Community Calendar

Roaring Fork Insight Meditation meets for meditation and community discussion every Wednesday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Basalt from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, one-hour online Zoom meditations are held from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. All are welcome.

Celebrate the holiday season at Anderson Ranch Arts Center during our annual Holiday Open House! Join friends and family for an evening of art, creativity, and holiday cheer as candlelit paths lead you through the Ranch campus and studios.

Explore open studios featuring work by Anderson Ranch staff, current artists-in-residence, and local artists, with artwork available for purchase. Warm up around the fire with s’mores, hot chocolate, and pastries, and enjoy festive treats while exploring campus.

Guests of all ages are invited to get creative with a winter-inspired craft in the Children’s Building. Be sure to visit the Patton-Malott Gallery to experience Counterpoints: Indigenous Female Perspectives, featuring work by Sarah Ortegon, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Dyani White Hawk, Melanie Yazzie, and IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Chief Curator Dr. Manuela Well-Off-Man.

The ArtWorks Store will also be stocked with unique gifts and stocking stuffers from featured artists, with complimentary holiday gift wrapping available for all purchases.

The Holiday Open House takes place December 9 from 4:30–6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public; registration is appreciated.

Unleash your creativity in a fun, engaging, and inspiring senior art class where the only limit is your imagination!

Each session focuses on playful and easy-to-learn techniques, including watercolor painting, acrylics, pastels and more! Classes are perfect for all skill levels. Enjoy a stress-free artistic outlet designed to nurture your creativity while having fun.

No registration necessary. Just arrive day of ready to create!

Get ready for Zumba with Andrea Orrego

Zumba is a global dance phenomenon that invites the body and spirit into a state of pure, rhythmic connection. Originally inspired by the vibrant dance traditions of Latin America — Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, and Reggaeton — Zumba has since grown into a dynamic fusion of world rhythms, blending Afrobeat, Bollywood, Bhangra, Belly Dance, Hip Hop, and more into an electrifying celebration of movement.

At its core, Zumba is about intuitive dance expression. Rather than focusing on strict choreography or technical breakdowns, the structure of a Zumba class mirrors the architecture of music itself — simple, repeatable patterns tied to the chorus, verses, and bridges of each song. This approach allows dancers to anticipate transitions naturally, freeing them from the constraints of counting steps and encouraging a deeper, more instinctive relationship with rhythm.

Zumba invites a profound reconnection to the joy of embodied movement: a space where strength meets sensuality, sweat becomes celebration, and music becomes a global language that transcends borders.
For seasoned dancers, Zumba offers a refreshing invitation to return to the essence of why we dance — not for perfection, but for expression, connection, and exhilaration. It is a journey through cultures, rhythms, and emotions, all channeled through the most ancient instrument we possess: our own bodies.

All dance levels welcome!

Carbondale Clay Center’s biggest fundraiser is back—bringing hundreds of people and around 250 handmade cups from artists across the country to the Roaring Fork Valley. When you join the fun and bid in the auction, you’re directly supporting CCC’s mission to enrich lives through the ceramic arts. Every dollar raised fuels our programs—from artist residencies and exhibitions to classes, kids’ activities, and community outreach.

Join Anderson Ranch Arts Center for a Visiting Artist conversation with Dyani White Hawk, a multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis whose practice explores cross-cultural experiences through painting, beadwork, sculpture, installation, video, and performance. A member of the Sičáŋǧu Lakota Nation, White Hawk brings together influences from Lakota visual traditions and Euro/American abstraction to create work that considers cultural identity, connection, and contemporary experience.

White Hawk was featured in the 2022 Whitney Biennial and has presented major exhibitions including Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, a mid-career survey co-organized by the Walker Art Center and Remai Modern, and Speaking to Relatives at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work is held in collections including the Brooklyn Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Denver Art Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Walker Art Center, and Whitney Museum of American Art.

As a Visiting Artist at Anderson Ranch, White Hawk will engage with the Ranch community through studio work, conversations, and a public lecture. Her Visiting Artist Lecture will take place December 15 from 4:30–5:30 p.m. in Schermer Meeting Hall. The lecture is free, open to the public, and available to attend in person or via livestream.

Service Above Self
Rotary is proud to welcome you to our global community of more than 1.4 million men and women in 46,000+ clubs dedicated to building a better world. By adding your skills, experience, and enthusiasm to the Rotary Club of Carbondale, you can make a positive impact in our community, and beyond!

Through the Rotary community, you can exchange ideas and build lifelong friendships with like-minded people. Take advantage of the resources and activities available through your club, district, and Rotary International to make your experience with Rotary both rewarding and fun.

Founded in 1905 (Rotary History), Rotarians are engaged citizens, business and professional leaders who take an active role in their communities while greatly enriching their personal and professional lives.

Roaring Fork Insight Meditation meets for meditation and community discussion every Wednesday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Basalt from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, one-hour online Zoom meditations are held from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. All are welcome.

Unleash your creativity in a fun, engaging, and inspiring senior art class where the only limit is your imagination!

Each session focuses on playful and easy-to-learn techniques, including watercolor painting, acrylics, pastels and more! Classes are perfect for all skill levels. Enjoy a stress-free artistic outlet designed to nurture your creativity while having fun.

No registration necessary. Just arrive day of ready to create!

Get ready for Zumba with Andrea Orrego

Zumba is a global dance phenomenon that invites the body and spirit into a state of pure, rhythmic connection. Originally inspired by the vibrant dance traditions of Latin America — Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, and Reggaeton — Zumba has since grown into a dynamic fusion of world rhythms, blending Afrobeat, Bollywood, Bhangra, Belly Dance, Hip Hop, and more into an electrifying celebration of movement.

At its core, Zumba is about intuitive dance expression. Rather than focusing on strict choreography or technical breakdowns, the structure of a Zumba class mirrors the architecture of music itself — simple, repeatable patterns tied to the chorus, verses, and bridges of each song. This approach allows dancers to anticipate transitions naturally, freeing them from the constraints of counting steps and encouraging a deeper, more instinctive relationship with rhythm.

Zumba invites a profound reconnection to the joy of embodied movement: a space where strength meets sensuality, sweat becomes celebration, and music becomes a global language that transcends borders.
For seasoned dancers, Zumba offers a refreshing invitation to return to the essence of why we dance — not for perfection, but for expression, connection, and exhilaration. It is a journey through cultures, rhythms, and emotions, all channeled through the most ancient instrument we possess: our own bodies.

All dance levels welcome!