Arts & Culture

Two Fun Events Together

Multifestivalling

Aspen has too many festivals. You have too little time. At last, a solution.

05/01/2014 By Barry Smith

Aspen Legend

A Tale for Our Time

Chatting with Ken Adelman about his new book, Reagan at Reykjavík, his take on working with the “Great Communicator,” his life in Aspen, and his thoughts on how Shakespeare remains relevant.

05/01/2014 By Dexter Cirillo

Fun for Everyone

Field Guide to Summer Culture

The Roaring Fork Valley’s cultural experiences can range from challenging to transcendent to plain old fun. Here’s how to do it all this summer.

05/01/2014 By Julie Comins Pickrell

Slight of Hand

Something Up His Sleeve

After three decades of performing in Snowmass, Doc Eason has learned that making magic is about making memories.

02/01/2014 By Steve Alldredge

Aspen After Dark

The Quintessential Guide to Aspen’s Infamous Nightlife Scene

Our daytime diversions do entertain, but it’s once the sun goes down that we leave our ski-town peers in the dust.

11/01/2013 By Michael Miracle With Amanda Rae, Tom Passavant, Jacob Proctor, Tess Schaftel, and Stewart Oksenhorn

Storytelling Art

The Plot Device Thickens

Jacob Proctor took the unusual title of his latest Aspen Art Museum exhibition, Trapping Lions in the Scottish Highlands, from an interview between Alfred Hitchcock and the French New Wave auteur François Truffaut.

11/01/2013 By Nora Burnett Abrams

Musical Masterpiece

Music for the Eyes

The new Aspen Music Festival Campus is a symphony in space.

07/01/2013 By Stewart Oksenhorn

Releasing Artistic Vision

Creative Cauldron

Aspen artist Ingrid Magidson yields to her muse.

07/01/2013 By Stewart Oksenhorn

Eight Lanes of Fun

High Roller

Finally, high altitude bowling hits Aspen.

07/01/2013 By Amanda Rae

Who's Who

Behind the Cover

One of a magazine’s obligations to its readers is to anticipate and answer questions.

05/01/2013 By MIchael Miracle

Author Author

Don't Save Anything: A Conversation with James Salter

On the occasion of his first novel in more than thirty years, Aspen Sojourner sat down with James Salter to discuss writing, eating, Aspen, and more.

05/01/2013 By Dexter Cirillo

Must See Shows

Catch This!

An enjoyable night’s entertainment? We’re looking for something more from Aspen’s culture calendar. We want significant, momentous, and memorable.

05/01/2013 By Stewart Oksenhorn

Keep Aspen Weird

Avant-Garde Aspen

Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley can no doubt claim a high cool factor today. But from the early 1950s through the 1970s, the artistic goings-on in the region were truly cutting-edge.

02/01/2013 By Jacob Proctor

Music Man

Aspen's Resident Composer

He has inspired thousands of voices to sing, yet Ray Vincent Adams remains the valley's most unsung artistic hero.

11/01/2012 By Hilary Stunda