THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 OPEN STUDIOThe Art Base invites painters to practice their art, with help available from Tish McFee, from 1 to 4pm. GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUBThe Carbondale Library invites kids ages 9 to 12 to discuss the graphic novel “Maxwell Dark: Nightmare Hunter” by Brady Smith from 3:30 to 4:30pm. BLACKOUT POETRYBasalt Library leads teens […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Letters – Feb. 6, 2025
Re: Re: Cookie incidentI’m writing in response to Krista Lasko’s letter last week regarding the incident with a THC cookie at the Community Pantry outside of the library. I was surprised and sorry to read that Krista was disappointed with the library’s response to the incident. We’ve since spoken, and I’ve filled her in on […]
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‘Pages of the Past’ to share stories of the storytellers
For Carbondale Historical Society Vice President Will Grandbois, the upcoming Winter Speaker Series event is particularly near and dear to his heart. “Pages of the Past” will delve into The Roaring Fork Valley Journal — predecessor of The Sopris Sun. Besides Grandbois having been editor of The Sun, his mother, Rebecca “Becky” Young, started The […]
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Carbondale celebrates 115th Annual Potato Days
The 115th annual Potato Days will be celebrated under the banner of “Mr. McClure Goes to Hollywood,” referring to Thomas “Mack” McClure, the inventor of the Red McClure potato, and the 1949 Hollywood Western “Red Stallion in the Rockies,” which was filmed in this area. When Hollywood came a-callin’Potato Day festivities kick off on Thursday, […]
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Pages of the Past
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal andThe Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library Aug. 8, 1974 Gubernatorial candidate Dick Lamm held a fundraising luncheon at 10th Mountain Veteran John Tripp’s home and sat down for an interview while he was in town. He took […]
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Carbondale Library scores a ‘bookmobile’ thanks to Carbondale Bike Project
It’s a bike, it’s a library, it’s a bookmobile! This library on wheels was born when Erin Hollingsworth, adult services coordinator at the Carbondale Library, reached out to the Carbondale Bike Project (CBP) to build a delivery bike for their Homebound Delivery program.CBP was started in 2009 by Aaron Taylor to recycle and fix up […]
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Pages of the Past: Fire on the mountain
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library July 11, 1974 An application by Mid-Continent Coal and Coke to dump wastewater in Coal Creek prompted concern by the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association, an inspection by land management […]
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Pages of the Past: Gordon Cooper touches down at the library
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library. June 6, 1974 Former astronaut Gordon Cooper was on hand as Carbondale’s library was officially christened after him. The fact that his mother, Hattie, lived locally was part of the […]