ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—The noted director and resident Bob Rafelson was irate about the facelift planned for the Aspen Music Festival & School campus—until he found out the identity of the architect.
Continue Reading Add comment May 1st, 2007
THE ASPEN ART MUSEUM LAUNCHES 2007 ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES WITH PREMIER GUEST SPEAKER KENGO KUMA
The AAM is pleased to announce its Architecture Lecture Series in collaboration with the Aspen Institute and the City of Aspen Community Development Department . This exciting new series brings world-renowned architects to Aspen to discuss architecture’s role in society, and the effects that architectural form, style, and purpose have on our engineered landscapes. Held at the Aspen Institute’s Paepcke Auditorium, the series of four lectures will begin with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma on March 7, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. All lectures in the AAM Architecture Lecture Series will be free and open to the public.
Continue Reading Add comment February 28th, 2007
I shouldn’t be shocked by what I heard on the street yesterday—that the City of Aspen is indeed going to move ahead and buy the Isis movie theater downtown on East Hopkins Avenue. This cold slap in the face remains unconfirmed and there will be beaucoup de hurdles, but I nonetheless believe this development constitutes a watershed moment in the history of the little city that thinks it could do anything and everything.
To my way of thinking, any decision to move forward with the acquisition of the Isis represents a final descent into municipal socialism—and this is a liberal talking. What’s next? The City Of Aspen’s Explore Booksellers and Bistro? It’s no joke. A while back I wrote a spoof that said the City of Aspen was buying the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, an idea so preposterous I had no idea anyone could misunderstand my farcical in Aspen.
I was wrong: people had no problem envisioning the city as the proprietor of tutus.
Continue Reading 1 comment September 20th, 2006
As an Aspen resident, I thought I lived in the richest place on earth. But, after reading The Craziest Richest Place on Earth in the June 2006 issue of Vanity Fair, I realized I was wrong. In fact, Aspen’s wealth, though grand in scale, pales in comparison to that of the booming desert hot spot that takes the title.
So, where is this Capitalist Mecca that lays claim to the richest place on the planet? If you guessed the Middle East, you’d be correct. If you guessed Dubai, you’d be spot on.
Continue Reading Add comment August 4th, 2006
The famed Aspen architect Harry Teague is trying to save East Avon from itself with a new plan developed by his firm and the local Design Workshop.
Continue Reading Add comment July 24th, 2006
The one and only time I ever met the famous Aspen architect Harry Teague he had smudges of blood on his face, his head was wrapped in a bandage, and his eyes were popping out of his head.
Continue Reading Add comment June 13th, 2006
