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Soul Connely (left) and Leif Michelson Valdez (right) were part of the crew that walked the runway to show Valdez’s fashion line at last weekend’s Cirque d’ Sopris at Roaring Fork High School. The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities billed the night as “An evening of daring design and dance.” For more photos, please turn to page 15 and also check out The Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com. Photo by Lynn Burton

Slammin’ and Jammin’: Myrlin and Logan return Arizona poets to lead Youth Poetry Slam at PAC3

By Barbara Dills Sopris Sun Correspondent If you missed the memorable poetry slams at Steve’s Guitars and Roaring Fork High School last year, take heart. The spoken-word artists who led those events are returning to the Roaring Fork Valley and will be sharing

their verbal magic in the schools, on stage, and even a few times on the KDNK airwaves from Feb. 3-14.

Aspen Writers’ Foundation is bringing teaching artists Myrlin Hepworth and Logan Phillips back for a two-week immersion in local middle and high schools in every town from Glenwood Springs to Aspen. The two also will lead the Slammin’ Students Youth Poetry Slam on Feb. 10 at PAC3 in the Third Street Center. All middle and high school students from throughout the valley are welcome to participate, regardless of whether or not they have shared workshops with Myrlin or Logan at school.

WHY ARE WE THE VALLEY’S

The Slammin’ Students Youth Poetry Slam starts at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 10; students wishing to perform should arrive at the Third Street Center by 6 p.m. to register. The event is free and open to the public. In true slam fashion, judges of all ages will be selected from the audience.

Says Hepworth, “The competition is all in fun. The real point of this event is to inspire young people to give voice to their observations and feelings and then to be heard.

I hope lots of folks from the community will come out … to show their support, just like they would for basketball, soccer, or football games.”

Poetry meets hip-hop Myrlin Hepworth is a poet, emcee and teaching artist from Phoenix who performs throughout the country. He is the co-founder of the Arizona State University (ASU) Humanities initiative, Phonetic Spit, providing poetry and spoken word workshops to over 30 Phoenix-area high schools and community centers every year, plus many more around the country. In 2010, he became the first undergraduate teaching artist for the Young Writers Program at ASU, where he received his degree in English in 2011.

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UDC update On Jan. 20, Clarion submitted a draft of the annotated outline for the new unified development code (UDC) to town staff for an initial review. The initial draft will be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission and then will go out for public comment in mid-March.

The annotated outline will set out the proposed structure of the new UDC in detail and will provide commentary explaining the purpose and scope of each new or amended provision and how it relates to the existing Land Development code. The annotated outline is an important step in the code development process because it allows town staff, as well as elected and appointed officials the opportunity to review the overall structure of the proposed revisions before the actual drafting of the new code begins.

Feedback from everyone in mid-March is extremely important.

Clarion is looking to us as a community to insure that the proposed new structure meets our needs and objectives.

The feedback given in this early stage will allow Clarion to make revisions or corrections to the UDC before significant time or resources are spent on the actual drafting of code amendments. We ask that you bear with us as we get an initial glance at the annotated outline to check for any errors.

The annotated outline will be available in midMarch for public comment. Sign up for updates at www.carbondaleudc.com. Thanks for your continued involvement in the process.

— Carbondale Planning & Zoning Commission

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CCaH to ex-library?

Dear Editor: Now that the Gordon Cooper library building is back on the market (so to speak), I’d suggest that the town give some thought to moving the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities and its gallery back downtown.

The Third Street Center is certainly a valuable asset to the community but frankly, I think something major was lost from Main Street and the energy of First Fridays when CCAH moved out of sight. Let’s put them back right in the middle of things and having them located just a block from Mountain Fair can’t be a bad thing either.

Let one or more of the other community groups that were in interested in the library but don’t have to be right downtown, or that need more parking, have the CCAH spaces at Third Street. Another group could even use part of the old library if that building has more space than CCAH needs in the short run.

I think the library size and spaces might be much more suitable for CCAH and their exhibits than it would have been for the types and scale of the Surls sculptures anyway.

Bill Lukes Carbondale

Congrats to Carbondale Dear Editor: Congratulations to the town of Carbondale on its decisive move to produce more of its own electricity through solar arrays on municipal buildings. In this way and many others, our community leads by example.

Your article detailed the incredible opportunity of power purchase agreements and alluded to the 2016 expiration date of the tax credits that PPAs depend upon.

So how will Carbondale and other municipalities continue to bring renewables online in a cost-effective manner? The most obvious, affordable, and simple-to-administer policy is a carbon tax. The Third Congressional district of Colorado has a new local chapter of the non-partisan group Citizens Climate Lobby that is working toward federal carbon fee and dividend legislation.

CCL’s version applies a fee at the point of

production of fossil fuels based on their carbon content, including imported fuels, thereby incentivizing foreign governments to pass their own carbon taxes. The fee starts small, at $10 per ton, and increases incrementally over 10 years, which is exactly the sort of predictable mechanism that energy companies want. This revenue-neutral policy awards a dividend to all American households, so if you are thrifty with energy use, you are likely to receive a net benefit, while those with greater energy consumption will feel the price pinch. Rather than favoring any one technology, a carbon tax allows the free market to sort the “winners and losers.” Our local CCL chapter seeks members of all political persuasions interested in pursuing a solution to climate change that makes good economic sense. Federal carbon fee and dividend legislation would complement the renewable energy installations, efficiency programs, climate action plans, and possible carbon taxes that Carbondale and our neighbors have already undertaken or may soon enact. Please join us.

Amelia Potvin Carbondale

Raise the minimum wage Dear Editor: Raising the minimum wage should be a no-brainer but we will have to convince Rep. Scott Tipton and his Republican colleagues.

The proposed $9 per hour minimum (up from the current $7.25), doesn’t even get workers to where they were in 1967 (it would have to be $10.56 an hour to have kept up with inflation), yet Republicans offer the same flawed arguments. Here are the facts: • It WON’T ship jobs overseas. Minimum wage jobs are highly concentrated in the service industry: cleaners, store clerks, food workers and so forth – jobs that cannot be shipped overseas because they serve the people here.

• It WON’T hurt workers. Virtually all minimum wage earners support raising it; that wouldn’t be true if it was going to hurt them.

• It WON’T hurt business. Business will pass the costs on to consumers. Believe it or not, consumers overwhelmingly say they will pay

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the extra dime on their coffee or few cents on their purchases to support the working poor.

• It WILL give more than 15 million people money to meet everyday needs – money that will immediately be poured back into the economy, boosting overall growth.

• It WILL reduce the number of people on food stamps and other government aid. (Republicans should support the proposal for this reason alone).

• It WILL be representative of the American people, more than over 70% of which support the minimum wage raise.

