From Vail to Aspen, these are turbulent times for the ski industry in Colorado and beyond. Yes, last ski season was epically bad. Still, plenty of people managed to have a very good time on snow despite the historically scant snowpack at Vail and Beaver Creek. And issues of...
It’s been about a decade since Dame Jane Glover has conducted Britten’s brilliant and endlessly fascinating “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the opera based on Shakespeare’s endearing comedy. In rehearsing it for next week’s two performances in the Wheeler Opera House here in Aspen, ...
Our local growers work tirelessly, braving unpredictable weather and grueling seasons to keep our community’s kitchens stocked with thoughtfully-produced food. They spend their lives feeding us — and now, we have a unique opportunity to return the favor. As vice president of t...
John Phelan, a part-time Aspenite, spent 13 months as the 79th secretary of the Navy under President Donald Trump, from March 2025 to April 2026. On Wednesday, at the Aspen Security Forum, Phelan sat down for a 20-minute one-on-one interview in the Doerr-Hosier Center on the A...
Marea’s Mahj Squad and Marea Aspen Mahjong Social Saturdays, July 18 Marea.Altamarea Group/Courtesy photo Marea at The Snow Lodge will host Mahj Squad alongside Marea Aspen Mahjong Social Saturdays from 3 to 5 p.m., followed by a social hour beginning at 5 p.m. July 18 and ...
Aspen Dance Connection’s show, “Emergence,” will feature seven different dances from five well-established Colorado choreographers at 7:30 p.m. July 17 at TACAW. “There’s so much talent in Colorado; they’re exceptional,” ADC director Fran Page said. The choreographers — C...
There is a word for the great ache of witnessing environmental change to a place you love. Solastalgia. Solace, derived from the Latin sōlācium, meaning comfort, and -algia, from the Greek algos, meaning pain. Lately, when I stand at the edge of the Roaring Fork River looking in,...
Aspen Women’s Golf Association from July 8LOW GROSS1st: Katie “POP” Korn 852nd: Hallie McQueeny 863rd: Mar Mar Cunningham 874th: Peggy Sontag 90LOW NET1st: Sara Fioretti 692nd: Karen Kribs 693rd: Heidi Burkemper 72 Laurie Danks 72 Aspen Men’s Golf Association from July 9LOW GR...
Aspen Grove Fine Arts is showcasing contemporary artist Ashley Collins’ latest solo exhibition, “Horsepower.” Her new mixed-media works expand upon her exploration of human strength through equine imagery. The exhibition opens on Friday, July 17, with a reception at 5 p.m. and...
The future of the Woody Creek Racetrack deserves careful consideration. What kind of Pitkin County are we building? I am not opposed to the historic racetrack continuing to operate. I am opposed to using that history as justification for turning the property into a much larger...
“So, there sure is a lot to talk about,” said Nicholas Burns, the former U.S. ambassador to China as he opened the 2026 Aspen Security Forum on Tuesday at the Aspen Institute. “We are facing a set of challenges that are as daunting as any I remember in my own career over 40-plus ...
Aspen Arts Club gives local artists a place to create
Increases expected despite 8-month airport closure
Rae Lampe in her new studio space at 315 E. Hyman Ave. She joins seven other local artists as part of the Aspen Arts Club. The artists are receiving free studio space for the next six months as part of…...
The city of Aspen anticipates a softening of taxable sales next year but ultimately anticipates a slight increase overall, despite the anticipated eight-month closure of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport....
If you are a property owner in Pitkin County, it’s hard to ignore the recent changes to your insurance premiums. We’ve all heard...
Amid concerns around a national cyclospora outbreak causing explosive diarrhea, Pitkin County Public Health is reassuring residents and visitors that this parasite is nothing new and nothing to be worried about. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported...
I am writing this as the wife of the man who was the first member at the Raceway in the early 1990’s, when a man with a big dream named Arden Weatherford bought the Woody Creek Raceway from several doctors in town who, after racing through Aspen on city streets, actually built th...
