CBCS Film Club’s “Red Carpet Screening”
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COPlease join us for a special "Red Carpet Screening" of short films written, filmed, edited and produced by budding CBCS filmmakers. The evening includes short films, popcorns, and awards. The […]
Mountain Words Literary Festival
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COMountain Words Literary Festival passes + tickets are on sale now! Join us for a three-day literary celebration at nine-thousand feet. Featuring 25 authors and presenters for readings, workshops, kids […]
Writers in Residence Read + Reception
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COThe 2021 Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence Chris La Tray, Chelsey Johnson, Lee Anderson and Adam Valen Levinson read from work produced during their monthslong residency in Crested Butte. Drinks and bites […]
Friday Night Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COFriday Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. Readings from Colorado Poet Laureate, Bobby Lefebre; author of the memoir, Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High […]
“Faith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters” with Nick Arvin
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COFaith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters Characters who want something and who have something at stake in a story are more interesting characters -- but what if […]
“The Physical Stuff of Your Life” writing workshop with Pam Houston
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COThe Physical Stuff of Your Life (and how to use it to gain access to the emotional stuff); A Generative Workshop with Pam Houston. In this generative workshop we will […]
“From Prose to Song”with Joshua Mendrala
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COBring your prose and poetry to life in song! We’ll examine what differentiates song from poetry, and what the two have in common, and reference “How to Write One Song” […]
Panel discussion “Writing in Place, Place in Writing”
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COPanel: “Writing in Place, Place in Writing” with Nate Marshall, Steven Dunn, Laura Krantz, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and Pam Houston in conversation with Arvin Ram Nate Marshall is a writer, rapper, […]
Live Theater at Lunch: “Indiana” by Steven Cole Hughes
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COIndiana by Steven Cole Hughes On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Justine, who just lost her job and her boyfriend in New York City, goes back to her […]
“[American Journal] Entries” workshop with Nate Marshall
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COUsing Robert Hayden’s classic Colorado-influenced poem as a guide, we will use this workshop to generate poems, rants, stories, and narrative experiments. In Hayden’s he embodies an extraterrestrial speaker to […]
Panel: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America”
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COPanel Discussion: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America” with Rachel Monroe, Chris La Tray, Nick Bowlin, Chelsey Johnson in discussion with Brian Calvert. Rachel Monroe’s writing […]
Happy-hour open mic readings
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COEnjoy drinks and readings from local and visiting writers. Bring a piece to read (no longer than 2 minutes) and read in a supportive, lively atmosphere. In the Steddy Theater. […]