The warm weather brings another year to partake in a sizzling camp and workshop lineup at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) promising participants engaging ways to explore the performing arts, foster self-discovery and learn about brain empowerment; and, that’s just for starters. Art Williams, TACAW’s education and community partnerships coordinator, spoke with The Sopris […]
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Unveiling of Aspen’s first public art installation echoes Carbondale precedent
Aspen is embarking on a new artistic journey with its first-ever public art installation as part of its new Public Arts Plan. The inaugural project, a temporary street mural near the Wheeler Opera House, will be unveiled during the opening weekend of the Aspen Ideas Festival. On June 25, from 10am to 4pm, community members […]
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Elk Range competes in Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest
Elk Range, a local bluegrass group that went viral after entertaining winter commuters stuck in the Glenwood Canyon earlier this year, will compete in the 2023 Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest on June 16-17. Hugh Phillips, bassist for Elk Range and leader of the Hugh Phillips Band, explained that Elk Range unexpectedly received a band contest […]
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Carbondale Library strikes a chord with youth programming
When Lauren Harutun, youth services coordinator at the Carbondale Branch Library, began asking parents and teens what they would like to see for youth programming, she said, “Far and away, the answer was ‘music.’ I heard the call and said, ‘I’m bringing in music for the kids.’” The first offering of youth music programming is […]
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Our Town: Bryce Pizano finds strength in challenge
Q: Please introduce yourself… A: I’m Bryce Pizano. On Memorial Day weekend, I started as a seasonal, part-time firefighter EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District. I’m lucky enough to live at Station 82 in Redstone. There are apartments at the Redstone, Carbondale and Missouri Heights stations offered to people […]
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RFSD Board adopts controversial health curriculum
The debate over a comprehensive health and human sexuality curriculum to be taught at Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) schools ended on May 24 with the Board of Education’s unanimous approval. The curriculum was recommended by Chief of Student and Family Services Anna Cole and her team. The decision came after weeks of vigorous discourse […]
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Friendship and stars align to create holistic business venture
Felicia Trevor Gallo and Lynn Ruoff have been friends for 20 years. During that time, they each pursued specific learning journeys. For Trevor Gallo, this has been studying the astrological heavens, and for Ruoff, it has been the resonance of sound therapy. The two spoke with The Sopris Sun about their new business venture and […]
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Simposio inaugural de Aspen explora los psicodélicos
Traducción por Dolores Duarte El 2 de junio, la Radio pública de Aspen, el Healing Advocacy Center y el Centro de recursos psicodélicos de Aspen presentarán el Simposio psicodélico inaugural de Aspen en la histórica Wheeler Opera House de Aspen. El evento de un día de duración, se celebra inmediatamente después de la aprobación de […]
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Aperture of Hope sheds light on grief
When you visit the Aperture of Hope website, you are greeted by the photo of a young woman with green eyes, long auburn-colored hair and a gentle smile. That fresh-faced young woman, Emily Adams, died after ingesting a fentanyl-laced Percocet pill. At the time of her death, the 21-year-old was employed as a peer support […]
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Inaugural Aspen symposium explores psychedelics
On June 2, Aspen Public Radio, Healing Advocacy Center and the Aspen Psychedelic Resource Center will present the inaugural Aspen Psychedelic Symposium at Aspen’s historic Wheeler Opera House. The day-long event follows on the heels of the passage of the Natural Medicine Health Act (Proposition 122) ballot initiative in Colorado last November. The Act decriminalizes […]