Academy Screenings in Aspen, CO: Dec. 23rd- Jan. 2nd

See the movies you won’t want to miss!

Every year Aspen Film hosts the academy screenings to delight and entertain the movie lovers of Aspen. This year will continue to impress with an array 19 films already being talked about as potential Oscar winners.

If you won’t be able to spend every evening for the next 9 screening dates engulfed with fabulous visual entertainment here are a few of the films that the Aspen Film crew is saying you can’t miss:
1 Nine, 8:00pm, Wednesday December 23rd (this will sell out fast!)
2 The Messenger, 5:15 pm, Saturday, December 26th
3 Bright Star, 5:15 pm, Sunday, December 27th
4 Looking for Eric, 5:15 pm, Monday, December 28th

To see film reviews and descriptions of the films go to AspenFilm.

And if you want to be in Aspen for the academy screenings and soak up some star studded holidays, stay at the Inn at Aspen for great lodging deals, as little as $319 a night for a ski-in, ski-out room during Christmas and New Years!

Inn At Aspen Announces "Aspen On The Cheap Sale"

You say you want it cheap? Well, you got it!

The Inn At Aspen is now offering UNHEARD OF hotel accommodations starting at just $89 per night. The promo runs from Nov. 23 thru December 11, 2009. This rate is for a studio with a queen bed and kitchenette and sleeper sofa.
A hotel room, with either a queen or king size bed, "bumps" up to just $99 per night the same time period.
Here's the "kinker": a Junior King Suite is $159; a King Suite is $229, same time period. Unheard of deals for digs in ski nirvana.

This is no "clearance sale." This is no gimmick. It's the real deal.

Here's the link to complete details and alternate dates and rates (which go up, but are still super value bargains!)

http://www.resortquestaspen.com/vacation-deals/cheap-aspen-hotel-deals.htm

Aspen '09-'10 Ski Season Gets Underway This Week

Aspen Skiing Company reports "better than average" snow coverage for opening week!

Here Is The Winter Calendar Through April From The Chamber; Plenty To Do!

OCTOBER
October 30 - Nov 29 2009 Roaring Fork Open Aspen Art Museum
NOVEMBER
November 01 - 30 "Oriental Flair" Red Brick Center for the Arts
November 26 Opening Day - Snowmass & Aspen Mountain
November 28 - 29 Aspen Winternational Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Aspen Mountain
November 28 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series Aspen Mountain
DECEMBER
December 01 - 31 Red Brick Resident Artists Red Brick Center for the Arts
December 01 - Apr 13 Time Travel Tuesdays
December 04 - 05 Red Brick Holiday Bazaar Red Brick Center for the Arts
December 05 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's - The Nutcracker Aspen District Theater
December 05 Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club "Winter Whiteout" Aspen
December 06 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's - The Nutcracker Aspen District Theater
December 08 Holiday Book Signing & Cookie Exchange Wheeler/Stallard Museum
December 11 - Jan 31 Claire Fontaine Exhibition Aspen Art Museum
December 11 - Jan 24 Kris Martin Exhibition Aspen Art Museum
December 12 4th Annual Aspen Summit For Life Aspen Mountain
December 12 Opening Day - Aspen Highlands & Buttermilk
December 14 ACES Naturalist-guided Snowshoe Tours Begin
December 15 Aspen History 101 Wheeler Opera House
December 20 - Jan 02 Aspen Film Academy Screenings Harris Concert Hall
December 22 Teddy Bear Story Hour with Jane Jenkins Wheeler/Stallard Museum
December 28 Dennis Basso FREESTYLE Aspen Art Museum
JANUARY
January 01 - 31 "Fabric Arts" Red Brick Center for the Arts
January 01 - Mar 31 Winter Words
January 06 - Mar 31 The Potbelly Perspectives Lecture Series ACES
January 07 - Mar 25 Naturalist Nights Lecture Series ACES
January 17 - 24 Gay Ski Week Aspen & Snowmass
January 18 - 19 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents Pilobolus Aspen District Theater
January 28 - 31 Winter X Games 14 Buttermilk
January 29 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series Aspen Mountain
January 30 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series Aspen Mountain
FEBRUARY
February 01 - 28 "Assemblage" Red Brick Center for the Arts
February 11 - 14 Aspen/Snowmass Ski & Snowboard Open Presented by Audi Buttermilk
February 11 - Apr 11 Disembodied Aspen Art Museum
February 11 - Apr 04 Mark Bradford Exhibition Aspen Art Museum
February 12 - 13 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Aspen District Theater
February 12 - Apr 02 Bud Light Big Air Fridays Snowmass
February 12 - 14 Owl Creek Chase
February 14 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series Snowmass
February 20 The Annual Theatre Aspen Costume Gala Hotel Jerome
February 26 - 28 Colorado Freeride Championships Snowmass
February 27 - Mar 05 2010 International Paralympic Committee World Cup Finals Challenge Aspen
MARCH
March 01 - 31 "Human Forms" Red Brick Center for the Arts
March 06 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - Encore Presentation Aspen District Theater
March 06 Chris Bove Memorial Uphill Challenge Challenge Aspen
March 08 - 12 Celebrate History Week
March 13 America's Uphill Aspen Mountain
March 19 - 21 10th Annual Bud Light Spring Jam Aspen & Snowmass
March 19 Core Party Aspen
March 20 - 21 Boot Camp Snowmass
March 20 Kick Aspen Big Air Aspen Mountain
March 21 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series Snowmass
March 26 - 28 10th Annual Bud Light Spring Jam Aspen & Snowmass
March 26 Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series Aspen Mountain
March 27 - 28 Boot Camp Snowmass
March 27 Schneetag Snowmass
March 28 Helly Hansen Battle in the Bowls Aspen Highlands
APRIL
April 01 - 30 "Writer's Block" Red Brick Center for the Arts
April 02 - 04 COVERGIRL Snow Angels Invitational Snowmass
April 04 Closing Day - Aspen Highlands & Buttermilk
April 04 Traditional Easter Egg Hunt Wheeler/Stallard Museum
April 11 Closing Day - Snowmass & Aspen Mountain

