Beth Krasemann recently went on a fly fishing retreat in Redstone. The Colorado Rocky Mountain School history teacher and endurance athlete has never really fished, nor is she that interested in fishing. “I kept trying to throw too much muscle into it,” she said, laughing. But she desperately needed that weekend up the Crystal. “I […]
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A town and its paper(s)
Fifty-ish tried-and-true locals gathered at the Carbondale Library on Thursday, Oct. 29, to reminisce about the “quirky” and “fun” days of The Valley Journal, two words Becky Young, the co-founder of the Journal along with Pat Noel, chose to describe the ragtag paper of humble origins that grew up to be bought out, and eventually […]
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The Valley Journal blasts to the future
With a titch of technology and support from the community, The Valley Journal lives on! The Sopris Sun’s predecessor and Carbondale’s 33-years-strong newspaper no longer prints issues, but its treasured archive has now been fully digitized. Carbondale Branch Library Manager Tracy Kallassy started the digitization process, funded by the library district, three years ago with […]
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What if books could talk?
Do you remember the first time someone truly saw you? How that person taught you the value of releasing judgment and simply listening? Well, the Human Library is back to do exactly that. A nonprofit organization created in 2000 in Copenhagen, Denmark, it has since expanded across the globe. The nonprofit’s goal is to facilitate […]
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Curated Calendar – Feb. 26 to March 8
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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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 […]
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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, […]