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Welcome to Snowmass Village! Snowmass Village is the place to be this season. We’re pretty excited about some new things to do, like the Slopeside Lanes bowling alley on the Mall (page 22) and the ice-skating rink in Town Park (12), which will now offer rentals through the Snowmass Village Recreation Center. We also have some hot — literally and metaphorically — dining spots and chefs, which you can read about on page 24. On the mountain, some other popular events are continuing with the NASTAR National Championships in March (8) and Big Air Fridays (10), a weekly big-air trick contest open to all skiers and snowboarders. Of course, all of these things fade in the shadow of the Snowmass ski area. Without it and the other Aspen Skiing Co. resorts, none of these activities would be available, and you and I wouldn’t be here. Welcome to Snowmass Village, and enjoy your stay.
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on the hill
See the best recreational ski racers
in the country
By JILL BEATHARD
In Snowmass
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his spring, Snowmass Village will host the NASTAR national championships for the second time in two years. NASTAR, or the National Standard Race, is the largest public grassroots ski racing organization in the world, according to its website. Early on in NASTAR’s history, only 100 participants could compete in the program’s national championship, said Bill Madsen, director of NASTAR operations. In 1998, NASTAR allowed more people to qualify for the top competition, which that year was on the Spider Sabich race course at Snowmass. Madsen, a Snowmass Village resident, said last year that he’s wanted to bring the championships back here for some time, especially since parts of Base Village were completed. “We’ve been to a lot of resorts over the years,” he said. “I’ve really been eager to bring it here.”
Race clinics, free concerts, movie screenings, autograph signings by U.S. Ski Team alumni and NASTAR Pacesetters, and other activities will accompany the races, according to the NASTAR website. Celebrity pacesetters will include racers Ted Ligety and Stacey Cook.
Snowmass Village Salon Race schedule Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25 and 26: Racer check-in and race clinics Thursday, March 27: National Championships Race Day 1 Friday, March 28: National Championships Race Day 2
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on the hill
le back Snowboarder Joe Mango executes a doub . flip during a Big Air Fridays event in 2012
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ud Light Big Air Fridays is celebrating its 13th year at Snowmass this season. The trick contest gives snowboarders and skiers from near and far the chance to show their stuff on a 40-foot jump on Fanny Hill. A “Little Air� jump is also set up for the younger participants. The party starts at 2 p.m. every Friday from Feb. 7 through March 28. Information from www.aspensnowmass.com
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his season, the Snowmass Village Recreation Center will offer skate rentals at the ice rink at Town Park, making it easier for people visiting to enjoy it. The schedule includes open skate time, which Recreation Director Andy Worline defines as “skate at your own risk�; public skate, which is supervised and is when recreation staff operate rental and concession booths; and stick and puck times for hockey players. Users can still rent skates during open skate by going to the rec center. Rentals are affordable and a great way for the whole family to enjoy the nonskiing hours.
Schedule Public Skate (sticks and pucks prohibited) Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Stick & Puck Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Open Skate and Ice Rink Rental Monday - Sunday 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Out with a
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Each closing day has its own set of rituals
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By Michael Appelgate & Jill Beathard In Snowmass
obody wants the ski season to end. It does, however, end on a high note. As the chairlifts stop running, each ski area will mark the occasion with its own kind of party. Snowmass annually hosts “Schneetag,� in which teams of four create a theme, build a craft and attempt to float it across a pond at the bottom of the Spider Sabich Race Arena. Live music and other special activities also highlight the day. Buttermilk has offered free slices of bacon at various points on the mountain for the past three years. And the closing day bash at the base of Highlands, for which revelers dress in retro ski garb, is legendary.
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Closing dates Buttermilk: April 6 Aspen Highlands: April 13 Aspen Mountain: April 20 Snowmass: April 20
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nowmass Village’s newest activity is not on the slopes or even outside — it’s under your feet, in the Slopeside Lanes bowling alley. The alley, which just opened in November below the Snowmass Village Mall, has struck a chord — or a pin — with people of all ages. Apres-ski has been a popular time for families, and football fans have shown up to take advantage of the four 180-inch television screens and kitchen, said owner Mark Reece. “Sometimes it’s perfect weather outside and people are in here bowling,” Reece said. Slopeside Lanes has eight lanes and a couple arcade games. The space is complemented with artwork by Steve Baffa, an artist from Naples, Fla., where Reece formerly owned a restaurant. It also offers a full-service bar and kitchen. As much as possible is made in-house, from the hand-cut fries to the pizza from the Italian wood-fire oven. Using only applewood, the pizza comes out with a unique flavor you won’t find anywhere else, Reece said. “Nothing here comes out of a brown bag,” Reece said. Reece has long been a lover of bowling. His mother has played three 300 games. Reece really got into it though at Penn State, where he and some friends started playing in the local league and eventually got enough people to start their own league for the fraternities at the college. League play is something Reece hopes to incorporate this offseason. For now, the good times are rolling at Slopeside Lanes.
