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2025-05-22
Book Project: MANUAL (HILL / BLOOM) Exhibition
Book Project: MANUAL (HILL / BLOOM) Exhibition
Reception Manual (Hill/Bloom) at the Kinder padon gallery
05 | 22 to 07 | 27
Book Project: MANUAL (HILL / BLOOM) Exhibition

Reception: May 22 | 4-6pm Pioneers of digital imaging, Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill have spent over four decades exploring photography, video, and multimedia art, earning prestigious awards like the Guggenheim Fellowship and multiple NEA Fellowships. Their work, featured in major museums across the U.S., merges technology, nature, and human perception in striking ways. Held […]

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5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Alpenglow: Mihali
Mihali at Alpenglow.
07 | 28 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Alpenglow: Mihali

For Mihali, music behaves much like a living being. It grows, it matures, and it changes with a sentient consciousness and with whims of its own. And just like music, the Vermont-based singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of rock outfit Twiddle continues to evolve, using his gift as one of the strongest modern-day songwriters, guitarists […]

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5:30 pm
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: The CopyCat Concert
Copy Cat Concert with Elizabeth Bond
07 | 29 @ 5:30 pm
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: The CopyCat Concert

Please join Elizabeth Bond and Friends for an unusual combination of classical and contemporary music in the open-air courtyard. "THE COPYCATS CONCERT” - SONGS INSPIRED BY FAMOUS CLASSICAL WORKS What makes a concert “The Copycats Concert”? A modern song - music of any kind - inspired by famous classical works is called an “adaptation.” Dozens of such […]

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7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Public Policy Forum: Alex Fillipenko – Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
07 | 29 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Public Policy Forum: Alex Fillipenko – Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley

Presented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum   "Exciting Results with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope" Alex Filippenko, an elected member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, is one of the world’s most highly cited astrophysicists. He studies exploding stars, black holes, galaxies, and the expansion […]

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Colorado Grandeur: Plein Air Painters of America 2025 National Exhibit
Colorado Grandeur - Shaun Horne
08 | 01 @ 3:00 pm
Colorado Grandeur: Plein Air Painters of America 2025 National Exhibit

Presenting an extensive collection of paintings by Plein Air Painters of America ( PAPA) members, including many new paintings of Crested Butte. PAPA is the original and premier landscape artist group in the United States. PAPA's Catalina, California shows beginning in 1986 were the very signal of an American return to referential painting. Learn more at […]

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Alpenglow: The Galentines
The Galentines at 2025 Alpenglow
08 | 04 @ 5:30 pm
Alpenglow: The Galentines

The Galentines are an all-girl indie-rock band who are the very heart of the local music scene in Boulder, Colorado. They are known for their stunning harmonies blended into epic instrumental solos that remind the listener of classic rock bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd, while maintaining their punk edge with biting lyricism […]

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5:30 pm
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Boyd Meets Girl
Boyd Meets Girl
08 | 05 @ 5:30 pm
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Boyd Meets Girl

Boyd Meets Girl pairs Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd with American cellist Laura Metcalf. The duo has toured the world sharing their eclectic mix of music from Debussy and Bach to Radiohead and Beyoncé. Crested Butte residents may recognize Laura from her time with the Crested Butte Music Festival. View the full Summer Classics lineup […]

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Alpenglow: Hot Like Mars
Hot Like Mars at 2025 Alpenglow
08 | 11 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Alpenglow: Hot Like Mars

Hot Like Mars is Chicago’s funkiest, most soulful rock band, turning heads with their exhilarating live performances and consistently compelling studio releases. The dynamic quintet - Anthony Perry (Lead Vocals / Keys), Frank Minella (Guitar / Vocals), Patrick Walsh (Guitar), Donoven Brown (Bass / Vocals), and Wes Julien (Drums / Vocals), has earned regional acclaim […]

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2 events, 12
5:30 pm
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Summer Strings
Summer Strings
08 | 12 @ 5:30 pm
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Summer Strings

Enjoy an evening of chamber music and classical favorites performed by a talented ensemble in the courtyard—intimate, timeless, and perfect for a summer night. View the full Summer Classics lineup here!

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7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Public Policy Forum: Daniel I. Weiner – Director, Elections & Government Program ~ Brennan Center For Justice
Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
08 | 12 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Public Policy Forum: Daniel I. Weiner – Director, Elections & Government Program ~ Brennan Center For Justice

Presented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum   “American Democracy in Crisis: Big Challenges and the Path Forward” Daniel I. Weiner is director of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. He has authored a number of nationally recognized reports and white papers on election law […]

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Book Project: MANUAL (HILL / BLOOM) Exhibition

07 | 28
07 | 28 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Alpenglow: Mihali

07 | 29
07 | 29 @ 5:30 pm

Summer Classics in the Courtyard: The CopyCat Concert

07 | 29 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Public Policy Forum: Alex Fillipenko – Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley

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08 | 01 @ 3:00 pm

Colorado Grandeur: Plein Air Painters of America 2025 National Exhibit

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08 | 04 @ 5:30 pm

Alpenglow: The Galentines

08 | 05
08 | 05 @ 5:30 pm

Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Boyd Meets Girl

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08 | 11 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Alpenglow: Hot Like Mars

08 | 12
08 | 12 @ 5:30 pm

Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Summer Strings

08 | 12 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Public Policy Forum: Daniel I. Weiner – Director, Elections & Government Program ~ Brennan Center For Justice

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