Sunrise | Plans for a new ski village in Vail have been approved

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Good morning, Colorado.

My stupid, beloved Braves were eliminated last night, ending my interest in baseball a month early for another season. So now my October night time is turning into a season of spooky events.

My girlfriend and I plan to watch a different scary movie every night this month, and we’ve already outdone the modern classics “The Cabin in the Woods” and “The Babadook.” Any other suggestions are welcome, with her only caveat: “nothing too weird.” However, I disagree. The weirder the better.

What isn’t weird? Our daily dose of news.

OUTDOORS

This week, the city of Vail and Vail Resorts announced a partnership to create a fourth base village at Vail Ski Area, where the ski area operator a decade ago planned to build its own luxury village. The deal includes employee housing and the ski area company’s agreement to drop its 2022 city condemnation appeal and acquire eminent domain for a 23-acre property in East Vail, where Vail Resorts has planned housing for 165 employees. Jason Blevins has more.

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WATER

The Arkansas Valley and Aurora Water Districts plan to begin talks later this year to provide aid to the region to offset the effects of Aurora’s controversial large-scale water purchases that will periodically drain thousands of acres of farmland. Jerd Smith has more.

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ART

On Friday, the Gunnison Arts Center will host a launch reception for the Six Points Art Show, an annual, month-long exhibition featuring the work of Six Points clients with intellectual disabilities. Parker Yamasaki has more on the history of the art exhibition.

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MORE NEWS

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REPORT FROM COLORADO

• Denver says it has enough motel rooms and tiny houses for people transitioning out of homelessness – for now. The city provided shelter to almost 2,000 people living in camps, although some returned to the streets.
  —Denwerite
• Mountain drivers frustrated with traffic, “nasty” conditions caused by “ding dong” leaf peeping. “If you park on the side of the road where there’s no space, I hope you stub your toe really bad,” one TikTok user said.
  — Knowledge
• New reports show billionaires dominate Colorado elections. Extremely wealthy individuals – most of them outside of Colorado – are donating huge sums to persuade voters to approve two 2024 ballot measures: Proposition 131, which would create a ranked-choice general election, and Amendment 79, which would enshrine abortion access in Colorado constitution.
  —Axios Denver
• Aurora Apartments featured in controversial ‘gang’ viral video are set to be closed by the city. “Our primary goal is to get delinquent property owners to take care of their properties and their tenants,” said Aurora spokesman Ryan Luby.
• — Aurora’s Guardian

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October 3-9

Yellow Barn Film Festival. Last year, we visited a large yellow barn on the side of the Foothills Highway, north of Boulder and south of Lyons, while the barn’s sister owners were planning the property’s first film festival, appropriately titled the Yellow Barn Film Festival.

On Sunday, the Yellow Barn residents host their second film festival, making it an annual event that can still be experienced in its early years. This year’s edition reflects last year’s theme and course. Expect lots of films about indigenization, land management and agriculture. And Lily Gladstone. There will be more Lily Gladstone.

The one-day program starts at 10.00 a series of short documentaries, followed by a question and answer session. This will be followed by two feature film screenings, one of “The Unknown Country,” a 2022 drama starring Gladstone, and the other of “Common Ground,” a documentary that delves into America’s broken food system. The day’s events are complemented by a series of short narrative films and a cocktail mixer.

Tickets for individual movie blocks are only $12 – cheaper than staying overnight at the Arc or Alamo Drafthouse, or purchasing a full-day pass for $35.

Full festival pass worth $35; 10.00-20.00, October 6; 9417 N. Foothills Highway, Longmont

• AyA Con. An annual comic convention that combines nerd culture and Native heritage. The festival is open to everyone and will bring together local artists. Stop by a storytelling workshop, watch a futuristic fashion show, attend a live comic book reading, or take part in a cosplay competition. Free; October 4-6; McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave., Denver
• Speech by the curator of “Nepantla”. Opening and curator’s conversation of “Nepantla”, a collective exhibition of 36 Chicano/Latino artists exploring the space between countries and cultures. Tonight the curator of the exhibition will give a lecture, which will start at 6:30 p.m. The exhibition can be viewed until January 5. $10; 18:00-20:00, October 3; Fort Collins Museum of Art, 201 S. College Ave., Fort Collins
• Indigenous artists panel. Panel discussion with Indigenous authors, authors Robin Kimmerer and Angeline Boulley, photographer Matika Wilbur and poet Kinsale Drake. Artists will discuss the connections of their work with indigenous traditions, art and science. $50; 18:00-19:45, October 8; Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver

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See you tomorrow.

— Kevin and the whole team at The Sun

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