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By JILL BEATHARD
In Snowmass
Slopeside Lanes • 11 a.m. to approximately midnight, seven days a week • Located beneath Snowmass Village Mall; enter through stairs next to Aspen Sports entrance • $35 per hour per lane before 4 p.m.; $50 per hour per lane after 4 p.m.; local rates and drink specials after 10 p.m. • Reservations encouraged. Call 970-429-8839
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here’s a common perception that you have to go to Aspen if you want to go out for a nice dinner. Chris Blachly, chef and owner of Il Poggio on the Snowmass Village Mall, says he used to see a line of cars stretching the span of Owl Creek Road as people returned to their hotels in Snowmass after dining in Aspen. Aspen has the nightlife, the celebrity spottings, and, in all fairness, some very good restaurants. But what Blachly and others know is that while Snowmass might not compete with Aspen for “scene,” it does have a wealth of talented chefs and good food to offer. “I understand the glitz and glamour of being in Aspen,” agrees James Mazzio, chef at The Edge restaurant in Timberline Condominiums. “My real take is: We’re just trying to do honest food. There really isn’t that glitz and glamour here.”
The Edge James Mazzio, who started working in restaurants 25 years ago at Mezzaluna, went on to earn the coveted “Best New Chef ” award from Food & Wine Magazine in 1999 while working at 15 Degrees in Boulder. Mazzio has three rules for his ingredients: they must be raised or grown in Colorado, or sold by a Colorado company. He follows his own rules as much as possible, from the microgreens he buys from a downvalley resident to Avalanche Cheese Co. and 7X Beef products. “The whole farm-to-table craze now wasn’t a craze when I worked (in the past), that was what it was,” said Mazzio, who grew up on a farm outside Philadelphia. “We were always that way.” Mazzio started writing menus for The Edge at Timberline Condominiums three years ago and took an eclectic approach with recipes and styles from all over the world. When be became The Edge’s full-time chef last summer, he took the restaurant to a Mediterranean-style cuisine, which still includes a big variety but focuses on Italian, French and Spanish dishes. “I just realized we were kind of missing a good beat here in Snowmass,” Mazzio said. “It took us two years to find our niche. We don’t want to compete, we just want to add on to what’s going on.” New this season, The Edge is offering a tapas menu from 3 p.m. to close. The small dishes can “get the meal started, or they can be the meal,” Mazzio said. And they can be a good way to try the menu without breaking the bank. The Edge is also offering burgers, brats and pulled pork in its Mountainside Grill on its slopeside patio from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The staff at The Edge says guests stop in four or
him though; you can still find him in the Eight K kitchen more often than not, unless he’s snowboarding. “When I got to Snowmass, you could definitely tell Snowmass was … on the verge,” Nolan said. “A big changeover was happening.” To Nolan, the dining options in Snowmass are elevating. It’s common consensus though that the Eight K restaurant at the Viceroy raised the bar initially when Nolan came on. Nolan studied at a Le Cordon Bleu school in Portland and has worked in upstate New York, Portland and upscale restaurants in New Orleans. Although he has a fine dining background, when he came to the Viceroy, he just wanted to “cook good food,” he said. Nolan is a native of New Orleans and incorporates southern Louisiana tastes in his food. “We take really upper-end cooking techniques, styles, even products and incorporate a southern Louisiana twist to it,” Nolan said. Eight K can get diners in, out and back on the slopes quickly or it can be a place to relax and eat at a more leisurely pace. The Viceroy also
The Edge
five times during their vacation because they can’t get enough. “I had someone from New York tell me that this restaurant could be anywhere in New York,” Mazzio said. “I was insulted. … Just cause we’re not in New York doesn’t mean we’re not good.”
