Inside of Steve’s Guitars, inside of a vault, is a safe. It has never been opened since Steve moved into the building 20 years ago, nor in memory dating back before then. “Well, I don’t think there is much in there,” said Steve about his instinct. “But then, someone asks me, really? Do you really […]
October 2018
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There’s so much room for activities!
Since its inception, The Sun has been a little bit different. I don’t just mean because we’re a nonprofit carrying on the quirky tradition set by The Valley Journal. We also launched with a slightly smaller format than area dailies. At the time, the Aspen Daily News was also a little shorter than the Times, […]
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Moxley eyes spot in new professional football league
While most National Football League players and fans have Super Bowl Sunday circled on their 2019 calendar, Trae Moxley is looking forward to the week after. That’s when the new Alliance of American Football league kicks off its 12-week season, and the Roaring Fork High School alum hopes to snag a place in the trenches […]
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Ditch tour provides insight into unique Carbondale resource
The Carbondale ditch system that runs through town looks about the same as it did in the early 1900s when agriculturally dependent residents built it to conveniently and reliably access water diverted from the Crystal River. The flow is now more precisely controlled with headgates and maintained with modern machines like backhoes, but the concept […]
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Sopris Liquor and Wine celebrates grand reopening
Carbondale’s neighborhood liquor store just got a whole lot bigger, though without giving up any of its small-town charm. After an extensive remodel, Sopris Liquor and Wine is gearing up for a Grand Reopening celebration on Oct. 6. The store acquired a next-door lease this year and added significant square footage, becoming one of the […]
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Thunder River Theatre’s Equus – a galloping hit
The small stage positioned in the cavernous darkness of Thunder River’s black box theatre can barely contain the unbridled passions loosed by Equus. This stage is an emotional boxing ring in which disturbed 17-year-old Alan Strang squares off against middle-aged psychiatrist Martin Dysart. The discomfort begins even before the play as five horses — bare-chested […]
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Locals flock together for new guide
Rebecca Weiss and Mark Fuller are bird nerds, and they’re making it easy for you to be one, too. “Birds are the most watchable form of wildlife,” Weiss said. “Birders are fun to hang out with and it helps you connect to nature.” “They’re everywhere from your backyard to the wildest wilderness,” Fuller added. “They […]
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Ps&Qs: The hamster-led, pumpkin spiced revolution
Fall is a wonderful season. That nearly-dead-but-not-yet feeling of: warm days and cool nights, beautiful tapestries on the mountainside, and the pumpkin spiced deluge whenever we leave the house. Americans are extremely busy this fall; there’s barely time to stop and smell the rotting rose garden on the south lawn. Every day we get up […]
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Apples of the Earth
Ah, Potato Day! There’s something in the spud to think about. Fred Geis used to play a tune on the radio: “You’re My Little Potato.” Fred, a fellow poet, wrote a poem extolling Anne Holden, who always wore her hair pulled up in a bun. Fred mused that John Holden was the only one who […]