I Never Saw Another Butterfly

A Holocaust Memorial Exhibit, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” will be on display from Sunday April 17^th through Sunday, May 8^th at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greeley, at 929 15^th St and 10^th Ave. This exhibit is one of many Greeley Holocaust Memorial Observances to be sponsored in several places in town in the next few weeks.

A well-known book of poetry, an anthology of poems written by or about children at the Terezin concentration camp in the Holocaust, is called “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” edited by Hana Velovkova.

Based on this book, and the terrible facts of the Holocaust, Greeley school children  have created butterflies to remember the lives of children who lived in those harsh times.

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Chalice Arts (of UUCG) will feature a collection of posters from several years  of past Holocaust memorial observances, and will also show a number of hand made art and origami butterflies made by Greeley school children to memorialize those who lived or died during the Holocaust.

The public is welcomed to visit the exhibit on First Friday, May 6, 2011 from 5 to 7 pm. People are also invited to visit

the exhibit on Sundays following the service from 12 to 1pm.

The exhibit continues through May 8.

Image above, Two Rabbis and the Art Piece at Right are the ©Copyright of

the artists who created them, owned by Beth Israel Synagogue on Reservoir Road in Greeley, and are included here only for the purpose of publicizing this Exhibit event. Other use of these images is strictly forbidden.

A Little Bit of Magic

Second Saturday Writers Group from Greeley, will share their writing and perform a little bit of magic,  on First Friday, May 6 from 7 to 8 pm. at the Unitarian Universalist Church. The location is at 929 15^th St and 10^th Avenue.

Some of these writers are published, and their books will be available. The member’s works span a range of writing genres and styles, from short stories to humorous essays to poetry. There may even be a little magic in the mix.

The group of around ten members has met monthly for about ten years on Second Saturday mornings a 9 am. at the New Life Church on 47^th St. The group is open to new members.

There will be no admission charge, although donations to Chalice Arts, which sponsors various arts events, are appreciated.

 by Chalice Arts Coordinator

Chalice Arts Author Presentation March 4

Skipping Stones –

Karen Griffiths, a fourth generation Coloradan, will offer a program touching points connecting poetry, oral history, and even splashing upon research based non-fiction on March 4, at 7 pm at the UU Church of Greeley,  at  929 15^th St and 10^th Avenue, Greeley, CO. 

Karen’s Writing has appeared in many Coloradan newspapers  and  publications. She was invited as one of eight speakers invited to present for the Mountain Plains Library Association’s program, Country School Legacy; Humanities on the Frontier, directed by Andrew Gulliford, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A retired teacher, Karen resides in Johnstown and in Ouray Colorado. Karen is also a lifetime founding member of the Johnstown Historical Society. At present, she is establishing a poetry performance outreach group, Voices of Poetry, for the Johnstown- Milliken communities that offers poetry events each April in recognition of National Poetry Month. She is also a member of the Greeley Poetry Club.

Karen is currently working on a manuscript that focuses on facts, figures and personal stories about the land and land use connected to three irrigation systems of Larimer and Weld Counties, covering over ten decades of history.

In 2008, Western Reflections Publishing Company released Karen’s non-fiction book, Reflections on Lake Lenore. Karen’s historical prose flows through the pages of this book, capturing the past, present and possible future of the Lake Lenore community on Colorado’s Western slope.

  © Contributed by Karen Griffiths
                                                                                               

The event is sponsored by Chalice Arts. on March 4, open from 5 to 8 pm, There will also be an exhibit of Fred Myers’s paintings, March 4 – April 11. Fred Myers will talk about his work on April 1, with more information to follow, closer to his event.