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Tito Puente was a legend of Latin jazz, salsa and mambo music — and a six-time Grammy Award winner. His legacy lives on in his son, who’s performing at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on Sunday.
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At the Art Base in downtown Basalt, a show called “Hypermnesia” includes low-pitched ambient music, warped images and virtual reality headsets that place viewers in a flickering world of largely urban landscapes.
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The $35,000 award recognizes a work of fiction with a social impact. This year’s shortlist includes two short story collections and three novels, selected by a jury of celebrated authors.
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The Colorado-based group will perform a free-flowing set of “jamgrass” music at The Arts Campus at Willits on Saturday.
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The leader of a nonprofit called Women of Winter says it takes collaboration to make sure everyone feels welcome in an industry long dominated by men.
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An international project combines art with community dinners in an effort to address hunger and food insecurity. The Aspen iteration features bowls painted by local students.
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For the past two years, Wyoming tourism advocates have tried to pass a film rebate incentive program through the state legislature. Filming in the state has its challenges, mainly because it does not offer financial incentives for filmmakers like other surrounding states including Montana, Utah, and Colorado. Although this year a film rebate incentive program wasn’t introduced during the legislative session, advocates in Cody are taking another route to try to attract films to the region.
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Hancock is retiring from his role as chief of race, a position he has held since 1998. But he’s been involved with World Cup skiing in Aspen since 1981 — when members of the ski school bootpacked a run to ensure it was slick and fast enough for the racers.
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An American ski racer says he appreciates the opportunity to compete on home soil during a World Cup event at Aspen Mountain.
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The anonymous graffiti artist Banksy is known for subversive designs and guerilla-style painting on buildings and sidewalks. Some of his work has been cut from those buildings to be preserved — and now, it’s on display at the Meuse Gallery in Aspen.
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Aspen Public Radio hosted a live broadcast of the Stifel Aspen Winternational World Cup ski races on March 1, anchored by Eleanor Bennett in the studio and Kaya Williams at the race course.
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A celebrated poet and author from Jamaica will speak about her Rastafari upbringing and her new book at The Arts Campus at Willits this Thursday for the Aspen Words Winter Words series.