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Oct. 15th – Buddy Program Fall Recruitment
Join the Buddy Program for sips and bites at Capitol Creek Brewery and learn about how to become a mentor. Meet Big...
Oct. 11-12: Axel Livingston Art Exhibition at Aspen Hatter
Aspen Teen Artist Axel Livingston
Axel Livingston is a seventeen year old artist, and son of Wade & Jillian...
October 13th Movement and Meaning: Carrying on the Tradition – Shining Mtns
Shining Mountains Film Festival opens with a shorts program, including the shorts Throat Singing in Kangirsuk, Names for Snow, Sweetheart Dancers, Sonny...
October 12th Aspen Meadow Band
You are invited to a celebration of Bridging Bionics Foundation. For two hours we intend to use music, multimedia, personal stories, and...
October 12th A Band Called Alexis at the Rock Bottom Ranch Harvest Party
Join ACES to celebrate fall at Rock Bottom Ranch! This all ages, family-friendly party features lunch, pumpkin carving, apple cider pressing,...
October 12th Strut Productions Presents: The 22nd Anniversary Musical Tribute to John Denver
Strut Productions is pleased to announce the 22nd Anniversary Musical Tribute to John Denver.The evening will feature many of John's most memorable...
October 12th Annual Harvest Party
Join ACES to celebrate fall at Rock Bottom Ranch! This all-ages, family-friendly party features a locally-sourced lunch using Rock Bottom Ranch ingredients,...
October 12th Give Back to the Valley Day 2019
Give Back to the Valley Day 2018 was a huge success! Bristlecone Mountain Sports donated nearly $12,000 to 3 local non-profit organizations....
October 10th AVSC Night at Izakaya
Join AVSC + Izakaya for a great night of food and fun! A $20 donation at the door (per person) gets you...
October 8th Eat, Drink, & Give
Come join the 2nd annual Eat, Drink, & Give event. This event is a celebration of all that RFC has accomplished all...
Oct 12 – Give Back to the Valley Day
Give Back to the Valley Day. Bristlecone Mountain SportsACES has been selected as one of the beneficiaries of Bristlecone Mountain Sports' Give Back...
October 6th Protect the North Fork – Rally for the Valley
Join Colorado Farm & Food Alliance at the Rally for the Valley for an afternoon of inspiration, action, live music, and community.
October 6th 15th Annual Colorado Western Slope College Fair
Over 240 College Admissions Officers will be at the 15th Annual Colorado Western Slope College Fair to meet and greet all students...
October 5th NEPSA Awards
The NEPSA Awards are back on Saturday, October 5th, 2019 with the same format as last year. Submit your photos and videos...
Lets Go Shopping
Repurpose Your Skis and Snowboards with Colorado Ski Furniture
Support Colorado Businesses
Our friends over at Colorado Ski Furniture are all about quality and repurposing. The quality hand-crafted...
Oct 12 – Give Back to the Valley Day
Give Back to the Valley Day. Bristlecone Mountain SportsACES has been selected as one of the beneficiaries of Bristlecone Mountain Sports' Give Back...
Aug 8th – Shop for A Way Out at Alice + Olivia
Shop for fall at Alice + Olivia and support A Way Out who will receive 20% of sales. 4-7pm.
Stay For A While
August 29 – W Aspen and The Sky Residences at W Aspen opening
W Aspen opens August 29th! Locally‑inspired, this modern‑day mountain chalet celebrates the spirit of Aspen, with 88 guestrooms, including six suites, and...
Local Services
FirstBank + Carbondale: Giving for Good
Over the past few months FirstBank has had the pleasure to be the presenting sponsor of First Fridays Carbondale. Building on the...
FirstBank Sponsors First Fridays and Carbondale Arts
FirstBank, one of the nation’s largest privately held banks with a focus on “banking for good,” had a groundbreaking ceremony on February...
Blend Web Marketing
Web Design & Marketing Consulting
Owner of Blend Web Marketing, Marcus Thackston, knows that a successful small business requires...
Catering
Susie Jimenez Productions Phone: (970) 948-4096 Email: [email protected] Web Link: https://www.facebook.com/SusieJimenezSpiceItUp/
I have been in the valley for over seventeen years...
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Mercury in Retrograde and Leaves of Gold
These past two weeks our mountains have been lit up in gold. But, not all of us can put it all down...
Our Aspen Trailblazer Jillian Livingston was Featured in Voyage Denver
Read this article on Trailblazer Jillian Livingston, featured in Voyage Denver. A female entrepreneur, Livingston is the Founder of Aspen Real Life...
Aspen’s Best Local Blog
Aspen Real Life is becoming THE social network for Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley by adding a new social calendar and by bringing in local writers that will share their local favorite things to do and see in the valley.
