The Aspen Chapel Choir and Orchestra performs Bach’s Cantata 192 "Nun
Danket Alle Gott" and Handel Organ Sonata 5. 9:30 am. at the Aspen
Chapel located at the Castle Creek Roundabout. 925-7184. 

36th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair presented by Carbondale Council on
Arts and Humanities. Fair offers arts and crafts, demonstrations,
children's activities, international food and music. Admission is free.
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Sopris Park in Carbondale. 963-1680.
Navajo Master Weaving Demonstrations by Navajo elder and master weaver
Mary Yazzie. Daily at the Woody Creek Community Center gallery.
Exhibition runs all day. 922-2342.

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.

Mandala Dissolution Ceremony presented by the Ganden Shartse monks. 2
p.m. at the Elliot Yeary Gallery, 419 E. Hopkins Ave., Aspen. 923-4090.

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

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

House Concert featuring Harry Allen and Walt Smith to benefit the Erik
Newbury and Maury Allen scholarship fund. The scholarship is given to a
Roaring Fork Valley graduating student. Dinner is included at the home
off 103 Road at 499 Wooden Deer. Cost: $50. For more information, call
963-3136.

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

Live Poetry Night. Included: live music, open mic, featured poets Danny
Rosen and Wendy Videlock. Open to all poets and listeners. 7:30-10 p.m.
at the Hotel Lenado in Aspen. 309-4828 or 379-2136.

“Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson” presented by Aspen
Film and Aspen Music Festival and School. Portrait of larger-than-life
figure Hunter S. Thompson. Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney ("Taxi to
the Dark Side," "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room") focuses on the
good doctor’s heyday from 1965 to 1975 with clips of home movies and
audiotapes and passages from unpublished manuscripts. 8 p.m. at Paepcke
Auditorium. Cost: $12. Visit aspenshowtickets.com or call 920-5770.

The Band of Heathens. Live at Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale, 8:30 p.m. Cost: $25. 963-3304.