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Over an acre of land with most of it being flat and perfect for entertaining located in Pitkin County within the Pyramid Views Subdivision (formerly Aspen Tennis). Overlooking Maroon Creek with views toward Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Tiehack/Buttermilk ski areas and the Maroon Creek Golf Course. Enjoy the charm of the current four bedroom home remodeled most recently in 2013, that features a large, open floor plan for the living, dining and kitchen areas with vaulted ceilings, wood-burning fireplace and access to the outdoor terrace and decks. $4,595,000 Web Id#: WN131487
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LEGENDS & LEGACIES
14 FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE 16 WINE INK
37 AROUND ASPEN 40 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 42 LOCAL CALENDAR 50 CROSSWORD CLOSING ENCOUNTERS
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One of the few Hyatt two story residences with spacious living and dining areas, your own media room and elevator. Beautifully decorated residence boasts old-world craftmanship and a full gourmet kitchen with granite counter tops and Viking appliances. Amenities included. $190,000 Web Id#: WN133202
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VOX POP What can the ski industry do to ensure the sport remains popular?
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“The industry should strive to be as cost-effective as possible so families can have affordable options to be able to take ski holidays.”
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VOX POP COMPILED BY CAROLINE DEROSA
THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION
with JOHN COLSON
Second verse, same as the first — sort of TO RECAP from my last column, my two siblings and I are on a crosscountry mission to visit the haunts of our youth and catch up with old friends, basically in the name of getting it done while you still can. In case no one told you, none of us is getting any younger, and the pains and prospects of long road trips don’t seem to hold the allure they once did when you get right down to where the rubber meets the road. At least, that’s the common wisdom. But, not for the first time, I find myself doubting the veracity of that common thinking because we’re having a hell of a time despite those pains and sketchy prospects of road-trekking from Madison, Wis., to the environs of Washington, D.C., the scene or our misspent youth. Oh, we’ve had our moments, to be sure. For example, did you know that there is no way in hell to get from central Ohio to Wheeling, W.Va., in any kind of straight line, or even a very crooked one, without special foreknowledge? That’s our conclusion after overnighting at a motel in the middle of the state, around Upper Sandusky (that’s a little east of Dunkirk and a little west of Nevada on U.S. Highway 30, for the more detailminded of readers). The rains had set in overnight, and the weather gurus were talking about snow, so we planned to head southeast rather than northeast to escape the unpredictable early-March blizzards. But the white flaky stuff hit before we even got on the road and quickly deepened to the kind of half ice, half slush that makes driving treacherous at best. So we fled toward Wheeling, dropping down below the snow line as we rolled southeast but getting tangled up in a snarl of blue highways and towns that didn’t even show up on Google Maps (how can that even happen in this day and age?). Our transit across the unknown regions was complicated by the fact that my sister was in the navigator’s position (shotgun, that is) and she has a tendency to fall asleep if things get dull, as they tend to do in
southeastern Ohio. I was in the driver’s seat, and my grumpy brother was in the back, letting each of us know what we were doing wrong at an ever-increasing volume — but, as he loudly proclaimed after we got lost for the third time, we weren’t even listening to him, much less heeding what he had to say. Another part of the problem was we were laughing so hard we nearly had to pull over, which is typical of our family gatherings these days. Since Ma and Pa passed, we find ourselves so funny we think we should be on television, especially when we’re screwing up in some way as we go through one adventure or another. It was when we discovered we were heading northeast, into the heart of the monster snowstorm instead of southeast and away from it, that we decided Ohio really does not like tourists very much. Deep in the text of its state constitution, there must be a phrase to the effect of, “If you don’t know how to get there, you probably don’t belong there anyway. Just turn around and go back where you came from.” And its highway signage program is just confusing enough to bring about that general goal without endangering the state’s federal highway funding or other civil rights. Well, to hell with that. After a couple of false starts and wrong turns, we found ourselves tooling past the industrial zone along the Ohio River, with what looked to be a nuclear-plant cooling tower looming up on our left and a lot of hardscrabble housing and industrial-park sprawl all around. At least the weather was holding, the snowstorm was doing its thing well to the north of us, and we were bound for D.C. on interstates all the way. In the company of a couple of thousand strangers, with possibly the equivalent of the entire Roaring Fork Valley population passing us, or following, or surging ahead of us, we arrived just ahead of one of the worst storms of the winter. It was an act of giving for which we were brutally thanked repeatedly by our hosts. Onward through the fog.
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LEGENDS & LEGACIES
FROM the VAULT
by TIM WILLOUGHBY
Roller-skating surpassed ice-skating in popularity in the 1890s.
ON A ROLL “For several months the youth of the country ate and slept with
their roller skates on, there was no place that was sacred from the invasion of this unmitigated nuisance”, the Aspen Times decried in 1885 as Aspen residents joined the national roller-skating craze.
Skaters, mostly young folk, flocked to the electrically lit Rink Opera House on the corner of Cooper Avenue and Monarch Street several nights a week. Friday evening was ladies night, and young women could skate for free; otherwise, skaters paid 25 cents during the day and 40 cents at night. The rink offered a hundred pairs of woodwheeled skates. The Rink Opera House hosted other entertainment and events and scheduled skating around a busy schedule. New management tightened up the rules with a promise to “exclude rude boys and improper characters.” Skating, mixed with dancing, even with masquerade carnivals, captivated the youngest generation; however, their elders viewed roller-skating as an unsavory, unsafe, fleeting fad of questionable social status. The Times described the trend, “Skating on the roller skate is like riding on a railway train, if management is good and we behave ourselves, we feel safe.” The craze ended as quickly as it began. Aspen youth returned to iceskating for the next two decades at
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Hallam Lake, on the Roaring Fork, at Stillwater and on Castle Creek at the Newman Mine and dam. Innovative rubber wheels, like those in the poster accompanying this story,
Operators opened the rink in the afternoon, tempting children away from home after school. The unsupervised evening sessions, as in the 1880s, attracted young men
THE ASPEN TIMES JOINED THE CRUSADE AGAINST ROLLERSKATING AND SHOCKED READERS WITH A REPORT THAT “TWO HOMES BROKE UP AND TWO GIRLS HAD GONE WRONG” AS A RESULT OF LAX RINK MANAGEMENT. THE PAPER AND PARENTS DEMANDED THAT EITHER MANAGEMENT HOLD SEPARATE DAYS OF SKATING FOR MALES AND FEMALES OR THE CITY TERMINATE THE LEASE. THE CONTROVERSY PERILOUSLY CUT THE OPERATORS’ RECEIPTS, AND AS WITH THE PREVIOUS ROLLERSKATING CRAZE, SKATERS WENT BACK TO ICE-SKATING. revived roller-skating nationally but not in Aspen. A new generation of Aspen youth took to skates in 1907 when skating promoters leased the bottom, hardwood floor of the Armory Hall, now City Hall. Almost immediately the arrangement angered parents.
