The Roaring Fork Girls Lacrosse Team celebrated a historic 10-9 win against their Aspen rivals on Monday, April 10. The team is enjoying a 6-1 overall winning streak and remains undefeated within the 4A Mountain East League. So far, they lost to Castle Valley in a non-league game. On April 21 they will face Eagle Valley […]
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Historic fantasy comes to life in Redstone
The Marble Charter School Players recently performed an original play called “The Middle World,” based on a novel by the same name written by Redstone author Nicole “Nikki” Beinstein, who also teaches at the charter school. On April 14-15, The Redstone Inn premiered the show in its Lady Bountiful Room. The goal of Marble Charter […]
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Jonathan Foster comes to Steve’s Guitars on April 26
Award-winning folk-Americana singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster is making a tour stop at Steve’s Guitars on April 26. Foster, originally from Cranberry Lake, New York, is currently cranking out music in Redding, California. He has been crafting tunes for old souls for over a decade. In that time, he has released five independent studio albums and played […]
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Martha Redbone brings Bone Hill to the Wheeler
Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House will be closing out its 2022-2023 “Wheeler Presents” series with the “Bone Hill” story-concert on April 21 at 7pm, featuring the talents of accomplished singer-songwriter, composer and educator Martha Redbone and her husband and collaborator, Aaron Whitby, the musical director for “Bone Hill.” Redbone is a performing artist who focuses on […]
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Frankenstein leaves audience pondering today’s world
“Frankenstein: The Man/The Monster?” performed by the Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is a thought-provoking retelling of the 1818 classic horror tale, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,” penned by an 18-year-old Mary Godwin, later known by her married name, Mary Shelley. An original musical, “Frankenstein: The Man/The Monster?” was first published in […]
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Turning ‘pain into power’
From a young age, Jack Holden Raife wanted to learn to fly airplanes. Sadly, he was just 18-years-old when he passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 2, explained his obituary, found on the opening page of the leaflet passed out at the young man’s memorial on Saturday, April 15. The memorial was held on the […]
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Navigating the party amid fentanyl boom
Doctor Rob Valuck runs a drug abuse prevention center at the University of Colorado, “The Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention.” Most of the center’s work focuses on prescribed drugs, but not exclusively. “Virtually my entire career has been spent on, more or less, the opioid crisis and trying to formulate responses to it at […]
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GarCo Report: Study shows bald eagles use Eagle Nest Buffer Zone at Aspen Glen, lobbyist talks tough about public lands issues
Bald eagles ruled the roost at Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting. Photos of eaglets in nests, eagles perched in trees, and eagles swooping for fish in the Roaring Fork river accompanied a presentation of the results of a new study by Roaring Fork Audubon of the Eagle Nest Buffer Zone (ENBZ) at Aspen Glen, […]
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Clear message delivered: ‘No Border Patrol in Our Schools’
On April 12, community members filled the room at the Roaring Fork School District’s (RFSD) Board of Education meeting to express their dissatisfaction and concern with the U.S. Border Patrol’s presence with a table at the March 21 career expo held at Glenwood Springs High School (GSHS). The perceived lack of oversight by the district […]