TACAW Events Calendar

This event is ticketed through Aspen Words. For any questions regarding ticketing, please contact aspenwords@aspeninstitute.org ABOUT Aspen Words - An Evening with Mary Louise Kelly Join us for a conversation with 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize ceremony moderator, novelist and host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Mary Louise Kelly. Moderator: Aspen Public Radio’s Executive Director, Breeze Richardson. SEATING: General admission and… Read More »Aspen Words – An Evening with Mary Louise Kelly

EARLY BIRD TICKETS UNTIL 9/16: $35 / TICKETS: $45ALL DAY EVENT / ALL AGES ABOUT Roaring Fork Valley State of the Arts Symposium Genre: Arts Advocacy Join us for a one-day symposium covering the role and impact of the arts in our region. This gathering will feature workshops, networking and engagement opportunities with state-level and local… Read More »Roaring Fork Valley State of the Arts Symposium

underwritten by DICK CARTER MEDIA SPONSOR KDNK ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLimit of 4 tickets per purchaser ABOUT CHRIS SMITHER Genre - Sing/Songwriter Born in Miami, during World War II, Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans where he first started playing music as a child. The son of a Tulane University professor, he was… Read More »Chris Smither

Presented in Partnership with VOICES / Presentado en asociación entre The Arts Campus At Willits y VOICES $25 or Pay What You Can Options Available / Entradas son $25 con opciones de pago según sus posibilidades All ages welcome though mature content may be present / Espectáculo sentado, apto para todos los públicos, aunque puede… Read More »“Authentically versus…” a Queer VOICES Theater Project

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL ABOUT Kassa Overall Genre - Jazz/Hip-Hop Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions.  On his first two studio albums GO GET ICE CREAM AND LISTEN TO JAZZ… Read More »An Evening with Kassa Overall

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLimit of 4 tickets per purchaser UNDERWRITTEN BY ABOUT TACAW's Halloween Bash TACAW's annual Halloween Bash is the place to be for celebrating the Halloween season. Costumes are a must, and there are tons of prizes and ticket giveaways for the best ones. Costume categories include but are not limited to… Read More »Halloween Bash ft. Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers

TIcketing is through Wilderness Workshop, Please contact erin@wildernessworkshop.org All proceeds benefit Wilderness Workshop, a Carbondale-based nonprofit working to protect the wilderness, water, and wildlife of Western Colorado’s public lands. ABOUT A Wild Ride: Celebrating 60 Years of the Wilderness Act Join Wilderness Workshop for “A Wild Ride”, a storytelling event held in celebration of the… Read More »A Wild Ride: Celebrating 60 Years of the Wilderness Act

MEDIA SPONSOR KDNK ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL ABOUT BEN SOLLEE Genre - Singer/Songwriter Kentucky musician and composer Ben Sollee, has been blurring boundaries with his musical style and career for nearly two decades – his latest album, Long Haul (2024) is no exception. Drawing on tonal influences from the American and global south, Sollee’s… Read More »Ben Sollee

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLimit of 4 tickets per purchaser ABOUT MYRA MELFORD'S FIRE AND WATER Genre: JAZZ Hailed by The New Yorker as “a stalwart of the new-jazz movement,” the endlessly gifted pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator Myra Melford comes to TACAW with her dynamic all-star Fire and Water Quintet. The quintet brings together Melford… Read More »Myra Melford’s Fire and Water

ABOUT Local Comedy Showcase Genre: Comedy Spend the evening with the best of the Roaring Fork Valley's growing standup comedy scene. Hosted by Ryan Honey, the evening features quick-hit sets from: Landon Bates Ada Scarborough Benji Wrubel Zoe Rom Don Chaney Garrett Hall Miller Ford Michael Coyle Beth Brandon Louis Beck Come celebrate the valley's funny people, enjoy… Read More »Local Comedy Showcase

ABOUT FIRST DRAFT: A DIALOGUE ON WRITING Genre: PANEL First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a literary podcast produced and hosted by Mitzi Rapkin. Each week the podcast features an in-depth interview with a fiction, non-fiction, essay, or poetry writer. The show is equal parts investigation into the craft of writing and conversation about… Read More »First Draft: A Dialogue On Writing W/ David Wroblewski

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLimit of 4 tickets per purchaser ABOUT Feel It All: Film and Conversation Genre: Adventure Film Join us for the Roaring Fork Valley premiere of Feel It All, a Colorado-based documentary film and a conversation on mental health in the mountains with professional skier, director, and Colorado local Drew Petersen. Feel… Read More »Feel It All: Film and Conversation

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLimit of 4 tickets per purchaser ABOUT An Evening with May Erlewine Genre: Singer/Songwriter One of the Midwest’s most prolific and passionate songwriters, May continues to share her gift for writing songs of substance that feel both new and soulfully familiar. Her lyrics offer a window into her heartbreak, her empowerment,… Read More »An Evening with May Erlewine

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLimit of 8 tickets per purchaser ABOUT An Evening with Cool Cool Cool Genre: Funk Cool Cool Cool blends the best of Funk, House and R&B to create a sound that is truly unique. With dynamic female-led vocals, a tight horn section, swirling synths and a rhythm section that lays down a… Read More »Cool Cool Cool

While This show is cancelled, we invite you to join us to see the don juans for free ABOUT An Evening with Tom Paxton & The DonJuans Genre: Acoustic Guitar Tom Paxton has just announced that this will be his last tour. Don't miss your final opportunity to see this living legend live with his… Read More »An Evening with Tom Paxton & The DonJuans

ABOUT JON VEZNER Grammy award-winning songwriter, Nashville-based Jon Vezner is a tunesmith of raresensitivity and dry wit. His catalogue of recorded songs, topped by the poignant “Where’ve YouBeen,” reflects his straight-to-the-heart sensibility and emotional awareness. Vezner weaves theparticulars of his own feelings with the lives of people he has known into universal themes thatdeeply touch… Read More »The DonJuans