Aspen Weekend Agenda: June 9-11, 2017
Courtney Hope performs in SOULSKIN Dance Company's re-staging of Satin & Swing for the 9th annual Aspen Fringe Festival.
Friday, June 9
Ragnar Trail Snowmass
12 a.m., Snowmass Recreation Center a.k.a. Ragnar Village
In this 24-hour test of endurance and cooperation, relay teams run three different trail loops around Snowmass. The race is sold out, but cheering on the competitors is a no-sweat way to take part. Free to spectate, gosnowmass.com
Aspen Fringe Festival
7:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre
San Francisco's SOULSKIN Dance Company is back for an encore performance after wowing with "A Pop Culture Journey" last year. The new show takes audiences back to the Roaring 20's with glitz, glam, and sequined flapper girls dancing to Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Betty Boop and Prince. $35 (single tickets), $85 (festival pass), aspenfringefestival.org
The Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival summons more than 30 craft breweries from all over the state.
Image: Courtesy: Snowmass Tourism
Saturday, June 10
Ragnar Trail Snowmass
12 a.m., Snowmass Recreation Center a.k.a. Ragnar Village
In this 24-hour test of endurance and cooperation, relay teams run three different trail loops around Snowmass. The race is sold out, but cheering on the competitors is a no-sweat way to take part. Free to spectate, gosnowmass.com
Go Autism Family Fun Walk
2 p.m., Smiling Goat Ranch, Carbondale
The 2nd annual event takes over the Rio Grande Trail led by the Junior ROTC Color Guard from Glenwood Springs High School. This year’s festivities will recognize and celebrate the work of Roaring Fork Leadership’s Class of 2017, whose members secured architectural and structural engineering services to help build Smiling Goat’s new working student housing. Suggested donation $15 (adults), $5 (kids), goautismfamilyfunwalk2017.eventbrite.com
Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival
3–8 p.m., Snowmass Village Mall
More than 30 craft breweries from across the state return to Snowmass for the second annual hoppy kick-off to the summer season. Guests can sip and savor beer from more than 25 craft breweries during the three-hour grand tasting event. $30, gosnowmass.com
Porsche Club Rocky Mountain Car Show
3-6 p.m., Snowmass Base Village
Got a thing for classic German sports cars? Imagine your dream ride during this display by members of the Alpine Mountain Region of the Porsche Club of America. Free, gosnowmass.com
Snowmass Free Summer Concert Series
5–8 p.m., Snowmass Base Village
Presented by the Colorado Brewers Guild, the California-based bluegrass band Hot Buttered Rum continues the party playing the first show of the summer on Fanny Hill. Free, gosnowmass.com
Aspen Shakti Grand Opening Carnivale
5–8 p.m., Aspen Shakti
This locals favorite yoga studio makes its new location official with an special evening featuring keynote speaker Bob Chapman, a flower bar, henna artist, tarot reader, makeup artist, live performances, hors d'oeuvres, and champagne toast. Free, aspenshakti.com
Thunder River Theatre Company’s Masquarade Gala
5 p.m., The Orchard, Carbondale
TRTC hosts its annual fundraising soiree with an evening featuring a cocktail hour, dinner, auction, and entertainment provided by its popular comedy improv troupe, Consensual Improv!, as well as artist Marcel Kahhak, who will be creating a spontaneous painting up for grabs in the live auction. Proceeds support TRTC's year-round theatre season, Theatre for Young Audiences, student and community outreach, Latino initiatives, classes, new work development, comedy improv, and cabaret. From $100, thunderrivertheatre.com
Aspen Fringe Festival
7:30 p.m., Aspen Black Box Theatre
Award-winning actors and co-Artistic Directors David Ledingham and Donald Sage Mackay reunite in two one-man, one-acts: hilarious and thought-provoking politically relevant theatre that asks "how did we get here and what in the heck do we do now?" In "The Trump Card & Angry Alan," two brilliant writers, Mike Daisey and Penelope Skinner, explore the state of our world, our nation, our men and the fate of our arts. $35 (single tickets), $85 (festival pass), aspenfringefestival.org
Judges for this year’s Aspen Photo Challenge are Andrea Wallace, photo director at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, renowned photographer and visual storyteller Peter McBride, and Jakob Schiller, associate editor at Outside Magazine.
Image: Kristin Wright
Sunday, June 11
Aspen Photo Challenge Awards Party
5 p.m., Wheeler Opera House
There’s no shortage of incredible photographers in our valley, and over the past two weeks, 15 of the best have taken over Instagram in capturing their hometown through the camera lens. The 2nd annual contest, presented by the Aspen Chamber Resort Association and Outside magazine, will culminate with a display of the photos for a panel of judges and complimentary Aspen Brewing Company Beer and Woody Creek Distillers cocktails. Free, aspenchamber.org
Aspen Fringe Festival
7:30 p.m., Aspen Black Box Theatre
Award-winning actors and co-Artistic Directors David Ledingham and Donald Sage Mackay reunite in two one-man, one-acts: hilarious and thought-provoking politically relevant theatre that asks "how did we get here and what in the heck do we do now?" In "The Trump Card & Angry Alan," two brilliant writers, Mike Daisey and Penelope Skinner, explore the state of our world, our nation, our men and the fate of our arts. $35 (single tickets), $85 (festival pass), aspenfringefestival.org
The Last Revel
9:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen
From the budding music scene of the Minneapolis comes the cutting edge "Front Porch Americana" soundscapes of this talented trio of multi-instrumentalists. No cover, bellyupaspen.com
