Alpenglow: Holly Bowling
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesCast aside any and all expectations. Whether behind the piano on a windswept mountainous cliff, at a hallowed venue such as Carnegie Hall, or playing shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most legendary musicians in history, solo pianist Holly Bowling subverts convention with virtuosic playing, emotional immersion, and a thirst for invention. Acclaimed by Rolling Stone, […]
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Hot Tub Jazz
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesHot Tub Jazz was originally formed in Boulder, Colorado in the early 80’s when Scott Betts gathered some friends together to play some tunes. The quartet was asked to play it’s first gig at the grand opening of a health club in the foothills outside of Boulder. Before playing the job, the four musicians were […]
Leslie Chang – Globalization and its Discontents
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum “Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of Egypt and China” Leslie T. Chang has written about women in the developing world for two decades. Her book Egyptian Made: Women, Work, and the Promise of Liberation (Random House, 2024) follows the lives of three women who […]
RMBL’s Douglass Distinguished Science Lecture
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm Over the past two decades, the United States has lost a quarter of butterflies. This includes loss of common species like monarchs and cabbage whites, and rare species on the verge of extinction. We know this from data accumulated by thousands of individuals, […]
Alpenglow: JD Clayton
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesThe 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 […]
Summer Classics in the Courtyard: Gypsy Jazz Social Club
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesMysterious… 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 […]
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 StatesPresented 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 […]
2025 Arts Ball
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesStep into a world of color, creativity, and celebration at the 2025 Arts Ball, benefiting the Center for the Arts! Immerse yourself in an evening bursting with artistic energy—captivating live performances, art and color everywhere you turn, an exquisite dinner paired with fine wines, and a thrilling live auction packed with rare and one-of-a-kind experiences. […]
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesThe Crested Butte Wildflower Festival is ready to welcome you to the "Wildflower Capital of Colorado!" Join us from July 11-20, 2025, when we offer 150+ events led by locally and nationally recognized leaders in painting, pollination, photography, culinary arts, and more. Our guided hikes/walks take participants into Crested Butte's wildflower-filled trails to identify the […]
crested butte wine + food festival
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesThe Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival returns this July for a tour of taste. Explore enlightening seminars, elegant winemaker dinners, exciting tasting events, and the annual Grand Tasting in […]
Wild Rumours – A Fleetwood Mac Experience
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United Statesdoors 7pm | show 8pm Wild Rumours - based in Seattle, WA - coalesced around the concept of performing entire albums, faithfully and in sequence. The core of a Wild Rumours show features all the classic material from both the 1975 Fleetwood Mac and 1978 Rumours albums, along with other hit songs from the FM […]
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 […]