FOOD & DRINK
Get down in the dirt at community garden
It's garden season and if you want to grow some really fresh vegetables or some lovely flowers, there is room for you to do so at the Basalt Community Garden. There are plots of various sizes available at 50 cents per square foot. An 8x10 plot only costs $40 for the whole year.
Semple: An old-school offseason
“How I Lost Weight on my Vacation.” What a joke. That's the bestselling “do-it-yourself” book I’ll never write. Now that the obligatory, annual Mexico jaunt is over and completed with a culture shock, a violent sunburn, a healthy dose of Montezuma’s revenge and what seems like 10 extra pounds tucked underneath my nylon-webbed belt, it’s time to get to work. I’m back with a vengeance. I have miles to go before I sleep.
Vagneur: What an accordion can still do for third graders
When was the last time you danced with third graders? When was the last time a group of them took you into their world?. It’s spring, and it’s a two-fisted mission I’ve been on — spinning faster than I can keep up — going to the world of third graders in local elementary schools on the one-hand and traveling to out-of-the-valley schools trying to keep up with my grandchildren on the other. And there’s the usual work. Maybe I look a little frazzled?
‘There is a huge opportunity for collaborations’: Gallerist D.J. Watkins outlines his vision for the ‘Aspen Collective’ at the Wheeler Opera House
A new gallery concept called the “Aspen Collective” will open its first art exhibition this week in a small, city-owned retail space at the Wheeler Opera House. It’s operated by D.J. Watkins, who’s known for his collections of artwork by Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman and Thomas Benton. (Those artists of the 1960s and 70s have been featured at Watkins’ various pop-up concepts, including the Fat City Gallery and the Gonzo Gallery.)
‘Here I am, 25 years later, still doing what I love’: Valley Fine Art owner Mia Valley reflects as the gallery transitions to a new format
Local gallerist Mia Valley is best known for her collection of Edward Curtis works: Sepia-toned photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that document Native Americans and life in the American West. Her gallery, Valley Fine Art, has also featured works by Andy Warhol, as well as contemporary,...
Comic relief returning just in time for Snowmass
A good laugh enhances the intake of oxygen, stimulates the heart, lungs and muscles, improves circulation, aids muscle relaxation and increases the endorphins that are released in the brain. The Inaugural Snowmass Comedy WKND! will offer attendees plentiful amounts of these health benefits when it takes place in Snowmass Village...
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