Come join in on all the excitement and see what we are up to!
A Mother Gives Thanks
A Mother Gives Thanks
If we could, would we raise our children any differently knowing then what we know now?
The woman who submitted her story...
Jillian’s Real Life
After my ninth sold out AspenCONNECT conversation, held at The Caribou Club, a venue that I had set my sights on from...
Firefighter Stories of The Lake Christine Fire
"All traffic is shut down at the El Jebel light due to a structure fire," I read in the text, but I didn't think...
Lake Christine Fire, Day 2 by Olwen Thomson. Photo Courtesy of Anna Stonehouse/Aspen Times
Turning right at the stoplight of Hwy 82 and Two Rivers Road in Basalt I saw what I prayed I would not to see....
Lake Christine Fire Day 1 by Olwen S. Thomson
Lake Christine Fire - Day 1
Being a member of a community, doesn’t prepare one for a Fire. Being part of an elite team of...
Happy Hour
Sept. 13th – Summer Session Fridays with Woody Creek Distillers
Summer Session Fridays With Woody Creek Distillers
Fountain Courtyard Every Friday, June 28th - September 27th from 5:00 -...
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Connect With The Locals
Oct 15 – Our Community Listens Communication Skills Training Class
In the Roaring Fork Valley, more than 1800 community members have completed the 3 day Communication Skills Training course, with Our Community...
Promote Your Business Through Storytelling with Aspen Real Life & Aspen Connect
Aspen Real Life is a lifestyle blog and storytelling marketing agency promoting businesses and sharing stories on the adventures and experiences to...
Aspen Connect Conversations Presented by Aspen Real Life
At Aspen Real Life we are Roaring Fork Valley liaisons, connecting people together and promoting individuals and businesses via our multiple media outlets. Our...
Regulate, Reset, Repair, Remap Powerpoint Presentation by Sonja Linman
Sonja Linman is the lead Prevention Specialist for Roaring Fork Schools and has worked as a youth advocate for over thirty years,...
Brand Influencer
We platform the inspirational voices of those who live abundantly not by wealth, but rather by serving others, our planet ... and ultimately ourselves.
At...
FirstBank to Refund Fees, Allow a One-Time Skipped Payment on Mortgages or Loans and Reduce Rates to 0 Percent for Revolving Lines of Credit...
FirstBank to Refund Fees, Allow a One-Time Skipped Payment on Mortgages or Loans and Reduce Rates to 0 Percent for Revolving Lines of Credit...
Arts & Culture
Aspen’s Teen Artist Axel Livingston
Axel Livingston is a sixteen year old artist, and son of Aspen Real Life Editor, Jillian Livingston. Axel's work is influenced by Jean-Michel Basquiat,...
Notes From Last Year’s Food & Wine
Once upon a time I was on the media pass list for the Food & Wine Classic, but not any longer. Since...
Local Roaring Fork Valley Artists Exhibited in Art Basel
This week, local Roaring Fork Valley artists are exhibiting their artwork at Aqua Art Miami through the Aspen Art Collective. The Aspen Art Collective...
Health & Wellness
Wild Places- Earn Your Adventure
Wild places have a sound. It is like a loud silence, like listening to the heartbeat of creation in progress. Here we...
Oct. 1st – Vaping Safe? Think Again!
Come hear what the experts say about vaping - is it safe? THINK AGAIN. For all high school parents, students and concerned...
Events
Sept. 28th – Aspen Film FILMMAKER + PANEL DISCUSSION “Changemakers Rising Up: Get Connected, Take Action, Make A Difference”
WeRiseUP brings together some of the most brilliant, accomplished & high-impact leaders of our day to redefine a new model of success...
Health & Wellness
Nurturing Yourself: Massage at Jean-Robert’s
Massage in Aspen
Best deal going on in Aspen at this time of year? Jean-Robert's student massages offered at a discounted rate at $65/hour.
Everyone needs...
Helping Climate Change
Sept 20: Global Climate Strike
Global Climate Strike Sept 20th
This September, millions of us will walk out of our workplaces and homes to...
Fitness
THRIVE Group Functional Strength Training in Basalt
4 Motion Fitness Basalt
Whether one’s goal is weight loss, injury rehabilitation, increased strength/flexibility, or simply just to get...
Fitness
Aspen Yoga Studios and Fitness Centers
Aspen Yoga Studios
Mountain living equates with hard core playing and we mountain folk all have our different approaches on how hard we like to...
Health & Wellness
Roaring Fork Valley Organizations Helping Teens and Families
It has been an honor and a journey connecting deeper with the incredible counselors and programs available to our teens in our...
