Photo by Will Grandbois

Aug. 21 is the final Tuesday evening (4 p.m. ‘til dark) to help Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers construct a new access trail on Red Hill.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

EL Javi poured himself into his Aug. 10 performance at the KDNK Hoot, which doubled as an anniversary celebration for the Carbondale Creative District.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

Polo is the sport of kings in which, traditionally, the ambience is a lot more reserved and proper and spectators tend to dress for the occasion.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

Rodeo is an exhibition of cowboy/cowgirl skills during which they compete against one another for a cash prize.

Sections: News By Megan Tackett Published Aug. 15, 2018
Carbondale celebrates community’s artistic path

To say that the Rio Grande ARTway is a collaboration between Carbondale Arts, the Carbondale Creative District and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority — while accurate — would be limited. In reality, the one-mile linear park has been a work in progress by more than 100 volunteers and… read more →

Sections: News By Megan Tackett Published Aug. 15, 2018
Inaugural Compassion Fest seeks to inspire action

Compassion is a verb. That’s the contention that Way of Compassion Founder John Bruna and Director Aaron Taylor are making, and they’ve organized an entire festival to convey the assertion.

“The whole purpose here is to inspire people into action,” Bruna said of the inaugural… read more →

Sections: News By Will Grandbois Published Aug. 15, 2018
Book release, film showing coincide for father and son

When Clark Heckert finished the manuscript for “Sudden Storm” in 1991, his son, J. Winfield, was a teen just experimenting with film to tell tales of piracy during a family trip to Lake Powell. Now, Clark’s book is officially available in its final form and Winfield’s first feature… read more →

Sections: News By Jon Nicolodi Published Aug. 15, 2018
Blacksmithing conference shows CRMS a stronghold of the craft

This past weekend, blacksmiths from all over the United States and Canada converged on Colorado Rocky Mountain School for the Rocky Mountain Blacksmithing Conference.

The ringing sound of a hammer being brought down upon steel in the shop kept rhythm as Scott Kretschmer and I… read more →

Sections: Columns By Nicolette Toussaint Published Aug. 15, 2018
Seeking Higher Ground: A secondhand rose in a great, green town

When Barbra Streisand sang about being a secondhand rose in Funny Girl, she sounded a little blue.

But I think it’s something to celebrate, and Carbondale’s clutch of secondhand stores make it easy to do.

My affection for recycled goods predates my life… read more →

Sections: News By Will Grandbois Published Aug. 8, 2018
Water woes worsen on the Crystal River

It’s one thing to hear that the lower Crystal River is running at less than 5 percent of its seasonal mean and quite another to stand in less than 10 cubic feet per second. The Sun invited Jaime Fiske of SUP Marble, Collin Szewczyk of the local Trout… read more →

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Folks are gathering at True Nature Healing Arts at 2 p.m., then heading along the Rio Grande ARTway for live music and spoken word performances till 5.

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