Here is a challenge to Scott Tipton and other Republicans: Do better than the Democrats. Propose legislation that increases minimum wage to more than $9 an hour.

Peter Westcott Carbondale

Be a mentor Dear Editor: January is National Mentoring Month.

Mentoring is very near and dear to me, and if not for the support of some key mentors things may have turned out very different in my life.

Through the years I have mentored several people, and as you may know I have spent a lot of time raising money for The Buddy Program. For many years I hosted the Bash for the Buddies at my home, and Boogie’s Diner continues to sponsor Boogie’s Buddy Race each July Fourth.

I am writing to encourage you to get involved. The Buddy Program needs more Big Buddies; we currently have children on our waiting list who need mentors. It's easy to apply and it's much easier to be a Big Buddy than you might think. By giving a small amount of your time you can make a great impact on the life of a deserving kid and you will be surprised how much it will impact you as well. The excitement and energy that mentoring will bring to your life will be huge!

So do it today. Call the Buddy Program and get involved! You can find them at 9202130 or BuddyProgram.org.

Boogie Weinglass Chairman of the Board The Buddy Program

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Carbondale oďŹƒcials dealing with major issues in 2014 New zoning code, marijuana, possible tax hikes, Highway 133 (Editor’s note: Carbondale and Carbondale Fire District ofďŹ cials have a lot on their respective plates this year, most of which directly affects the residents they serve. The Sopris Sun recently sat down with the ofďŹ cials individually and in groups. This is that they had to say in part one of a two part series).

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Correspondent SUN: What’s up with the UniďŹ ed Development Code (drafting a new zoning code).

JaNET BUCK (planning director): “We’re going full tilt into the code rewrite. You’ll see slow times and times for public comment and review. People really need to keep track of what’s going on. They can go to the UDC website (http://carbondaleudc.com/) and sign up for updates.�

STaCEy BERNOT (mayor): “The consultant we’re using has initiated a great Internet interface that allows people to provide their feedback. The idea is to update our land use code that’s over 30 years old, and have it dovetail nicely with our newly approved comprehensive plan. Our hope is to have it streamlined and user friendly, so that it not only reects what the community wants but everyone knows the lay of the land before they get in there.â€?

Jay HaRRINGTON (town manager): “I think we’re looking at late summer or early fall for ďŹ nal adoption. That’s a major issue for us. For the town, it’s a big investment.â€? aLLyN HaRVEy (trustee): “We’re not really talking about rezoning residential areas, but I think there’s some commercial zoned districts that may see some changes.â€?

SUN: When will improvements begin on Highway 133?

HaRRINGTON: “On Feb. 14 we go to bid. We’re hoping to have a contractor on board and start in April. It’s going to be a busy year working with both CDOT and the contractor. I think there are a lot of people that don’t understand the scale and scope of this project. I was speaking to a downtown business owner the other day that told me, ‘I’ve heard about it for years, is it really going to happen?’ Well ... yeah!

We’re pretty close. All that construction this fall wasn’t just to cut down some trees and leave the entry bare.�

BERNOT: “You can’t underscore enough the 20-year project for safety improvements to the main artery in our town. The main design is set. We’re just trying to foresee any potential challenges. The chamber of commerce has really stepped up to be the community partner to bridge the information gap with the business community.�

SUN: Are you anticipating trafďŹ c problems for the police?

GENE SCHILLING (police chief): “CDOT (the Colorado Department of Transportation) is in charge of the highway itself, but if the trafďŹ c control on 133 isn’t taken care of well, we’re going to have a lot of side street issues.â€?

Do you ďŹ gure CDOT will donate the crosswalk button at Main Street and Highway 133 to the Mount Sopris Historical Society after it’s no longer needed and removed this year due to the new roundabout? We’ll see. In the meantime, there are plenty of other issues to discuss at public meetings and private gatherings in 2014. Photo by Lynn Burton SUN: Will recreational marijuana sales make much difference to the town’s ďŹ nances?

BERNOT: “I think any new business that comes to Carbondale helps with our revenues, but it’s a little too early to tell if their business model is going to be viable. There’s a lot of interest in the product but I also know a lot of people in the community intend to grow their own.�

HaRRINGTON: “When we calculate based on what we think we see off of medical marijuana, we get about $30,000 a year. That’s real money but it’s not gonna even cover the cost of one police ofďŹ cer.â€?

SUN: At one point we had more than 12 medical marijuana outlets in town. Are we likely to see something like that with recreational pot?

BERNOT: “Unless there’s a drastic change, we’ll probably have up to ďŹ ve over the next year and a half, and then see if market conditions change. We’re allowing for some of the free market forces to happen, but it’s staggered. If you’re currently not a medical marijuana provider you cannot submit your application (for recreational pot sales) until July, which is state law. If all three of our medical shops wanted to convert, come July you’d have the ability to add two more.â€?

HaRRINGTON: “We don’t even have any pending applications (for recreational pot). There’s one that’s applied for

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SUN: Do you anticipate less work on the part of police now that it’s a legal, or more due to misunderstandings of the law?

SCHILLING: “I think we’ll see more enforcement. There will be an educational period. We’ve had several people smoking in public and thinking it’s OK. The regulations don’t allow that. Also, we’ve seen a few issues with dispensaries and city regulations. I think this ďŹ rst one’s a learning curve. I think we’ll be able to tell the next person the applies some of the issues we had last time and ask them to address them.â€?

HaRRINGTON: “So far, most issues have been minor.

It’s gone better than expected. I think the big issue we’re going to have is the edibles. Those are the ones that kids and pets may not know about.�

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SUN: Any word on construction of a new City Market on the Main Street Marketplace site (the west end of Main Street)?

HaRRINGTON: “Kroger (City Market’s parent company) has inquired about our process, but we haven’t done a pre-application meeting or anything like that. They’re probably waiting to see how the highway turns out.”

SUN: What projects are the town working on?

HaRRINGTON: “The bike park. Parks and rec. and the bike and ped. commission are working together to start the design and build process. There’s a grant involved, some locally raised money, and some modest town funding.”

SCHILLING: “We’re looking at some fuel efficient upgrades for our town hall car and our new police vehicle for the school resource officer. We’re looking at a Ford Fusion hybrid or possibly a Chevrolet Volt electric plug-in. Also, the (traffic) light at (Highway) 133 and Snowmass is supposed to go in this summer.”

HaRRINGTON: “We’ll be excited not to be putting staff resources toward that (the traffic light location). Having code enforcement or uniformed police officers as crossing guards is not the highest and best use of those man or woman hours.”

SUN: Elections are coming up in April. Which seats are up?

