As temperatures cool and foliage turns gold, something triggers in our collective consciousness. It’s more than just a craving for root and squash vegetables and sweet spices in hot beverages. It’s the instinct to gather together and celebrate community, art, music and seasonal cuisine. This isn’t just rhetoric. Almost every culture, modern and historic, has […]
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Theater Review: TRTC opens season with timely show of strength
The Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) production of “What the Constitution Means to Me” is much more than the civics lesson its title might suggest. Within the confines of the theater, it is a whirlwind of time-traveling tales traversing generations of trauma, despair and discovery. Much more consequential are the conversations the play is bound […]
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Glenwood Springs Community Concert Association launches 2024-2025 season
On Oct. 8, the Glenwood Springs Community Concert Association (GSCCA) begins its 2024-2025 season with maestro pianist Jared Freiburg, along with the “Vagabonds,” performing covers of classic artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis at Glenwood Springs High School. Although founded as a nonprofit in 2001, GSCCA has been around since […]
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William Morrow reflects on his legacy in art
On Sept. 15, from 2:30 to 4:30pm, local art legend, sculptor, blacksmith, poet and second-generation Coloradan William “Bill” Morrow will address his community at the Rifle Library as part of their “Art in The Stacks” event series. The title of Morrow’s talk is “Meet the Legend.” Morrow has spent over 50 years creating larger-than-life metal […]
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TRTC gears up for 2024-2025 season
Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) is on the precipice of its 2024-2025 season. It opens on Sept. 13 with “What the Constitution Means to Me.” Written by Heidi Schreck, a 2019 Pulitzer finalist, “What the Constitution Means to Me” highlights a debate between a woman and a 15 year old about whether the Constitution is […]
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Spiny one of the water, the Ahuítzotl
Editor’s note: Every week, Sol del Valle’s Rincón de la Creatividad (pages 8-9) features comics, a puzzle, events calendar, news briefs and either a recipe, short interview with a local business or artist or, in this case, a legend from a culture that forms part of the rich tapestry we refer to as “Latin America.” […]
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Sopris Theatre invites you to its upcoming season
Sopris Theatre Company (STC) of Colorado Mountain College-Spring Valley is gearing up for its 2024-2025 season. Budding thespian Julia Whalen will celebrate her directorial debut with this season’s opening show, “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball,” written by Rebecca Gilman. The play follows the story of Dana Fielding, an artist battling personal demons and who ends […]
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SoL Theatre wows audiences with ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
On Aug. 15, youth theater company SoL Theatre premiered “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Thunder River Theatre (TRTC) — the second show in their summer stock season. The theater was practically full and the cast was met with a standing ovation at the end of the final number. Despite a COVID scare which resulted in the […]
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Striking a chord with local youth: Rock and Roll Academy Aspen builds more than musical skills
Rock and Roll Academy Aspen (RRAA) began as an inspired idea in Telluride and found its home in Aspen in 2010. The program, founded by Russell Cattaneo after seeing Mark Galbo’s original concept in Telluride, has become a staple in the Roaring Fork Valley’s musical education scene. Kriss Harrison, RRAA’s executive director who took over […]
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Woodstock 55 years later:A legacy of connection
Over half a century after a little music festival exceeded its ambitions, Roaring Fork Valley residents who attended are contemplating its legacy. The organizers of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair hoped for perhaps 60,000 total attendees over the course of the weekend. Momentum and energy resulted in something entirely different: nearly half a million […]