Animated Shorts! Save the Dates Thursday April 10 and Thursday April 24 at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center Tickets available on Eventbrite or stop by the Box Office.

12/03/2025

Longfellow Parents Association presents Parent Prom at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center!

HUGE thank you to our business sponsors for supporting our prom fundraiser this year! We will be shouting them out from now until then!

07/03/2025

GARNA Greater Arkansas River Nature Association presents Mountainfilm on Tour March 13 at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center. Tickets and info at https://members.garna.org/events/Details/mountainfilm-on-tour-1300386?sourceTypeId=Hub

A big thanks goes out to Salida Mountain Sports for supporting Mountainfilm on Tour! Get your tickets to join us for a night of documentaries about our natural world on March 13 at our website.

07/03/2025

Tickets available for the next Walden Chamber Music Society concert April 6 at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center. Visit https://waldenchambermusic.org/walden/
for more information.

03/03/2025

"A Season of Words – Spring Speaks hosted Poetry Live at the SteamPlant

Sunday March 16th at the Annex

The evening will showcase the engaging and much loved featured poets, Peter Anderson from Crestone and Salida’s Lynda LaRocca. Dynamic local Salidan Michael Fox will open the evening.

Open mic follows – one page, one poem, per poet.

There will be Music! With on Champman Stick

Doors open at 6:00pm |  Open mic sign-up at 6:15pm  | Showtime from 6:30 – 8:30pm

Your donation of any amount is appreciated and will support future poetry events.

Much gratitude to all of YOU and City of Salida Arts & Culture for supporting Live Poetry!"

23/02/2025

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Salida SteamPlant Event Center for a Wizardly Wicked Weekend! First join us for the 🍿WIZARD OF OZ MOVIE NIGHT🌈 Fri, March 28 at 6pm. Then return to the Emerald City for 🩷 WICKED Movie Night💚 Sat, March 29 at 7pm. Dress up, photo booth, and yellow brick runway preshow activities await! Tickets available on the SteamPlant website or stop by the Box Office. Brought to you by City of Salida, Arts & Culture Department.

21/02/2025

🤖What a great movie night with Shelby Cox at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center! We got to view many of Shelby's robots up close, and were treated to an inspiring preshow talk about being an Artist. And so many amazing robot creations at the Make & Take stations! Thank you Salida for joining us for a fun night. We can't wait for the March movie nights featuring The Wizard of Oz and Wicked. Get your costumes ready!
📷Photo by Brinkley Nelson Messick