Community Calendar

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!

This summer, Thursdays a la cART invites families and adults alike to create together through hands-on creativity in the Learning Lab and galleries of the Powers Art Center. Inspired by the bold works of Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein, discover, make, and get inspired!

Sopris Lodge will host a food and supply drive benefiting our furry friends at Colorado Animal Rescue! Donations to support local shelter pets will be accepted daily between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in collection boxes located at our main entrance.

C.A.R.E. Wish List: Please NO pillows, foam bedding, medications or open food/treats.

Canned (wet) dog/cat food
Dry dog/cat food (must be in original packaging)
Dog/cat treats (must be in original packaging)
Pill pockets for dogs
Dog/cat toys
New or gently used collars and leashes
New or gently used blankets
Black gallon trash bags
Tall kitchen drawstring bags
Clean towels

Drop-Off Location
Sopris Lodge at Carbondale
295 Rio Grande Avenue, Carbondale, CO 81623

July 27 – 31, 2026
Monday – Thursday, 9:30AM – 3:30PM, Friday, 9:30AM – 12:00PM
Grades 2 – 4
A collaboration with Aspen Science Center – held at the Art Base

Dive into a week of messy experiments and masterpiece-making! You’ll mix art and science as you explore anatomy and biology, create color-chemistry art (including chromatography), engineer creative builds, and make projects inspired by fossils, space, and planets. Get ready to test, tinker, splash, and discover—then head home with a stack of amazing creations.

"The Way is Not a Way But a Place" by Chloe Wildwerding
This is a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Chloe Wilwerding blends photography, embroidery, and quilting into textile portraits of place. Through references to merit badges and outdoor gear, the show proposes a shift from achievement in nature towards wonder, intimacy, and attention to the landscape.

GEOart Collective: Cracks, Layers, Water
The GEOart Collective is an international consortium of artists who share a love and fascination of nature and the geosciences. Each artist in our group brings a unique set of skills in the world of textile and mixed media. Many of us create our own fabrics, threads and papers through the use of dye, paint and print. Artists in the GEOart Collective have exhibited their work locally, nationally and internationally.

Join us for the opening reception Thursday (yes, Thursday), July 9, from 5:00-7:00pm with an artist talk beginning at 5:30pm. Thank you to Wilderness Workshop for generously sponsoring these exhibitions and for your meaningful work in protecting wilderness, water, and wildlife in Western Colorado!

Get ready for an adventure at the Scholastic Book Fair! It’s packed with exciting books and amazing prizes just waiting for you to discover. Did you spend your summer diving into thrilling stories and submitting your Reading Logs? Now it’s time to cash in on all those hard-earned Book Bucks! And if your wish list is longer than your Book Bucks, don’t worry! You can still grab all your favorites by shopping with cash or card. Come explore, shop, and find your next great read!

¡Prepárate para una aventura en la Feria del Libro de Scholastic! Estará llena de libros emocionantes y premios sorprendentes esperando a ser descubiertos por ti. ¿Te pasaste el verano sumergiéndote en historias alucinantes y entregando tus registros de lectura? Ahora es el momento de hacer efectivos todos esos Book Bucks que con tanto entusiasmo te ganaste. Y si tu lista de deseos es más abundante que tus Book Bucks, ¡no te preocupes! Todavía puedes llevarte todos tus artículos favoritos comprándolos con dinero en efectivo o tarjeta de crédito. Ven a explorar, hacer compras, y ¡encuentra tu próxima lectura!

An engaging time where you and your child are invited to listen to stories, participate in large motor movement, experience sensory activities, and be able to interact with other children and caregivers. This is geared to children 0-3 years old.

Éste es un momento divertido e interesante en el cual tú y tu peque pueden escuchar historias, participar en movimientos que fortalecen la motricidad, experimentar actividades sensoriales e interactuar con más peques y personas adultas a su cuidado. Este programa está diseñado para peques de 0 a 3 años de edad. El programa será facilitado en inglés.

Instruments provided or bring your own. Get your 15minutes of fame on the Rock Island stage!

Get ready for an adventure at the Scholastic Book Fair! It’s packed with exciting books and amazing prizes just waiting for you to discover. Did you spend your summer diving into thrilling stories and submitting your Reading Logs? Now it’s time to cash in on all those hard-earned Book Bucks! And if your wish list is longer than your Book Bucks, don’t worry! You can still grab all your favorites by shopping with cash or card. Come explore, shop, and find your next great read!

¡Prepárate para una aventura en la Feria del Libro de Scholastic! Estará llena de libros emocionantes y premios sorprendentes esperando a ser descubiertos por ti. ¿Te pasaste el verano sumergiéndote en historias alucinantes y entregando tus registros de lectura? Ahora es el momento de hacer efectivos todos esos Book Bucks que con tanto entusiasmo te ganaste. Y si tu lista de deseos es más abundante que tus Book Bucks, ¡no te preocupes! Todavía puedes llevarte todos tus artículos favoritos comprándolos con dinero en efectivo o tarjeta de crédito. Ven a explorar, hacer compras, y ¡encuentra tu próxima lectura!

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!