In its second year of touring U.S. cities, the Women’s Adventure Film Tour (WAFT), with its stories highlighting remarkable women and their exhilarating adventures, will screen eight new short films on March 14 at 7:30pm at The Arts Campus At Willits (TACAW).It began years ago at an adventure film festival when Toby Ryston-Pratt was asked […]
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5Point inspires local middle schoolers
Last week, 5Point Adventure Film went on a mini-tour of the Valley’s middle schools during the very first “5Point Education Week.” This reporter attended the organization’s visit to Carbondale Middle School (CMS). I entered the CMS auditorium a bit too early and walked in on a drama class performing a scene. I tried my best […]
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Local thespians bring ‘guerilla’ theater to the Valley
The Roaring Fork Repertory Theatre presents “One-Acts in the Stacks” at the Carbondale Library on Saturday, March 2 at 7pm. The performance is directed by local seasoned thespian William “Willie” Moseley and premiered in August at Explore Booksellers in Aspen. The cast is composed of locals (Hattison Rensberry, Scott Elmore, Joshua Adamson and Bostyn Elswick) […]
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Logo Ligi brings ‘an African village’ to the Valley
Aspen Dance Connection is partnering with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) and Garfield County Libraries to present Logo Ligi, a drum and dance ensemble based in Boulder and led by Maputo Mensah. Logo Ligi is dedicated to sharing traditional dances and stories from West Africa. Mensah was born in Ghana to a family of professional musicians […]
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Theatre Review: ‘Endgame’ demonstrates TRTC’s range
Reviewer’s Note: a nontraditional play calls for a nontraditional review. I spent the better part of this past weekend thinking about “Endgame” and what it might mean. As far as time goes, it was a bit more than I expected and far more than I had budgeted. It was, however, completely worthwhile. “Endgame,” I decided […]
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Thunder River Theatre presents ‘Endgame’
Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) is set to premiere the third show of its 2023-2024 season. This time, audiences are in for an exciting production of Samuel Beckett’s one-act absurdist, dramedy and minimalist play, “Endgame.” The show opens Feb. 16 at 7:30pm and will run for eleven performances through March 3. The play was […]
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Steve’s Guitars presents: Viv & Riley
Viv & Riley play a show at Steve’s Guitars
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Sopris Theatre Company tackles unconscious bias in ‘Native Gardens’
Sopris Theatre Company (STC), the hybrid student-community theater company at Colorado Mountain College’s (CMC) Spring Valley campus, is gearing up to premiere its third show of the season, “Native Gardens,” a comedy by award-winning playwright Karen Zacarías. This 90-minute play tells the story of two couples. Pablo del Valle, a young hotshot working for a […]
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The Animal is approaching
The Sopris Sun is excited to announce that a once-familiar Animal is about to emerge from a lengthy hibernation. This Animal was thought to be extinct but, much to animal-lovers’ delight, it has surprised experts with its remarkable capacity to evolve and resurrect itself. It was last seen roaming the streets of the Roaring Fork […]
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Comedy makes itself at home in the Valley
Stand-up comedy: some love it, some hate it. Some have been told that it would be their perfect career. Luckily for folks in the Roaring Fork Valley, there are more opportunities than ever to break onto the scene. Two live performance spaces stand out for fostering events for comedians: TACAW and The Collective at Snowmass […]