Christie’s International Real Estate Aspen Snowmass will host its “Local Artist Exhibition,” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays from July 21 through Aug. 2. The exhibition is free and open to the public, located at 520 E. Durant Avenue, Suite 205. The multi-day showcase celebrates ...
Colorado’s Roan Plateau, a favorite backcountry zone for hunters, anglers and hikers because of its high-quality wildlife habitat, is once being proposed for oil and gas development. The Bureau of Land Management, in accordance with direction from the Trump administration’s One B...
As reported in The Aspen Times June 17, 1976, “Betty Pfister, an airplane and helicopter pilot for many years is now beginning a love affair with balloons. This week she is flying in a balloon over the Swiss Alps. And on July 17 and 18 she is organizing a balloon race in Snowmass...
New exhibition features 11 local artists
City of Aspen says work necessary to continue to distribute safe water
Sandy Johnson’s work is featured in the exhibition “Roaring Fork Printmaking 2” at the Aspen Chapel Gallery. An opening reception is planned for 4-7 p.m. Wednesday....
Susan Walker is one of 11 valley artists whose work is being shown at the Aspen Chapel Gallery in the exhibition “Roaring Fork Printmaking 2.” An opening reception is planned for 4-7 p.m. Wednesday....
Aspen Deputy Utilities Director Ryan Loebach gives a tour of the city’s Castle Creek water treatment facility to community members in May.
A helicopter flies above Aspen Mountain last Thursday to fly in concrete infrastructure for Aspen Skiing Co.’s new Nell Bell lift. The mountain was closed for the day as a result....
Dennis O’Meara — (Re: “We have to accept private jet traffic,” July 5, Aspen Daily News) Once again the same old canards...
Barry Vaughan — My last letter (“We have to accept private jet traffic,” July 5, Aspen Daily News) got some vigorous pushback...
The city of Aspen’s Ruedi Hydroelectric Facility is anticipated to lose hydroelectric power in early August due to current U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reservoir forecasts and operating conditions. The updated reservoir data indicate that the timing has shifted later than previo...
The Harvey Preston Gallery will debut The Heffron Collection with a public opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, presenting legacy works from the collection of Valerie and Paul Heffron. The exhibition will stay on view through Aug. 10, showcasing influential cer...
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and her husband, conductor Rafael Payare, are regular visitors to the Aspen Music Festival — Weilerstein literally since birth and Payare more recently. Sunday’s Festival Orchestra program brought them together in performance for the first time here, and...
The Red Brick Center for the Arts and Aspen Chamber Resort Association will be hosting their annual Summer Celebration from 4-6 p.m. July 21 and are inviting residents and visitors to the free event. The Summer Celebration will bring together local artists, nonprofit partners...
For buyers beginning their search in Aspen, one of the first questions is often, “What does my budget actually buy?” While...
Blues, classical, eclectic rock and jazz hit the upper valley Thursday through Saturday
Marilyn Minter is Anderson Ranch’s 2026 International Artist Honoree. A movie about her work, “Pretty Dirty: The Life and Work of Marilyn Minter,” screens at 6 p.m. today at Aspen Film’s Isis Theater....
Jes Grew (with the Broccoli Brothers on horns) entertains the crowd at Belly Up Aspen on Thursday evening. Pictured from left at the front of the stage: Randolph Turner, Cameron Williams and Rob “Monkey” Dasaro....
Uncomfortable truth for us locals: Aspen One is at least partly right about the problematic future of our ski-based economy...
For one night only, DanceAspen’s gala at Hotel Jerome transports attendees into the extravagant, gold-and-glamour shine of Studio 54, circa the 1970s. “Dance is meant to bring people together, and few places embodied that more than Studio 54,” said Laurel Winton, DanceAspen’...
Climbers on Independence Pass could benefit from the new Protect America’s Rock Climbing act, which would allow for easier maintenance and installation of fixed anchors, or bolts, on rock walls. The PARC act is aiming to address a decades-long dispute over the use of fixed an...
Natalie Tsevdos is the environmental health administrator for the city of Aspen.
An aerial image of Aspen and the smoky haze that shrouded the valley for much of the prior two weeks, taken July 7.
