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  C.A.R.E.'s Sunlight Mountain Snowshoe Shuffle

  By 1blankuser Published Dec. 16, 2023

  The annual Sunlight Mountain Snowshoe Shuffle is a 6-8K race (on snowshoes!) through Babbish Gulch starting and ending at the trailhead at Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs! Registration begins at 9am in Sunlight’s Main Lodge with the race kicking off at 10am!

  Since Colorado winters can be unpredictable, please…

• Locations: News By Jaqueline Ramirez Published Sep. 27, 2023

  GSHS student starts youth hiking club

  Emma Hostetler (17) is president of the Roaring Fork Hiking Club and a senior at Glenwood Springs High School. Photo by Theo Corwin

  On Oct. 8, Emma Hostetler, a student at Glenwood Springs High School, will host a community charity hike at Sunlight Mountain. For her senior year capstone, Hostetler started the Roaring Fork Youth Hiking Club to advocate for youth rights and the environment. Hostetler’s hiking club will be fundraising to… read more →

• Locations: News Published May. 17, 2023

  Carbondale goes to Colleywood!

  Photo by Mark Burrows

  Mainstreet was packed on May 12 with finely-clad folks in front of the Dinkel Building for back-to-back sold-out shows at the Crystal Theatre. Local celebrity Brian Colley arrived in style for the Carbondale premier of “Paint,” a major movie featuring the local artist’s paintings. During both showings, as well as… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published May. 3, 2023

  ‘Baye & Asa’ refine dance in the RFV

  Amadi "Baye" Washington and Sam "Asa" Pratt will spend a week in Carbondale working on correography and teaching classes. Photo by Richard Termine

  Since childhood, growing up in New York City, Amadi “Baye” Washington and Sam “Asa” Pratt have danced together. As adults, they formed a dance company, “Baye & Asa,” to continue exploring the edges of possibility in movement. This month, May 12-20, they will be in residency with Dance Initiative, developing… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Buzzerd Published Apr. 26, 2023

  Valley digging groovy bop on Jazz Day

  

  International Jazz Day is Sunday, April 30, and TACAW, Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) and the Glenwood Springs Arts Council (GSAC) will provide live music for all the Valley hepcats. TACAW and JAS will together host a full day of food and music at Willits, while GSAC plans a celebration at… read more →

• Locations: News Published Mar. 15, 2023

  Green is the New Black's 'Mirror Mirror' in photos

  Sammy Altenau rocks a dress by Skye Barker Maa's "SKYE | AIRE" line. Photo by Will Sardinsky

  Photos by Will Sardinsky and Jane Bachrach

  Carbondale Arts has done it again! All three nights of the Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza were sold out. “Mirror Mirror” was especially dialed after a three-year hiatus following 2020’s cancellation the night before opening, due to COVID-19. Designers, dancers, artists… read more →

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  Redstone's Grand Illumination

  By 1blankuser Published Nov. 25, 2022

  Join us the Friday after Thanksgiving as we kick off the holiday season here in Redstone, Colorado!
  Santa will begin the night’s festivities at Propaganda Pie at 5pm. Follow Santa down the Boulevard as he lights the tree by the Park and continues to the Redstone Inn’s lower parking…

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Sep. 21, 2022

  Scuttlebutt / Calendar - Sept. 22, 2022

  Dusting or mantle? Around the time last week’s paper was hitting the stands, Sept. 15, Mt. Sopris received her first dusting of snow. As of the writing of this, patches remain with more moisture in the forecast. It is with joy that we name Erin Quinn our winner of the annual guessing contest with the closest prediction of Sept. 17. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

  Farewell, El Jebel

  On Friday, Sept. 16, the White River National Forest released a draft decision approving the sale or lease of its 30-acre administrative site near El Jebel. According to Aspen-Sopris District Ranger Kevin Warner, selling or leasing the land will provide the agency with funds to… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published May. 11, 2022

  Scuttlebutt & Calendar - May 12, 2022

  The Sopris Sun wishes a very happy 75th birthday to Doctor Dandelion himself (Doc Philip). A charter member of the town's Environmental Board and avid brewer of dandelion beer, Doc is credited with turning the notorious "weed" into Carbondale's celebrated town flower. His birthday coincides with Dandelion Day this year, so wish him a good one! Photo of Doc at the first Dandelion Day by B. Sibley Loughran

  Wildfire preparedness

  The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District recognizes May as “Wildfire Preparedness Month.” Four out of five of the largest fires in Colorado’s history have occurred in the past three years, with the most destructive fire happening this previous winter. The first step for preparedness is to sign… read more →

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  True Nature Healing Arts: The Mystical - Spring Equinox Bach Performance with MinTze Wu

  By 1blankuser Published Mar. 20, 2022

  Experience a captivating, inspiring, and beauty-filled program with candles, music, and your own creative medium in the Kiva. We enter the divine world of the music by J.S. Bach, with his Partitas & Sonata for solo violin, performed by violinist MinTze Wu. The music will assist you in meeting your…