New director discusses in-kind credit for nonprofits wanting to rent venue

Interactive virtual experience to benefit nonprofit’s music education programming  

25-year-old institution launches new fund, with specifics to be determined 

Lisa Rigsby Peterson to assume new role on Monday   

CORE kicks off month-long dive into climate art, science

Organization launching new virtual series next week  

Oscar-qualifying festival, in its 30th year, slated April 6-11

Restaurant, art gallery rent-free through May as scaffolding barricades historic building 

Vintage ski films to be streamed courtesy of historical society

Artist Just Emerson’s bear sculpture was about to find a new place to hibernate outside of Carbondale, but Carbondale Arts and community members John Runne, Julie Naus and William and Patricia Hutzley came together to buy the sculpture to keep it in town. 

Kendall Smith brings arts and finance background to midvalley performance space

Two new exhibitions opening this week, new The Store unveiled this month

Initially in town to help open The Snow Lodge, Fonseca finds inspiration in Aspen photography

County almost doubles national rates for the number of jobs in arts and culture

Plans to buy Three Bears Building could spell the end of nonprofit’s Basalt River Park plans

Flagship Ideas Festival to be offered digitally in 2021

Collaboration aims to highlight struggling artistic nonprofits amid pandemic 

Belly Up Aspen promotes debut “Hick-a-Palooza” show set for tomorrow  

Aspen Fringe Festival’s ‘FallFest 2020’ adds second performance

Arts center opens studios to select local artists, applications on a rolling basis 

Chef's local experience includes Viceroy Snowmass, Meat & Cheese

Michael Milota offering live demonstrations, free and open to the public, daily 

Arts organizations move programming online

Après is Dead?

Art has always been a reflection of its time, highlighting the most urgent concerns of society and having the power to provoke social change. In the current climate crisis, where skepticism and avoidance are still in play, art holds the power to be a tool, a bridge, and a vehicle and a mediu…

Carolyn Leonhart loves harmony. She doesn’t think it’s in short supply in today’s musical landscape and will tell you succinctly why, if you ask. In jazz, there’s plenty to go around, as Leonhart’s performances tonight and tomorrow downstairs at The Little Nell will demonstrate.

I’ve retired from planning hut trips. That is to say, the kind planned months in advance with a group email chain longer than the approach to the hut; the trip that requires filling and refilling spots, adjusting Venmo requests, assigning ingredients and answering questions about slippers an…

Editor's note: The Après Ski Cocktail Classic has been postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus.

This is Caught, the column that reports people recognized for doing good things. Sometimes this may be as simple as witnessing a stranger picking up a piece of garbage while crossing the street and emailing caught@aspendailynews.com to let us know, and other times it’s congratulating a commu…

Editor's note: Due to recent health scares involving the coronavirus, many events and happenings have been cancelled. For the most up-to-date COVID-19 news and event information, check our coronavirus coverage and daily calendar at aspendailynews.com.

After penning more than a dozen psychological thrillers and crime-fiction novels, Dennis Lehane is enjoying a simpler moment writing screenplays.

Galerie Maximillian has been around long enough to know where the pulse is of contemporary art. As one of the most respected art dealers in Aspen, Albert Sanford has proven to have a keen eye for extraordinary work that comes directly from the most reliable sources. His passion for art, as w…

Conguero, of internationally renowned Poncho Sanchez, is performing his brand of Latin jazz tomorrow night inside the St. Regis’ Velvet Buck. Poncho and his 8-piece band in town as part of Jazz Aspen Snowmass’ winter cafe series.

We are super excited for our new column, The Outsiders. Darcy and I are not writers per se, but we are adventurers at our core, and we love to be outside. We will do our best to discuss interesting thoughts and topics to encourage getting outside and to fuel a desire to explore and a drive f…

“Is he single? You know, that guy. You’ve seen him around town. Yeah, at the party the other night, and I’m pretty sure that was him riding up Lift 1A on Sunday. Who is he? Why don’t I know him? Can we change that?”

It’s after midnight, and we’re four hours and 8 to 10 courses into our “alchemist” tasting menu prepared by chef Mads Refslund as part of his pop-up residency at Hotel Jerome’s Prospect. The New York City-based Danish chef co-founded “Noma,” the Michelin-starred Copenhagen pilgrimage ranked …

Umphrey’s McGee plays three nights Belly Up

As the Audi Power of Four ski mountaineering race turns 10 tomorrow, skimo’s top athletes can look back a decade and remember Aspen Snowmass at the forefront of a once-fledging sport.

I first came across the Aspen Art Museum by chance. I had just visited Aspen to ski and was wandering around the John Denver sanctuary when I discovered a wooden building with an open door. Once inside, I discovered a maze of colorful, movie set-like structures by Morgan Fisher. The impressi…

On the chairlift and around town, I often hear local skiers and snowboarders wonder aloud why they’d leave Aspen to ski elsewhere in Colorado. It’s not that they don’t travel to ski. The lucky few jet off to heli-ski or cat-ski in British Columbia or Alaska, others save up for their bucket-l…

G. Love is begging you to vote in the next election.

The Aspen Ruff Life is pretty darn idyllic for both doggo and hooman, but it’s not always a walk in the dog park. The universally disliked vet visits, constant threat of wildlife run-ins, dog-on-dog—and sometimes owner-on-owner—kerfuffles, monthly fireworks (enough already) and what can seem…

Alia Joonas had a goal—to open a café by the time she was 30. A lofty ambition, to be sure, but she also had a plan. One that she refined over 10 years as she pursued a degree in hospitality at the exacting Vatel International Business School in Nimes, France, and gained valuable front-of-ho…