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Connor Scalbom Gallery Opening

January 19, 2022 by Jessica Cusick Leave a Comment

Join us on February 18th 5 -7 pm for Connor’s “Nature’s Moments” gallery show opening. Celebrate with complimentary CBD cocktails and adventure-landscape photography.

Artist Statement

How I got into photography always cracks me up. For as long as I can remember, I always loved taking pictures. However, the true moment that put me here was the summer of 2017. I graduated high school, my girlfriend at the time and I were planning a road trip to the West. I had always wanted an actual camera, but I also wanted to lift my car for the road trip. For weeks, I was back and forth on what I wanted to do. I don’t remember exactly what made me decide to go with the camera side of the coin, but whatever it was, I’m glad it did. Oh how my life could be so completely different if I went with the other option.

Hobby turned career, photography has led me down so many amazing paths. I moved to this valley to go to college, and begin that chapter in my life. It turned out, I was taking the first steps on an unexpected journey of my life. The Gunnison Valley could not have been a better place for me to chase my passion, and tune my skills into what is now my full time job. I bounced around from portrait photography, to events, thinking this was the only way to make a career out of this form of art. Or at least the easiest way.

Landscape and nature were always what I loved to photograph the most. I was always drawn to it, even before I always had a camera in my hands. The textures, movements of the planet, and how the conditions and weather can make any landscape look so completely different. I loved to the ability to go explore and capture everything from the smallest details to the greatest views. I quickly was sucked into photography, and going out to capture scenes almost daily. I fell in love with it, and was able to share these places I had been with so many other people. Being able to share a nice photo for others to look at, give them a smile, or even give them a dream of “I want to be there one day for myself” is a feeling I love to have. It feels like we’re surrounded by so much negativity today, having the opportunity to bring even a tiny bit of positivity to others makes me so happy.

About 

Connor Scalbom is a local photographer living in Crested Butte, Colorado. He grew up in Centennial Colorado, originally wanting to begin a path down the culinary arts. That desire quickly shifted to a different form of art. Connor is a full-time photographer at the age of 23. The support from his family, friends, and colleagues is what has allowed him to make this his career. Finding a way to combine a love of traveling, and a passion of creating brought him to this very point where he’s able to do so for work.

Connor began his career in photography in the Autumn of 2018 and has only grown from there. He got his first magazine cover this past summer on the “Crested Butte Magazine” summer edition. Aside from photographing nature, Connor has found a passion for photographing architecture and properties. Recently, he just got the cover of “Luxury Home Magazine” for a home he photographed here in Crested Butte. While quite a bit of Connor’s work features scenery found here in Crested Butte, he has a lot of work outside of the Gunnison Valley. Some of his favorites include Iceland, Utah, and Arizona.

Aside from photography, Connor loves to enjoy time on the mountain snowboarding. He and his dog Gracie go on many adventures together just to explore and get outside. His best friend and he love to explore new places, go camping, and meet new people. Gracie love’s it especially.

Learn more about Connor Scalbom: www.connorscalbom.com

Tagged With: cocktails, gallery, gallery opening, gallery show, music, social

Literary (Pub) Tour De Center

November 22, 2021 by Brooke Harless MacMillan Leave a Comment

Join us for a word wending take-over of the new state-of-the-art Center building in this highly anticipated literary event featuring visiting and local writers. Enjoy themed cocktails, appetizers, and a duo of readers in each sumptuous room of the new Center building. Participating writers include Paolo Bacigalupi, Sandy Fails, Alissa Johnson, Anna Fenerty, Steven Cole Hughes, Stephanie Maltrich, Molly Murfee, Arvin Ram, Mark Reaman, David Rothman, Leath Tonino, and other incredible authors. Readings in fiction, essay, poetry, sci-fi, and nature writing, along with historic passages from some of the earliest newspapers in the Valley. With prizes. Space is limited, book ahead to avoid disappointment. Includes many drinks + heavy apps Comrade discount applies. $40 early bird, $45 at the door.

 

 

 

Tagged With: celebrate, cocktails, food, fundraiser, literary pub tour, writers

Battle of the Bartenders

September 21, 2021 by Carrie Wallace Leave a Comment

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 2021

5:30-8:30 pm

The Steddy Theater at The Center for the Arts

Put on your game face and grab your shaker! Each restaurant & bar in the valley is invited to enter their best bartender in the cocktail throw down of the season: The Center’s 2nd annual Battle of the Bartenders. Concoct a craft bourbon cocktail for honor, glory, bragging rights, and the chance to win the $500 Grand Prize. Serve your drink to a panel of expert judges and up to 200 attendees who will crown a People’s Choice Champion.
$20 to compete | must enter as a local business
$30 early bird ticket 
$35 at the door
Drum roll please for our JUDGES!
David Smithey has been working in the service industry for 10 years working in all aspects.   He has had the pleasure of bartending at Tracks Nightclub, Charlie’s Nightclub, was one of the founding bartenders of the Triangle Bar Denver, and currently works bartending at Happy Camper.  He has also competed on the national stage at the Key West Cocktail classic for Stoli Vodka and continued working as a brand ambassador for them for many years and is a two time winner of Bar Wars: an LGBTQIA+ charity bartending competition.  In his off time he enjoys teaching dance and spending time with his fiance Bryan and hanging out with their monster chihuahua Buddy.  He is an avid whiskey drinker but enjoys well balanced cocktails of all kinds.
Eric Wilson has been with our Band of Misfits since 2015 as our Western Slope Rep, he joined the Peach Street team from a background in the service industry and has worked with everything from dive bars to mixologists havens across Colorado. As an avid Homebrewer and Production focused Rep Eric can tell you just about everything about how our Spirits are crafted, from the farmers who grew our base ingredients to the best practices for filling our bottles, he has seen (and tasted) it all.

Erin Elam recently joined the Peach Street Distillers as the Boulder Colorado (and North) Rep after years in the Boulder Craft game, with her roots at the Kitchen Boulder and the Avery Brewing Tasting room she is no stranger to an inspiring and well executed libation. Based out of our Ska Street Brewstillery location in Boulder she works to help drive and evolve our cocktail program on the front range and teach folks what “Handmade in Colorado” really means.

… and you final judge, YOU! Each attendee will cast their vote for the People’s Choice Champion!

Sponsored by Peach Street Distilling
Food will be available for purchase from The Divvy Mercenaries

Tagged With: bar, bartenders, battle, battle of the bartenders, cocktails, drinks, shaker

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