Cultural Events Calendar

Our Après party series returns this winter season on select Saturdays from 5–9 PM! Join us on the rooftop for cocktails and music by GOLDEN and other special guests.

Glenwood Springs High School is taking on the Broadway hit Newsies, and this year’s production is one of the biggest. Directed by Amy Moritz, the musical features a cast of 63 students, plus a large backstage crew, and it features big dance numbers, strong vocals, and an impressive multi-level set designed to resemble New York fire escapes.

Inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike, the show focuses on unity, friendship, and standing up for change — themes that still resonate today. Students say the story’s message about leadership and finding your voice feels especially meaningful right now.

Due to the closure of Roaring Fork Schools on Friday, February 20th, because of weather and travel safety concerns, the opening night of Newsies has been canceled. Saturday’s performance will now be the first show. Anyone who purchased online tickets for February 20th can request a refund or move their tickets to another performance. For more information, email growe@rfschools.com.

Performances run February 21 and 27–28 at 7 p.m., with Sunday matinees on February 22 and March 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available online on the cur8 website and at the door.

Join us at beautiful Sunlight Mountain Resort for a snowy morning full of wagging tails, fresh air, and community spirit! The Snowshoe Shuffle is a dog-friendly 8K race (in snowshoes!) benefitting the shelter pets of Colorado Animal Rescue (C.A.R.E.). Whether you're trotting alongside your pup or cheering at the start/finish line, every step helps a pet in need.

Glenwood Springs High School is taking on the Broadway hit Newsies, and this year’s production is one of the biggest. Directed by Amy Moritz, the musical features a cast of 63 students, plus a large backstage crew, and it features big dance numbers, strong vocals, and an impressive multi-level set designed to resemble New York fire escapes.

Inspired by the true story of the 1899 Newsboys Strike, the show focuses on unity, friendship, and standing up for change — themes that still resonate today. Students say the story’s message about leadership and finding your voice feels especially meaningful right now.

Due to the closure of Roaring Fork Schools on Friday, February 20th, because of weather and travel safety concerns, the opening night of Newsies has been canceled. Saturday’s performance will now be the first show. Anyone who purchased online tickets for February 20th can request a refund or move their tickets to another performance. For more information, email growe@rfschools.com.

Performances run February 21 and 27–28 at 7 p.m., with Sunday matinees on February 22 and March 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available online on the cur8 website and at the door.

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Arcmanoro Niles. A studio tour will immediately follow.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Arcmanoro Niles (b. 1989, Washington, D.C.; lives and works in New York, NY) makes vivid, brightly-hued paintings that expand our understanding of traditional genre painting and portraiture. Niles offers a window into seemingly mundane moments of daily life―a child seated at the table for breakfast, a man about to get into his car, a couple in their bedroom―with subjects drawn from photographs of friends and relatives and from memories of his past.

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner has climbed all fourteen main peaks in the eight thousand series as well as two fore summits higher than eight thousand meters. By reaching the summit of K2 (8,611m), the second highest—and considered by many to be the most dangerous—peak in the world, she became the first woman to scale all 8,000m peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen or the help of high-altitude porters.

Presented in association with Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

A mixed media show benefiting the Aspen Chapel Gallery opens on Wednesday, February 25, from 4-7 pm. This is the 265th consecutive exhibition since the Gallery opened 40 years ago. The show is open to all artists in the Roaring Fork Valley and currently there are over 40 artists in the show.

This celebratory show is dedicated to the memory of Susan Marx, who along with her husband, Larry, have been arts patrons and major supporters of the gallery.

Join Aspen local Megan DiSabatino for a restorative sound journey and magical evening forest bathing in nature at Hallam Lake. Slow down and reconnect as we deeply relax and breathe, bathing in the healing sound frequency of the natural world and singing crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, chimes, gongs and drums, and soak up the beauty and wonder of the meadows and forests around Hallam Lake. We’ll engage all of our senses as we explore the trees, wildflowers, meadow grasses and icy waters of the Roaring Fork River.

A hundred years ago, we did not know what atoms were really made of, or why they emitted light only of very specific colors. That puzzle led to the invention of quantum mechanics. The physicists of the 1920s were trying to understand nature, yet from that work came lasers, modern electronics, GPS, and a long list of everyday technologies.

A century later, we have learned to do quantum mechanics in the laboratory. We can cool, trap, and control individual atoms, and use them to build quantum atomic clocks so precise that they would not lose even a fraction of a second over the entire time since the Big Bang. These clocks are so sensitive that lifting one by millimeters measurably changes its tick rate due to changes in in Earth’s gravity.

Meanwhile, we face a new and deeper puzzle: we do not know what most of the universe is made of. Decades of observations point to dark matter and dark energy that dominate the cosmos, yet their nature remains unknown. I will describe how quantum clocks work can act as new observatories for this invisible universe, searching for subtle drifts in their ticking that could signal dark matter, and testing gravity on Earth and, in the future, in space.

Do you think your plants are ready to be repotted but you feel intimidated by the process? This workshop aims to clear away some of the mysteries of repotting. We will cover the importance of soil types and fertilizer, proper upsizing, the benefits of planting in ceramic pottery and adding drainage.

Bring 1 of your own plants from home to receive hands-on instruction on repotting~ putting into practice all you just learned in the workshop.