BERNOT: “John Foulkrod is term limited (so he can’t run). Then it’s myself, Elizabeth Murphy, Frosty Merriott, with seats that are up for election. Allyn Harvey, Pam Zentmyer, and John Hoffmann stay.”

SUN: So you (Bernot) can run again?

BERNOT: “Correct.”

SUN: Are you expecting a heavily contested race?

HaRVEy: “We had 10 people running last time. I think the more the merrier. Hopefully people will step up.”

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HaRRINGTON: “We are anticipating a mailin ballot again.

There have been some legislative issues over the last year, which has made that a little more complicated. The Garfield County Clerk will be helping coordinate our election because there are some technical issues. We’re really lucky that they’re going to step up and help us.”

BERNOT: “Our last five elections have been mail-ins, so if we were to revert back, I think it’d be confusing for a lot of people.

They’re used to receiving their ballots in the mail.”

SUN: You can still drop your ballots off at the town hall on Election Day, right?

BERNOT: “Of course. That won’t change.”

SUN: There’s been talk of an energy tax. Are the trustees working on that?

BERNOT: “It’s really kind of a preliminary thing. I think the board will continue those conversations, looking toward more of a November question. It should bring forth a lot of the community dialogue on ‘is it an energy tax, is it something else?’ There are a few items that we need a dedicated funding source to achieve some of our goals.”

SUN: Based on 2013, how might we expect 2014 to shape up economically and in other areas?

HaRRINGTON: “We had projected about a 2 percent sales tax (collection) increase in 2013. As we close out the year, we’re at a little over 2 maybe 2.3 (percent). How 2014 plays out, we’re not quite sure. We projected 2 percent again. We’re coming back in terms of our funding, but not very quickly. We’re making small steps.”

BUCK: “In the years after 2008, the day-to-day (development) inquires fell off. Beginning in the middle of last year, they’ve really picked up. People are getting more creative with how they use their properties. I see momentum growing, though at a cautious pace. I think it’ll be a good year. We should see some good things happen — the UDC (Unified Development Code) and the highway improvements.”

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TUESDay Jan. 21 at 3:39 p.m. police responded to a four-car accident at the intersection of Dolores Way and Highway 133; they issued one citation for careless driving.

WEDNESDay Jan. 22 at 10:06 p.m. police contacted a pair of teenagers who were making out in Triangle Park and called their parents. (Editor’s note: Carbondale parks close at 10 p.m.)

FRIDay Jan. 24 at 12:02 a.m. police officers responded to a suspicious light outside a River Valley Ranch house.

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TUESDay Jan. 28 at 2:48 a.m. a clerk at a convenience store called police when a man began to eat his food before it was paid for. The customer paid for the food before officers arrived.

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Benefit for Renee Maggert Friends are organizing a sweetheart dance/benefit for longtime Carbondale resident Renee Maggert from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 14 at The Orchard (110 Snowmass Drive). There’ll be live music with The Missing Link Band, a silent auction and dinner provided by Allegria Pasta Salad & Vino, Mi Casita, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Peppino’s Pizza, The Pour House (Midge’s chocolate cake), Village Smithy and White House Pizza. An account has also been set up at Alpine Bank. Just mention “Renee Maggert #5394.” Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at Alpine Bank in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs and also at the door. “Please join us in helping this vivacious, beautiful lady who has helped so many within our community,” said co-organizer Kim Valesquez. Proceeds go toward helping Maggert with on-going medical expenses after her COBRA insurance expired.

Baby please, don’t go Apparently there’s a big football game somewhere (probably outside) so the Crystal Theatre will be closed on Sunday, Feb. 2.

attention seed savers Did you collect seeds from your 2013 harvest? If so, bring any you would like to donate to the Basalt Library to be included in its 2014 Seed Library.

Time inks Goldsmith Time magazine devoted a page to Basalt photographer Lynn Goldsmith in its special edition “The Beatles Invasion: The inside story of the two-week tour that rocked America”

by Bob Spitz. You may or may not remember that the Beatles landed in America for their first U.S. tour 50 years ago in February. The ensuing hysteria was labeled “Beatlemania” by the press, as fans clogged airports to greet John, Paul, George and Ringo when they touched down. Girls fainted and screamed through their performances on “The Ed Sullivan

Roaring Fork High School is fielding a Nordic ski club this year and they’ve been working out at Spring Gulch. On a related note, Spring Gulch hosts the Mount Sopris Nordic Council’s Ski for Sisu fund-raiser on Feb. 2. Photo by Greg Fitzpatrick Show” and the band dominated the top 40 charts. Goldsmith was 16 years old at the time and living in Miami. On page 88 of the special edition she relates her encounter with the Fab Four from Liverpool and the photo that ensued. “My stepfather was in the hotel business and arranged for me to be in the lobby (of the Deauville Hotel) for their arrival.” Goldsmith was fascinated by the hotel’s wild carpets and wasn’t that crazy about the Beatles (a Rolling Stones fan instead). “I wanted to photograph them (the rugs) … .” When the Beatles entered the crowded lobby, all Goldsmith could see was their feet so that’s the shot she took: the feet of all four Beatles in their Beatle boots. “John Lennon asked ’Don’t you want our faces?’ I looked at him, smiled and shook my head no.

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He winked. I think he understood I got just want I wanted.”

The special edition shows the Beatles in front of an American flag and is on newsstands at such locations as City Market.

Save the date The Sopris Sun celebrates its fifth birthday with a party from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Pour House.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: John Baker, Kelsy Warkentin, Calvin Lee, Sally Mencimer and Skip Bell (Jan. 31); and Megan Larsen, Joani Lubrant and Debi Boyle (Feb. 1).

“Way-finding” finds it’s way into Carbondale’s lexicon

By Nicolette Toussaint Sopris Sun Correspondent On Jan. 27, two dozen Carbondale residents huddled around two oversized town plats, marking the town’s artistic and cultural resources. Stars and arrows quickly blossomed all over the maps, indicating music venues, theatres, gardens, architect offices, artists and crafts workers, galleries and restaurants.

The occasion was a creative-zone meeting entitled “Way-Finding and Connectivity,” sponsored by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities (CCAH). As explained by CCAH Executive Director Amy Kimberly, the meeting was a “brainstorming session to map Carbondale’s creative resources,” and part of a process that will include applying for a grant from the state of Colorado in May. Under state legislation passed in 2011, the Governor’s Office and the Office of Economic Development and International Trade are encouraging and certifying “creative districts (or zones)” that can be comprised of communities, neighborhoods or “contiguous geographic areas.” The program is “set up as incubator to assist creative districts with a variety of elements that will ensure success,” according to a handout from Monday night’s meeting.

One of those creative-zone elements is to map and showcase a community’s resources through signage and “improved communications.” Although Carbondale applied for but did not receive a creative-zone grant last year, the CCAH steering committee decided to go ahead with mapping and “way-finding” on its own as a kick-off to the larger grant application process.

