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The next KDNK board of directors meeting is Monday, April 22nd at 5:30 PM. Click here for more details and an agenda.

Wednesday Community Calendar

HOST INTRO: Here’s your community calendar for Wednesday, January 18th, 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 like Dr. John Marzluff's Naturalist Nights talk on birds at 3rd Street Center.

  • English in Action helps adults learn English and feel more included in the community. Volunteer tutor orientation training takes place today at 4:15 at Basalt Library

  • At 5:30, Aspen Center for Physics features a lecture by Markus Greiner of Harvard University on “Atomic Legos: Building and Investigating Quantum Matter One Atom at a Time.”

  • Wilderness Workshop and ACES present Naturalist Night at Third Street Center in Carbondale at 5:30. Dr. John Marzluff speaks about birds in suburbia.

  • Drop in at the Basalt Library for device help from 5:30 to 6:45, first-come, first-served.

  • Smokin Joe and Zoe play Sage Bar in Snowmass Village at 6.

  • At 6:30, The “Becoming Us” Parents Program hosts a childbirth workshop at The Orchard Gathering Place in Carbondale.

  • Fly fishing guide Sarah Barclay gives a talk called Fly Fishing from the Edge: Wilderness Adventures in Russia at ACES Hallam Lake at 7.

  • Josefina Mendez, Mark Johnson and Tim Fox play Heather’s in Basalt at 7.

  • Marble Distilling hosts Trivia Night from 7 to 9.

  • Manchester by the Sea screens at the Crystal at 7:30.

  • Mindfulness Facilitator Lisa Goddard leads meditation and yoga at The Launchpad at 7:30.

  • Vid Weatherwax plays Justice Snow’s in Aspen at 9.

  • And at 10, Grey Lady in Aspen hosts SOUL ROCK, spinning vinyl from the 50s, 60s & 70s.

Looking ahead…

  • Parents, please note that Friday is the deadline for Roaring Fork School District’s early enrollment process. With the new Riverview School opening this fall, attendance areas are changing. Parents are being asked to share school preferences now for planning purposes. Info at RFSchools.com.

  • And art vendors are wanted for the 46th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair. Arts and Craft Vendor applications are now available at carbondale arts dot com and are due February 26th. For more information, you can email Marianne Ackerman at marianne at carbondale arts dot com.

You can submit your calendar items on our website or by emailing calendar@kdnk.org.  

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.