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and women whose dances and other social activities customarily provided chaperones to monitor their activities. Father Servant, the priest of St. Mary Catholic Church, initiated a campaign against the rink. He told his parishioners not to patronize
the place and to keep their children at home. He preached that the rink was “not the proper place for young boys and girls anymore than a public dance where anybody is permitted to go is a proper place.” Parents descended on the City Council, demanding that the lease be terminated. One angry mother pleaded for closure because the rink was a place where young girls “mingle with men of bad character.” The Aspen Times joined the crusade against roller-skating and shocked readers with a report that “two homes broke up and two girls had gone wrong” as a result of lax rink management. The paper and parents demanded that either management hold separate days of skating for males and females or the city terminate the lease. The controversy perilously cut the operators’ receipts, and as with the previous roller-skating craze, skaters went back to ice-skating. Roller-skating surfaced again in Aspen a couple of decades later, this time without the controversy of previous generations. Perhaps desperate for distraction, perhaps in rebellion against the strictures of their youth, Depression-era elders skated alongside their children, rolling metal ball-bearing wheels on the Armory Hall floor. Tim Willoughby’s family story parallels Aspen’s. He began sharing folklore while teaching for Aspen Country Day School and Colorado Mountain College. Now a tourist in his native town, he views it with historical perspective. Reach him at redmtn2@comcast.net.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
LEGENDS & LEGACIES
FROM the VAULT
compiled by THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SNOW JOB
1941 DOW N TOW N A SPE N
According to the Aspen Daily Times on March 20, 1941, getting around Aspen was “tough going. The big snow last week was just what the skiers wanted and has put a smile on many a rancher who depends on melted snow to irrigate his crops, but it also has put country roads and city streets in an almost impassable condition in some places. Several farmers have come to town afoot or on horseback, rather than risk losing the family car in the mud somewhere. In Aspen, where a good share of the drainage is done via the sidewalks, it has not been safe to venture out without high top boots.” This photo and more can be found in the Aspen Historical Society archives at www.aspenhistory.org.
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Exceptional Mountain Retreat… Snowmass Village Ski-in, ski-out via Adam’s Avenue Ski Run – ski out your door down to the Base Village Gondola. Stunning home with European stone architecture. Amazing views and an exceptional location. Master suite with fireplace, high ceilings and glamorous bath. Perfect floor plan for quiet, intimate evenings or entertaining larger groups. Extensive landscaping with stream and waterfall. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 4,570 sq ft, .92 acres $10,995,000 Furnished
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FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE
WINEINK
BLENDING WINE AND PICTURES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE you’ll crack the pages of a book and find the pairing of pictures and prose so powerful that you are transported to a different place and state of mind. Such is the case with “Perspective Napa Valley,” a recently released coffee table book commissioned by the Napa Valley Vintners. Turning the pages KELLY J. of “Perspective Napa HAYES Valley,” it is impossible not to long for a sojourn to the source of the marvelous photographs taken by former filmmaker turned photo artist Sam Aslanian. It is equally impossible to read the text written by longtime Napa Valley resident and winery guru Terry Hall without gathering a local’s view of this magical valley. Napa is to American wine what Aspen is to American skiing. It is an iconic place that transcends the commercialized and media-driven images to exceed expectations when the reality is actually experienced. While both places are well-known repositories of glamour and wealth, Napa and Aspen are special because their incomparable beauty was nurtured and transformed by visionaries who saw their potential. As a ski town, Aspen was pioneered by passionate European outdoorsman and skiers, in much the same way, and in the exact same era of the 1950s and ’60s, that Napa evolved under the influence of early winemakers, many also of European heritage. When I opened and perused “Perspective Napa Valley” for the first time, I was on the patio café in St. Helena in the heart of Napa Valley. I felt as though pages of the book and the setting were one in the same. And when I opened it again, a month or so later, in my home in Old Snowmass, I felt was ingesting the magic of a place far, far away for the very first time. I got both a contact high and a thirst for a visit. As a filmmaker, Sam Aslanian toiled in the studios and post-
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production houses of Hollywood for nearly three decades, turning out, amongst other projects, music videos for artists like Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson and U2. But he always longed to one day live in the Napa Valley, a place where his parents had owned a home and that had been a touchstone for him since his youth in San Francisco “My first significant wine experience came when I was 17,” he recalled in a recent telephone interview from his current home in the hills above Napa. “A high school teacher of mine told me that I had to try the Louis Martini 1974 Cabernet. I did and it was a revelation. I bought a case and held it into the late ’80s.” Making a life change, Aslanian moved with his wife and daughter to Napa a few years ago. Around the same time, he decided that still images would replace moving images in his life. “I really loved photography, but I was I looking for new way to express things,” he said. “I was in Italy taking digital pictures of these beautiful buildings and sites that people have been painting or photographing for years. I thought there had to be a better way to depict them.” His “better way” came when he set his digital camera aside and began taking photos on film, really old film. “I began to buy old, expired rolls of film on eBay,” he said. “The photographs began to have this amazing quality and I was never quite sure what they would be like until they were developed. I remember taking a whole day’s worth of photos in Paris and when I developed them there was nothing, the film was bad.” An analogy to buying a case of old wine that has gone bad comes to mind. But it was this aesthetic and this unconventional process that would ultimately inform the pages of “Perspective Napa Valley.” “I really wanted to shoot the beauty of the valley, so one day I took some of my photos to Linda Reiff (president of the Napa Valley Vintners, a trade organization that promotes the local wine industry) and told her what I wanted to do. She got
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it right away and we were off and running.” For the next 18 months, Aslanian shot more than 3,000 photos, all using the expired film concept he had fallen in love with. “The photography spoiled me,” he noted. “I would get up in the morning and see there was fog on the other side of the valley, and I would grab my stuff and head out for the day to shoot. It was wonderful.” The photos included dramatic landscapes, photos of valley events, details of wineries and documentary-like images of workers bringing in the harvest. What sets them apart is the medium used to produce them. There are many great photographers who could have captured beautiful images in the valley, but the shots in “Perspective Napa Valley” resonate as being timeless, and yet perfect documents of the time we live in. The melding of Aslanian’s modern eye of a contemporary filmmaker with a technology that is rapidly becoming extinct gives the photographs a feel that is unique to the book and images produced. Culling, or curating, the 3000 photographs into the 87 that eventually graced the book was a Herculean task. Aslanian credits Terry Hall, who worked with the
Napa Valley Vintners for many years before opening his own consulting/public relations agency in St. Helena, for keeping it all on track. “Terry has such an even keel. He brought flow, framework and a narrative to the project,” Aslanian said. Hall also supplied the structure by writing the text that ties the images together. His spare but eloquent passages give just enough context to the photos without distracting from the visual elements. Something to which all writers should aspire. Alas, acquiring a copy of “Perspective Napa Valley” is more easily desired than completed. You can go to the Napa Valley Vintners website at napavalleyvintners. com. Or, perhaps more agreeably, you can take a trip to Napa and purchase the book at any number of wineries. If you would like to look at Sam’s beautiful photos and share Terry’s insights, “Perspective Napa Valley” will also be on display this month in the lobby of the Pitkin County Library. Stop by. It’s intoxicating. Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soonto-be-designated appellation of Old Snowmass with his wife, Linda, and black Lab named Vino. He can be reached at malibukj@aol.com.
COURTESY PHOTOS
BY KELLY J. HAYES
UNDER THE INFLUENCE Each week I will recommend a wine that I was drinking while penning this piece. THIS WEEK: Etude 2010 Pinot Noir Carneros Etude has a quarter-century history making wines in a corner of Carneros that takes advantage of the typically cooler climate of the region and an atypical patch of volcanic soils. This is a solid offering from the Etude team and it is great Pinot to pair with food. Black cherries and a solid ruby color make it a pleasure to drink.
