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July 2025

Sun 6
Reception Manual (Hill/Bloom) at the Kinder padon gallery
05 | 22 to 07 | 27

Book Project: MANUAL (HILL / BLOOM) Exhibition

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

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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Mon 7
JD Clayton at Alpenglow
07 | 07 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Alpenglow: JD Clayton

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

The Fort Smith Arkansas native, JD Clayton, released his debut album Long Way From Home, early last year which has received overwhelming critical acclaim. There’s no artifice surrounding the Arkansas-born singer and songwriter. No glitz. No pretension or mythology. JD Clayton’s sound, and where he chooses to make it—Arkansas, the most western of the southern […]

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Tue 8
Gypsy Jazz Social Club Performing at Center for the Arts
07 | 08 @ 5:30 pm

Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Gypsy Jazz Social Club

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

Mysterious… yet strangely familiar, Gypsy Jazz Social Club showcases their take on acoustic jazz and swing styles including Latin, Gypsy, Bebop, traditional and original music, each GJSC line-up is drawn from a consortium of Colorado musicians with a history of diverse musical projects and instrumentation.  Guitar, Voice, Band Director- Les Choy “El Chino”; Saxophone- Erin […]

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Tue 8
Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
07 | 08 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Public Policy Forum: Laura Adams – Sr. Advisor of Artificial Intelligence at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

Presented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum   "Governing AI in Healthcare: the Hope, the Hype, the Promise and the Peril." Laura Adams, Senior Advisor at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), provides strategic leadership for the Science and Technology portfolio and leads the NAM’s Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct national initiative. Her expertise is […]

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Mon 14
Easy Jim at Alpenglow
07 | 14 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Alpenglow: Easy Jim

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

“Settle back easy, Jim…” The words of Robert Hunter in the song “Althea” seemed to fit the mold of the band when it began in the fall of 2018 . The laid back group of musicians from Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado found a common love for the music with one another and a desire […]

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Tue 15
Rhythm Future Quartet
07 | 15 @ 5:30 pm

Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Rhythm Future Quartet

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

The acoustic jazz ensemble, Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Founded by violinist Jason […]

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Tue 15
Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
07 | 15 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Public Policy Forum: Khalida Popal – Founder & Director of Girl Power Organization – Women’s Rights and Sports Development

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

Presented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum   "From the Field to the Frontlines: Fighting for Freedom Through Football" Khalida Popal is an award-winning Afghan football pioneer, activist, and advocate for women's rights in sports. She is the Founder and Director of Girl Power Organization, an international non-profit that empowers refugee, migrant, and marginalized women and girls […]

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Thu 17
Reception Manual (Hill/Bloom) at the Kinder padon gallery
07 | 17 @ 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Book Project: MANUAL (Hill/Bloom) Closing Reception

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

Exhibition: May 22-July 27 Join us as we celebrate the closing of this remarkable exhibition featuring the pioneering digital art of Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill. With over four decades of innovation in photography, video, and multimedia, their work blends technology, nature, and human perception in striking ways. Don’t miss this final opportunity to experience […]

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Mon 21
Jacob Larson Band at 2025 Alpenglow.
07 | 21 @ 5:30 pm

Alpenglow: Jacob Larson Band

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

The Jacob Larson Band is a 10 piece funk and soul ensemble combining powerhouse vocals, classic instrumentation and an old-school approach to music. Digging inspiration from the roots of soul religion, the band shares their own take on notable influences such as Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Jacob, an experienced […]

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Tue 22
Summer Winds
07 | 22 @ 5:30 pm

Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Summer Winds

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

Former members of the Crested Butte Music Festival and Summer Classics Festival converge in Crested Butte to create a new, one-of-a-kind chamber performance. View the full Summer Classics lineup here!

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Tue 22
Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
07 | 22 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Public Policy Forum: Paul Kane – Washington Post Sr. Congressional Correspondent

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

Presented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum   “Will today's Congress stand up to the Trump administration? Paul Kane has covered Congress since 2000, when he started at Roll Call with a beat focused on the Senate. He joined The Washington Post in 2007, covering the 2008 financial crisis and the Obama-Republican fiscal wars. He […]

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

Alpenglow: Mihali

Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United States

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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