Re: Crystal Theatre AllianceI think (since the Crystal Theatre is now a kind of museum), that the way to preserve it and convert it into a money-making entity again would be to feature classic movies from the silent movie days, then the “talkies” and then the first technicolor movies — and, finally, classics of the […]
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Peace starts here
On the day marking one year since the Hamas terrorist attack on the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, a reporter, two persons of the Jewish diaspora and one member from Ceasefire Now RFV (Roaring Fork Valley) sat down at the Third Street Center for a conversation. The Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed more than […]
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Republican CD3 candidate forum sheds light on conservative perspectives on water and Gaza
Five of the six Republican candidates for Colorado’s Third Congressional District (CD3) attended a public forum in Durango Tuesday, June 4. Candidate Jeff Herd was not present, reportedly due to a scheduling conflict.Russ Andrews, Ron Hanks, Curtis McCrackin, Lew Webb and Stephen Varela answered a series of questions, two of which The Sopris Sun highlighted, […]
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Carbondale peace activist, Mennonite leader takes Gaza ceasefire message to D.C.
While local peace activists were preparing to rally in Glenwood Springs over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, one Carbondale woman was acting out her faith-based views inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.Katrina Toews, who helps lead the Western Slope Mennonite Fellowship, took part in a hymn sing sit-in for peace […]
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Ps&Qs: Peace over profit
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” – Nietzsche These days, I start my day with a cup of coffee, a little good intention and, inevitably, uncontrolled sobbing. It’s the humans that get […]
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Letters – Dec. 28, 2023
Third Street updateDear Town Trustees and Carbondale Community Members, On behalf of the Third Street Center Board of Directors, I extend our gratitude for your unwavering support in providing winter shelter to Venezuelan immigrants, who, until early November, found refuge under the main bridge leading into our town. The urgency of this situation required immediate […]
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Two wrongs don’t make a right
A few days after Hamas’ Oct. 7 atrocious attacks on Israel, I wrote a letter to the Aspen Daily News arguing that the world was about to witness Israel punish the 2.3 million people of Gaza. Collective punishment is a war crime under the Geneva Conventions, as is denying food, water and medicine. I argued […]
