Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top military commander in Afghanistan in 2009, is making a post-military career push for a year of national service among America’s youth, and he brought that goal to the National Service Summit in Aspen yesterday. The prelude panel to the Aspen Ideas Festival, which starts tomorrow and runs through July 2, […]

Aspen is a playground for celebrities, and when it comes to celebrity chefs, it turns out it’s not hard to a find a few of those either.

The nonprofit responsible for keeping track of centuries worth of Aspen history will celebrate its own 50th birthday in a couple of weeks, resurrecting Chautauqua and culminating with a block party. The Aspen Historical Society, founded in 1963, honors five decades since its founding by hosting keynote speakers, brown bag lunch series, character presentations, sunset […]

A 200-person tent seems an unlikely place for 90 different costumes, 27 wigs, 20 moving lights and 23 actors transforming into 70 different characters. But, it’s happening. Theatre Aspen opens the epic Broadway masterpiece, Les Miserables, on Tuesday, bringing the  larger-than-life musical to a small mountain town. Because Theatre Aspen celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer, […]

Jazz Aspen Snowmass’ June Festival kicks off tonight with a sold-out performance featuring Jackson Browne in the Benedict Music Tent. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee, famous for songs like “Running on Empty” and “Take it Easy,” is joined onstage by former Nickel Creek member Sara Watkins. Tomorrow blues-rocker Ben Harper will be […]

Worldwide luminaries, artists, doers, athletes, politicians and everyone in-between will gather in Aspen next week for the Aspen Ideas Festival, June 26 through July 2. topics fromflying cars to innovation by design, hundreds of speakers will address numerous subjects throughout the serene landscape of the High Rockies. Many of the events are closed to pass-holders, but […]

Sometimes dubbed the “best bartender in the world,” James Beard award-winning Jim Meehan and Kate Krader, Food & Wine’s restaurant editor, hosted a seminar on “Great Cocktail Party Drinks” last week during the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. The entertaining duo bantered with each other in front of a Friday afternoon audience at The Little […]

Aspen isn’t short on activities, but to top it off it’s got a handful of ways to unwind after a busy day: spa treatments. Whether they’re part of a high-end hotel or nestled above a yoga studio, Aspen’s spa selections will leave even the most tense rested and relaxed.

The tents have already come down, and parties are packed up. The 31st Food & Wine Classic wrapped up yesterday in Aspen, but there will be chatter and stories for weeks to come. Here are some of the weekend’s notable people and events: Patron popsicles and ice cream served in the central courtyard of the […]