Apparently, everyone looking for love is tired of the apps, because the No Swipe Social interactive dating game, hosted at the Crystal Theatre on Feb. 12, completely sold out. Fresh suitors and contestants rotated for four rounds, culminating in a winning pair at the end of the night. From fun lines of questioning to riotous […]
News
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Swords to plowshares, turning weapons into tools
On Sunday, Feb. 15, the Western Slope Mennonite Fellowship hosted a book preview and blacksmith demonstration at Bethel Chapel in Glenwood Springs , where a crowd of participants took turns slowly transforming a gun into a garden tool. At the forge was Mike Martin, heating and turning a gunstock barrel, instructing participants where and how […]
Posted inNews
Scuttlebutt
Spring GulchAn afternoon of rain and fog at Spring Gulch on Feb. 12 diminished the thin base of snow, prompting a cautionary closure. If the next storm brings sufficient snowpack, the course will reopen. “In the meantime: go to the car wash, sleep with a spoon under your pillow and make a few sacrifices to […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
The Art Base displays ‘Creative Destruction’
On Feb. 6, The Art Base in Basalt debuted its current exhibition, “Creative Destruction,” featuring a collaboration between Carbondale artists Michael Stout and Lindsay Jones working under a shared pseudonym: Also Known As. During the artist talk on Feb. 7, Stout and Jones discussed their respective processes for pieces in the mixed-media show with a […]
Posted inEducation
Writer Susan Orlean never imagined doing anything else
Susan Orlean cuts a slight but certain figure. When she and moderator Christine Benedetti took the Paepcke Auditorium stage on Jan. 28, no one in the audience could doubt that Orlean enjoys a good conversation. That was how she passed the next hour: Cheerful chatting about her years as a features journalist and her newest […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ways of Making: What we don’t throw away
Last week, I joined Kathy Honea in her art studio to launch a new series, Ways of Making, which platforms how local artists think within the community. Honea is a distinguished artist with a long history across the Valley’s art institutions, including Carbondale Arts, the Art Base, the Aspen Chapel Gallery, the Aspen Art Museum […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Curated Calendar – Feb. 12 to Feb. 23
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 NONFICTION BOOK CLUBThe Nonfiction Book Club discusses artificial intelligence at the Carbondale Library from 2 to 3:30pm. BANNED BOOK CLUBThe Banned Book Club discusses “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers at the Basalt Library from 4 to 5pm. SUSTAINABILITY SOCIAL CLUBJoin fellow conservationists for a friendly Sustainability Social Club potluck at the Third […]
Posted inSports
Lady Rams earn redemption win over Meeker on home court
Bolstered by the return of senior Nikki Tardif, who’s coming back from a leg injury, the Roaring Fork High School girls basketball team scored a huge win over Meeker in Carbondale Tuesday night, 66-47. The win not only made up for the Rams first of just two losses on the season (47-40 at Meeker on […]
Posted inLocal Government
Glenwood Report: Potential use of Flock cameras for immigration enforcement comes into question
The potential to use traffic surveillance cameras for federal immigration enforcement operations was the main topic for public comments during the Feb. 5 Glenwood Springs City Council meeting. Six of the seven council members were present for the first regular meeting of the month; Councilor Mitchell Weimer was absent. Following a late afternoon work session […]
Posted inLocal Government
Officials star in new film, nonprofits get grants, new Aspen Glen subdivision gets an approval
Toward the end of the morning session of Monday’s Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, when commissioners typically discuss their calendars for the month, Commissioner Perry Will mentioned that he will attend the American Stewards of Liberty (ASL) Land and Liberty summit on Feb. 13 and 14 in Fort Worth, Texas. Event topics, according […]