Events for Sunday, July 20

07/20/2008 - 12:00am

"Friedrich Kunath: Rising vs. Setting" displayed by Aspen Art Museum. Opening reception June 26, 5–7 p.m. 925-8050.

"Aïda Ruilova: The Singles 1999 – Now" displayed by Aspen Art Museum. Opening reception June 26, 5–7 p.m. 925-8050.

"Fresh Perspectives" with participating artists Alicia Matesanz de las
Heras, Bill Gruenberg, Kathy Honea, Brad Reed Nelson, Susan Olsen,
Marina Romanov, Melanie Rothko, Jessica Salet, Lloyd Schermer and Marty
Schlein curated by Kathy Honea for Aspen Chapel Gallery. 925-7184.

"Imaginary Thing" displayed by Aspen Art Museum. Curatorial talk on Aug. 7. For time, phone 925-8050.

6th annual Downtown Aspen Art Festival. Event includes sculpture,
photography, glass, paintings, ceramics, mixed media. Free and open to
the public. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Wagner Park in Aspen. artfestival.com or
954-472-3755.

Guided Nature Walks offered by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.
45-minute walk with a naturalist from ACES. Offered daily on the hour,
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Runs through Sept. 1. Meet at the top of the Silver
Queen Gondola at Aspen Mountain. Free. 925-1220.

Bluegrass Sundays presented by Aspen Skiing Co. Free performances by
top bluegrass musicians from around Colorado and the country. Noon-3
p.m. atop Aspen Mountain, through Aug. 31. 925-1220.

Rob Tepper. Early blues and folk solos on harmonica at Riverside Grill in Basalt, 2-4 p.m. Free. 927-9301.

Open House hosted by Aspen Camp. Annual celebration includes family
activities, free food, and live music with the Double Diamond Band. 2-8
p.m. at the camp im Old Snowmass. Visit aspencamp.org or call 923-2511.

Aspen Festival Orchestra presented by Aspen Festival Music and School.
Program includes works by Copland and Tchaikovsky. 4 p.m. in the
Benedict Music Tent. Cost: $72. Visit aspenmusicfestival.com or call
925-9042.

New Riders of the Purple Sage. Country, rock in Sopris Park in Carbondale, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. 963-1680.

Tom Ressell. Acoustic at Ruth’s Chris restaurant in Aspen, 6:30 p.m. 925-1167.

Faculty slide talk presented by the Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
Featuring artists are Tip Toland, Phyllis McGibbon, and Holly Hughes. 7
p.m. at the Ranch in Snowmass. 923-3181.

"A Chorus Line" presented by Gottlieb Bartley Productions. Fifty local
children ages 11-16 perform a kid-friendly version of "A Chorus Line,"
which tells the story of a group of performers auditioning for a
Broadway show. 7 p.m. on Fanny Hill in Snowmass. Cost: kids/$12,
adults/$15; tickets are available at the event or by calling
927-0555. 

“Dalai Lama Renaissance” presented by Aspen Film and Aspen Music
Festival and School. At the edge of the millennium, the Dalai Lama of
Tibet invited 40 of the West’s most innovative thinkers to his
residence in Northern India to discuss the world’s problems and how we
can solve them. As such luminaries as quantum physicists Fred Alan Wolf
and Amit Goswami (“What the Bleep Do We Know”), Dr. Michael Beckwith
(“The Secret”), and several other savants battle egos and competing
visions, chaos threatens, until the Dalai Lama, with serenity and
humor, intervenes, proving once again the wisdom of “a simple monk.” 8
p.m. at Paepcke Auditorium. Cost: $12. Visit aspenshowtickets.com or
call 920-5770.

Junkie XL; DJ Peter Blick. Electronic music at Belly Up in Aspen, 10 p.m. Cost: $18/advance, $20/day of show. 544-9800.