A first-time star buoys ACT’s ‘Big River’

The midvalley gets its chance to speak (and sing)

A staple around the Moab fire, and my recent Stio favorite, is the Woodson Down Jacket.

Whether you like his music or not, you must admit that Michael Franti had an interesting childhood.

“Man’s Best Friend” runs through Nov. 25, 2018, at the Aspen Chapel Gallery at the roundabout. The gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Library Book,” Susan Orlean’s newest work, is an ode to books, to libraries and to public spaces; it is immersion journalism at its best. Orlean is a master of narrative non-fiction. “The Library Book” weaves together many interconnecting threads: it portrays the fascinating history of a…

Happy depths of off-season, everyone! How’s yours been? Go anywhere interesting?

Celebrating the drive to designate a scenic river

I lost and destroyed so many sunglasses this summer it’s a crime.

Thankfully, the folks down in Carbondale appreciate what is one of Mexico’s most popular holidays and plan to give it its proper due this Friday evening with an altar viewing and procession followed by a celebration at a handful of downtown locations.

"The Friend" is nominated for the 2018 National Book Award.

No disrespect to Christmas, but there’s no denying that Halloween is Aspen’s favorite holiday. In the offseason, when things are slow and everyone has had a chance to reboot after a busy summer, when it’s all about the locals, this is when Aspen lets its hair down – and then paints its hair …

This is sort of an interesting weekend for me at the Wheeler Opera House, should I choose to go to either Saturday’s or Sunday’s events, because if there are two things I love, they happen to be dogs and magic. As luck would have it, that’s just what the Wheeler has programmed. So, for compa…

Last week, I talked with Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket while he strung and tuned his guitars, preparing to head out on tour. Usually, with Jacket, there are people who perform this task for him. 

With what’s left of the local crowd gearing up for Halloween and not that much on the calendar in the depths of the offseason, I’d like to highlight some low-key community events in each town in the valley this coming week, plus one stay-at-home option to help mobilize voters for the upcomin…

In 1989 an American DJ moved to Berlin. Immersed in the counter-culture music scene, he witnessed firsthand the peaceful revolution that brought down the wall and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Years later Tim Mohr recounts the youth-led movement at its point of critical ma…

OK, full disclosure here: I’ve never actually been to a live football game. That’s any football game of any description. It’s probably because I didn’t grow up with American football in Europe, and although now I like a good halftime show at the Super Bowl, I’ve never really gunned hard for …

Spectrum Dance Festival blasts off at The Launchpad

As a parent, I’m overjoyed with the Targhee because it seems like it’s always been a struggle in the past to get Griffin to wear boots when we go hiking.

Thursday’s “Our Response” Survivor Stories spoken-word event in the Wheeler Opera House bar lobby is $25.

Not easily pigeonholed, Bells Atlas scales the neck of genres in all keys.

The upcoming Lead with Love Summit, which comes to the Aspen Meadows Oct. 25-28, will champion the ideals of loving, living fully and giving back.

In her latest book, “The Personality Brokers,” Emre creates a critical portrait of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

A dusky grouse, a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains, crosses Owl Creek Road Tuesday morning. In winter, grouse feed primarily on fir and Douglas-fir needles.

‘Spoonbending’ author Daryl Gregory reveals his tricks in Saturday fiction workshop

“Hopefully we’ll give everyone something to think about and help curate a good

reading list for the winter.”

I can’t think this is not a terrific family gift. It cuts down on the purchase of commercial soda, eliminating the cost and schlepp.

Get more information and tickets – if there are any left – at aspennature.org.

Collins and his band, Boulder Canyon, will be in Aspen this Saturday night, paying tribute to Denver in the town that was once his home and inspiration.

The 64th annual Aspen Ski Swap is this Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Aspen Middle School from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

“Enigma Variations” is told in a series of stories that reflect romantic relations of the protagonist and narrator, Paul, throughout his life.

Two cool events in Carbondale and El Jebel offer a special taste, figuratively and literally, of how the other two-thirds live.

One of my new cozy favorites for fall is Patagonia's Woolyester Fleece Jacket.

The Shining Mountains Film Festival, which runs this Sunday-Monday, Oct. 7-8, is one it might do us all good to see.

Essentially a group of friends who got around to jamming together while they were off the mountain, Easy Giant used connections with the snowboard industry to jumpstart their popularity and fanbase.