Community news & notes

Free literacy night

Thunder River Theatre Company presents a free literary night at 7 p.m. Monday, April 7. During this special evening, featuring Rudolfo Anaya, TRTC is participating in The Big Read, a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) initiative designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.

From April 4 through May 5, in partnership with the Aspen Writers Foundation (AWF) and the Pitkin County Library, TRTC will take part in this community-based reading campaign that aims to get as many people as possible in a given area reading and talking about the same book at the same time, Anaya’s “Bless Me, Ultima.”

For more information, call 963-8200, or visit www.thunderrivertheatre.com.

Compassionate Friends

The Roaring Fork Chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF) will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, April 7, at Christ Community Church, just west of Basalt on Highway 82. TCF is a national, nonprofit support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings.

There is no religious affiliation, and there are no membership dues or fees.

For more information, call Cindy at (970) 261-4789.