Official word from the Department of Transportation is that Independence will Open Thursday May 24th at 2 p.m.
"Thank you for your email. Independence Pass will open on Thursday, May 24th, at 2 p.m. as long as weather allows. You can check on www.cotrip.org under Alerts/Restrictions if you wish to double check before you leave."
Tara Galvez
Public Relations Office
Add comment May 23rd, 2007
So where do you go in Basalt on Friday night?
This was an innocent question addressed to Richard Duddy, a presumably innocent man. If truth need be told then ye should know Richard to be typical of many Basaltines, a triple-threat who ran and sold a software company, ran and sold Bistro Basalt, and is now running like hell as a real estate agent in Basalt with Wendy Lucas & Co.
Continue Reading Add comment May 20th, 2007
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
CARMEL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA—The key, you see, is to take your foot off the break as you head downhill into the abyss and to trust absolutely the worlds of Justin Demayeo when he says: “You feel that?”
Yeah, I felt it all right—a deep-throated Gremlin of a sound that more or less defines the Land Rover Driving Experience here at the luxe Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club. We—the fiancée, me, and Justin—have more than 100 acres to play around in before we hit the outer limits of the Quail Lodge, one of three such off-road Land Rover extravaganzas.
Continue Reading Add comment April 28th, 2007
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—Call it the locals overture from the Aspen Music Festival & School.
The Music Fest, the founding institution of modern Aspen--along with the Aspen Institute--announced Roaring Fork Valley residents are eligible for a significant discounts on their Aspen Music Festival tickets this summer based on three distinct plans.
The AMFS Local’s Pass offers admission to ten events for only $11.50 each ($115). The pass is fully transferable and allows access to six concerts and four rehearsals/master classes. The pass works or all events except operas, benefits, special events, house musics, films and Sunday 4 PM concerts.
Continue Reading Add comment April 10th, 2007
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—A combo platter of five leading nonprofits here have cooked up a celebration of the art of Africa in Aspen in summer 2007.
Aspen explores Africa during the last week of June in stories, music, ideas, and film via the Aspen Writers’ Foundation, Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and Aspen Film.
Continue Reading Add comment March 29th, 2007
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—The journey of the Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) from jazz all the way to pop is now all but complete.
The jazz in the title of the latest version of the June Rio Grande Park festival and the Labor Day version in the Town of Snowmass Village is represented almost entirely in the presence of Herbie Hancock, an undisputed giant whose career represents the same movement from cool buttoned-down jazz to the mass market of pop. But Hancock, JAS’s distinguished artist-in-residence, will have to look long and hard to find other musicians with his historical provenance.
Instead, JAS president and executive producer Jim Horowitz has turned to sure-fire star power sure to put fannies on the Snowmass turf—namely, the Allman Brothers Band. The Allmans will play the festival; and so will Government Mule, with Allmans guitarist Warren Haynes; and the Derek Trucks Band led by the nephew of an original member and the current slide guitarist in the Allman Brothers Band. Even Susan Tedeschi, the wife of Derek Trucks, will also be performing.
Continue Reading Add comment March 23rd, 2007
Auden Schendler: It just changed. I’m now “executive director of community and environmental responsibility.” The idea is that in most corporations there’s a department called “Corporate Social Responsibility.” And we figure in reality caring about the environment is no different than caring about how your kids grow up. It’s the same issue of responsibility and respect. And we’re now taking over Skico’s philanthropy. When Skico comps lift tickets, my department is in charge of that. We also work with the Crown Family Fund.
Continue Reading Add comment March 12th, 2007
After many months of complex negotiations involving a unique public-private partnership between the City of Aspen, Aspen Film, and the Isis Retail Group, Aspen Film proudly announces the acquisition of the Isis Theater. With the completion of this unprecedented transaction, which will benefit the entire community, Aspen Film opens a new chapter in its ongoing commitment to build and enhance the film experience for moviegoers in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley.
As a result of this acquisition, a newly configured four-screen multiplex will be deed-restricted for use as a first-run movie theater and will continue to be operated by Metropolitan/Rocky Mountain Cinemas. Renovation of the current theater is scheduled for this spring. Aspen Film plans to present a portion of its September festival, Aspen Filmfest, at the Isis.
Continue Reading Add comment February 25th, 2007
Marking its 16th year, Aspen Shortsfest will bring filmmakers from around the world for six days of celebration, April 3-8, 2007, at Aspen’s historic Wheeler Opera House and other locations. Widely recognized as one of the world's premiere short film and video showcases, Aspen Shortsfest will feature its esteemed Oscar-qualifying International Competition, as well as special presentations, panels and workshops for all who make and appreciate this trend-setting art form: the short.
Continue Reading Add comment February 8th, 2007
