At the “Visceral Alchemy: Fine Art + Tattoo” exhibit at Carbondale Arts, I find a temporary tattoo of a human heart, rendered more anatomically faithful than the two humps and sharp point of an emoji. But the aorta, pulmonary artery and venae cavae of this tiny tattoo heart are plants and vines. Planets float inside […]
Trina Ortega
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‘It’s like meditation’: RFHS graduates return to play music for hometown audiences
Two graduates from Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) who have gone on to study and perform music at a professional level return home in the coming weeks for gigs in the Carbondale area. Zack Ritchie, who graduated from RFHS in 2014, plays drums with the Denver-based jam band River Spell and has a set Aug. […]
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Coal Basin Ranch opens for mountain biking
Coal Basin Ranch opened for mountain biking on Saturday, May 28 for the property’s first full season. To get there, visitors drive up the winding Coal Basin Road for about four miles, following Coal Creek around steep hillsides of shale and sandstone before arriving at a parking lot and closure gate. The area first opened […]
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Gas prices are down … but how long will it last?
While more Americans have reportedly been filling up their tanks more for road-tripping, camping and van life during the Coronavirus pandemic, the increase in individual automobile gas purchases is not driving up gas prices. In fact, if you’ve visited the pumps recently, you likely noticed how much prices have dropped. According to AAA Colorado, the […]