Community Calendar

It’s time to put on your favorite boots, practice your loudest “yips” and “yeehaws,” and learn some line dances! We will learn basic moves and terminology in country (and pop!) dancing and then put them to work in choreography. You don’t need any experience to join these classes! All ages, genders, and abilities are welcome – after all, dancing is for everyone. All you need to bring is your willingness to learn, a big smile, and your shining presence!

Class is from 5:30pm-6:30pm and $10/person. Any questions or wish to get on the email list: rfvlinedance@gmail.com

Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art focused on re-directing conflict into harmony. Benefits include confidence, discipline, stress-relief, resilience, community-building and fitness. All levels practice together. We are affiliated with the United States Aikido Federation.

Appointment required before first class. Please contact us for information.

Carbondale pioneer woman Hattie Thompson Holland went to Panama in the late 1920’s. She visited historic sites and indigenous villages and traveled through the Panama Canal shortly after its creation. A century later, Carbondale historian Sue Gray retraced some of Hattie’s journey armed with copied photos and notes from the Carbondale Historical Society. This presentation will feature both old and new images and descriptions of the captivating land of Panama.

Opening September 8th at Main Street Gallery and The Framer, Ltd., see Playful Pottery by Shana Salaff. Her bold new dinnerware series brings painterly flair to everyday function. On display through October 25th, with a First Friday reception on October 3rd. Learn more at carbondaleclay.org.

Opening October 6th, CCC presents What the Clay Records | a 50-Year Retrospective by Frank McGuirk. This landmark exhibition surveys five decades of McGuirk’s ceramic practice, shaped by time, friendship, and place. On display through October 31st. Details at carbondaleclay.org.

Check out the exhibitions in the Carbondale Arts Gallery, featuring a variety of mediums by Courtney Kenny, Michael Kinsley, and Laura Dortmans.

Recording Time (with Scraps and Words) by mixed media artist Courtney Kenny incorporates poetry as a form of sketching to record observations, emotions, frustrations, and revelations. Through her own art and poetry, Courtney documents these visceral moments of awe.

Intimate. Immensity. Laura Dortmans’ ceramic sculptures perform as a surrogate for the physicality of her body. The solidification of gestural movement translates a moment of intimate touch and gives form to the immensity of internal geography; desire, tender love, preserved in space and time

Fluid Landscapes by Michael Kinsley features newer landscape paintings, notable for their intriguing amplification of nature’s sensual forms. These “fluid” landscapes in oil depict familiar scenes in southeastern Utah and western Colorado, especially in the Roaring Fork Valley.

All three shows are generously sponsored by Basalt Printing and Art Supply, and on display through October 30. The gallery is open weekdays 10am-5pm.

High Rockies Harm Reduction provides free overdose prevention materials, education, resources and support, including Narcan, fentanyl test strips, condoms, syringe disposal, hygiene and wound care supplies, peer support and more EVERY THURSDAY in the Aspen Health and Human Services parking lot from 12 PM - 2 PM

Join us at the Carbondale Library each Third Thursday at 2:00 for a lively book discussion. Our October book is "Yellowface" by R.F. Kuang. For more information call the library 970-963-2889.

High Rockies Harm Reduction provides free overdose prevention materials, education, resources and support, including Narcan, fentanyl test strips, condoms, syringe disposal, hygiene and wound care supplies, peer support and more EVERY THURSDAY at the Brush Creek Park and Ride from 4 PM - 6 PM

Open office hour sessions weekly with a Colorado Mountain College advisor, ESL and HSE instructor. Stop by for free GED, ESL and Digital Literacy resources as well as information about free Colorado Mountain College High School Equivalency/GED prep classes, full cost Adult High School Diploma courses, and grant-funded reduced tuition ESL classes offered year-round. The CMC advisor can provide information on applying and registering for ESL, HSE and credit courses at CMC, and participants are also encouraged to come with questions or requests for resources. These open office hours sessions are free and there is no need to pre-register. Call Thae Dunn at 970-236-0451 for more information.

Horas de oficina abiertas cada semana con un asesor de Colorado Mountain College, instructor de ESL (inglés como segundo idioma) y de HSE. Visítanos para recibir recursos digitales gratuitos de alfabetización, ESL y GED (desarrollo de educación general). Además, puedes recibir información sobre las clases gratuitas de preparación para la obtención de tu GED/diploma de equivalencia (para estudios de escuela media superior), cursos a precio completo para adultos (para la obtención de un diploma en cursos a nivel de escuela media superior), y clases de ESL a precios reducidos (gracias a subvenciones) ofrecidas a lo largo de todo el año. El asesor de CMC puede proporcionar información para llenar las solicitudes e inscribirse a las clases de ESL, HSE y otros cursos para la obtención de créditos, y los participantes son exhortados a hacer preguntas y solicitar recursos. Estas sesiones de horas abiertas de oficina son gratuitas y no hay necesidad de una preinscripción. Llama a Thae Dunn al 970-236-0451 para recibir más información.