“Perspective Napa Valley,” which will be on display at the Pitkin County Library, transports the reader to California’s wine country.
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FOOD MATTERS FOOD MATTERS
CHEFS CLUB
ASPEN HIGH’S PROSTART CULINARY TEAM HEADS TO STATES — AND THEY’RE ON FIRE AT SEVEN MINUTES until service, the tiny kitchen is abuzz with the sweet sounds of a gourmet meal in the making: fat sizzling in a hot pan, a wire whisk tickling metal bowl, the pop-whir of a miniature blowtorch. Four young chefs in spotless white jackets stand elbow-to-elbow at their respective stations, shaking pans, sprinkling seasonings, and polishing serving plates while volleying commands and status updates: “Chris, as soon as you’re ready, let me AMANDA know!” RAE “Hot, behind! Hot, behind!” “Scallops are done! Nicole, you can use this burner.” “Is that enough of the purée?” “Dessert’s done!” “Coming in with the lamb behind you, Gigi.” “Forty seconds!” “DONE!” The crew shares a satisfied sigh and a round of high fives. Then each member grabs a fork and knife, and one by one digs in to their masterpieces: seared scallops with sugar snap peas, shiitake mushrooms, and bacon; rack of lamb with vegetables and red wine sauce; brûléed chocolate ravioli with mascarpone filling and Chambordraspberry coulis. Clearly, this is no ordinary kitchen. In fact, it’s not quite a kitchen at all, just a pair of butane burners set atop a stainless-steel work table in classroom 1106 of Aspen High School. Just like the soccer and football teams running drills outside, Aspen High’s ProStart Culinary Team is gearing up for game day of its own. On Friday, March 21, after two more of these practice runs simulating the 15th Annual ProStart State Invitational at Johnson & Wales University in Denver — during which the budding chefs must prepare two plates each of an original appetizer, entrée, and dessert in 60 minutes or less — Aspen will compete against 24 other Colorado high schools. The team that wins earns the chance to compete again at the National ProStart Invitational in Minneapolis in May. The stakes: more than $1 million in scholarships. Aspen High School’s ProStart
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Culinary Team is the competing arm of a two-year hospitality and foodservice management program accredited by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation. Business courses are woven into students’ regular course load, serving as a feeder of sorts to culinary institutes and universities. (Pass two national exams, earn credits toward college.) “The ProStart curriculum is economics based, with the model being a restaurant,” says instructor Morgan Henschke. “We cover résumé-writing to costing to training to storage to receiving — everything about owning a business.” At competition, each team is judged on its menu — which must cost $75 or less per portion, priced to each pinch of salt — taste and appearance of food, sanitation, and spirit. Every detail matters. Now, between bites, the students are vocal with praise and critiques. The scallops, ringed with apricot-soyginger glaze and trout roe, receive rave reviews. The dish was assembled by returning senior Gigi Mottier, who apprenticed in two kitchens in France this summer and will attend Johnson & Wales in the fall. Senior and team leader Nicole Zell’s lamb is cooked perfectly as well. Nobody is particularly happy about the reduced size, from 3 racks to 2 per plate, but the team was chastised for too-large portions at the Western Slope Open at Colorado Mesa University on Feb. 22. Junior newcomer Chris McNamara, who parlayed a gig as a pizza chef at Goodfellows in Snowmass to a spot in the prep kitchen at the Maroon Creek Club, assisted with the entrée and dessert. Today he tested out a new preparation: tourné potatoes, peeled into little footballs, to replace less-skillful mashed potatoes, and concocted a creamy potato-carrot purée from the scraps. At competition, each team’s waste is measured, which factors into the final score. Everyone agrees that less cream in the purée will prop the potatoes higher on the plate, another crucial detail in plating. A touch more salt next time; otherwise McNamara nails it. Senior Jennifer Coombe handrolled chocolate ravioli, from dough made by replacing some flour with cocoa powder and filled with mascarpone and raspberries. One square broke open during cooking.
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“Should we make an extra one, in case that happens at comp?” Zell asks. Her cohorts agree. The pasta is either slightly too thick or needs a moment more in the boiling water, but everyone agrees that the crispy brûlée coating — Coombe dredges each ravioli in sugar before torching — shows skill. “We’re playing with so many different things,” says Zell, who interned four nights a week at Cache Cache Restaurant last summer and heads to the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., in the fall. She grins. “We are so good right now. Go team, go team!” To say the Aspen High School ProStart Culinary Team is the underdog in Denver would be both a diss and a compliment. Last year, the team took third at States, earning $56,000 in scholarships. But it was the first time in five years that Aspen had competed at all — likely because the class was reportedly making microwave quesadillas with prepackaged shredded cheese. Henschke, a French teacher at Aspen High School, saw an opportunity to change that. She revived the ProStart program, ordering textbooks and persuading Chris Lanter, executive chef of Cache Cache, to become official ProStart mentor. She also arranged for other culinary professionals and community members to share their skills with students. “I see myself more as a facilitator than as a teacher,” says Henschke, who, since she’s not technically a
chef, goes by Chief. “When I started teaching this class, I said, ‘Maybe we can go watch Western Slope…then we ended up competing and went to States!” “Western Slope is the scrimmage,” Lanter confirms. “We got third this year. If we had matching hats we would have won first. The top teams were three-quarters of a point apart.” During practice (alternate senior Hallie Stuart is absent today) Lanter presides over a color-coded spreadsheet and an iPhone timer. He’s the mellow, analytical yin to Henschke’s eagle-eyed, upbeat yang. “Watch your space, guys, work clean!” she chirps encouragingly throughout practice. “Good talk!” “I didn’t realize how much I would enjoy seeing these guys get so much better,” Lanter says. “This emulates the intensity and pressure in a busy kitchen.” He pauses. “Well, you don’t normally cook like this; in a kitchen you have three prep guys and a butcher who comes in at 6 a.m….but there’s a direct relationship. It’s fun to be around students who are interested in their craft.” Full of food that one might find on any of Aspen’s top menus, the team is confident. How will they win at States in Denver? “Staying organized, not stressing out, and having fun with it,” McNamara says. “That’s the biggest part.” Amanda Rae is rooting for Chris, Gigi, Hallie, Jenn, and Nicole on Friday. GO TEAM!
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by AMANDA RAE
PROSTART STATS 5 students 15 practices 1 scrimmage 61.5 hours in the kitchen 17.5 pounds of lamb 58 average time, in minutes 1 goal: NATIONALS!
ABOVE: Aspen High School’s ProStart Culinary Team — Nicole Zell, Hallie Stuart, Chris McNamara, and Jennifer Coombe (left to right) —are in the zone during a recent practice. INSETS: ProStart mentor Chris Lanter, executive chef of Cache Cache Restaurant, watches Jennifer Coombe brûlée hand-rolled chocolate ravioli.
