Kirsten Dobroth

Have you ever fallen in love with a place, and seen it change before your eyes? That's the question at the root of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency's (CORE) storytelling workshop, which runs throughout the month of August (August 6-27).

This is Week In The Arts—a curation of virtual events, exhibits and reopenings around the Roaring Fork Valley.

Governor Polis, Treasurer Young Urge For Additional State Funding In Stimulus Package

Tuesday, August 4 - Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Treasurer Dave Young today sent a letter to the state's congessional delegation advocating for additional funding for Coloradans in the next stimulus package. Governor Polis and Treasurer Young stressed the importance of additional federal funding for essential services in the state as Colorado continues to mitigate the public health and economic effects of the pandemic. Areas highlighted by Governor Polis and Treasurer Young in need of financial assistance include food programs for children and families, support for child care and early childhood education, families experiencing homelessness because of the pandemic and assistance for ranchers and farmers.  The letter comes as leaders in Washington D.C. continue to debate what will be included in the next federal stimulus package.

The Arts Campus at Willits, also known as TACAW, is adding family-friendly mini-performances by Carbondale-based theatre company Voices to its weekly Wednesday Night Live events (July 29 and August 5, 12 and 19).

Each 15-minute vignette features the characters Cloud, Rowdy and Gidget. They play in a backyard fort, and practice social distancing to keep each other safe, although they still find ways to go on imaginative adventures. 

LIFT-UP Food Pantry Continues Distribution Into August

LIFT-UP will continue to distribute food via mobile distribution using drive-thru sites in Carbondale, Glenwood, New Castle, Parachute, DeBeque and Rifle.  Some sites will be moving locations as schools begin to re-open.  The schedule will continue as one-day-a-week per community, with longer distribution times while rotating each week between mid-afternoon and early evening.

This is Week in the Arts—a curation of virtual events, exhibits and reopenings around the Roaring Fork Valley.

Theatre Aspen kicks off its summer season at the Hurst Theatre in Aspen’s John Denver Sanctuary this week, with Broadway star Beth Malone on Monday, and the theatre company’s cabaret series on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. 

Despite COVID-19, the art fair formerly known as Art Aspen is returning this year—that is, with a new name and a virtual platform. The annual event is now called Intersect Aspen (July 22-26), and will be hosted entirely online due to ongoing public health protocols. Participants who log in for the event, however, can still expect to see a huge mix of galleries, and featured artists and their work.

The Basalt Public Arts Commission has been assisting artists financially throughout the pandemic. Now, the organization is providing a creative outlet for local artists, too.

Eagle County May Be Forced To Forfeit Public Health Variance

Friday, July 25 - Trends in the local spread of COVID-19 may threaten Eagle County’s ability to maintain its public health order variance from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Last week, the state health department notified the county that local disease rates were outside the levels allowed by the variance. 

This is Week in the Arts—a curation of virtual events, exhibits and reopenings around the Roaring Fork Valley.

Buttermilk Drive-In movies continue evenings (9 p.m.) this week. Films include “Grease” on Wednesday and Teton Gravity Research’s mountain bike flick, “Accomplice,” on Saturday. Tickets can be purchased on Snowmass’s website.

During a normal summer, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is buzzing with workshops, classes and artists-in-residence. Like most other local arts venues, the Snowmass Village facility has pivoted its programming to meet public health orders, but social distancing has brought about a new wave of creativity—namely a new sculpture garden and a reconcepted on-site café.

Monday, July 13 - 4:30 A.M.

The Glenwood Springs Fire Department, with the help of other local crews, was able to control a two-acre wildfire in the Three Mile area around 11 p.m. Sunday evening. 

Eagle County Updates Public Health Order

Friday, July 17 - Eagle County updated its public health order effective immediately Friday due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. Under the new order, only ten people are allowed at private gastherings, indoor public gatherings are reduced to 100 people and indoor public gatherings will allow 175 people or less. 

Eagle County Adds Demographic Data To COVID-19 Statistics

Friday, July 10 - Eagle County has added demographic data to its publicly viewable COVID-19 monitoring dashboard. New data includes the age, gender and ethnicity of confirmed cases. The county said it is including this information to "better inform the public of the impact of the disease in particular on the local workforce, Latino community, older adults, and youth and young adults."

Aspen Valley Hospital is now testing over 16 people per day for COVID-19, and as a result, has bumped its status to "Cautious" on the hospital's Capacity Matrix. That means the hospital is concerned about rising numbers of COVID-19 cases locally and its capacity to handle an influx in patients.

You can find an English-language version of this story here.

Cuando Iliana Rentería Bernal se mudó al valle Roaring Fork hace casi tres años, solamente soñaba con el escenario.   

“Antes trabajé en el Instituto Nacional de la Salud de México” dijo ella. “No tengo experiencia con el teatro, pero me encanta escribir y leer literatura y poesía”.