Kimberly noted that while Monday’s meeting was facilitated by professionals from DHM landscape architects and Land+Shelter, the effort was “not supposed to be done just by deAmy Kimberly, sign professionals, but by a grassroots effort.”

Executive Director, The 24 participants worked to define the Carbondale Council on town’s creative character — that blend of freeArts and Humanities spirited, hippy, artsy, ranching, foodie, biking, rafting, skiing and mountaineering interests that contributes to the town’s “brand” and is uniquely Bonedalian. Monday night’s brainstorming session touched on types of signs that could be placed around town such as a well-designed standardized sign issued to various businesses, or a three-dimensional sign such as one that could be decorated individually by various artisans and creative businesses.

The participants also discussed the types of activity that should be included in the signage project. One participant, representing the Mount Sopris Historical Society, urged the group to “broaden the plan to include cultural aspects” such as the society’s museum. Several participants opined that solar industries and the training offered by Solar Energy International should be included. Others, having learned that Paonia’s creative zone focuses on food, urged inclusion of gardening projects and restaurants.

Kimberly told the group that the steering committee wanted to “dispel the notion of a district” and said that Carbondale was “not going to identify one street or area as a zone.” Because Carbondale has an “unbelievable” number of creative industries — dancers, artists, architects and events scattered around the town — the plan will include a contiguous geographic area and will create signage for “way-finding.”

Accordingly, participants mapped resources that included glass foundries, blacksmiths, jewelers, furniture makers, galleries, gardens, display and performance venues (ranging from SAW and PAC3 to the Carbondale Branch Library and Steve’s Guitars) and schools such as Solar Energy International and Crystal River Ballet. Events noted included: the 5 Point Film Festival, the Green is the New Black fashion show, Potato Day, Mardi Gras, CCAH’s plein air painting event, Mountain Fair and First Fridays, among others.

The meeting’s facilitators told the group that the Colorado Department of Transportation already has plans to install a large sign for Carbondale at the intersection of Highway 82 and 133. If the town and the steering committee move quickly, that sign could become part of Carbondale’s creative signage plan.

The current steering members are: Amy Kimberly (CCAH), Andrea Stewart (Carbondale Chamber of Commerce), Stacy Patch-Bernot (Carbondale mayor), Janet Buck (town of Carbondale planner), Lon Winston (actor/director of the Thunder River Theatre Company, Michael Lindsay (sculptor), Laura Stover (designer), Chris Erickson (artist), Felicia Trevor (artist), Sarah Wood (artist/5 Point Film Festival representative), Jill Oberman (Carbondale Clay Center director), Carol Bruna (Main Street business owner), Beth Maun (business owner), Terry Kirk (business owner), Randi Lowenthal (Roaring Fork Business Resource Center director), Laurie Bernhardt (non-profit consultant), Alejandra Rico (representing the Carbondale Library) and Tony Menendez (representative of Club Rotario).

The steering committee invites additional members to join the group. The creative zone planning process will continue in February when the steering committee presents its ideas about way-finding and related topics to the public for feedback.

“This planning is not something that is supposed to be done just by design professionals, but by a grassroots effort.”

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Trustees vote for compromise on CR106 request

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Correspondent On Tuesday night, after extensive public input and some deliberation, the Carbondale Board of Trustees opted for a compromise in their recommendation to Garfield County on

Colorado Rocky Mountain School’s application for the county to vacate the part of County Road 106 that runs through the school campus.

The motion for a compromise was made by trustee Frosty Merriott, then seconded and heavily modified by trustee Allyn Harvey.

High school students Wesley Engstrom (left) and Emily Mata (right) perform at the Carbondale Branch Library’s Teen Open Mic Night on Tuesday. About 10 performers gathered and sang originals and covers, presented social justice speeches and recited poetry. The monthly event is free and open to the public. Photo by Trina Ortega

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The motion, which the trustees approved 4-1, states that the right-of-way should only be vacated if pedestrian access is allowed to continue through the school, or an alternative path is created along the eastern boundary of the school’s property.

John Foulkrod cast the dissenting vote, with Stacey Bernot absent and Elizabeth Murphy — who is a grant writer for CRMS — abstaining.

Foulkrod also made a motion to allow CRMS to close the campus without additional conditions, but was unable to sway the rest of the board. “I’ve learned you can’t accommodate everyone in Carbondale,” he told the assembly. “You have to have some trust and CRMS will do the right thing.”

The Jan. 28 trustees meeting saw more CRMS supporters than at a Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss the issue on Jan. 16, when the school was represented mostly by the applicants.

The P&Z voted 5-2 against the request following input from the school and public.

At the trustees meeting, officials from the school were joined by CRMS parents, faculty, and even a pair of students. Several Satank residents and some on Dolores Way were also in attendance to reiterate their concerns about the plans, while community members unaffiliated with either group seemed roughly split on the issue.

Trustee Pam Zentmyer emphasized the need for dialogue between the opposing viewpoints. “I’m a little disappointed to see that there hasn’t been a whole lot of dialogue

between these two groups outside of meetings like this,” she said. While several community members also spoke in favor of compromise, the majority of comments fell strongly on one side or the other.

Supporters of the vacation cited student safety in the post-Columbine High School era as an absolute necessity, while opponents contended that student safety could be obtained without ceding public access through the campus.

In the end, the trustees decision didn’t seem to satisfy those at either extreme.

The Garfield County Planning and Zoning Commission will likely hear from the public once again when it formulates its recommendation for the county commissioners on February 12.

Here are a few quotes from the night: “I think they (CRMS) should be in control of their own destiny.” — John Foulkrod (town trustee) “We also have to consider the safety of the Satank residents.” — Pam Zentmyer (town trustee) “There is no security outside of trust.”

— John Hoffmann (town trustee) (Editor’s note: For quotes from Chelsea Brundige, Sue Edelstein, Jeannie Perry, Ed Phillips, Nancy Smith, Brad Hendricks, Andrea Marsh, Tracey Wilson, Riley Ames, Mark Chain and AO Forbes, please visit the Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com.)

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Poetry om page 1 Myrlin has competed on three National Poetry Slam teams and co-founded and coached the Phoenix youth team to consecutive appearances at the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam. He describes his work with youth this way: “I teach them about poetry and performing, but what I really do is help create a safe space for them to express themselves and to explore who they are, to broaden their view of the world.”

In the spring of 2013, the Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded Myrlin the Arizona Humanities Rising Star Award. He is the author of a collection of poems, “From the Rooftops” and in July of 2013 released his first hip-hop mixtape, “The Funky Autopsy.”

