Stuff by Trina Ortega

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Sep. 18, 2019

  Pickleball grows up

  

  To meet the growing interest in what NBC news recently claimed is the fastest growing sport in the world, the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association and town of Carbondale broke ground early this month on the construction of six new pickleball courts at the North Face Park on the… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Sep. 18, 2019

  Carbondale students take up mountain bike racing with Glenwood Demons

  

  Four Roaring Fork High School (RFHS)students on Sept. 22 will be among several hundred youths racing mountain bikes in Snowmass Village as part of the sanctioned Colorado High School Cycling League race series.

  It is the first time the league, a nonprofit organization, will come to… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Sep. 18, 2019

  Caught in a vortex at Dan Bern concert

  

  Steve Standiford established Steve’s Guitars as an intimate listening room in 1993. The colorful room bursting with musical paraphernalia, trinkets and, of course, guitars in every nook and cranny has hosted a great variety of performers over the years — a lot of talent has come through the… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Sep. 18, 2019

  Clay Center’s annual fundraiser to bring together potters, tacos and community

  

  Start with 30 Carbondale clay artists; add 300 one-of-a-kind handmade plates, four chefs, two organic farms, one distillery, one brewmaster, and countless volunteer hours — mix thoroughly.

  All these ingredients are coming together for the Carbondale Clay Center’s largest fundraiser of the year, a themed event… read more →

• Sections: Columns By Trina Ortega Published Feb. 6, 2019

  Sopris Sun seeds

  

  Winter 2009 was probably the worst time to start a newspaper, much less take on the role of editor.

  Across the country, large daily newspapers like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Denver’s Rocky Mountain News were going out of business and Carbondale’s own Valley Journal suffered the same fate… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Nov. 7, 2018

  RFHS Jazz Band to collaborate with Denver students in free concert

  

  The Roaring Fork High School Jazz Band will perform with the premiere ensemble from the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts (CCJA) in a free community concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Third Street Center.

  With support from Jazz Aspen Snowmass, CCJA Jazz… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Oct. 31, 2018

  Recreationists vie for access on Sutey Ranch

  

  Stating that access to beginner-level horseback riding is being compromised in the Roaring Fork Valley, riders in the Carbondale area are lobbying the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to designate its Sutey Ranch property for equestrian use only.

  The BLM is accepting comments from community… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Jul. 25, 2018

  Setting the stage for Mountain Fair

  

  Two weeks ago, artist Lindsay Jones was sitting outside her garden-level apartment in Carbondale with a dozen or more wooden plant-inspired shapes scattered on the ground around her.

  Some as big as six feet around, they were the art pieces for one of her largest… read more →

• Sections: News By Trina Ortega Published Apr. 18, 2018

  ‘Lightning Heart’ leaves a legacy in paint and memories

  

  Some were offered a twig of fragrant sage; others a polished stone; some received a graphite sketch of a lone conifer on a cliff’s edge; for those gathering at the annual Carbondale Mountain Fair, it was gentle words for a safe weekend; and for all, artist Fred “Lightning… read more →