This month, Aspen Community Theatre (ACT) will perform the farcical classic “Rumors” by Neil Simon at the Wheeler Opera House for the first leg (Nov. 13-16) before taking it to the Ute Theater in downtown Rifle (Nov. 21-13). This marks a return to non-musical theater for the company and comes on the heels of the […]
November 2025
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Local author writes a book to help kids reframe life’s transitions
Jan Hadwen Hubbell, an acclaimed screenplay writer, long-time local, former English teacher at Colorado Mountain College and now published children’s book author, is excited to have her newest story, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Say Goodbye,” available to children not only in the Roaring Fork Valley, but internationally as well. Her book tells the story of […]
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Curated Calendar – Nov. 6 to Nov. 16
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 RECOVERY MEDITATIONPractice the 11th step of prayer and meditation at the Glenwood Springs Library from 9 to 10:15am every Thursday. SENSORY STORYTIMEThe Glenwood Springs Library hosts a sensory-friendly story hour for preschool and school-aged neurodivergent students at noon on Thursdays. 10,000 VILLAGESThe 10,000 Villages Fair Trade International Craft Fair returns to the […]
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Scuttlebutt & Election Results
Election resultsAs of Wednesday, Nov. 5, Tammy Nimmo and Kathryn Kuhlenberg had clear victories in the Re-1 Board of Directors race, earning 69.95% and 72% of the vote, respectively. Ballot Issue 7A, establishing a special taxing district with a .25% sales tax to help bolster child care in Garfield, Pitkin and southwestern Eagle counties, passed […]
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Making Pop personal — the Powers Art Center turns 11
The Powers Art Center in Carbondale recently celebrated its 11th anniversary and continues to grow as a community resource. Like the Frick in New York City, it is an unusual art institution that has spawned from the quirks of a single private art collection. Founded by Kimiko Powers to commemorate her husband John’s life, the […]
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William Montague Ferry Jr.
January 29, 1958 – October 28, 2025 William (Bill) Montague Ferry Jr. was born in Denver, Colorado, to parents William Ferry Sr. and Nancy Hickerson. Bill spent his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, then attended the University of Denver. During this time, he realized his love for the mountains and lifestyle out West, choosing to make […]
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Letters – Nov. 6, 2025
Dear AmericaPresident Trump has unexpectedly stirred in me a long-dormant love of country and flag. For the first time, I feel truly patriotic — but perhaps not in the way you might think. As our democracy seems to be slipping away, faster than any of us imagined, my love for our nation’s ideals has been […]
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Why I support The Sopris Sun — and why I hope you will, too
My first paying job was as the Little League baseball reporter in my small south Texas hometown when I aged out of playing. For the princely sum of 10 bucks a week, I endured often boring games thrice each week in Texas heat and humidity before biking home in the dark and handwriting stirring accounts […]
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Ps&Qs: Zero-sum thirty
I’ve been calling Congressman Jeff Hurd’s office on a regular basis — and no, not just when I’m drunk. The last aide I spoke with was named Carter. He sounded rather bored, then he audibly yawned while on the phone with me. “Wow,” I said, thinking, “This feels very dystopian. Most Americans are just trying […]
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Harvest Roaring Fork proposes to develop new subdivisions over winter elk habitat
Editor’s Note: The Cattle Creek Confluence Coalition — www.cattlecreekcc.com — is holding a public meeting on this topic on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 6:30pm in the Glenwood Springs Library community room. Picture, if you can, environmentalists collaborating with developers on one of the last stretches of undeveloped valley floor, on pasture land between Carbondale and […]