He spent a week at Roaring Fork High School last February, culminating in an allschool assembly described as “the best assembly I’ve ever attended” by a 20-year veteran teacher. In response to his concurrent visit to Colorado Rocky Mountain School, a CRMS student wrote, “Through his poetry he showed what is really going on in the world and he brought these things to our attention… It was the greatest poetry I have ever heard.”

Spoken-word artist Myrlin Hepworth gave workshops and also performed at Roaring Fork High School last year. He is returning to Roaring Fork Valley schools and will be part of the Youth Poetry Slam at PAC3 on Feb. 10. Among other accomplishments, Hepworth has competed on three National Poetry Slam teams and co-founded and coached the Phoenix youth team to consecutive appearances at the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam. Photo by Tomas Karmelo

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Poetry as performance Logan “Dirtyverbs” Phillips is a bilingual performance poet, teacher and trans disciplinary artist from Tucson who spent the first 18 years of his life living 14 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Arizona. He graduated cum laude from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Spanish and worked as a professor of Latin American literature, culture and translation at Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico before devoting himself to his current artistic endeavors. He is the author of five poetry chapbooks, the most recent entitled “Arroyo Ink.” Logan competed in four National Poetry Slams in the United States from 2002 to 2005 and co-hosted the first Mexican poetry slam in 2007. That same year, he founded the multimedia performance collective Verbo•bala (“bullet verb”) with two video artists. The international group pioneers what they call “spoken video,” a combination of live video projections and bilingual spoken word, creating site-specific performance art and installation. Described as “going for a poetry written without letters” by Mexico’s national newspaper La Reforma, Verbo•bala’s innovative practice has taken their work from Cuernavacan speak-easies to international venues including the National Hispanic Cultural Center,

Logan Phillips is a bilingual performance teacher from Tucson. the Phoenix Art Museum, New York University, and the Poesía.en.Voz.Alta Festival in Mexico City.

A gifted and inspiring teacher, Logan coordinates the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam. He wowed students in the Roaring Fork Valley when he visited middle and high schools in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt last spring. In the words of Paul Freeman, principal at Glenwood Springs High School,“Logan Phillips came to our school and worked with our students using the medium of performance poetry, or to use the more popular term, slam poetry. I did not understand the power of the genre to generate so much interest in poetry. Over the space of a few short days, Logan entertained, informed and inspired, an impressive trifecta.”

Carbondale teachers responded quickly and enthusiastically when offered the chance to host the visiting poets in their classes. Myrlin will be at Roaring Fork High School Feb.3-6 and Feb. 11. The rest of the days, he will divide his time between Basalt high and middle schools, Aspen Middle School, Aspen Country Day, and Glenwood Springs High School. Logan will poet and be at Carbondale Middle School Feb. 4-7, and Bridges High School and Carbondale Community School also on Feb. 4. The rest of his time will be split between Basalt High School, Glenwood Springs middle and high schools, and Aspen High School, with a possible visit to Yampah Mountain High School in the works as well.

Lemon andersen When Wade Newsom, local spoken word artist and owner of The Blend, traveled to New York recently to take a workshop with nationally renowned performance poet Lemon Andersen, he didn’t know he’d be inviting Lemon to visit Carbondale this winter. Thanks to Wade’s efforts and the support of the Aspen Writers’ Foundation, Lemon will fly in from New York to share the stage with Logan, Myrlin and the winners of the Youth

Poetry Slam for a special evening event in Aspen on Feb. 13. The event, dubbed “Aloud!

The High Altitude Poetry Jam,” will take place at the Wheeler Opera House. Locals may remember Lemon as the subject of a documentary by the same name that screened at the Crystal Theater during 2012’s Aspen FilmFest. Lemon’s stage memoir, “County of Kings,” a Spike Lee production, was featured in the film and debuted at the Public Theater in New York in 2009. In a New York Times interview, Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater stated, “It sounds hackneyed, but one reason we love Lemon so much is that he is really someone saved by his artistic talent. The fact that a kid who came from such incredibly damaging circumstances figured out how to respond to all that with such huge spirit makes old guys like Spike Lee and me fall in love.” Lemon was also the recipient of the 2003 Tony Award for “Def Poetry Jam,” produced by Russell Simmons on Broadway and subsequently broadcast for six seasons on HBO. The High Altitude Poetry Jam at The Wheeler starts at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 with doors open at 6 p.m. A ticket is not required for this free event.

More information about all these events is available from Aspen Writers’ Foundation, www.aspenwriters.org or 925-3122. A short video of Myrlin’s 2013 visit to Carbondale can also be viewed for the next few weeks at www.soprissun.com.

Obama’s 2012 inaugural poet visits Carbondale

By Barbara Dills Sopris Sun Correspondent

Richard Blanco spoke to CCS students on Jan. 27. Photo by Barbara Dills

Richard Blanco is a man on a mission, a mission to spread the word about the healing power of poetry. He shared that passion with more than 100 students, teachers and parents at Carbondale Community School for an hour on Jan. 27.

Blanco’s visit to CCS was sponsored by the Aspen Writers’ Foundation in connection with his appearance in Aspen at AWF’s Winter Words event the

following evening.

Blanco is the fifth Presidential Inaugural Poet and the youngest (he was 44 at the time of Obama’s second swearing in).

He is also the first Latino and the first openly gay poet to receive this honor. He was preceded by Robert Frost (Kennedy, 1961), Maya Angelou (Clinton, 1993), Miller Williams (Clinton, 1997), and Elizabeth Alexander (Obama, 2009). When asked by a member of the CCS audience what his ongoing role as the Inaugural

Poet entails, Blanco distinguished it from the Poet Laureate honor bestowed by the Library of Congress, which generally has a two-year term and comes with specific responsibilities. What he does with his honor is left to him now. “Anywhere I can spread the word of poetry and try to get people hooked on poetry or broaden their perspective of poetry, that’s the role that I’ve taken on and I feel blessed to have that opportunity,” he said. Then he BLANCO page 14

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Community Calendar

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

THURSDAY Jan. 30

SATURDAY Feb. 1

ROTaRy • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

DaVI NIKENT • Transform your money story with “5 Secrets from the Chakra Money Reading” with Dana Stovern at the Third Street Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 970-527-4412.

FRIDAY Jan. 31 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Dallas Buyers Club” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31- Feb. 6 (except Feb. 2 - closed), 2 p.m (captioned) on Feb. 1, and “Inside Llewyn Davis” (R) at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 31-Feb. 1.

CaBaRET NIGHT • The Aspen Rotary Club presents a night of free cabaret with the University of Colorado Opera Theatre Singers. It’s free and takes place at the Harris Concert Hall. Info: 925-9010 ext. 202.