Eight K Will Nolan started working in the kitchen at the Viceroy four years ago and worked his way up to executive chef. Sitting in an office isn’t much for
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on the town Il poggio
Snowmass Village is welcoming some new restaurants with great expectations this season:
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houses the slopeside restaurant Nest, which was recently overhauled to become a gastropub serving house-made hot dogs and sausages and Colorado beers. Nolan tries to incorporate local ingredients as well, buying meat from Emma Farms and cheese from Avalanche. Included on the Eight K menu are trout, elk and other dishes that visitors associate with Colorado. Nolan said he loves to take “dishes that people have heard about” and add a twist, creating menu items such as jambalaya-stuffed quail. “If you love what you do and you cook good food, it’ll come through,” Nolan said.
Il Poggio “My favorite are the people who say, ‘We’ve been coming here for 15 years,’ or ‘We live here’ and they’ve never heard of us,” said Chris Blachly, who has been chef at Il Poggio for 24 years. “And they’re pleased. … For some people it’s just assumed that they have to go to Aspen.” Il Poggio only serves dinner and is very successful in the winter. As for a lot of Snowmass businesses, summer is a harder nut to crack, but Blachly said this past season saw improvement. There might be a lot of people in the dark about Il Poggio, but once they try it they return again and again. One of Blachly’s secrets to success is his staff, many of whom have worked
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there almost as long as him. “I think people like coming to work here,” Blachly said. “If it’s a good work environment, that translates into good food, good service.” Blachly graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder and started working in restaurants while he was studying. He interned with the American Culinary Federation and worked at Aspen restaurants Charlemagne and Andiamo, the latter in order to receive some Italian training. After Il Poggio went through six chefs in its first year, Blachly was hired, and over time he took over ownership as well. “It’s a lot of hard work and there’s definitely luck involved, and certainly having a great staff makes a difference,” Blachly said. “I think we’re pretty straightforward in what we do.” Il Poggio changes its menu items from time to time, but there are some things that “we just couldn’t get rid of because people would be up in arms,” Blachly said. Over the years, Blachly has seen other restaurants in Snowmass come and go. When he first started there was a plethora of dining options, then there was a phase when there were very few, he said. “Now things have gotten better,” Blachly said. “It’s not like it’s more competition. It keeps people in Snowmass.” jbeathard@snowmasssun.com
Another Food & Wine Best New Chef, Tim Goodell, of Southern California, opened two restaurants in Base Village at the start of this season. Ricard, which occupies the former Sneaky’s Tavern space right at the base of the lifts, is a brasserie and liquor bar serving French country fare for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Bia Hoi around the corner offers Southeast Asian street food for lunch and dinner and keeps its bar open late.
DOUBLE BLACK NOODLE BAR Wildwood Snowmass, renovated in 2012, launched a Japanesestyle noodle bar on its second level on Jan. 24. Touted as affordable with entrees for between $10 and $12, Double Black Noodle Bar is open for dinner daily.
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FEBRUARY Through 03/28 | Bud Light Big Air Fridays Athletes showcase their newest and most progressive tricks on a Big Air jump at Snowmass at 2 p.m. every Friday. Info: aspensnowmass.com
13 | Aspen Music Festival and School: Winter Music Series, Joyce Yang 6:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall. $50. Box Office: 970-925-9042. Info: www.aspenmusicfestival.com 14 | Wheeler Opera House presents: Judy Collins 8 p.m. $45 all seats. Info: 970-920-5770; www.wheeleroperahouse.com 14-15 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet 7:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Info: 970-925-7171; www.aspensantafeballet.com
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14-17 | The Aspen Institute
presents: 2014 Winter Socrates Seminars The institute invites you to spend an exciting weekend learning and participating in winter activities. Info: 970-544-7929; www.aspeninstitute.org
