November 2018

While Carbondale Trustees are open to a partnership with GlenX — just rebranded as CoVenture as the organization works toward expanding into a new space on Main Street — they weren’t quite ready to commit $25,000 to the cause on Nov. 13. The issue evenly divided those in attendance, with Heather Henry absent (though she […]

As a New Yorker, Sonya Taylor Moore grew up with culture in her backyard, but she was surprised and pleased to find it in Carbondale when it came time to teach her students at Ross Montessori a lesson on pop art. The Powers Art Center, located at 13110 Highway 82 just outside of Carbondale, had […]

When it comes to teaching people about the big picture regarding public lands stewardship and conservation, the EcoFlight crew believes in showing instead of telling. “We take different stakeholders up in the air to educate people, give people a better understanding of public lands and landscapes,” EcoFlight Program Coordinator Michael Gorman said. “And also hopefully […]

The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before – a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week, we caught up with one of Carbondale’s newest additions: Megan Griffiths, who moved here from her home in Wales to train and volunteer at Cilundu […]

Update: The Rams fell 2-1 in penalty kicks to Liberty Common in the semifinals. Despite temperatures in the high 20s Tuesday evening, about 100 or so Carbondalians gathered at Fourth and Main Streets to cheer on the Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team as they departed for their first-ever semifinals game in Englewood. It […]

Their youngest daughter may be settled at Tufts University, but Dan and Pam Rosenthal don’t really resonate with the term “empty nester.” “I like open nester,” Pam clarified. “Because empty nester, that quantifies that there’s something missing, that the nest is empty now — and that doesn’t really express my feelings. It’s like our nest […]

As talented as humans are at destruction, Mother Nature has us beat. On Nov. 11, 1918, the world celebrated the end of the War to End All Wars, blissfully oblivious of the century of even greater bloodshed that awaited them. And as civilians flooded into the streets and the troops began shipping home, “The Spanish […]

The Roaring Fork High School Jazz Band will perform with the premiere ensemble from the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts (CCJA) in a free community concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Third Street Center. With support from Jazz Aspen Snowmass, CCJA Jazz Arts Messengers (JAM) will travel to the Roaring Fork Valley […]