In film, as in rock and roll, some things age poorly and some resonate. Old songs by the Rolling Stones still sound great. Last week I was reminded that the 40-minute “A Line Across the Sky,” from 2015, is one of the best climbing films ever. On Dec. 11, the Crystal Theatre in downtown Carbondale […]
Alison Osius
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One Night Only: Gripping “Girl Climber” to air at Crystal Theatre benefitting GSHS Climbing Club
Thunk. Emily Harrington throws her foot — her heel — up beside her fingers, straining to traverse a two-inch granite edge high on El Capitan, in the wind and weather, where the trees 2,500 feet below look like sprigs. She is trying to climb, as the film “Girl Climber” documents, the demanding Golden Gate route […]
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At the Free-For-All Book Fair, everything really is free
A toddler in a red jacket and yellow boots holds the book “What Are Feelings?” up so high it is practically above his (or possibly her) head. Another, also in a stroller, clutches a colorful volume on learning to count via “touchable ladybugs.” Elsewhere in kaleidoscopic crowd images from last year’s Free-For-All Book Fair, children […]
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Maroon Belles Volleyball Club launches a summer program for girls and open event for everyone
For over an hour after the start time of 9am, organizers from the Maroon Belles Volleyball Club delayed its first-ever Carbondale Open, intended to be an annual tournament, checking and rechecking wind forecasts and air quality numbers. At 7am, as they set up nets, the numbers were moderate, but by 8am, they worsened. Then at […]
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Los duraznos de Palisade ya están aquí, y además puedes disfrutar un espectáculo de magia
Logan Seriani, de Fruita, de 23 años, trabaja en el puesto de fruta Palisade Peaches, en la Roaring Fork Valley Coop, en la Highway 133. Cuando tiene tiempo entre cliente y cliente, practica trucos de magia o estudia un libro de su colección casera de múltiples repisas
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Palisade peaches are here — and you can get a magic show in the bargain
The canopy flaps loudly in a gust, and in the background Mt. Sopris vanishes behind haze, while a slim young man in black — that’s what magicians wear — makes one coin, and another, and then another disappear. Logan Seriani of Fruita, age 23, works at the Palisade Peaches fruit stand at the Roaring Fork […]