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Community Calendar for October 11th

Here’s your community calendar for Tuesday, October 11th, underwritten by the Mount Sopris Rotary Club, meeting every Thursday at noon at Mi Casita in Carbondale. Rotary, service above self.

  • Osage Gardens in New Castle’s pumpkin patch is open from 11AM to 6PM.

  • Basalt Library hosts Girls Who Code at 3:45. The coding club for girls grades 6 through 12 is about learning how to use computer science to make music, design games and create animations. Registration required at basaltlibrary.org.

  • At 6 the Aspen Global Change Institute's Walter Orr Roberts memorial lecture series presents Climate Research and Science Policy: What is Ethical Practice and how do we get there? Dr. Mark Howden of the Australian National University will present at ACES Hallam Lake.

  • Town of Carbondale Trustees meet at 6 to go over the 2017 budget. The public’s welcome.

  • Community on the Move, an ad hoc committee of the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association, hosts an A&I tax renewal community meeting at Cardiff Glen School House at 6. This fall Glenwood Springs voters are being asked to approve the renewal of the current 1-cent sales tax and to approve the City’s ability to bond and build infrastructure projects. In addition, funding for the Center for the Arts and Glenwood Springs Historic Society are included.

  • Aspen Weekly Writers Group meets at the Red Brick in Aspen at 7. Read and self-edit with other writers. Bring poetry, novels, letters, or visual arts to prepare for publication.

  • The Beatles: 8 Days a Week screens at the Crystal tonight at 7:30.

  • K Seas Wing House in Glenwood Springs hosts karaoke with Sandman at 9.

Looking ahead…

  • Carbondale has three candidates for mayor to choose from this election, current mayor pro tem Dan Richardson, current trustee Katrina Byars and past trustee Ed Cortes. On October 20th, KDNK will broadcast live from a forum we’re co-hosting along with The Sopris Sun and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce at the Third Street Center from 5:30 to 7.

 
 

Gavin became one of the youngest station managers in public radio on February 1, 2017. He is a writer and producer with a passion for community media. Prior to starting at KDNK as news director in 2016, Gavin worked for national radio programs Alternative Radio with David Barsamian and Nonprofit Radio with Tony Martignetti along with local stations KGNU Boulder, KYRS Spokane, KRBX Boise, KAOS Olympia, and Air America Radio affiliate KPTK Seattle. His nonprofit management experience includes Open Media Foundation, where he led a government transparency team, and Common Frequency, where his policy advocacy supported dozens of noncommercial radio startups. Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Austin American-Statesman, Boise Weekly, and The Sopris Sun have published his reporting. His TV credits include directing teams at Colorado Channel, crewing for Democracy Now!, and hosting on Free Speech TV. He graduated from the Evergreen State College in 2008 with a BA in media production and community organizing.