15 | Wheeler Opera House presents: Jerry Jeff Walker Aspen’s newest part-time resident is full of sass and ready to rock. 8 p.m. $65 all seats. 970-920-5770; www.wheeleroperahouse.com 15 | Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series – Black Uhuru Snowmass Base Village. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
competitions in the nation. It attracts more than 200 athletes to compete on the famed X Games slopestyle and superpipe courses. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
20-22 | Aspen Laff Festival at the Wheeler Opera House This will be a unique four-day comedy experience, where comics really get to do what comics do best: Everything funny. Come ski all day and laugh all night as we present the most brilliant new voices in comedy. Info: 970-920-5770; www.wheeleroperahouse.com
18 | Aspen Highlands SkiMo Race Series Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
20 | Aspen Music Festival and School: Winter Music Series, Jennifer Koh 6:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall. $50. Box Office: 970-925-9042. Info: www.aspenmusicfestival.com
20-23 | Aspen/Snowmass Freeskiing Open This Gold-Level AFP event is one of the best open
22-23 | Printmaking Basics: stencil monoprints With Jennifer Ghormley. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wyly
Community Art Center, Basalt. Info: www.wylyarts.org
22 | Challenge Aspen Chris Bove Memorial Uphill Challenge Aspen presents the Chris Bove Memorial Uphill race, held at Snowmass ski area for the first time ever. Registration and pricing at 970-923-0578 or www.challengeaspen.org 22-4/06 | Buttermilk Rail Jams This is a snowboard-only rail jam competition where competitors will go head to head in a 32-person bracket. The winner will take home $500 and a pair of Smith I/O goggles. Register in person at Radio Boardshop at 424 E. Cooper Avenue or call 970-925-9373. Registration is free. 2-4:30 p.m. DJ and drinks at Buttermilk Rail Garden. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
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MARCH 02 | Aspen Film Annual Oscar Party at the Caribou Club This annual fundraising gala brings red carpet glamour straight from Los Angeles to Aspen’s famed Caribou Club. The evening includes red carpet arrivals, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, seated dinner, dancing and live broadcast of the 85th annual Academy Awards. Info: 970-925-6882; www.aspenfilm.org 03 | Power of Four Mountaineering Race With approximately 12,000 feet of vertical gain over 25 miles across the four ski areas, including summiting the Highland Bowl. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 4 | Mardi Gras Celebration
Snowmass celebrates 32 years of Fat Tuesday revelry with the biggest Mardi Gras bash in the mountains. From free maskmaking for kids at the Treehouse to a midafternoon madcap parade to a free concert, this authentic fete offers Cajun fun for every age. Info: www.gosnowmass.com
5-24 | Laurie McBride, “My Favorites” Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt. Public reception 5-7 p.m., March 14. Info: www.wylyarts.org 07-08 | JAS Café Downstairs at the Little Neil: Cyrilla Aimee & Diego Figuelredo Info: 970-920-4996; www.jazzaspensnowmass.org 08 | Theatre Aspen’s Annual
Costume Gala Join Theatre Aspen for the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser featuring dinner, DJ, silent auctions, games and dancing and, of course, over-thetop costumes. 6:30-11 p.m., Hotel Jerome. Info: 970-925-9313, ext. 205; www.theatreaspen.org
11 | Aspen Highlands SkiMo
Race Series Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
11 | Wheeler Opera House presents: Ladysmith Black Mambazo This South African a capella group has won multiple awards, including three Grammies. 7:30 p.m. $35 all seats. Info: 970-920-5770; www.wheeleroperahouse.com 30 late winter in snowmass 2014
13-16 | Après Ski Cocktail
Classic Join us for the second annual celebration of the AprèsSki Cocktail Classic in Aspen/ Snowmass. Grand tasting village, private reserve room with top-shelf premium spirits, artisanal craft cocktails, world-class seminars by award-winning mixologist and world-class tipplers, snow parties, pop-up bars, demonstrations and more. Info: www.apresskicocktailclassic.com
14-23 | Bud Light Spring Jam The 14th annual Bud Light Spring Jam, the premier spring festival in the Rocky Mountains, continues like never before with two weekends — March 14-16 and March 21-23 — of new-school competitions and concerts and
parties in Aspen/Snowmass. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
14 | Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert
Series – Cash*d Out Gondola Plaza, Aspen. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