Polly Ross — Thank you, Allen Jones, for your excellent letter in response to Barry Vaughan’s letter...
Just northwest of Rifle, the Roan Plateau rises 3,000 feet above the Colorado River Valley, a towering wall of sandstone cliffs. Once airborne, the mesa unfolds below as a patchwork of waterfalls and streams winding through aspen groves, juniper woodlands, Douglas fir and Gamb...
Pro pickleball player Collin Johns, left, and Pickle for a Purpose organizer Howard Talenfeld pose at Aspen Meadows in 2024. Johns was the headliner for the inaugural fundraising event last year. This year’s event, on July 21, will feature Andrei…...
Back when, around the years I’d got back after college, the Aspen Inn Club was a favorite of party folks around town, yours truly no exception. On one particular night, absolutely no agenda in mind, a friendly young girl whose face I’ve long-forgotten but whose mind was as sharp ...
When you walk into the Bucky Dome at Aspen Meadows Resort, what’s waiting is much more than a cup of hot chocolate. It’s a plant medicine that was offered to warriors before battle and women after birth, a superfood that’s been crafted into an alchemic blend by residents of th...
Buckhorn Public Arts has launched its new Aspen Arts Club, an artist residency program providing dedicated studio space for local artists, in the former Gravity Haus offices in Aspen’s downtown core. The aim of the Aspen Arts Club is to create what a press release calls “an in...
It wasn’t the result the Vail Rugby Club was hoping for, but no one could deny the team’s heart during its annual Fourth of July weekend rivalry matchup against the Gentlemen of Aspen. After falling behind 24-8 in the first 28 minutes, Vail rallied to take a five-point lead late ...
Modern style icon Aerin Lauder and the Lauder Family will be honored at the Rev the Runway Aspen Fashion Show at Doerr-Hosier Center at Aspen Meadows on Thursday, Aug. 6, as the latest fashions from Aspen-area boutiques and luxury cars come together to benefit National Jewish Hea...
Futurebirds comes to Belly Up Aspen on July 12 in support of its upcoming double album, “Far Out Country,” produced by Grammy-winner Brad Cook. And right now, its live shows are the only place to hear all of the songs on the record, set to debut in early September. What start...
They say that history may not always repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Low flows and warm water concerns are back again this year in the lower-elevation parts of the valley. The majority of the Roaring Fork Valley is still (and will hopefully remain) on the menu for anglers, wh...
Fatima Gomez, left, and Jose Franco reach the Independence Pass summit while on vacation from Mexico.
Guitarist and vocalist Carter King performed with Futurebirds at the Basalt Summer Concert Series in 2024. The band has become a favorite in the Roaring Fork Valley for its authentic alt-country-meets-southern-rock and psychedelic sounds....
My trusted companion, Enzo, and I completed our annual road trip from Santa Monica to Aspen-Snowmass just in time for the Fourth of July celebrations......
The Aspen Music Festival went into scramble mode on Wednesday when star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was injured and had to cancel two high-profile Aspen performances next week. They found a couple of winners. The tale makes an appropriate introduction to my new weekly column ...
Note: for a complete list of calendar events from around Garfield County and the Roaring Fork Valley, go to http://www.postindependent.com/entertainment/community-calendar/. Senior Stroll What: Seniors and locals alike are welcome at the Powers Art Center for the Senior Str...
The Wheeler Opera House has announced a lineup of new comedy performances spanning television, film, stand-up and podcasts, bringing sharp perspectives and big laughs to the stage this season. According to a press release, the following lineup represents the breadth of today’s...
It made the front page. And rightfully so. This week, Aspen One (am I the only one still having trouble not calling it SkiCo?) announced that from the Fourth of July (that came and went fast ) through July 19 (the day of the FIFA World Cup Finals), they will be auctioning off ...
Water flows out of Grizzly Reservoir, about 16 miles upslope from Aspen, on July 5, 2024. Pitkin County has invested millions of dollars in purchasing the rights to water that was diverted to the other side of the Continental Divide,…...
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I’m not drinking enough rosé these days. By that I mean, of the wines I have been drinking lately, there is not enough delightfully dry, bra…
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