Check Out The Aspen FilmFest Running Through The W/E

Celebrating three decades of bringing international and independent film and filmmakers to this mountain region, Aspen Filmfest September 30 - October 4, will showcase award-winning features and documentaries making a name for themselves on the festival circuit, as well as previews of new fall releases and guest appearances.

While the full program will not be announced until Labor Day weekend, Aspen Filmfest announces three critically-acclaimed, multiple award winning titles: Lee Daniel's powerful an inspiring PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE, from Lone Scherfig's evocative British import AN EDUCATION, and Kristopher Belman's adrenaline-infused MORE THAN A GAME.

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE (USA) 2009
A compelling, redemptive story of Precious Jones, a teenage girl in Harlem struggling to overcome unimaginable obstacles and discover her own voice.
Awards: Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S.- Dramatic; Sundance Audience Award; Special Jury Prize for Acting to Mo'nique;

AN EDUCATION (United Kingdom) 2009
In the early 60's, a sharp 16-year-old with her sights set on Oxford meets a handsome older man whose sophistication enraptures and sidetracks both her and her parents.
Awards: 2009 Sundance Audience Award World Cinema - Dramatic; 2009 Sundance Cinematography Award World Cinema - Dramatic

MORE THAN A GAME (USA) 2009
A true-life coming of age documentary about five talented young basketball players featuring future NBA star, LeBron James and a charismatic but inexperienced coach from Akron, Ohio, who overcome the odds and uncommon adversities to end up on the doorstep of the National High School Championships.
Awards: 2009 SilverDocs Audience Award

Aspen Film will take place in Aspen at the Wheeler Opera House and the Isis Theatre, as well as in Carbondale at the Crystal Theatre. Aspen Filmfest's full program is scheduled for release Labor Day Weekend. Tickets go on sale September 21 at Aspen Show Tickets at the Wheeler Opera House, online at aspenshowtickets.com or call (970) 920 5770.

For Lodging and Ticket Information, click here.

Aspen Filmfest is made possible in part by The City of Aspen, The Aspen Times, Aspen Peak, Aspen Public Radio and REEL PEOPLE, Aspen Film's membership program.
Date:
09/30/2009 - 10/04/2009
Location:
Wheeler Opera House
Phone:
(970) 925-6882
Website:
www.aspenfilm.org

Things To Do, Places To Go, In August in Aspen

Here is what is happening around in and around Aspen in August.
See www.aspenchamber.org/calendar-of-events for more details and links to events.

August
August 01 - Oct 11
Fred Tomaselli Aspen Art Museum
August 01
McCloskey Speaker Series: Ezekiel Emanuel Paepcke Auditorium
August 02 - 03
SummerFILMS | DEPARTURES Paepcke Auditorium
August 03 - 07
Aspen Summer Skate Adult Week Camp Aspen Recreation Center
August 04
McCloskey Speaker Series: Nicholas D. Kristof Paepcke Autitorium
August 07
artCrush Aspen Art Museum
August 07
McCloskey Speaker Series: Jacqueline Novogratz Paepcke Auditorium
August 08
16th Annual Summer Celebration Gala; Aspen Institute Aspen Institute
August 08
Annual Art Auction at Anderson Ranch Arts Center Anderson Ranch Arts Center
August 08
Aspen High Country Triathlon and Duathlon Aspen Recreation Center
August 09 - 10
SummerFILMS | SUMMER HOURS Paepcke Auditorium
August 12
Dr. Anthony Van den Pol, shortlisted for the Nobel Prize. Cancer eating Virus. The Given Institute
August 13
Business After Hours Networking Event Mountain Chalet
August 13
Six°: An Aspen Chamber Leads Group Parallel 15 Coffeehouse
August 14
The Science of the Brain: From Violence to Altruism The Given Institute
August 14
The Science of the Brain: From violence to altruism with Dr. Krugman and Dr. Mobley The Given Institute
August 16 - 17
SummerFILMS | HERB & DORTHY Paepcke Auditorium
August 20 - 22
AREDAY - American Renewable Energy Day Aspen
August 22
6th Annual Aspen/Snowmass Ride for the Cure® Snowmass Recreation Center
August 23
Aspen Music Festival and School Benedict Music Tent
August 27 - 30
MOUNTAINSUMMIT Wheeler Opera House / Doerr-Hosier Center
August 27
Six°: An Aspen Chamber Leads Group Parallel 15 Coffeehouse

Aspen Events, Venues Through June 28

• Jun 18 - 27
  Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival

  Aspen
• Jun 24 - 28
  JAS Academy presented by Jazz Aspen Snowmass

  Snowmass Village/Aspen
• Jun 5 - 6
  6th Annual Chili Pepper & Brew Fest

  Snowmass Village/Fanny Hill
• Jun 11 - 14
  2nd Annual RooftopComedy Festival

  Wheeler Opera House
• Jun 11
  Six°: An Aspen Chamber Leads Group

  Parallel 15 Coffeehouse
• Jun 15 - 16
  Arts & Ideas Series; Ken Burns

  Aspen Institute