SUNDAY Feb. 2

MUSIC aT THE LIBRaRy • The Basalt Regional Library will present the Grand Junction mariachi band Noche de Mariachi, conducted by Javier de los Santos, in concert at 5:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Info: 927-4311.

SKI FOR SISU • The Mount Sopris Nordic Council holds its annual Ski for Sisu fund-raiser at the Spring Gulch cross-country trails system. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and skiing goes until 3 p.m. There are 3, 10 and 12.5 kilometer courses. Info: 319-8531 and the ad in this week’s paper.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents John Wesley Satterfield and his Damn Fine Band at 9 p.m. Based in Nashville, Satterfield served in the U.S. Coast Guard on the cutter Reliance and has recorded two solo albums.

His most recent release is the semi-autobiographical “Goodbye Whiskey.” Info: 963-3304.

TUESDAY Feb. 4 TIME TRaVEL TUESDay • The Aspen Historical Society’s Time Travel Tuesday series continues with “Guided Adventure: Leading the Way” at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 5 NaTURaLIST NIGHTS • ACES, the Wilderness Workshop and the Roaring Fork Audobon Society continue their Naturalist Nights with “Laser Mapping of Mountain Snowpacks” and

LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Agent Orange. Info: pac3carbondale.com.

CU’s Jeff Deems at the Third Street Center at 5:30 p.m. On Feb. 19 it’s “Pecha Kucha: A Fast-Paced Storytelling for the Thompson Divide” from the Pecha Kucha Troop.

LIBRaRy CONCERT • The Glenwood Springs Branch Library presents Jerry Barlow in concert at 7 p.m. Barlow is a warm, accessible performer and storyteller. His unique repertoire incorporates favorite traditional pieces as well as his own Celtic-inspired compositions.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood hosts open mic nights with Dan Rosenthal from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays. Info: 928-8813.

ROTaRy • The Carbondale Rotary meets at the fire station Wednesdays at 7 a.m.

Save the Date MONDAY March 3 SPECIaL SCREENING • The Sopris Sun presents the Humphrey Bogart classic “Casablanca” at the Crystal Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Fedoras and trench coats are encouraged. It’s a fund-raiser for Carbondale’s non-profit community newspaper. Tickets are regular priced; no passes. Info: 510-3003.

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THURSDAY Feb. 6

GaRDENING LECTURE • The Basalt Regional Library presents “Starting Your Garden from Seed” at 5:30 p.m. Info: the library’s website.

FRIDAY Feb. 7 FaT FRIDay • Sopris Liquor & Wine presents the second annual First “Fat” Friday, according to a Carbondale Chamber of Commerce press release. The downtown parade starts at 4:30 p.m. The parade entry fee is $25; a winning trophy will be awarded. The entry deadline is Feb. 5. Info: andrea@carbondale.com.

SATURDAY Feb. 8 WINTER WORDS • The Aspen Writers’

Foundation continues its Winter Words series with Dani Shapiro and Nick Flynn at Paepcke Auditorium at 6 p.m. Shapiro wrote “Devotion” and Flynn wrote “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.” They will discuss their dual careers as both novelists and memoirists.

A signing will follow the discussion and Explore Booksellers will have books. Tickets are $20. Info: 920-5770.

MONDAY Feb. 10 POETRy SLaM • Students from middle and high schools throughout the Roaring Fork Valley will share their voices at the Third Street Center during “Youth Poetry Slam” at 6:30 p.m. Arizona poets Logan Phillips and Myrlin Hepworth will MC. Judges will be

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Further Out from page 10 Ongoing chosen from the audience. The slam is presented by the Aspen Writers’ Foundation. Admission is free. Students who want to perform should arrive at 6 p.m. to register.

THURSDAY Feb. 13 POETRy JaM • The Aspen Writers’ Foundation presents “Aloud! The High Altitude Poetry Jam at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House beginning at 6:30 p.m. The program includes Lemon Andersen from Brooklyn, Myrlin Hepworth and Logan Phillips from Arizona, and Youth Poetry Slam winners from local middle and high schools. Admission is free.

FRIDAY Feb. 14 V-Day DaNCE • The American Legion Women’s Auxiliary holds a Valentine Day dance at the legion hall on Third Street starting at 8 p.m. Rockin’ Rob with Boogie Down Light & Sound will provide the tunes. There’ll be complementary champagne and a rose for ladies, plus a chocolate fountain and dessert.

Tickets are $8 (singles) and $15 (couples). It’s open to the public. Info: 963-2381.

SUNDAY Feb. 16 LIGHT IT UP • The Light It Up Blue fundraiser for Autism Speaks and the Extreme Sports Camp for Autism takes place in Aspen at 6 p.m. The music lineup includes John Popper and Brother’s Keeper, with special celebrity guest Jacqueline Laurita (“Real Housewives of New Jersey”) and actor Michael Chiklis. Tickets are $250 at lightitupblueaspen.org.

KOROLOGS SHOW • The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt continues “Photo Five” through Feb. 10. The show features photographers Michael Fain, Sandra Lee Kaplan, Tom C. Korologos, Kathryn Rabinow and Gayle Waterman. The gallery is located at 211 Midland Ave. Info: 9279668.

COREDINaTION CLaSSES • Coredination, A Movement Studio and Bonedale Ballet, both in Bridges High School, offer classes in ballet, pilates, yoga, zumba and jazz, Monday through Saturday for adults, teens and kids. Info: 379-2187. yOUNG CURaTORS CONTINUES • The Aspen Art Museum continues its 2014 Young Curators of the Roaring Fork show titled “Escape; Artworks by 14 High School Artists” through Feb. 2. Admission is free.

LIVE MUSIC • The Hotel Colorado hosts a Monday night jazz jam in its lobby at 7 p.m. The sessions are open to jazz musicians of all levels, semi-formal attire encouraged. Spectators welcome.

For more information visit the Monday Night Jazz Facebook page or contact Zack Ritchie at 987-9277.

MayOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works hosts open mic nights with Patrick Fagan Mondays at 7:30 p.m.

KDNK • The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment program on KDNK broadcasts Crystal River Elementary School students’ narratives, with such titles as “When I Broke My Arm” and “When My Uncle Died” from 2:55 to 3 p.m. on Mondays through Feb. 10.

Tune in at 88.1 FM.

TaI CHI • Martin Finkelstein presents “Tai Chi Principles and Theory” at the Third Street Center a 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 948-7379.

LINX • The Linx Networking group meets each Tuesdays at 7 a.m. in the Aspen-Sotheby’s real estate office on Midland Avenue in Basalt. Info: Keith Edquist at 928-8428.

CaNCER CONSULTaTIONS • Valley View Hospital offers free lung cancer evaluations on Thursdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Info: 384-7707.