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GUNNER’S LIBATIONS
MAKE IT Created with Bartlett pears, Aviation Gin, Benedictine, maple syrup, Pimento Bitters, lemon juice and Barritts Ginger Beer
SMUGGLING PEARS Much like last year, the Great Après-Ski Pub Crawl served up some interesting libations; a few I liked, a few I did not. Take, for example, the overall winner — Justice Snow’s The Mooserwirt. Not my thing; maybe it was the quail-egg garnish. But this year’s audience favorite — Chefs Club’s Smuggling Pears — now we’re talking. Mixologist extraordinaire Anthony Bohlinger’s concotion was right up my alley. Made with gin and ginger beer, it was reminiscent of a mule, but the added twists of maple syrup, Benedictine, bitters and lemon juice (not to mention the most delicate slice of fresh pear ever) made it different. For me, it was the best of the bunch, a refreshing cocktail I would happily sip at après ski or après hike or just any ol’ Sunday afternoon. Gunilla Asher is taking a break from the bar scene, so we’re turning this page over to you. Email jmcgovern@ aspentimes.com with what cocktails you’re mixing, what libations you’re drinking and what tastes have tempted your tastebuds, and we’ll share them with our readers. Cheers!
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Buddy, also known as Thurman, is a friendly, athletic, handsome, oneyear-old Cattle Dog mix who gets along well with people and other pets. Originally from the Black Hat area of New Mexico. Turned in because of housing.
CHICKEN
Chicken is a gentle, timid, ten-year-old, retired sled dog who gets along well with other dogs. She is shy with people, and will require love and patience in order to slowly come out of her shell.
RONNIE
Sweet, affectionate, two-year-old Shihtzu mix who was released to the shelter so dirty, scared and matted that the groomer spent three hours grooming him in order to ultimately reveal a clean, beautiful, lovable mutt.
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Spyder is a handsome, 4-yearold Lab/Australian Cattle Dog mix. He is a really nice dog and easy with everyone—people and other dogs. Super affectionate!
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Sensitive, 2-year-old husky who was retired early from dog sledding because he suffers from seizures. Fine with people + other dogs, but nervous with new people. Needs an understanding, loving home.
ZOE
This sweet, mostly blind, 9-year-old miniature Schnauzer female was turned in to the shelter because her owner was ill and could no longer take care of her. Very deserving of a home at this point in her life.
AGUILLA, ROSIE AND LEA
One-year-old Chiweenies (Chihuahua/Dachshund mixes) found abandoned in Texas. Cute as buttons and becoming more outgoing every day! Aguilla is very friendly and loving. He is the only male and loves his sisters. Rosie is very affectionate, used to be more comfortable with women—but now likes anyone who handles her gently. Lea is still a bit timid with most people but slowly coming out of her shell as she learns it is safe to trust people.
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CLEO
Beautiful, friendly, soft-spoken 10-year-old Husky mix female. She is a retired sled dog looking for a loving home. She is very outgoing with people. What a cute face she has.
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Outgoing, energetic, 12-yearold American Foxhound/Husky mix male. Good with people and other dogs. A retired sled dog. Came to the shelter with his sister Jackie (see below). So handsome!
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Soft-spoken, sleek, friendly, 10-year old Husky mix who gets along well with people and other dogs. She is a retired sled dog who deserves a comfortable, loving home.
SAM
4.5-year-old gorgeous Lab/Pit Bull mix female. Such a sweet girl. Allie is happy, friendly, affectionate and energetic. Turned in because of housing.
Strong, energetic, black/white 5.5-year-old female Boston Terrier mix with a splash of Pit Bull—larger than a typical Boston. Outgoing + loves people. Best as only pet.
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ASPEN UNTUCKED
by BARBARA PLATTS
Is Aspen home to an extraordinary number of people with Peter Pan Syndrome? Perhaps.
I DON’T WANT TO GROW UP BEING PAN IN ASPEN
ALL CHILDREN, except one, grow up. That is how the story starts and how it’s been told over and over for more than 100 years. In novels, in plays, in movies and sequels to those movies, we have heard the tale of the boy who chose to stay a kid forever while the rest of us had to accept the fate of growing old. J.M. Barrie wrote BARBARA both the original play PLATTS and the novel about the character that we have learned to love and remember over generations as Peter Pan. All children, except one, grow up. Well, no offense to J.M. Barrie, but I believe he made this sweeping statement without having ever first set foot in Aspen, Colo. Usually the No. 1 complaint in this town from girls searching for eligible bachelors or adults observing the shenanigans of their preceding generation is that the town is filled to the brim with boys (and some girls) who refuse to grow up. This problem has been coined the Peter Pan Syndrome. The ailment is essentially a failure to launch — a resistance, even a protest — to growing into maturity. This
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resistance is often paired with an avoidance of responsibility and an eagerness to have nothing but fun. Aspenites who have this syndrome are likened to the famous Pan himself. Except they fly underneath a pair of skis and/or a mountain bike in favor of using fairy dust and happy thoughts. And, instead of heading for the
or compete in the rigorous Power of Four races. There is also no age when it becomes a faux pas to close down the bars and open them again the next morning. We have the option to be man-children here, and that freedom is both a blessing and a curse. But what’s so wrong with being Peter Pan? After all, he’s the hero
IF WE FORGET THE CHILD WITHIN, WHAT BETTER PLACE TO REMIND US THAN ASPEN, THE NEVERLAND OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. second star on the right and straight on till morning, they have the second whisky shot of the night and then alternate with Pabst Tall Boys until dawn. Aspen is their Neverland and there is no need to grow up because everyone is having far too much fun staying young. A Peter Pan can exist anywhere, however the trait flourishes here because it’s unreasonably hard to grow up. Our town promotes youth in both its best and worst forms. There is no age limit for the ambitious Aspenite who wants to hike all of Colorado’s fourteeners
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of every story he’s in. His jejune demeanor makes him loved and adored by all of his friends and he can pick up a girl from her bedroom window with a relative amount of ease. The boy has endless adventures with his fairy sidekick, who is a badass in her own right, and he gets to fight pirates. Not to even mention that whole flying thing. Why not aspire to be a Pan? Because we all know that the refusal to become an adult stems from a powerful, underlying fear that growing up is simply just growing old. This point hits home
for me and others in their 20s who are constantly fighting a game of tug-o-war between wanting to remain a kid and feeling the pressure to grow into an adult. The rebellion against adulthood usually feels like the only way to maintain some control over the changes that are happening all around us. There is no clear answer for when or how to grow up. No manual exists that tells me when it’s important to stay in and polish up my resume and study for the GRE or when it’s absolutely necessary for me to go out with friends and get into a snowball fight or jump off the Devil’s Punchbowl. For me, the answer relates to a theme I’ve had in many of my columns: finding the best in both worlds. We shouldn’t shut out Peter Pan and our childlike selves just as we shouldn’t try and resist the inevitable truth that we’re growing up. And if we forget the child within, what better place to remind us than Aspen, the Neverland of the Rocky Mountains. Barbara Platts wishes she could be a bit more of a Pan, but usually finds more similarities with Wendy. Reach her at bplatts.000@gmail.com or follower her @barbaraplatts.
