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In this issue:

Arts & Culture

See them while you can

Belly Up and Up and Up

Frequently, the biggest show you can see at Belly Up Aspen is the act that isn’t all that big yet.

07/01/2015 By Andrew Travers

A Twenty-Year Sojourn

The Real Aspen, by Aspenites: The History of Aspen Sojourner Magazine

We've made a lot of changes in 2016, so thought we should revisit the feature that tells you a little bit more about us.

07/01/2015 Edited by Michael Miracle

Eat & Drink

Cocktail Class

Raising the Bartender

How Chefs Club trains a barkeep, in four not-so-easy lessons

07/01/2015 By Tom Passavant

High Spirits

Take a Tour of Marble Distilling Company (and Spend the Night While You're at It)

After a year in business, the contemporary craft spirits factory has grown into a go-to weekend getaway for urban hipsters.

07/01/2015 By Julie Comins

Asian Cuisine Rocks

Full Circle

A band reunited is a beautiful thing.

07/01/2015 By Amanda Rae

Health & Wellness

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Recycling 101: Eight Tips for Doing It Right

With less than twenty years of capacity remaining in Pitkin County’s landfill, it's time to get greener.

07/01/2015 By Jay Cowan

A New Bright Future

Nuestro Futuro

The Valley Settlement Project educates kids—and their parents—to build better communities.

07/01/2015 By Alison Berkley Margo Photography by Karl Wolfgang

Home & Real Estate

Downtown Development

Aspenizing Aspen?

Development in the downtown core has never felt so frenzied.

07/01/2015 By Catherine Lutz

Design Story

A Sense of Place in Snowmass

Remoteness, sustainability, and subtlety inform this timber-and-straw-bale home.

07/01/2015 By Susan Benner

News & Profiles

Lacrosse Champs

Kings Of The Crease

You expect Aspen to produce elite athletes of a certain type.

07/01/2015 By Olivia Oksenhorn

Aspen Crazies

Caper Crusaders

Jack Brendlinger has mined tall tales and fuzzy memories for a new book on a little-documented phenomenon from Aspen’s dropout heyday in the 1960s and ’70s: what the author calls “the practical joke years.”

07/01/2015 By Andrew Travers

Skaters’ Delight

Hard to believe, but Aspen's Skateboard Park Turns 15

And a 10,000-square-foot expansion is in the works to celebrate.

The Faces of Aspen

07/01/2015

Sponsored Content

The Face of Responsive Architecture

The Faces of Aspen

07/01/2015

Sponsored Content

The Faces of Aspen Area’s Luxury Real Estate Company

The Faces of Aspen

07/01/2015

Style & Shopping

Informal Style

Playing Dress-Up

With a night at the movies as his motivation, an intrepid Aspen shopper builds an informal ensemble.

07/01/2015 By Erik Hesselman

Celestial Style

Written in the Stars

Whether Gazing At The Heavens Or Wearing Them, Do It In Style.

07/01/2015 By Erik Hesselman

Fresh Looks

Garden Glow

With the John Denver Sanctuary at the height of summer as its backdrop, fall fashion shines.

07/01/2015 Styled by Shelly Safir Marolt