15 | Aspen Music School & Festival: Winter Music Series, Robert McDuffle with Elizabeth Pridgen 6:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall. $50. Box Office: 970-925-9042. Info: www.aspenmusicfestival.com 15-16 | Terrain Park Boot Camp
Beginner skiers and snowboarders can learn how to safely slide a rail, hit a box and throw a trick from coaches and fellow athletes. Anyone 13 or older can join in the fun. Free. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fanny
Hill. Info: www.gosnowmass.com
15 | KickAspen Big Air Showcases ski and snowboard athletes competing under the lights at the base of Aspen Mountain. Prize giveaways, a beer garden and DJ Naka G will round out the action. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 16 | Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo 7:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Info: 970-9257171; www.aspensantafeballet.com 16 | Fallen Friends Memorial Event Fallen Friends Memorial Event brings together our mountain community to have fun in costume on a combination moguls/ freestyle/slalom course in honor of friends lost on the mountain. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
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17 | St. Paddy’s Day Celebration
The biggest blarney bash in the mountains features Lucky Leprechaun Scavenger Hunt, green beer and Irish fare, food and drink specials and more. Snowmass Village. Info: www.gosnowmass.com
21-22 | CORE Party The best downtown block party of the year. The show is free and open to the public and takes place on the corner of Galena Street and Cooper Avenue. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 21-22 | JAS CafĂŠ Downstairs at the Little Nell: Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers Info: 970-920-4996; www.jazzaspensnowmass.org 22-23 | Terrain Park Boot Camp Beginner skiers and snowboarders can learn how to 32 late winter in snowmass 2014
safely slide a rail, hit a box and throw a trick from coaches and fellow athletes. Anyone 13 or older can join in the fun. Free. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fanny Hill. Info: www.gosnowmass.com
23 | Battle in the Bowls Teams of two race across the many bowls of Aspen Highlands to seek out a surprise list of runs. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 24-28 | Week of Watercolor With Sarah Peterson 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt. Info: www.wylyarts.org 25-30 | NASTAR National Championships NASTAR will celebrate the sport of alpine racing and serve as a reunion for the top recreational racers in the country. Snowmass. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
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THE SNOWMASS VILLAGE ICE RINK: NOW OPEN FOR THE WINTER SEASON Located at Town Park Station on Brush Creek Road in the rodeo arena Open to residents and visitors of all ages and levels 9:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. NOW OFFERING SKATE RENTAL AND CONCESSIONS! Ice Rink available for public and open skate, stick and puck, and rink rental. Visit www.snowmassrecreation.com or call 970.922.2240 for the latest schedules and programs (weather dependent). While you’re there, be sure to stop by the Snowmass Village Recreation Center, offering fitness, recreation, and aquatics programs all winter long.
More information: Visit www.snowmassrecreation.com 970.922.2240
WHETHER YOU’RE HEADED TO THE SKI AREA OR THE SKATING RINK, LET THE SNOWMASS VILLAGE SHUTTLE GIVE YOU A FREE RIDE
The free and frequent Village Shuttle departs approximately every 20 minutes from 6:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. to almost any location in the Village
Consult the current route map for specific information on route and departure times or visit www.tosv.com.
OTHER GREAT SERVICES DIAL-A-RIDE 970.923.3030 In a location not serviced by the Village Shuttle? No problem. Call us from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for a trip within Snowmass Village for only $1 per person. (For the most timely service, please call thirty minutes before desired time of departure)
LATE NIGHT SERVICE 12:45-2AM Trying to get home after the last Village Shuttle departs at 12:45 a.m.? A Late Night Taxi Service is available to take you home from the Village Mall until 2 a.m. Meet at the Village Shuttle Depot and catch a ride within Town limits for $1.
DAY SKIER PARKING Skiing Snowmass for the day? Park for FREE in the Rodeo parking lot at the entrance to town. The Village Shuttle provides frequent and direct service to the Snowmass Mall and Snowmass ski area.
