Rooted in its vision to create a community where youth and their families are empowered, connected and thriving, the nonprofit Stepping Stones is sprouting new growth — and serving more youth — having recently opened its latest drop-in center in Glenwood Springs. Located at 1630 Grand Avenue, the new center opened in October 2025 and […]
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Local high school students roast ICE
Across the country, high school students organized walk-outs on Friday, Jan. 30, protesting the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in solidarity with immigrant communities and protestors in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Carbondale, teenagers lined the roundabout with signs declaring their sentiments. In Glenwood Springs, the high school cancelled classes after nearly all teachers were […]
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Spruce Up The Sun 2025: Holiday Harmony
Picking up a Valley Journal tradition, The Sopris Sun has highlighted youth artwork in each holiday issue. Every year, The Sun comes up with a different prompt and young people (kindergarten through high school) submit associated illustrations. An ad-hoc committee judges the pieces based on quality and how well they match the theme. Participants submitted […]
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Celebrating local youth at glenWOODSTOCK
Glenwood Springs Parks and Recreation will host the first-ever glenWOODSTOCK on July 20 from 5 to 8pm on the lawn of the Community Center. The festival, which is free and open to the public, celebrates local youth by providing a platform for young artists, musicians and entrepreneurs to showcase their talents.The festival is the brainchild […]
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Aspen Film Shortsfest showcases global talent and youth engagement
Aspen Film will host the 33rd Annual Shortsfest at the Wheeler Opera House and Isis Theatre from April 1 through 7. The Oscar-qualifying festival will feature works by emerging filmmakers from 24 countries, with 58% of the films directed or co-directed by women. The Sopris Sun spoke with Shortsfest’s programming director, Jason Anderson, by phone […]
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SoL closes out the year with ‘A Christmas Story’
Editor’s note: “A Christmas Story” is no longer running, but it has become a tradition that youth correspondent Gus Richardson writes a review of SoL Theatre’s productions. I was lucky enough to attend the final showing of SoL Theatre’s “A Christmas Story,” and it was one of the better shows I’ve seen this year. It […]
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Carbondale youth stand to make a difference
Last year, on Fridays after school, Delilah, Camille, Violet and Ava would meet at the Carbondale Library. These four friends are each 10 years old and in the fifth grade at Carbondale Community School. They decided that with concerted effort, they could make a difference in the world. Initially, their ideas started big. Violet thought […]
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Library controversy: A youth’s perspective
On Thursday, Sept. 10, I had the opportunity to attend a local library board meeting. I was very excited to do so for three key reasons: 1) I got out of math class, 2) I’d never been to a library board meeting before and 3) the topic being discussed directly pertained to me. They were […]
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TACAW serves up the sizzle with summer workshops
The warm weather brings another year to partake in a sizzling camp and workshop lineup at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) promising participants engaging ways to explore the performing arts, foster self-discovery and learn about brain empowerment; and, that’s just for starters. Art Williams, TACAW’s education and community partnerships coordinator, spoke with The Sopris […]
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Nostalgia and hope converge in new VOICES project
This weekend, April 28-30, audiences will have three opportunities to view the pilot production of a new flagship VOICES project, “Sage Voices: Precious and Endless.” “Sage Voices” is the fourth in a rotation of spring and fall shows, each occurring every other year. Similar to “Nuestras Voces,” “Women’s Voices” and “Queer Voices,” it is a […]