PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ASPEN WORDS & THE CATTO SHAW FOUNDATION ABOUT AUTHOR TALK WITH WRITER IN RESIDENCE JENN SHAPLAND Genre: Author Talk Jenn Shapland is a writer and archivist living in New Mexico. Her first book, “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers” (Tin House 2020), was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and won the 2021 Lambda Literary… Read More »Author talk Jenn Shapland
ABOUT Esmé Patterson Genre: Songwriter / Indie Esmé Patterson is a songwriter, gambler, singer, lover, thinker, and explorer. She began as a member of the Denver Folk Pop septet, Paper Bird, and has since released four records as a solo act. The New York Times describes her voice as "wiry and candid" with songs that "hint at… Read More »Esmé Patterson
ABOUT LOCAL ROCK BAND OPERA HOUSE ARSON Genre: Rock Oh baby! Let's tear the roof off TACAW! Local rockers Opera House Arson plays heavy riff-driven rock with roots in blues, funk, & soul. Sets feature mostly original material from guitarist/vocalists Garland Burton & Mark Nussmeier with rhythm section Mike Foley (bass) and Kyle Light (drums)… Read More »Opera House Arson
ABOUT AN EVENING WITH CORB LUND Genre: Country Let's join our friend from The Temporary, Corb Lund, as he takes the TACAW stage for an evening of Country music. Corb Lund has received multiple CCMA, Juno, and international award nominations and wins. A rural Albertan hailing from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with a… Read More »An Evening with Corb Lund
ABOUT THE SAMPLES Genre: Rock Sean Kelly & The Samples The Samples are more than a band – they represent a culture of fans and music that go beyond who happens to be playing in the band at any given time. There have been many members of The Samples, but Sean Kelly has been the… Read More » The Samples
ABOUT JOSEFINA'S LATIN JAZZ GROUP Genre: Latin Jazz Join us for a special evening of Latin Jazz with Josefina's Latin Jazz Group. Josefina has assembled another amazing group of players for the evening. Seriously. Check out these bios. Josefina Mendez - Vocalist Josefina Mendez started studying music and training her voice at the age of… Read More »Josefina’s Latin Jazz Group
ABOUT HUSBANDS Genre: Indie pop Husbands is a landlocked beach pop band that sidequests Krautrock, garage rock, and tropicalia. OKC-based songwriters Danny Davis and Wil Norton got their start directing a Godzilla musical at their college and then began sharing snippets of lofi grunge pop ideas that became their first album. Featured on NPR's Heavy… Read More »HUSBANDS
Presented in partnership with 5Point Film Festival ABOUT Fire of Love - 5Point Summer Film Series Genre: Cinema 5Point Adventure Film Festival and TACAW present an exclusive screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, Fire Of Love. Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things - each other and volcanoes. For two decades the daring French volcanologist… Read More »Fire of love 5Point Summer Film Series
ABOUT NICK WATERHOUSE Genre: R&B // Soul // Jazz Join us for a high-energy retro soul tinged evening. FOR FREE! Nick Waterhouse brings a powerful 8 piece band to TACAW to get us all moving. Nick grew up in a coastal town near Long Beach, CA. It was a serene setting: the ocean stretching out… Read More »Nick Waterhouse
ABOUT Impact Dance Company: Outside / In Presented in Partnership with Aspen Dance Connection Genre: Dance OUTSIDE/IN is a dance performance created for the TACAW grounds and theatre by award winning choreographer Judy Bejarano, founder of IMPACT Dance, an innovative dance/theatre company. From outside they move into the theatre to be bathed in color and multi-media projections, weaving movement,… Read More » Impact Dance Company: Outside / In
ABOUT Sam Tallent Genre: Comedy Known for whip-quick wit and rollicking improvisations, Sam Tallent is one of the sharpest, most original rising talents in comedy today. For the last 10 years, he has performed at least 45 weekends annually across America, Canada and France. Called "the absurd voice of a surreal generation" by the Denver… Read More »Comedian Sam Tallent
ABOUT FROM CONCEPT TO CLOSET Genre: Creatives Conversation From Concept to Closet: How Two Artisanal Designers Create Clothing and Accessories Conversation facilitated by Betsy Fisher and enhanced by Isa’s right hand, Jennifer Roberts, and Mi Jong’s, Jane Round. This event is part of the POP! Basalt Trunk Show happening in the Alpine Bank Community Room… Read More »From Concept to Closet
Presented in Partnership with Aspen Art Museum and The Whitney Museum ABOUT Mountain Time: Dinner & Movie(s) Genre: Culinary, Cinema This special screening is in collaboration with the Aspen Art Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the Mountain / Time Exhibition. These two Cannes Film festival award-winning films by Thai… Read More »Mountain Time: Dinner & Movie(s)
ABOUT Tig Notaro: Hello Again Tour Genre: Comedy Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actor as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” and “Ellen.” Rolling Stone named her one of the "50 best stand-up… Read More »Tig Notaro: Hello Again Tour
SPONSORED BY Be Hippy ABOUT THE TRAVELIN' MCCOURYS: THE GRATEFUL BALL Genre: Bluegrass / Jam Playing one set of The Travelin' McCourys music and one set of Grateful Dead music. From a source deep, abundant, and pure, the river flows. It’s there on the map, marking place and time. Yet, the river changes as it… Read More »The Travelin’ McCourys
SPONSORED BY ABOUT SON VOLT Genre: Alt Country // Folk Rock // Americana 2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt, the band he started in 1995 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose No Depression album helped define the alt-country and Americana genre. The group… Read More »Son Volt