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Tranquility in the West End • Warm and inviting home offering privacy in the quiet West End! • 4 bedrooms, 4 full, 2 half baths, 4,874 sq ft • Impeccably maintained & recently upgraded • High level of new finishes and amenities • Main level master with private porch and hot tub • Wonderful living spaces indoors & out • Media room, 2 car garage • Large south & west-facing deck to soak up the sun with views towards Tiehack • Close to the amenities of downtown Price Upon Request Craig Morris | 970.379.9795 New Listing
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397 acres bordering National Forest 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 4,391 sq ft log cabin Direct access to back-country activities Luxury “off the grid” solar independent living $5,000,000 Mark Overstreet | 970.948.6092
Magnificent Views from Silverlode 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, 3,566 sq ft Alluring livability of a spacious floor plan Heated 2 car garage, 2 fireplaces Views from Aspen Mountain to Mt. Sopris $4,895,000 $4,195,000 Llwyd Ecclestone | 970.456.6031
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Slopeside Luxury at Aspen Highlands 4 bedrooms+office, 5.5 baths, 5,748 sq ft Wood beams, granite & marble throughout 150 yard walk to the Exhibition lift Includes Ritz-Carlton Club privileges $4,485,000 $3,975,000 Turn-Key Furnished Ed Foran | 970.948.5704
Riverfront Sanctuary 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 4,232 sq ft Above the banks of the Roaring Fork River “Wall of windows” open to the deck Just 10 minutes to Aspen or the airport $4,250,000 Tom Melberg | 970.379.1297
Maroon Creek Club Homesite Perched above Maroon Creek Includes plans for a Robert Trown home Across the street from Tiehack ski lift Minutes to airport and downtown Aspen $3,950,000 Doug Leibinger | 970.379.9045
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Finger Barn Ranch
Maroon Greens Townhome
Own a piece of Aspen’s storied past! 2 wooded lots on 4.17 acre building site Stunning Roaring Fork River frontage Purchase lots for $1,995,000 or $1,895,000 $3,800,000 Raifie Bass | 970.948.7424
Spacious 4 bedroom townhome Ski access to the new Tiehack lift On the Maroon Creek Club fairway! Private underground parking, elevator $4,350,000 $3,750,000 Ed Zasacky | 970.379.2811
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An Equestrian’s Dream! Sophisticated 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 4,937 sq ft home on 70 irrigated acres with views Large decks, indoor & outdoor riding arenas Remodeled apartment above 4-stall barn $3,995,000 $3,695,000 Partially Furnished Sandy Smith | 970.948.3955 Noël Hallisey | 970.379.1977
West Aspen duplex at Red Butte 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 3,449 sq ft Multiple decks with views of Pyramid Peak Easy access to Aspen Golf Course & trails $3,295,000 Raifie Bass | 970.948.7424
Stylish Core Half Duplex • 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 2,236 sq ft, 3-level half duplex • Stylish and fully accessorized • Spacious kitchen with black granite counters and dumb waiter • Separate office, 2-car garage with heated driveway • Top living floor has beautiful views of Aspen Mountain • Just 2 blocks from the Wheeler Opera House • Impeccably maintained $3,495,000 Furnished Craig Ward | 970.379.1254
Aspen View Lot Plans for 6 bedroom, 8,130 sq ft home on .81 acre beautifully wooded lot Panoramic views of the Roaring Fork Valley City of Aspen Building Permit is approved $3,950,000 $3,695,000 Andrew Ernemann | 970.379.8125 AspenViewLot.com
The Colorado Mountain Lifestyle... 5 bedrooms, 4 full, 2 half baths, 5,325 sq ft Extraordinary craftsmanship 35+ dramatic acres, great for horses Stream, pond, and impeccable landscaping $3,250,000 Doug Leibinger | 970.379.9045
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T he natural beauty of Aspen/Snowmass inspires our passion for living the “Aspen idea”… in body, mind and spirit.
Nature’s Show… Relax on the deck as the spectacular sunsets present a different show each and every day! Views of not only Aspen Mountain and Mt. Sopris, but also Independence Pass. Exquisitely cared for inside and out, this mountain home with its over-sized yard is award-winning. Located a few minutes east of Aspen, skiing, hiking, biking are easily accessed. $3,600,000 New Price $3,400,000
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THE INDUSTRY:
THEN, NOW (AND BEYOND) by SCOTT CONDON
THIS SEASON EVOLVED into a good one for the ski industry primarily for one simple reason — snow. When people see snow in their backyard playgrounds, that fires them up to go skiing or riding, said Kelly Davis, research director for SnowSports Industries America, an association for retailers of equipment, apparel and accessories. Many Rocky Mountain resorts have experienced a well-above-average if not epic season in terms of snowfall. The Midwest and East Coast have been pummeled by the now-infamous polar vortex — at times creating conditions so harsh that people stayed off the slopes. Resorts in the hills of the Southeast have benefited from a bigger-than-usual burst of winter. The only area suffering is the Pacific West, which finally started receiving some snow in February after a dry first half of the season. Snow is the variable that makes or breaks a ski season. Snow conditions account for about three-fourths of the variance in how many times people ski and how much they spend in ski shops from year to year, Davis said. The economy, gas prices and other variables do little to influence the trends. “We’re snow farmers,” Davis said.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (LEFT) AND ASPEN SKIING CO.
Michael Berry, longtime president of the National Ski Areas Association, said ski resorts in all regions except California are putting up “healthy” numbers. It remains to be seen if the decreases in the number of skiers in the West Coast will be offset by gains in other regions because of great snow conditions, he said. About 25 percent of skier visits each season are recorded after March 1, Berry said. March typically determines if a ski season is good or great, he said. For Aspen Skiing Co., excellent snow conditions have been a boon for business. Roaring Fork Valley residents are hitting the slopes with a vengeance, and overnight visitors are well aware of the snowpack. “We’ve seen a lot more locals on the mountains, given the conditions,” said Christian Knapp, Skico vice president of marketing. “We’re also pleased with the results (of destination visitors) so far.”
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JUST HOW EPIC HAS IT BEEN? BRYAN STRIKER ALBERS, ILL.
“Overall, last year, you could see grass right now, so this is amazing. It could snow until Fourth of July as far as I’m concerned. Summer will be here sooner or later, but yeah, let it snow. I’m ready for some more winter. I’d rather snowboard as long as I can. And if it’s like last year, it’s summer the next day practically, so it’s the best of both worlds.”
BILL VADNAIS REDMOND, ORE.
“I got Day 96 in today. The base up there (Aspen Mountain) is incredible. You can always ski up there someplace. I remember in years past, you couldn’t do that all the time. You start to lose the snow a little earlier, but there’s a lot of snow up there now.”
STAN CHEO ASPEN
“Epic season — one of the best I can remember in like 26 years of ski seasons here. Way better than last year — tons more early snow. We could always use more, but it’s staying super-consistent.”
PAT MILLIGAN CHICAGO
“Winter has been easygoing. The people seem to be in a good mood because the snow has been good. But Aspen is generally quieter than it used to be. It really is. There used to be a lot more action on the street all day long.”
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SO, WHO’S SKIING? It appears that the season is going to be solid both at Aspen-Snowmass and for the U.S. industry overall. That begs the question: Who is participating in snow sports? The answer gets Davis excited. Research commissioned by SnowSports Industries America showed there were about 12.2 million skiers and 7.4 million snowboarders last season. Within the universe of skiers, 8.1 million self-identified themselves as alpine skiers, a 19 percent drop from the season before. Another 5.4 million identified themselves as freeskiers, a 46 percent increase. (SnowSports Industries America eliminated the people who duplicated answers to determine there were 12.2 million skiers overall.) Freeskiers tend to be younger people who use all-natural and man-made features in search of a good time, Davis said. They’re using terrain parks or building ramps to launch off in snowy backcountry slopes. “They’re having a blast,” she said. Word-cloud research, where responses by skiers are examined for common themes, shows that “freedom” popped up most among freeskiers for why they love their pursuit, she said. And because most freeskiers tend to be younger than 35, Davis said it bodes well for both ski resorts and snow-sports retailers.
