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Los caracoles
¿Nadie los ve?¿Nadie los oye? Quedaron por fuera del conteo,del jardín de las ciudades. Mueren, pero no en su tumba,sino a plena luz del día. Los caracoles, los sin techo,los fantasmas que se paran en la esquina. Están juzgados,ya condenados. Se arrastran libres en su…
Post 100 beckons all veterans and first responders to gourmet lunch on Sept. 29
The American Legion Post 100 is inviting all first responders, veterans and active service members for a top-of-the-line smorgasbord, made with wild game from here to the wild blue yonder. Retired U.S. Air Force Veteran, with 23 years of service, Gabe Adame, was just recently…
The ReMemberers return to Carbondale, Oct. 3
Remember The ReMemberers? Last fall, True Nature Healing Arts brought this musical myth-making trio into their underground Kiva room for an intimate retelling of “The Lindworm.” Upon a carpet, among an assortment of altar items and soundmakers resonating in that circular space,…
Theo Hirschfield packs his bags to head to Carbondale Clay Center
The Carbondale Clay Center has a new Guest Artists Series, and Theo Hirschfield is the first invited artist. He will be here for the month of October, and is looking forward to getting to know the community, encouraging people to come by and say hello. Hirschfield is based in San…
‘The Lost Art of Random Conversations’ movement goes to print
Tom Karrel wears a t-shirt that reads “I talk to strangers” as he welcomes a mixed-age group of expectant attendees to Carbondale’s very own bookstore, White River Books, for his final (for now) local iteration of “The Lost Art of Random Conversations” book tour and discussion…
Aspen Film’s Filmfest returns in reignited collaboration with Crystal Theatre
running through Sunday, Oct. 4, Aspen Film’s Filmfest will be in full swing for its 47th year. In addition to the plethora of full-length feature films showing at the Isis Theatre, on Oct. 4, audiences can also anticipate Carbondale’s Crystal Theatre to screen two Filmfest…
Dream Well: Have you been visited?
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this…
Historiography: Hot potato
Author’s note: To view the rare Red McClure potato as well as other localheirloom vegetables, visit the Carbondale Heritage Garden Booth at Potato Day. In the 1940s, schoolteacher and farm wife Edna Sweet compiled historical accounts of the first homesteaders. In her book,…
The voice of Sol del Valle ‘is built by all of us’
There are moments in life when saying goodbye does not mean putting a period at the end of a story, but rather pausing to look at everything that has been built and trusting in what comes next. When I officially submitted my resignation from Sol del Valle because of my move to…
Works in Progress
objects appear closer By Eric Matthew Olander Paintballs pounding the house with rainbow hail, for all he cares, with his viewpoint constrained in flashbacks and the shed, watching the roof destroyed for the tenth time in five times as many years, the Alumni of MKUltra who did…
Rams Report: Homecoming soccer on tap Thursday night
Editor’s note: John Stroud is a Roaring Fork High School track and field coach and a substitute teacher for Roaring Fork School District. It’s homecoming week at Roaring Fork High School, as well as neighboring Glenwood Springs High, which means lots of home games and events are…
Las mujeres del valle de Roaring Fork dan rienda suelta a su creatividad ante la escasez de parches de estrógenos
Hayley Harris, de 42 años, es algo más joven que la mayoría de las mujeres menopáusicas. El pasado diciembre, los médicos le extirparon el segundo ovario para aliviar el dolor crónico causado por la endometriosis, lo que la sumió en una menopausia quirúrgica. A Harris le llevó un…