Springfest is returning on Sunday, May 19. This Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) event began in 2019 and was skipped over in 2020 and 2021. For its fourth iteration, the team at AVLT has decided to drop the ticketed model and instead allow families and individuals to pay what they can to attend. Registration is […]
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Gearing up for Bonedale Bike Week
It’s time to dust off your spokes! The 15th annual Bonedale Bike Week kicks off May 13, rolling through to May 18 with free daily events for anyone who loves getting around on two wheels. Festivities range from a costumed scavenger hunt to a bike-in movie and more as Bike Week and its many sponsors […]
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5 Point highlight: Dams to rivers
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to visit Carbondale’s famed 5 Point Adventure Film Festival and had a great time. The films were interesting, informative and all around impressive. After the showing, I had the opportunity to interview Weston Boyles, one of the filmmakers and the executive director of Ríos to Rivers, a nonprofit organization […]
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Youth Art Park on the horizon as Chacos trails behind
Carbondale is a friendly place where people like to bask in the sun or shelter in the shade in the company of others. So it’s no surprise that one park is about to open and plans for another are in the works. The Sopris Sun caught up with Nicholas DiFrank of re:LAND, the local urban […]
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‘HYPERMNESIA’ at the Art Base
On April 19, Basalt’s Art Base opened a new exhibition from local interdisciplinary artist Jahn Carlos Neri. The exhibition, titled “HYPERMNESIA,” has been in development for two years. It is an interactive, multisensory exploration of the impact of technology on our society and the nature and fragility of human memory. The exhibit combines virtual reality […]
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WindWalkers mounts up for annual Kentucky Derby fundraiser
WindWalkers, the nonprofit equine-assisted learning and therapy center that has served the communities of Eagle, Pitkin and Garfield counties for nearly 20 years, is gearing up for its annual Kentucky Derby Party Fundraiser. This fun event promises an afternoon complete with a silent auction, a delicious southern-style family buffet and, of course, a Kentucky Derby […]
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Carbondale to host another epic 5 Point
Lights… camera… adventure!With a brand new logo and website, 5 Point Film Festival is gearing up for its 17th annual flagship event in downtown Carbondale. This will feature a weekend of adventure films screening at the Rec Center as well as many peripheral events. More than 50 films will be shown, with several premiering, Executive […]
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Kray Van Kirk tells inclusive heroic tales at Steve’s
Singer-songwriter and storyteller Kray Van Kirk returns to Steve’s Guitars on Saturday, April 27 to share heroic tales accompanied with melodies strummed on six and 12-stringed guitars. “We need delight and hope,” stated Van Kirk in a recent press release. “And we need new myths and new stories for the 21st century to make it […]
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VOICES presents ‘Objects In Mirror’
VOICES opens its third installment of the Women’s VOICES Theater Project, “Objects In Mirror,” on April 19 at 7:30pm at Thunder River Theatre (TRTC). The piece “is a mosaic of expression inspired by the memories, mirages and messaging that make up our lives,” reads a press release for the production. “Incorporating music, humor, storytelling and […]
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Sopris Theatre Company presents ‘The Book of Will’
Sopris Theatre Company, Colorado Mountain College’s community-student hybrid theater program, will present Lauren Gunderson’s “The Book of Will” to close out its 2023-2024 season. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts originally commissioned this comedic drama, and it won the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association’s New Play Award in 2018. It runs about […]