Center for the Arts Calendar

VISUAL ARTS

Hummingbird

3:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Join local watercolor artist, Suzanne Pierson, for a step-by-step watercolor painting class during afternoon happy hour on the Center’s Outdoor more...

FILM

Crested Butte Film Festival

7:00pm, Center for the Arts

Starring James Franco and his brother Dave, The Disaster Artist tells the hilarious true story of Hollywood nobodies Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, more...

TOUR DE FORKS

10:00am,

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BRUNCH Chef / Owner Curtis Higgins of Elk Avenue Prime (Crested Butte, CO), and music by the Tin Men at the home of Maureen and more...

MUSIC

5:30pm, Red Mountain Park

New Orleans’ Tin Men are America's premier sousaphone, washboard and guitar trio. Together they explore a truly eclectic array of North more...

VISUAL ARTS

Cocktails & Canvases

4:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Each Tuesday this summer on the Center’s Outdoor Stage, a team of our talented instructors present a rotating series of classes similar to our more...

GALLERIES

Audrey Anderson: “Discovering My Dreams”

5:30pm, Center for the Arts Crested Butte

Artist Audrey Anderson believes that we are the Land, and the Land is Us - and that Magic is all around us, all the time. Her work strives to more...

VISUAL ARTS

9:00am, The Art Studio; 111 Elk Ave Crested Butte, CO 81224

Open Wheel Throwing Join a weekly three-hour session with instruction on the wheel. Start your own journey into the joy of clay, or continue to the more...

SPECIAL EVENTS

9:00am, The Club at Crested Butte

The Center for the Arts Golf Classic Four-Person Scramble at the Club at Crested Butte 9:00-11:00 am Registration Tee Prize Shopping more...

MUSIC

8:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Virtuoso Robert Randolph’s unprecedented prowess on the pedal steel guitar has Rolling Stone calling him one of the “100 Greatest more...

LITERARY ARTS

8:00am,

Do you feel overwhelmed by the beauty of the landscape that surrounds us but aren’t quite sure how to express it? Do you have something to say more...

TOUR DE FORKS

5:30pm,

CATCH OF THE DAY Chef Ivan Giani of the Boxer Corporation (Crested Butte, CO) at The Reserve on the East River. When: August 25th, more...

LITERARY ARTS

5:30pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

The Literary Arts Department presents an evening with award winning author, Craig Childs. Childs will present on his latest book, ATLAS OF A LOST more...

PERFORMING ARTS

Comedy

8:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

The undeniably likeable comedian Josh Blue centers much of his self-deprecating act around having Cerebral Palsy, breaking down stereotypes of people more...

LITERARY ARTS

6:00pm, Public House

The Literary Arts Department welcomes writers, readers and anyone with a professional interest in literature to their monthly networking event. Make more...

FILM

Crested Butte Film Festival

7:00pm, Center for the Arts

Four and one-half hours long and told over two music-filled nights, Long Strange Trip traces the remarkable, tempestuous career of the Grateful Dead. more...

VISUAL ARTS

9:00am, The Art Studio; 111 Elk Ave Crested Butte, CO 81224

Open Wheel Throwing Join a weekly three-hour session with instruction on the wheel. Start your own journey into the joy of clay, or continue to the more...

FILM

Crested Butte Film Festival

7:00pm, Center for the Arts

Four and one-half hours long and told over two music-filled nights, Long Strange Trip traces the remarkable, tempestuous career of the Grateful Dead. more...

VISUAL ARTS

Aspens

3:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Join local watercolor artist, Suzanne Pierson, for a step-by-step watercolor painting class during afternoon happy hour on the Center’s Outdoor more...

LITERARY ARTS

Story Crawl; A Progressive Book Read

6:00pm,

Story Crawl; A Progressive Book Reading on Bikes with Matthew Taylor. Thursday, August 30. 6:00 p.m. Free Pedal along with humorist and more...

MUSIC

8:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Powerfully soulful, Amy Helm (daughter of musical icon Levon Helm of The Band) is blessed with a deeply expressive voice and an uncanny songwriting more...

LITERARY ARTS

with Matthew Taylor

1:00pm,

Whether it’s gearing up for the Vinotok Liar’s Night, or simply the desire to tell a really great story – this workshop gives you more...

MUSIC

8:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Come on a joy-inducing, booty-shaking, soul-stirring journey with the big band vaudeville extravaganza that is MarchFourth. High energy originals are more...

GALLERIES

Tableau-of-Landscape-Humane

5:30pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

MON AUG 27 – SEPT 10 Tableau of Landscape Humane The consciousness of our incredible connection to the world is a central theme in Zach more...

CULINARY ARTS

Entrees

5:30pm, crestedbuttearts.ticketleap.com/healthy-cooking-with-cannabis/

Cannabis curious? Venture into new frontiers by learning how to safely, effectively and delectably infuse cannabis into healthy dishes. In this more...

MUSIC

PERFORMING ARTS

8:00pm, Center for the Arts, 606 6th Street, Crested Butte

Larry Keel is described by music critics as the most powerful, innovative and all-out exhilarating acoustic flatpicking guitarist performing today. more...

MUSIC

7:00pm, Crested Butte Center for the Arts; 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO 81224

Virtuouso classical guitarist Nicolò Spera brings a unique synthesis of European and American traditions together in a solo concert of more...

PERFORMING ARTS

12:00pm-8:00pm, Center for the Arts, 606 6th Street

The Inaugural Colorado Jazz Musicians Festival will be held September 7th-9th 2018. 15 Acts, Over 35 Musicians, 6 Venues between Town of Crested more...

PERFORMING ARTS

12:00pm-8:00pm, Center for the Arts, 606 6th Street

TOUR DE FORKS

6:00pm,

THE GRAND FINALE Executive Chef / Proprietor David Wooding of Soupçon Bistro (Crested Butte, CO) & Executive Chef / Owner Dana more...

LITERARY ARTS

10:00am, Townie Books

In the tradition of Weekend Edition’s Sunday Puzzle with Will Shortz, join other word lovers for a morning of coffee and word more...

PERFORMING ARTS

12:00pm-8:00pm, Center for the Arts, 606 6th Street

CULINARY ARTS

Desserts

5:30pm,

Cannabis curious? Venture into new frontiers by learning how to safely, effectively and delectably infuse cannabis into healthy dishes. In this more...

VISUAL ARTS

Plein Air Watercolor

9:00am, The Art Studio; 111 Elk Ave Crested Butte, CO 81224

“There’s Gold in them thar’ hills!” Paint the golden aspen trees with local artist, Suzanne Pierson. Walk with our class more...

The Art of the Arc

1:00pm, TBD

Saturday, September 15th 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. $35 for one class or $90 for all 3 Creative Writing Taster Series classes! REGISTER for more...

GALLERIES

Lisa Ellison: “Don’t Fence Me In”

5:30pm, Center for the Arts Crested Butte

“Don’t Fence Me In” is a summation of painter Lisa Ellison’s idea of the artist’s life. She shuns restrictions and more...