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Aspen Weekend Agenda: February 10-12, 2017

Editor’s Picks to help you navigate the seasonal sea of schedules.

By Katie Shapiro February 10, 2017

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Channel your inner X-Games athlete at Bud Light Street Rail Fridays.

Friday, February 10


Bud Light Street Rail Fridays
2 p.m., Snowmass Mountain
Every Friday, athletes showcase their creativity and skills in an urban-inspired rail garden on Fanny Hill for cash prizes and giveaways. The "Little Jibbers" competition lets kids under the age of 12 show off their best moves. 
Free to spectate, $20 to compete, aspensnowmass.com 

Ullr Nights 
5 p.m., Snowmass Mountain
Bundle up and ride the Snowmass gondola to some family-friendly snow play, including lift-served tubing ($34 per hour; reserve in advance), free ice skating, free snowshoe tours, snowbiking ($69 guided rides for ages 12 and up, free minibikes for younger kids), and climbing on a massive snow sculpture. Elk Camp restaurant serves dinner with live music, followed by s’mores and hot cocoa by the bonfire. 
$10 (gondola ride), gosnowmass.com

Library Cinema
7:30 p.m., Pitkin County Library
The Wheeler Film Society’s resurrected avant-garde film series in partnership with the Pitkin County Library continues with City Lights, one of Charlie Chaplin's hilarious and heart-rending masterpieces. 
$8 (available at the door or at the Wheeler Opera House), pitcolib.org

Brazilian Jazz Sessions
7:30–10 p.m., The Little Nell
Duck into the Living Room for bites from the Element 47 bar menu and Brazilian tunes from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio.
Free, thelittlenell.com 

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Aspen Art Museum’s monthly family workshops are tailored to children ages 3–10 and encourage communicate, reflection, and an outlet to produce as artists together. 

Saturday, February 11

Family Workshop
10 a.m., Aspen Art Museum
This month’s artist and theme for the drop-in workshop is Gary Hume and snowmen in action. The session begins in the Education Workshop, giving families choices for self-guided or educator-led activities and art-making stations.
Free, aspenartumuseum.org 

Snowmass Moonlit Trek
6–9:30 p.m., Snowmass Cross Country Center, Black Saddle Bar & Grille
Celebrate the far side of the full moon with a 1.2-mile snowshoe or cross country ski tour under the stars at Snowmass Cross Country Center with a post-trek pasta feast complete with live music and s’mores by a roaring fire. Ski and snowshoe touring equipment rentals are available for $10 per person.
$15 (dinner), gosnowmass.com

Library Cinema
7:30 p.m., Pitkin County Library
The Wheeler Film Society’s resurrected avant-garde film series in partnership with the Pitkin County Library continues with Adam's Rib (1949), the peerless comedy predicated on a double standard; it's written by Ruth Gordon (yes, the star of Harold and Maude) and Garson Kanin, and stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. 
$8 (available at the door or at the Wheeler Opera House), pitcolib.org

Brazilian Jazz Sessions
7:30–10 p.m., The Little Nell
Duck into the Living Room for bites from the Element 47 bar menu and Brazilian tunes from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio.  
Free, thelittlenell.com 

An Evening with Dawes 
9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen
The Los Angeles–based quartet hits the Belly Up stage with its soulful folk-rock take on classic Americana while on tour with its latest album, “We’re All Gonna Die.”
$36, bellyupaspen.com

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Sunday, February 12 

Owl Creek Chase
9 a.m., Snowmass Nordic Center
This 21K Nordic competition (with classic and skate divisions) is one of Colorado’s largest cross-country ski races. The course twists and turns from Snowmass Village to Aspen, finishing up at the Aspen Cross Country Center. 
$60, owlcreekchase.com

Library Cinema
7:30 p.m., Pitkin County Library 
The Wheeler Film Society’s resurrected avant-garde film series in partnership with the Pitkin County Library continues with Harold and Maude (1971), one of the quirkiest comedies of its time, with a Cat Stevens soundtrack.
$8 (available at the door or at The Wheeler Opera House), pitcolib.org

An Evening with Chris Robinson Brotherhood
9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen
Belly Up regular Chris Robinson of Black Crowes fame returns with what Rolling Stone calls "a band more musical, soulful, and downright fun than his previous brotherhood.” 
$38, bellyupaspen.com 

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