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Ongoing Activities Winter Words Season 17 Winter Words is a series of readings and talks featuring prominent contemporary writers. Acclaimed authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and memoir read from their work and discuss topics that range from the creative process to the role of art in today’s world. All events begin at 6 p.m. at the Aspen Institute. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. For tickets, visit www.aspenshowtix.com or call 970-920-5770. Feb. 25: Carole DeSanti and Karen Joy Fowler March 19: Tom Reiss March 31: Maria Semple
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29 | Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert
Series – Lucas Nelson & P.O.T.R. Snowmass Base Village. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
29-30 | Watercolor Weekend With Sarah Peterson 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt. Info: www.wylyarts.org 29 | Aspen Santa Fe BalletEncore! 7:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Info: 970-925-7171; www.aspensantafeballet.com 29 | Elk Mountains Grand Traverse This is an extraordinary 40-mile backcountry ski race between the towns of Crested Butte and Aspen. Starting at midnight often in sub-zero temperatures, racers traverse Colorado’s spectacular Elk Mountains. Info: www.elkmountaintraverse.com
APRIL 03-04 | JAS Café Downstairs at
the Little Nell: Pedrito Martinez Info: 970-920-4996; www.jazzaspensnowmass.org
03-04 | Painting in Broad
Strokes With Bayard Hollins 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt. Info: www.wylyarts.org
07 | Buttermilk Rail Jams at Buttermilk Ski and snowboard on the mountain. Register in person 34 late winter in snowmass 2014
at Radio Boardshop at 424 E. Cooper Ave. or call 970-925-9373. Registration is free. 2-4:30 p.m. DJ and drinks. Info: 970-9259373; www.aspensnowmass.com
07 | Closing Day at Buttermilk Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 08-14 | Aspen Film Shortsfest 2014 Aspen Shortfest is one of the world’s premier international showcases for trend-setting art form: the short. This Oscar-qualifying international competition offeres a lively, provoking, and humourous selection of drama, comedy, animation and documentary — all at 40 minutes or less. Wheeler Opera House. Info: 970-925-6886; info@aspenfilm.org 13 | Closing Day at Aspen Highlands Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 17-19 | Theatre Aspen School Spring Youth Production: “The Hobbit, a Musical” 7 p.m. nightly; 2 p.m. matinee on April 19. Wheeler Opera House. Info: 970925-9313; www.theatreaspen.org 20 | Closing Day at Aspen Mountain and Snowmass Info: www.aspensnowmass.com 20 | Schneetag Teams of four are
invited to create a craft that will slide down a pond at Spider Sabich and attempt to soar over a 30’ x 20’ pond. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info: www.aspensnowmass.com
Art Clubs Art clubs for ages 6 to 12 and advanced for ages 8 and up. 3:30-5:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays, through winter and spring. Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt. Info: www.wylyarts.org Snowmass Chapel Nondenominational worship service at 9 a.m. every Sunday. Spanish service at 7 a.m. Outdoor service held on the mountain outside Gwyn’s at noon Sundays during ski season. Catholic Mass offered at 5 p.m. Sundays from December to August. Info: www.snowmasschapel.org Kids Winter Art Classes Anderson Ranch Arts Center classes on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through March 28 in Snowmass Base Village. Session 1, for ages 4 to 5, is 1:30-3 p.m. Session 2, for ages 6 to 8, is 3:30-5 p.m. $40 per class; $100 for three consecutive classes. Info: www.andersonranch.org Storytelling at the Snowmass Ice Age Discovery Center Some of the tallest tales in the West recounted by master storytellers. Free. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., every Wednesday throughout the season. Info: www. gosnowmass.com Kids Sing-a-long and S’mores by the Fire Free. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays, at the Wildwood fire pit. Info: www.gosnowmass.com
Ullr Nights Aspen Skiing Co. opens up the Elk Camp Gondola every Friday night for sledding, snowbiking, s’mores and hot chocolate, ice skating and dining. Through March 28. Info: www.gosnowmass.com ACES: Potbelly Perspective Slide Show & Lecture Series This series features Aspen locals or visitors sharing exciting accounts of world travel and adventure shared through images and stories. 7:30 p.m., Wednesdays through March 12. Free for members; $5 for non-members. Info: 970- 925-5756; www.aspennature.org ACES Naturalist Nights Lectures with cookies and tea. 7 p.m., Thursdays through March 13. Free. Info: www.aspennature.org ACES: Naturalist Nights Lecture Series ACES, Wilderness Workshop and the Roaring Fork Audubon invite you to a lecture series featuring wildlife experts and ecologist to explore and share topics of the natural world through slideshows and discussion. Hot drinks and cookies will warm up these winter evenings. 7:30 p.m., Thursdays through March 13. Free. Info: 970-925-5756; www.aspennature.org Aspen Historical Society: Time Travel Tuesdays “My life is your vacation” isn’t just a bumper sticker. This Time Travel Tuesday series explores the ways people have made careers out off tourist activities, and the history of each pursuit in the valley. Topics include ski instruction, fly fishing and Food and Wine. 5:30 p.m., every Tuesday through March 11. $8. Info: 970-925-3721; www.aspenhistory.org The Aspen Institute presents: Great Decision Series This is an eight-week series where participants gather to discuss key foreign policy issues facing the world today, as featured in the 2014 Foreign Policy Association briefing book. 7-9 p.m., Tuesdays through March 18 at the Aspen Meadows Resort. $195 includes all sessions and refreshments. Info: 970-544-7914; www.aspeninstitute.org
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