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Aspen Weekend Agenda: March 24-26, 2017

Between Clint Black, Moon Taxi, Sleigh Bells, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band ... this weekend is going to rock.

By Aspen Sojourner Staff March 24, 2017

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Since their early start at a small theater in northeast Minneapolis, Rhythmic Circus has grown into an international sensation, touring to more than 100 cities worldwide.

Friday, March 24

Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!
6:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House
Mix tap dancers with a live seven-piece rock group with marching band overtones and you’ve got this unique performance ensemble. We dare you not to tap your feet or snap your fingers in time with the tunes. $48 (adult), $35 (kids), aspenshowtix.com

Aspen Cares Gala Fashion Show
9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen
Much more than just a runway show, this sixth annual choreographed theatrical performance features local dancers and actors busting out moves to club beats, all in the spirit of raising money for the Aspen Hope Center. A live and silent auction, DJ’d after-party, and trunk show of the donated clothing the following day are also part of the lineup. From $100, aspencares.org

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Sleigh Bells' vocalist Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Edward Miller.

Saturday, March 25

Gore-Tex Grand Traverse
9 a.m., Aspen Mountain
Cheer on the exhausted-looking skiers you’ll see making their way down Aspen Mountain, race bibs and backpacks signifying them as competitors in this annual race from Crested Butte. After all, each team of two has just climbed and skied some 40 miles, starting at midnight. Free to spectate, thegrandtraverse.org

Community Environmental Art Project
10 a.m., McLain Flats
Be part of a unique opportunity to create a landscape-scale work of art in the snow, led by environmental artist Sonja Hinrichsen. The “snow drawing” installation is presented by CORE and the City of Aspen as part of a new climate change engagement project that will demonstrate the beauty of collective action. Free, highfiverfv.com

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
11 a.m., Aspen Art Museum
Join museums and universities across the country to edit, enhance, and add Wikipedia entries on female figures in the art world. Bring your laptop to Level 3 and receive tutorials from museum staff on the editorial process. Childcare and refreshments will be provided in this community-organized event that is presented in association with Art+Feminism’s international campaign to make Wikipedia more gender balanced. Free, aspenartmuseum.org

Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert: Moon Taxi
4 p.m., Snowmass Base Village
The music festival favorites from Nashville bring their American indie-progressive rock to town, kicking off  the festivities for the 17th annual Bud Light Spring Jam. Free, aspensnowmass.com 

Clint Black
7:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House
After having to cancel his planned show last year in light of a family emergency, the best-selling country crooner and guitarist will have another go at seducing an Aspen audience in a venue much smaller than the ones he regularly plays. From $95, aspenshowtix.com

Sleigh Bells 
9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen 
Behind hit “Rill Rill” and "It's Just Us Now," the Brooklyn-based "noise pop" duo Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller take the stage after opener Tunde Olaniran. 
From $28, bellyupaspen.com

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With fresh snow, High5RFV will return to Ashcroft this weekend for another round of drawings. 

Sunday, March 26

Community Environmental Art Project
10 a.m., King Cabin, Ashcroft
Be part of a unique opportunity to create a landscape-scale work of art in the snow, led by environmental artist Sonja Hinrichsen. The “snow drawing” installation is presented by CORE and the City of Aspen as part of a new climate change engagement project that will demonstrate the beauty of collective action. Free, highfiverfv.com

Live Poetry Night
6:30 p.m., Victoria’s Espresso & Wine Bar
The Aspen Poets’ Society presents an open mic night, along with Kim and Valerie Nuzzo, who will perform a staged reading of Multitudes, their original play about Walt Whitman. Free, aspenpoetssociety.com 

Robert Randolph and the Family Band
8:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen 
An Aspen favorite, the talented pedal steel guitarist brings back his infectious mix of funky jams to town on the heels of a new album, Got Soul. From $25, bellyupaspen.com  

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