Marie Herr, the new executive director of Sopris Lodge, has a story woven with serendipity and dedication to community care.At the end of January, she took charge of the daily operations of the senior living facility located at 295 Rio Grande Avenue, just north of True Nature Healing Arts and next to the Rio Grande […]
February 2024
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Tree pruningColorado Edible Forest, UpRoot Colorado, CSU Extension and Pitkin County Open Space and Trails are once again offering free fruit tree pruning workshops from New Castle to Basalt, Feb. 24 to March 30. The first four workshops are designed around the basics, while the fifth workshop emphasizes hands-on practice in Emma. To sign up, […]
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Freedom’s just another word…
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” I love the curious lyric in Kris Kristofferson’s ballad of Americana, and it’s good enough for Bobby McGee. I resonate more with Dylan’s perspective on such values as freedom: “I spoke the word, as if a wedding vow.”On the birthday of The Sopris Sun, I keep […]
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Lou Dawson: A tale in four skis — and a romance
Lou Dawson has had a storied, outdoors-oriented life; much of it adventure-filled and exciting but also with great challenges.A pioneer of ski mountaineering and alpine touring (AT) in this country, Dawson is probably best known as the first person to ski all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains (fourteeners) — a feat for which he was […]
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New Castle resident reflects on World Peace Assembly
From Dec. 29, 2023, to Jan. 12, 10,000 people gathered in Kanha Shanti Vanam, near Hyderabad, India, to participate in the historic World Peace Assembly. The gathering, organized by the World Peace Assembly, included participants from 139 countries practicing the yoga and meditation teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi — the architect of Transcendental Meditation. […]
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Logo Ligi brings ‘an African village’ to the Valley
Aspen Dance Connection is partnering with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) and Garfield County Libraries to present Logo Ligi, a drum and dance ensemble based in Boulder and led by Maputo Mensah. Logo Ligi is dedicated to sharing traditional dances and stories from West Africa. Mensah was born in Ghana to a family of professional musicians […]
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Theatre Review: ‘Endgame’ demonstrates TRTC’s range
Reviewer’s Note: a nontraditional play calls for a nontraditional review. I spent the better part of this past weekend thinking about “Endgame” and what it might mean. As far as time goes, it was a bit more than I expected and far more than I had budgeted. It was, however, completely worthwhile. “Endgame,” I decided […]
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Letters
Uniting for VenezuelansCarbondale, nestled under Mt. Sopris, has unwittingly become a sanctuary for Venezuelan migrants. Their presence in our community is not just a statistic; it’s a call to action that resonates with the compassionate spirit of the Roaring Fork Valley. Aspen’s bustling economy, powered by its renowned ski resorts and hospitality industry, is perennially […]
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La esperanza recorre un largo camino
Desde que tengo memoria, yo siempre supe que era mexicana americana y que yo era hija de dos padres inmigrantes que dieron todo lo que ellos conocían — la cultura, el idioma y las personas — para darnos a mis hermanos y a mí un mejor futuro en los Estados Unidos. Desde temprana edad, yo […]
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Críticas: Echandole ganas
El año escolar recién comenzó para muchos, lo que lo convierte en un momento oportuno para adentrarse en los desafíos distintivos que los niños latinos de primera generación y sus padres pueden enfrentar y que a menudo no se comunican. En esta columna, me basaré en mi experiencia, con el objetivo de compartir percepciones y sabiduría en beneficio de otros.