A ONE-HUMPED CAMEL The ski industry was addicted to baby boomers for a couple of decades. “In the 1980s it was a one-hump camel — everybody was 30-something,” Berry said. The ski industry realized it needed to do more to replace boomers or face a slow death. Skier visits would tail off as boomers aged and gave up the sport. NSAA’s demographic study from surveys at resorts last season shows a healthy multigenerational spread. About 53 percent of skiers and snowboarders at resorts are between ages 18 and 44 compared with 37 percent who are 45 and older. However, the average age of participants keeps creeping up. It was 38.5 years old last season compared with 33.2 in 1997-98, according to NSAA. “Clearly, the loyalty and staying power of older participants has been a plus for the industry,” the NSAA demographics study said.
Berry said baby boomers haven’t dropped out of skiing as quickly or in as large of numbers as feared. “We’ve enjoyed the benefits of the baby boomer for a long, long, long time,” he said. For Aspen-Snowmass, news on the age front is mixed. Knapp said Skico’s average customer is older than the average age for the industry as a whole. However, there is a “statistically significant” drop in the average age this season, he said. One reason is pricing and promotion aimed at younger skiers and snowboarders, particularly early and late in the season, Knapp said. Skico is aiming some of its efforts at potential customers who are out of college and facing the challenges of starting careers and families. They don’t necessarily have a lot of money or time, Knapp said, so Skico has tailored specials to appeal to them.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (TOP) AND BY KARL HERCHENROEDER
WHO IS SKIING?
Profiles from 2012-13 season
39.1% 24% Skiers and snowboarders who are single
Skiers and snowboarders from a household with children still at home
65 & OVER 5.5%
Males versus females
17 & UNDER 9.6%
55 - 64 11.7%
18 - 24 13.2%
45 - 54 19.8%
25 - 34 20.3%
35 - 44 19.8%
AVERAGE AGE: 38.5
70.8% 29.5%
11.7%
Snowboarders per overall visits
Minorities per overall visits
Snowboarders per overall visits
GETTING ‘EM HOOKED It makes sense that Skico wants to draw younger skiers and snowboarders to Aspen-Snowmass. It has one of the strongest retention rates in the industry, Knapp said. “We have an incredibly loyal clientele,” he said. That spans international and domestic visitors, young and old. You have to imagine that most Skico customers are pleased this season, given the snow conditions. The snowpack east of Aspen is 126 percent of average. Buying habits support the theory. Knapp said customers are spending extra time on the slopes rather than finding something else to do off-slope while they are on vacation. It’s a concept called “capture,” as in capturing an extra day of lift-ticket revenue. “Our capture has been very good,” Knapp said. Knapp said snow isn’t the only factor that drove business up this season. Alterations to a major promotion this season also paid dividends, he said. “Our bread-and-butter package is The Perfect Storm,” Knapp said. Customers receive a free day of lift tickets, equipment rentals and lodging when they buy a four-day package. Skico and partners offered The Perfect Storm with three rolling deadlines throughout the season. There was one deadline for purchase in previous seasons and the eligible part of the season was more concentrated.
From households with incomes greater than $100,000
54% 21%
45.1%
From households with incomes less than $50,000
41.9%
Skiers and riders who say they use a terrain park
Self-identified skill level: Advanced/expert vs. intermediate
27%
Source: National Ski Areas Association Demographic Study
PHOTO COURTESY OF ASPEN SKIING CO.; GRAPHIC BY ASHLEY DETMERING
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THE SEASON IN SALES You can tell a lot about how a ski season is evolving based on the sales by retailers of snow-sports equipment and apparel across the country. This year has been cold and snowy across most of the country, and it shows, according to Kelly Davis, director of research for SnowSports Industries America. The only retailers facing a tough time over the first half of the season are those in the Pacific West, where snow came late. SnowSports Industries America and Leisure Trends collect data from 1,200 retailers to get a picture of how sales are going during the season. Here’s what they found for their latest report, which reflects sales from August through Jan. 31. • Skis, snowboards and other equipment are up 4 percent from last year to $670 million. Sales of units sold are up 5 percent. • Ski jackets, pants, gloves and other apparel are up 3 percent from last year to $1.2 billion. Sales of units are up 2 percent. • Sales of accessories — everything from backcountry beacons and probe poles to action cameras — were up 14 percent to $952 million. Sales of units are up 10 percent. SnowSports Industries America estimates sales of equipment, apparel and accessories will top $3.5 billion by the time the season ends in April. Skiers who have been holding out for a big purchase of their favorite boards at a reduced price are probably out of luck. There won’t be a lot of merchandise to carry over from this season to next season, so retailers won’t be desperate to unload in Labor Day sales, Davis said. “I hope everybody got what they wanted because the shelves are getting pretty bare,” Davis said. — by Scott Condon
RICH, WHITE GUYS While NSAA’s demographic study shows the ski industry has a wide range of age among participants, it doesn’t come as a surprise that skiers and snowboarders also tend to be wealthy, white and male. About 58 percent of participants are men and 42 percent women, according to NSAA. In an independent participant study in all snow sports — including snowshoeing and cross-country skiing — SnowSports Industries America found the split to be 62 percent men and 38 percent women. NSAA’s surveys showed that 54 percent of skiers
and snowboarders are from households with an annual income greater than $100,000. Minorities accounted for only 11.7 percent of total visits by skiers and snowboarders, the study showed. Lack of diversity aside, ski-industry officials generally feel comfortable about the future, according to Berry. At certain times of the season — Christmas and New Year’s, President’s Day weekend and parts of spring break — “we’re out of capacity,” Berry said. In other words, resorts are accommodating as many skiers and snowboarders as they can. That’s a nice problem to have.
U.S. skier visits { in millions }
59.8
60.5
51.0
56.9
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2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Source: National Ski Areas Association. NSAA President Michael Berry said 57 million skier visits is an average season. This year is average or better for every region except California, where resorts are suffering from a lack of snow. March often determines if a season is good or great, he said.
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ESCAPE ARTIST | REDSTONE, COLO.
