The dress rehearsal for Cirque du Sopris was held last Thursday, April 7, without the show’s director. Jennifer Johnson couldn’t be there due to a concussion she suffered the day before, when one of the stage clamps knocked her on the head as she was putting the stage together. Ouch! Fortunately, Carrie Messner, Alyson Marchand […]
April 2022
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‘Make beer, not war’
You may have seen the quote in one of the bathrooms at Carbondale Beer Works — “Make beer, not war.” It’s an unofficial slogan that is gaining relevance for the microbrewery in a new collaboration with Casey Brewing of Glenwood Springs. In a global effort to support families impacted by the war in Ukraine, Pravda […]
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Aspen Dance Connection hosts “Mr. Tap”
Dance Aspen Connection hosted John “Mr. Tap” Williams (bottom left) for a weekend of events. The fun began with a performance at Sopris Lodge on April 8, together with Karen Kent (top left) of Aspen Dance Connection and Bailey Barnum and Jameson Osborne of Legacy Dance Company. (www.treerush.com) “We are elated to partner with Aspen […]
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RMKC rolls through life’s speed bumps
It’s easy to notice the vibrant, multi-colored Rocky Mountain Kid C.L.U.B.S. (RMKC) RV rolling through town; it’s even easier to spot the dazzling smile of RMKC co-founder, Maureen Thompson, behind the steering wheel. “I can’t even believe it,” Thompson, M.Ed., enthused. “Look at this thing! I did it! Another dream has come to life.” For […]
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‘Real’ powwow gathering comes to Aspen
This weekend, April 15 and 16, the Aspen Indigenous Foundation will host its largest native gathering yet. The nonprofit, responsible for organizing dance expositions, the Shining Mountains Film Festival and a single day powwow in 2019, is expecting upwards of 300 Native Americans representing as many as 75 tribes, plus attendees. “Aspen has never had […]
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A theater review: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”
On April 8, Sopris Theatre Company (STC), at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus, premiered “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” a one-act comedy written by Steve Martin. The fictional satire involves world-famous scientist Albert Einstein, played by Joshua Adamson, and infamous painter Pablo Picasso, played by Wyatt Tulk, meeting at the historic Lapin Agile bar […]
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Branching Out: Living the enlivening of spring
I almost drove off the road when I caught sight of the wild Merriam’s turkeys — two or three toms were in full display mating mode. How could you miss them? Sunlit, the ivory and cream bands of their tail fans were incandescent, their regal sway reminiscent of an elk’s antlers or a Plains chief […]
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Local artist shows at the Launchpad
It took a while for The Sopris Sun to get an interview with longtime Carbondale artist John Toly — roughly three years. Polite requests would be gently rebuffed by the quiet, humble 83-year-old. But then he worked with Carbondale Arts to line up a solo art exhibition at the Launchpad in Carbondale that opens Friday, […]