Museum on Main Street in Paonia
2024-06-17 - 2024-07-20 | Blue Sage Center for the Arts, 228 Grand Avenue, Paonia, Colorado, 81428
Colorado Humanities will tour “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” a Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) exhibit to 10 Colorado communities August 2023 to December 2024. The exhibit takes a broad look at the characteristics of rural America, how an attraction to and interaction with the land formed the basis of rural America, and how these communities and small towns evolve.
The exhibition opens in Paonia at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts, 226 Grand Ave., Paonia, CO 81428, on June 17, 2024 and will be on view through July 2, 2024 before moving to the other communities.
About “Crossroads: Change in Rural America”
“Crossroads” explores how rural American communities changed in the 20th century. Currently, most of the United States landscape remains rural with only 3.5% of the landmass considered urban. Since 1900, the percentage of Americans living in rural areas dropped from 60% to 17%. The exhibition looks at that remarkable societal change and how rural Americans responded.
Americans have relied on rural crossroads for generations. These places where people gather to exchange goods, services, culture, and engage in political and community discussions are an important part of our cultural fabric. Despite the massive economic and demographic impacts brought on by these changes, America’s small towns continue to creatively focus on new opportunities for growth and development.

Colorado Book Awards Finalists Celebration and Winners Announcement
2024-06-21 17:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Tivoli Turnhalle, 900 Auraria Pkwy, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
We are excited to announce that the 2024 Finalists Celebration and Winners Announcement will be held in person and on livestream on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the Tivoli Turnhalle theater at Auraria campus. Tickets will be available for purchase starting May 6 in our store or by phone. Stay tuned for information on how to watch online.