by AMIEE WHITE BEAZLEY
THE RUBY OF THE ROCKIES NEEDS A HOTEL TO MATCH ITS SPLENDOR FEW PEOPLE KNOW the incredible history and intrigue that is rooted in the fabric of Redstone, Colo. Imagine if you can, one of the wealthiest men of the day, John Cleveland Osgood, finding a place rich in mineral resources, a place where he could create his own personal utopia. He spends enormous amounts of money to craft a company town in the AMIEE WHITE European tradition, BEAZLEY providing individual cottages for his workers with plumbing and electricity, a dorm for bachelors, civic buildings and of course a mansion of his own where can host leaders of government and business. You think Redstone is remote now? Think about getting there from New York City in 1900. It must have been quite an adventure. Part of Osgood’s story now notes that perhaps he brought in workers from Europe that didn’t speak the same language because he was trying to keep them from literally speaking with one another, to inhibit discussion of unionization. Or that he tried to keep his workers happy with the amazing infrastructure of Redstone so that their wives and children would
be content and they wouldn’t want for more. While we will let history shape the story of Osgood’s legacy, he did leave us with the beauty of the historic town of Redstone, one I return to again and again. The potential of this Rocky Mountain town, located about 15 minutes from Carbondale on Route 133 along the scenic West Elk Loop, is incredible. The main “boulevard” is dotted with antique stores, art galleries and a general store where kids can get ice cream and candy. In the summer it is magical; in winter, it is quiet and nearby there is of course great backcountry skiing and ice climbing. When I think of Redstone, I think of its enormous potential, not for expansion, just improving on what the town already has — beautiful natural surroundings, unique historic buildings with architectural charm, great Colorado people. I realize that people want to see a place like this. That this “Ruby of the Rockies” is truly ready to shine. The issue is this: the “Ruby” needs a place that will draw in travelers to want to stay and explore. But unfortunately, in its current condition, the magnet to Redstone is not and will not be, The Redstone Inn. The first floor of the Inn retains the beauty and charm of any historic
hotel. The Grille serves hearty and healthy fare, as well as great local beer. The sitting rooms are still centered around large fireplaces and the Gustav Stickley furniture in the main first floor rooms are beautifully indicative of a time when craftsmanship was revered. But that is where the Redstone Inn’s charm ends. The lack of hotel services (there are none beyond check-in ), the convoluted floor plans due to years of adding on and restructuring, slanted plywood decks, and rooms that, while clean, offer less than your basic chain motel motif, were disappointing — a missed chance to extend the charm of this town, which is on the Register of National Historic Landmarks. There were no activities that could be accessed in an organized way for guests to enjoy like snowshoeing, cross-country skiing or tours the nearby Redstone Castle. It was not a resort, but a place to crash for the night. We spent one night, got up early and left. That is not a way to retain visitors to a destination, nor help the artists and merchants who depend on the business from those visitors. To the people and civic leaders of Redstone, you must demand more from this town landmark. This is the face of your town and
you deserve better. I say to the owners, The Gilmore Collection of Grand Rapids, Mich., if you need inspiration on how to give life to The Redstone Inn, look to examples like Grafton, Vt., which has this amazing history and buildings that were saved by a nonprofitprivate partnership to make the town viable. If The Gilmore Collection ownership, which appears to have more knowledge of the restaurant industry than hotel and tourism, is not willing to properly and heavily invest in this historic property, and bring Redstone into financial and cultural security, I ask who will? It’s time to solidify Redstone as the “Ruby of the Rockies” with an anchor resort to honor the history of the community. Amiee White Beazley writes about travel for the Aspen Times Weekly. Reach her at awb@awbeazley.com or follow her @awbeazley1.
While the town of Redstone remains charming, its signature hotel, The Redstome Inn (left), could use an upgrade.
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AROUNDASPEN
The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWN
by MARY ESHBAUGH HAYES
LES DAMES D’ASPEN LUNCHEON ONCE EVERY WINTER, Les Dames d’Aspen holds a luncheon honoring directors of the nonprofit organizations for which it raises funds. It’s held at the Little Nell Hotel, and also present are new residents and business owners to Aspen. In the 30 years of its existence, Les Dames MARY has given $3.5 million ESHBAUGH for the arts in Aspen HAYES and the Roaring Fork Valley. In 2013 the group gave about $100,000 to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Theatre Aspen, the Aspen Writers’ Foundation, Jazz Aspen, the Aspen Music Festival, the Robert Harth Memorial Fund, Aspen Filmfest, the Aspen Historical Society and scholarships for local students pursuing university art degrees. Les Dames is very much a social group, with members taking hikes, having skiing days, bicycling, golfing, luncheons and dinners, concerts, and art-gallery lectures. Anyone interested in joining should call Christine Aubale Gerschel at 970-925-9028. Flmmaker John Heminway will be showing his film “Battle for the Elephants” on March 22 at the Wheeler Opera House. It is a National Geographic film and has shown on PBS. Attendance is free. At 6 p.m. there will be a reception, the screening will be at 6:45, and at 7:45 there will be a panel discussion with questions and answers. John is the son-in-law of Aspenite Marilyn Wilmerding. Undercurrent ... it’s time for spring picnics in the snow!
LES DAMES Officers for Les Dames d’Aspen are, from left, Vice President Bridget Badon, Social Secretary Elizabeth Bonan, President Christine Aubale Gerschel, Vice President Billie Pierce Erwin and Recording Secretary Carol Dobson.
LES DAMES Jeffrey Hinkin, Ken Badon and Peter Dahl.
LES DAMES Richard Auhll and Martha Smilgis.
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AROUND ASPEN
LES DAMES Jean Phillipe Malaty, executive director of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and Kaitlin Windle, development director of the ballet.
LES DAMES Greg and Billie Erwin.
LES DAMES Gayle Rasmussen and Sherry Achi.
LES DAMES Jim Horowitz, director of Jazz Aspen, and Jamie Kravitz and Mo Le Mee of the Aspen Writers’ Foundation.
LES DAMES Pat Marquis and Linda DeSoto.
LES DAMES Diane O’Connell and Holly Reed.
LES DAMES Ali Lee, owner of the new restaurant Zeno, and Billie Erwin.
LES DAMES Christin Cleaver and Macey Morris.
LES DAMES Martha Meagher and Shirley Millard.