DHaRMa TaLK • John “Chophel” Bruna facilitates a meditation and dharma talk at the Third Street Center on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Info: wayofcompassion.org.

MUSIC TOGETHER • All Valley Music Together classes are under way. For details, go to allvalleymusic.com or call 963-1482.

DaVI NIKENT • The women’s empowerment through creative expression 2014 Women’s Circle is now taking place. Info: 618-8334.

MOVEMENT CLaSSES • Coredination, A Movement Studio offers classes in ballet, pilates, yoga, zumba and jazz. Info: 379-2187.

BaSaLT LIBRaRy • The following programs and events take place at the Basalt Regional Library at 10:30 a.m.:

– Monday: Book Babies; Legos from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

– Tuesday and Wednesday: Tree House Tales.

– Thursday: Author Visit; Go2Work (resumes etc) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

– Friday: Story and craft; technology class (iPad) at 1 p.m.

– Saturday: Family Craft.

CaRBONDaLE LIBRaRy • The following programs and events take place at the Carbondale Library: – Musical Storytime • With Sue Schnitzer every Monday at 4 p.m.

Kids must be accompanied by adults at all times.

– Bilingual Storytime • With Alejandra at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays. It’s for kids 1-5.

– T&I Storytime • With Jeannine Stickle at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays.

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SENDING OFF RIDEOUT • There’ll be a send-off party for Dr. Martha Rideout at the Pour House from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 30.

Dr. Rideout is headed to a new veterinary practice in Silverton, Oregon.

POTLUCK FOR HUNGER • Chandra Starr, 13, has organized the Million Pennies Project to raise money for the non-profit Growing Food Forward (formerly Plant a Row for Hunger). To launch the drive, there’ll be a potluck fund-raiser at the Orchard from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 31. Bring some pennies and dish to share.

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A grassroots forum to discuss the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District is slated for the Third Street Center from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. The forum is open to the public, especially potential candidates in May’s Carbondale Fire District board election. Three seats are up for election. Last November, district residents voted down a property tax hike. As a result, the five-member fire board made cuts in the 2014 budget and also dipped into reserves to delay more service cuts. The forum is not presented by the fire district but some fire district personnel, board members and volunteers have indicated they plan to attend. For more information, call 963-1910.

The Basalt Regional Library presents “Starting Your Garden from Seed” at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 6.

Carbondale Board of Trustees candidates can pick up nomination petitions at town hall on Jan. 31; the deadline to return them is on Feb. 20. Up for grabs are the mayor’s seat and three trustees seats. All are for four-year terms.

For details, call 963-2733. On a related note, the deadline to apply for Carbondale’s P&Z vacancy is Feb. 14. For details, call 510-1208.

Strang service Feb. 3 A memorial service for Mike Strang will be held at the Orchard on Snowmass Drive at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 3.

Strang passed away at his Missouri Heights ranch on Jan. 12. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Lathrop Memorial Fund through the Aspen Valley Land Trust. Parking is limited so please carpool or walk from town if possible.

Fat Friday deadline is Feb. 5 The deadline to enter the First Friday Fat Friday parade is Feb. 5. The parade takes place in downtown Carbondale on Feb. 7. The entry fee is $25. For details, call 963-1890.

Ross celebrates charter school week Ross Montessori Charter School celebrates national School Choice Week with the film “Schools that Change Communities” at 5 p.m. on Feb. 7. A panel discussion on charter schools follows the film. Ross Montessori serves grades K-8 with a student enrollment of 243. Info: 963-7199.

Expeditionary learning discussion slated Parents, teachers and community members are invited to a conversation about expeditionary learning at Roaring Fork High School at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. Regional director of the nation-wide Expeditionary Learning, Jon Mann, will lead the discussion. Our Children, Our Schools is sponsoring the event.

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Strawberry Days applications due Food and crafts applications for the 117th annual Strawberry Days in Glenwood Springs are due on March 15. The festival takes place at Sayre Park on June 20-22.

For details, call 945-6589.

Play ball The Basalt Baseball Clinic is slated for high schoolers from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 1 and ages 6-14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the same day, according to the Roaring Fork Valley Kids website. The clinic will be held in the Basalt High School gym. For details, call Tom Pikington at 970227-0084.

Quantum Leadership training Gwen Garcelon presents Quantum Leadership, a workshop designed to activate more profound contributions to a sustainable, just and fulfilling world for all. “This is the ‘how to’ to be the change,” Garcelon said. The training takes place from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 8 at the Third Street Center. Register at highlifeunlimited.com. For details, call 963-9182. The training session is co-sponsored by The Roaring Fork Valley chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby.

Ross continues weekly tours The Ross Montessori Charter School continues its weekly tours Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. For details, call 963-7199.

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Wyly brings in noted printer; David Floria returns Sopris Sun Staff Report The Wyly Community Art Center in Basalt presents noted printer Craig O’Brien from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 7. “O’Brien is a recognized leader in his field and this is a rare opportunity to learn first-hand what it was like to print with artists such as Rauschenberg, Johns, de Kooning and Warhol,” said Wyly Director Kelly Alford.

Coming up next, Nancy Lovendahl will share her experiences in China from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 19. Her current exhibition of works on paper at the Wyly was created during her two-month residency in China and is titled “What is Here? What is There?”

David Floria returns to the Wyly from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 28. This presentation is a Q&A for artists who are hoping to approach galleries and further their careers.

“Floria has decades of experience as a prestigious curator and gallery owner in Aspen.

This is a great opportunity for artists to get the straight talk on the dos and don’ts of approaching galleries,” Alford continued.

On Feb. 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. it’s the Wyly’s first monthly Moonlight Open Studio. Members of the public are invited to connect with their own their creativity, while making art alongside others. “Bring your own art project and supplies to the Wyly, and join with others in a fun, social environment.” Moonlight Open Studio is free and for artists of all skill levels.

Jennifer Ghormley presents “Printmaking Basics: Stencil Monoprint” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 22-23. She shows her work through national juried exhibitions and invitations. She was studio manager at Anderson Ranch Art Center and teaches drawing, printmaking and digital arts at Metropolitan State College in Denver and Arapahoe Community College.

The Wyly also offers several Winter Art clubs for kids. A club for ages 8 and up takes place on Tuesdays starting on Feb. 25; kids 6-8 can attend a free preview on Feb. 26.

For more information, visit wylyarts.org,

call 927-4123 or e-mail art@wyly arts.org.

The Wyly Community Art Center is located a 99 Midland Spur in downtown

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First Fridays continue to evolve and “fatten” up

By Sue Coyle Sopris Sun Correspondent On Feb. 7, Carbondale will get the jump on Mardi Gras celebrations as it hosts the second annual Fat Friday parade and First Friday events. With 31 floats participating, last year’s parade was “unofficially the largest Carbondale parade ever,” according to Andrea Stewart, executive director of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Stewart said she hopes that this year’s parade will attract entries not only from local businesses, but also from schools, bands and various organizations. “We’re completely open,” she said.

