The Aspen Square courtyard and pool area will undergo a major renovation this spring, starting in early April. Plans are to replace the swimming pool, moving it slightly to the west; we will have two new hot tubs, two really neat water features, new decking and a fun fire pit and gathering area. Changes will be made to the front of our conference room, and the whole area will see new lighting and landscaping. NOTE: Due to the construction, our pool and hot tub will be unavailable starting April 9th until mid-June. Completion of all work is planned by July 1.

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The Aspen Music Festival and School presents the final two concerts in its Free Concert Series that promise to provide enjoyment for the entire family. The focus of this series is to provide a broad variety of opportunities and enlightenment to valley musicians of all ages. On April 13th, Brad Richter, one of today's leading guitarists and guitar composers, will perform at Harris Hall at 6:30 pm. Then, on May 4th, Barbara White, composer-in-residence with recent honors from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts & Letters, will share the stage with student composers. This concert is also at 6:30 pm at Harris Hall, and again, both concerts are free!

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Aspen Stage presents the sketch comedy "Parallel Lives" in a return engagement of one show only on Saturday, April 14th at the Wheeler Opera House. The two-person show features local actors Wendy Perkins and Peggy Mundinger performing in the roles of 27 offbeat characters pondering religion, sex, relationships and ethnicity. The show, written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, was an Off-Broadway smash in the '80s. After local actor Peggy Mundinger saw the show, she approached director Brad Moore about the possibility of staging a local production, and it has been such a hit that this is its third production! Plus, admission is free!

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Featuring current and veteran members of The Crystal Palace's esteemed corps of musical theatre voices, The Broadway Players will perform their annual revue on April 19th and 20th. Spearheaded by the ever-ebullient Jeannie Walla, this year's theme is "The Broadway Players Go Hollywood," so fans of the Great White Way and the Silver Screen can look forward to an evening chock-full of songs that cover the spectrum from Jimmy Cagney's "I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy" to Midnight Cowboy's "Everybody's Talking At Me" to Titanic's "My Heart Will Go On." Both performances will be at 7:00 pm at the Wheeler Opera House, and, as always, they are free and open to the public!

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One of Aspen's greatest and most inspiring athletes, Chris Klug, will bring the premiere of his new movie "Ride of Your Life" to the Wheeler Opera House to promote both winter sports magic and organ donor awareness. Not content to make this merely a free screening, Chris will be bringing local guitar hero Brad Manosevitz and his band "The Coyote Gospel" to perform both before (7:30 pm) and after the screening. Chris wanted to make this a party in celebration of "National Donate Life Month", so this will be his version of an end-of-season party! The screening will be at 8:00 pm on Saturday, April 21st. Admission is free!


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Some big names will grace the stage at the Wheeler Opera House this spring. First, an American original returns to Aspen! John Prine (pictured) has spent almost thirty years crafting a unique body of work, and he's as deft with Memphis "skronk" as he is with Nashville sentiment. Prine will perform on Monday, April 16th at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $50, and this is sure to be a sold-out evening! Then, you may think you?re hearing 18th Century rock and roll, but it's really Mannheim Steamroller! Chip Davis's ground-breaking music that blurs the line between classical and pop comes to Aspen on May 3rd at 8 pm. With a 10-piece orchestra, this will be one of the most unique concerts in the 118-year history of the Wheeler Opera House! Tickets are $40 & $50.


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Beginning on April 26th at 6 pm, the Aspen Art Museum presents the first installment of its program Four Thursday Nights: Minus, film and video presentations with a very special screening featuring German-born, San Francisco-based artist Kota Ezawa, who will be in attendance to discuss his video The Simpson Verdict (2002). On the following three Thursdays, Four Thursday Nights: Minus presents three other artists-David Hammons (May 3rd), Deimantas Narkevicius (May 10th), and Pawel Wojtasik (May 17th) - who all utilize reductive techniques to highlight the implications of editing, animation, camera distance, and performance. Four Thursday Nights video/film presentations are free and open to the public. Each work remains on display for one week following its premier.

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On April 28th, join the Roaring Fork Conservancy and over 100 volunteers as we clean up one of the most beautiful stretches of river in the country! The 9th annual Fryingpan River Cleanup invites volunteers of all ages to meet at Lions Park in Basalt at 8:30 am for a free breakfast before cleaning up a mile section of the river. Every participant receives a free Fryingpan River Cleanup hat, visor or T-shirt. Please dress appropriately with gloves, long pants, a hat and sunscreen. Prizes will be given for the best trash finds! The rain-date is set for May 12th.

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