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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC/ART/FILM/LITERATURE
by JAKE COYLE for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR animals, she faces a giant Mickey FOR MOST SCRIBES who have doll in the corner, telling him he can toiled in the movie industry, portraying stay there “until you learn the art of Hollywood as a healing paradise is subtlety.” roughly equivalent to regaling a lobster She doesn’t treat Disney much of the soothing properties of a boiling better, nor her would-be collaborators: pot of water. writer Don DaGradi (Bradley Hollywood has always, and probably Whitford) and the songwriting will always, chew up authors. From Sherman brothers, Robert (B.J. Novak) “Sunset Boulevard” to “In a Lonely and Richard (Jason Schwartzman). She Place” to “Barton Fink,” we’ve often is resolute in keeping sentimentality, had the writer’s perspective on the trite showmanship or dancing painful life of movie scripting. Now, in penguins from her tale. Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” we have The Disney team are puppy dogs, the studio’s. obedient but pleading with big eyes to No one, needless to say, winds up be let off the leash. As the mustached face down in a swimming pool in the Disney, Hanks (well-suited for the Disney version. part, belying only the slightest hint of “Saving Mr. Banks,” directed by John Disney’s strong-arm side) absorbs her Lee Hancock (a sure studio hand of contempt for his “silly cartoon” with a inspirational tales like “The Blind Side” quick wince. But he’s equally dauntless and “The Rookie”), is based on the in the certainty of his mission, a zealot true story of the tug of wills between for the fantasy “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers of storytelling. (Emma Thompson) and Walt Disney (Tom Hanks). Finally drawn by Disney’s They’re all flummoxed by money and years of entreaties to adapt her demands, her books, the extremely particular British writer arrives in mythic 1961 Los like not having red in the film: Angeles like a dark cloud indignant of “I’ve simply gone sunshine. off the color,” She peers warily at “Los Ang-uhsays Travers. lees,” as she calls it, from the back As these lines, window of the limo that’s been sent to from the script pick her up. Her chipper driver (Paul by Kelly Marcel Giamatti) is infuriatingly American. and Sue Smith, She flinches when he calls her home “Inger-land” and, worse, says “no problemo.” It’s just the start of the unpleasantness for Travers, “Saving Mr. Banks” who recoils at the thought of March 20, 7:30 p.m. handing over her very precious Crystal Theatre, Carbondale characters — “my family,” she Also released on DVD says — to Disney. When she arrives in a hotel room strewn with baskets and stuffed
suggest, it’s extremely pleasurable watching Thompson in the role. With pursed lips and folded arms, she’s a force of condescension. But she’s also a haunted woman. In a flashback that runs intermittently throughout the film, “Saving Mr. Banks” explores the roots of Travers’ fiction in the reality of her upbringing. Her childhood in rural Australia at the start of the 20th century was poor and tragic because of her sick and alcoholic father (Colin Farrell), the Mr. Banks in need of saving. The background explains the source of Travers’ Poppins and gives “Saving Mr. Banks” something genuine about artists and the drive for storytelling. (Don’t expect straight history here. Travers, for one, didn’t end up a fan of Disney or the “Mary Poppins” movie.) But it also leads it into the very same
kind of sap Travers wailed against. “Saving Mr. Banks,” a Disney movie about a Disney movie (timed for the 50th anniversary of “Mary Poppins”), is a feature film advertisement not just for the Mouse House, but for the Hollywood dream factory. Just as Travers is eventually won over by her Hollywood adversaries, the strong sentimental pull of “Saving Mr. Banks” overwhelms, too. Resistance is futile. We’re helpless before Hollywood, done in by the simple, undefeatable power of a little song and dance. “Saving Mr. Banks,” a Walt Disney Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “thematic elements including some unsettling images.” Running time: 126 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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THELISTINGS
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LIVE MUSIC: HANNIBAL BROWN — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. AUDITIONS — 4 p.m., Rio Grande Building (behind Pitkin County Library), Aspen. Auditions for the Hudson Reed Ensemble’s 2014 season of ‘Six Scenes from Shakespeare.’ Details at www.hudsonreedensemble.org or 970-429-8175 DAN FORDE AND DENNIS JUNG — 4:20 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen. THE YELARADO TOUR: YELAWOLF WITH SPECIAL GUESTS — 10 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen.
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ONGOING AMY SILLMAN — 10 a.m., Aspen Art Museum, 590 N. Mill St., Aspen. 970-925-8050.
THURSDAY, MARCH 20 LIVE MUSIC: MARK NUSSMEIER — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. BOO COO — 7 p.m., Saint Regis Hotel, 315 E Dean Street, Aspen. AGES AND AGES — 7:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen. LIVE MUSIC — 9 p.m., BB’s Lounge, 525 E. Cooper Ave. Suite 201, Aspen. STAFFORD BROTHERS — 10 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen. THURSDAY NIGHT KARAOKE — 10 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen. VID WEATHERWAX - KEYBOARDS & VOCALS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. MAGIC AT THE ARTISAN — 6 p.m., Artisan Restaurant at Stonebridge Inn, 300 Carriage Way, Snowmass Village.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21 LIVE MUSIC: SARAH PEACOCK — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave,
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TRENTON ALLAN’S ACOUSTICAL MYSTERY TOUR — 4:20 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen. ‘INTERIOR TO EXTERIOR - FACT TO FANTASY’ — 6 p.m., The Little Nell Building, 501 E. Dean St., Aspen. LAVAY SMITH & THE RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS — 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., The JAS Cafe Downstairs, 675 East Durant Avenue, Aspen. 970-920-4996
BRADMAN’S ONE MAN BAND — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. LIVE MUSIC: BRAD MANOSEVITZ — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. LAVAY SMITH & THE RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS — 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., The JAS Cafe Downstairs, 675 East Durant Avenue, Aspen. 970-920-4996 FREE THE HONEY — 9 p.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E Hyman Ave, Aspen.
DEREK BROWN BAND — 7 p.m., The St. Regis Aspen Resort, 315 E. Dean, Aspen.
JES GREW FT. BROCCOLI BROS — 10 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen.
THE COMPANY MEN — 8 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.
LIVE MUSIC FOR APRES SKI WITH THE TRUE STORY BAND — 4 p.m., The Bar at Wildwood Hotel, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village.
STEEL PULSE — 9:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen. LIVE MUSIC FOR APRES SKI WITH DAMIAN SMITH & TERRY BANNON — 4 p.m., The Vue Lounge at the Westin Snowmass Resort, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village.
VID WEATHERWAX & ROBERTA LEWIS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.
SUNDAY, MARCH 23
VID WEATHERWAX - KEYBOARDS & VOCALS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.
VID WEATHERWAX - KEYBOARDS & VOCALS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
LIVE MUSIC WEEKENDS — 4 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.
LIVE MUSIC WEEKENDS — 4 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.
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BRADMAN’S ONE MAN BAND — 4 p.m., Aspen Brewing Company, 304 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen.
LIVE MUSIC: DJ DYLAN & FRIENDS — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. THIS MUST BE THE BAND — 9:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen. OPEN MIC — 10 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25 MAGIC AT THE ARTISAN — 6 p.m., Artisan Restaurant, Stonebridge Inn, 300 Carriage Way, Snowmass Village. LIVE MUSIC: MARK NUSSMEIER — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. JOSEFINA MENDEZ JAZZ — 6 p.m., Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen. JOHN BROWN’S BODY — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena Street, Aspen. LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC — 10 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 DAMIAN SMITH & TERRY BANNON — 4 p.m., The New Belgium Ranger Station, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. LIVE MUSIC: THE STEEPWATER BAND — 4 p.m., Chair 9, 675 East Durant Ave, Aspen. VID WEATHERWAX - KEYBOARDS & VOCALS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.
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by KEVIN TAYLOR for HIGH COUNTRY NEWS
BOOK REVIEW
‘IN THE LIGHT OF JUSTICE’ IT’S UNTHINKABLE that kids in America would ever be allowed to play “slaves and masters,” writes Walter Echo-Hawk, but we don’t see anything wrong with Junior strapping on the trusty ol’ cap-shooters for a game of “cowboys and Indians.” Echo-Hawk, a Pawnee tribal member and lawyer who has toiled for 35 years in federal American Indian law, has written a provocative book that examines the tragic and continuing effects of colonial conquest and its resulting “settler” mindset. He does this without ever scolding his readers and succeeds in pointing a way toward eventual healing. “In the Light of Justice” shines its own light onto often-overlooked issues, explaining that what many whites think of as history — a bygone era of treatymaking, frontier warfare and taming the West — is, to most American Indian people, actually current events. by JEREMY NEWTON / edited by WILL SHORTZ
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NOTEWORTHY James Anaya, a human-rights investigator for the United Nations, agrees. In his foreword to the book, Anaya writes that, during a tour of American Indian country in the wake of the U.S. endorsement of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, he was struck “by … the deep, still open wounds” left by Manifest Destiny. It’s disturbing, Echo-Hawk notes, that former colonists who rebelled for the sake of freedom treated, and continue to treat, indigenous people in the manner of 500 years of Western European colonialism. The doctrines of conquest and discovery have not only unjustly destroyed indigenous economies and societies; they have harmed the land, as well, by treating it solely as a resource to be exploited. And yet those doctrines are still cited by federal courts today. Echo-Hawk devotes a chapter to the 1
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