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Community Calendar for December 17th

Kevin Smith

Here’s your community calendar for Saturday, December 17th, underwritten by the Mount Sopris Rotary Club, meeting every Thursday at noon at Mi Casita in Carbondale. Info at MTSoprisRotaryClub.com. Rotary: Service above self. Click the headline to view listings.

  • The Deck the Walls holiday show continues at R2 Gallery inside the Launchpad from 9AM to 5. Champagne shopping begins at 2, followed by the Cookie Exchange at 4, and the Old Timers’ Slide Show at 5 showing Mountain Fair slides dating from the late 70's and 80's.

  • The Third Street Center in Carbondale hosts a holiday art bazaar from 10AM to 4.

  • Herbalist Darlene Barton opens her new space at 13 Moons Ranch on Highway 133 for an Earth Medicine Collective Open House from 10AM to 5 today.

  • From Noon to 6, Diane Kenney hosts an open house and pottery sale. More info 970-963-2395.

  • From 1 to 3 today, Basalt Library offers assistance with genealogy research.

  • At 2, the Aspen Black Box Theater presents Big Fish the Musical.

  • Vid Weatherwax and Mark Johnson play The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel at 3.

  • Local author Jill Sheeley signs her newest book, Adventures of Kip in Aspen and Snowmass at Explore Booksellers at 4.

  • Damian Smith and Dennis Jung play the Red Onion in Aspen at 4.

  • The band Element perform at the Limelight Hotel in Aspen at 4:30.

  • The Crystal Theatre in Carbondale screens A Man Called Ove at 5 and Moonlight at 7:30.

  • The first Moonlit Treks of the season are tonight at Snowmass Cross Country Center at 5:30.

  • Vaudeville Revue’s holiday show starts at 6.

  • Carbondale Middle School students perform The Nutcracker at 6:30.

  • Marble Distilling hosts Comedy night with touring comic John Tole at 7.

  • Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist hosts a Community Solstice Celebration at 3rd St Center at 7.

  • Gwen Songbird Hill plays Kanpai Sushi in Glenwood at 7:30.

  • LP Herd play Heather’s in Basalt at 7:30.

  • Film director, writer, podcaster and comedian Kevin Smith takes the stage at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen at 7:30.

  • Smokin Joe and Zoe play the St. Regis at 9.

  • And Joe Russo’s Almost Dead will be at Belly Up Aspen at 9:30.

Looking ahead…

  • Tomorrow at noon, Marble Distilling teams up once again with Open Fire Catering & Roaring Fork Beer Company for a mountain-style Broncos Tailgate. All proceeds from the Colorado Animal Rescue football pool go to CARE.

  • And tomorrow at 6:30 the Aspen Poets’ Society holds its Winter Celebration at Victoria’s Cafe with live music and a poetry open mic.

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.