Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) will be premiering their third production of the 2022/23 season, “You Can’t Take it With You”, on Feb. 17. The show will run for three weekends, through March 3. The story centers around a conflict between two families with drastically different outlooks on life, the Sycamores and the Kirbys. Their […]
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Colorado Mountain College contempla expandirse a Moffat
Traducción por Dolores Duarte La junta administrativa del Colorado Mountain College (CMC) se reunió los días 12 y 13 de diciembre en Glenwood Springs. Entre los temas de discusión se encontraba una solicitud de la junta del Moffat County Affiliated Junior College District para llevar a cabo un estudio sobre la viabilidad de la incorporación […]
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Works by local women highlighted in Clay Center show
The Carbondale Clay Center opened its current exhibition, “The Way We Are: Women of The Roaring Fork Valley”, on Jan. 16 and it will remain on display until Feb. 24 with a First Friday reception on Feb. 3 from 6pm to 8pm. As the name implies, the exhibition features diverse works from local women. Materials […]
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Colorado Mountain College considers expanding into Moffat
The Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Board of Trustees met Dec. 12-13 in Glenwood Springs. Among the topics of discussion was a request from the Moffat County Affiliated Junior College District Board to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of Moffat County’s annexation into the CMC district. After completion of this feasibility study, CMC will decide […]
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A new year, a fresh Salon
The award-winning “Salon” performance series is returning to The Launchpad in Carbondale on Jan. 28. The concept was founded in Philadelphia by composer Andrea Clearfield in 1986 and was brought to Aspen by Andrea Clearfield and Michele Kiley. It has celebrated over five years with co-curator/host Alya Howe who has been involved with performance arts […]
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Ross Montessori gives back
Ross Montessori, a charter school in Carbondale, is sending $1,000 to Escuela Montessori San Cristóbal in Caguas, Puerto Rico in hopes of a collaborative partnership between the two schools. Ross Montessori is one of around 500 public charter schools in the United States where children are taught by the Montessori method, invented by Maria Montessori, […]
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Random conversations bud fresh relationships
Did someone once tell you not to talk to strangers? A new Carbondale resident is challenging that age-old axiom with an event series designed to take people out of their comfort zones and into meaningful conversation. “The Lost Art of Random Conversations” is a community-building event created by Tom Karrel. The fourth and most recent […]
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Theater Review: Spit-takes, handcuffs and murder — Oh my!
Sopris Theatre Company (STC) premiered their second show of the season, “The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong”, on Nov. 18 at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley Campus. Despite a small (intimate) audience turnout, those in attendance filled the room with uproarious laughter at the on-stage shenanigans. With two more weekends of performances, this witty, slapstick […]
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Sopris Theatre does ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’
Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College will premier the second show of their 2022-2023 season on Nov. 18 with a slapstick, chaotic and all-together goofy play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields Olivier. “The Play That Goes Wrong” is an award-winning comedy described by Sopris Theatre Company as “a delightful farce” that’s […]
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Our Town: wIntroducing the real Scotty Gaine$
By Myki Jones Sopris Sun Correspondent Local hip-hop artist Scotty Gaines, who goes by the stage name of Scotty Gaine$, has been releasing music for the past three years right here from the Roaring Fork Valley. Gaines, along with his wife and acting manager, Erika, runs an independent record label called “Infinite Records.” He recently […]