The concept of First Fridays did not originate with Carbondale. First Friday celebrations have been held for many years in hundreds of U.S. cities from Anchorage to Washington, D.C. But Carbondale has Andrea Stewart taken up the practice and made it Director, Carbondale uniquely its own.

First Fridays began in 2005, Chamber of Commerce when the Carbondale Council of Arts and Humanities (CCAH) initiated the monthly event as an evening “art walk” connecting the CCAH office and gallery (then located where the Beer Works is on Main Street) to the other galleries in downtown Carbondale.

“It was Ro’s brainchild,” said Amy Kimberly, director of the CCAH, referring to thendirector Ro Mead. The idea was to provide some after-hours energy and interest, and ultimately increase sales as well in Carbondale’s extensive art community. Galleries stayed open late and offered wine and cheese or other refreshments to entice visitors into their shops. Seeing the success of the venture, participation spread to other downtown shops and restaurants, whose owners, along with many volunteers, helped organize and promote the evening. According to Kimberly, “The intent was always to increase the vibrancy of downtown, with an emphasis on art.”

But success breeds change, and the change came in 2010 when CCAH moved its office from 647 Main Street to the Third Street Center. The questions then arose. Who

“We get people from Grand Junction to Aspen.”

“owns” this event? Who is in charge? Is the heart of First Fridays in downtown Carbondale, or has it moved to Third Street Center? It became something of a territorial dispute, despite the fact that only a few blocks separated the two locations.

Eventually, a friendly coalition was formed to assuage the fears and visualize the future. The coalition consisted of local merchants, the chamber of commerce, CCAH, and the town of Carbondale. This group collaborated and decided to expand the vision of First Fridays to include the downtown area, Third Street Center and businesses on Highway 133. Depending on weather, transportation between the three areas may be provided by bike-powered rickshaws, shuttle vans, horse-drawn wagons, or any other innovative method that presents itself.

Since the summer of 2011, this popular event has been run by the First Fridays Committee, a sub-entity of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Its members consist of cochairs Jake Boyles and Kristin Garwood, Frank Zlogar, Terry Kirk, Bryan Welker, Kiko Pena, Jared Ettelson, Carol Bruna, a representative from the Carbondale Recreation Department, and a representative from CCAH, as well as Andrea Stewart, who has been chamber director for two years.

According to Stewart, the town of Carbondale gave the First Fridays committee a grant in 2013, but would like to see other Main Street businesses take on more financial responsibility. “All businesses on Main Street benefit (from First Fridays), but only about a dozen contribute,” said Stewart.

The committee has a First Fridays theme for each month. “Light Up Carbondale” is the December theme, and the big event in May is the lulubelle fashion show. Now, February has Fat Friday festivities, complete with a king and queen and a parade that starts at 4:30 p.m. All businesses are encouraged not only to participate in the parade, but also to incorporate the Mardi Gras theme into their shops and restaurants.

This year, said Stewart, at the urging of the town’s board of trustees, there will be one main sponsor for each First Friday. The sponsor for the 2014 Fat Friday event is Sopris Liquor & Wine, which inspired the parade last year. “We get people from Grand Junction to Aspen,” said Stewart. “It’s a great event to showcase all things Carbondale.”

For more information about First Fridays or the Fat Friday Parade, go to www.carbondale.com or e-mail Stewart at andrea@carbondale.com.

There is a $25 application fee for the parade; the deadline to enter is Feb. 5.

Blanco om page 9 added, “And I get to be a Presidential Inaugural Poet forever. Unlike Miss America, I don’t have to give it up after a year.”

Having stood before a crowd of 850,000 at President Obama’s 2012 inauguration, with millions more watching him read his poem “One Today” on their TVs, you would think addressing a roomful of students aged kindergarten to eighth grade would offer little challenge.

“Not so,” Blanco quipped with a smile before taking the stage. “This might be harder.”

The program opened with a verse in both English and Spanish, recited in unison by the CCS “Kinders.”

The seventh graders followed with Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” spoken in perfect unison after only one false start.

Blanco quickly won over his young audience by beginning his presentation with a poem entitled “Crayons for Elena.” His other selections included “When I Was a

“I was overcome by such wonderful, powerful emotion that I didn’t feel nervous.

It was more a sense of gratitude and love.”

Richard Blanco Little Cuban Boy,” “América,” and an excerpt from the title poem of his 2012 collection “Looking for The Gulf Motel.” He suggested “one of the most important things we can ask ourselves when we read or hear a poem is ‘How does it make us feel?’” He also demonstrated the difference between simply reading a poem out load and

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embodying it. “Think of yourself as a singer, a rock star; think of yourself as Taylor Swift or whoever you want.

But the idea is that the poem becomes part of your body, just like a song does for a singer.”

“At the inauguration, were you nervous when you had to read your poem?” asked one young student during the Q&A session. Answered Blanco, “Something beautiful happened. While I was sitting up there [on stage, next to my mother] something very magical happened. As an immigrant, sometimes you don’t always feel 100 percent American, whatever that means. There was always a little part of me that felt, well, I’m not quite American. I’m not quite that little boy on TV. But at that moment I felt so much love and passion for this country.

I also felt graced by America in a way I had never expected. I was overcome by such wonderful, powerful emotion that I didn’t feel nervous. It was more a sense of gratitude and love.”

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Quite a show Dozens of pre-teens and teens fueled the fast-paced Cirque dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sopris at Roaring Fork High School on Jan. 25-26. The kids showed fashion lines they designed themselves, sang songs they chose, and put on a performance that brought whistles and cheers from a lively audience. The show veered into the talent show realm at times, with Bailey Barnum in silvery pants tap dancing to Bruno Marsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Treasure.â&#x20AC;?

Other performers included Doone Gohery, Seamus Gohery, Kate Scott, Jackson Scott, Justice Bouchet, Megan Webber, Kiki Roeser, Xavier Roeser, Abbey Kruse, Avery Royer, Emmet Hood-Garcelon, Sam Gallagher, Zoe Laird, Zibi Laird, Max Laird, Elijah Sweeterman and the seventh grade horse puppets from the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork.

The Brink (comprised of Tanner Korn, Camillo Guevara-Stone and Narayan Koss) performed in the lobby at intermission.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Rehearsals are under way for the sixth annual Green is the New Black fashion extravaganza, slated for March 14-15 at the Carbondale Recreation Center. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Down the Rabbit Hole.â&#x20AC;? Tickets will be available starting on Feb. 11 at carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

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