For example, we assumed you would like to know when and where the photos of legendary author and Aspenite James Salter were taken, so we told you. And not alerting you where to find that yummy dessert on page 113 would have been mildly cruel.

Most of all, it would be moronic of us to fail to identify the visages on the Sgt. Pepper’s–inspired cover of this edition of Aspen Sojourner. (If you’re reading these pages as part of Mountain Homestyle magazine, we’ve included the cover image here.)

Those faces are among the hundreds that will appear on stages, behind lecterns, and, in a couple of cases, in spirit only at the concerts, performances, and presentations that make up this summer’s arts and culture calendar.

So let us introduce to you: 1. the Elks Building  2. Rob Pruitt by Andrea Blanch 
3. Corey Glover 4. Marina Abramović by DFree/Shutterstock.com  5. Karl Denson 
6. Blackbyrd McKnight  7. Keil Corcoran 8. Melvin Gibbs  9. Pat Benatar 10. Adrienne Brodeur by Ross Kribbs 11. Joyce DiDonato by Nick Heavican 12. Jason Mraz by sbukley/Shutterstock.com 13. David Finckel  14. Mo LaMee by Ross Kribbs  15. Jackson Browne 16. John Denver by Steve Broer/Shutterstock.com 17. Adam Schoenberg by Ross Kribbs 18.Paige Price by Ross Kribbs  19. Ben Harper 20. Ritzy Bryan of The Joy Formidable 21.Walter Paepcke courtesy Aspen Historical Society, Ted Ryan Collection 22. Philip Glass by Lev Radin/Shutterstock.com  23.Robert Spano by Alex Irvin 24. Ishmael Beah courtesy Aspen Writers’ Foundation 25. Rhydian Dafydd of The Joy Formidable  26. Norbert De La Cruz III by Ross Kribbs 27. That’s a fern.