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“Th e fi rst week in

class, we downloaded

like 20 apps,” she

said. “I was a deer in

headlights. Th en, I

fi nally got them all

working together and

my head around it, but

I had no idea how hard

it would be.”

I smiled, then frowned and then

smiled again. Th en I frowned.

Finally, I snapped out of it. It

was with a combination of great

joy and great pain that I heard

her message. It was one we in

the news industry have been

struggling with for years. Th e

Internet was such a powerful tool

for journalism, it distracted us,

tortured us and wasted our time.

It became the best thing ever.

Th en the worst. Th en the best.

And it also taught us a lot about

change and how to get through it.

Th e best analogy I ever heard

about the Internet’s infl uence

on newspapers goes something

like this: We were all paddling

a canoe along a river,

fully in control, when

we were zapped into

the cockpit of a 747.

With the audience

asking us, “It’s faster,

it’s better, it’s bigger,

so what’s not to like?”

they also expected us

to take control of our

new vehicle instantly and get to

our destination faster and

without crashing.

Fast forward to the moments

after the crash. With smoke and

fi re still licking at our limbs, we

stumbled out of the wreckage.

We went back to our canoe and

started paddling again, which

brings us to today, a time when

you could safely say we are still

earning our wings.

Th ere’s a reason I love and hate

this analogy. While it implies

we cannot pilot the plane, a bad

thing, it puts us in a canoe, which

last time we checked was still

being used for a good reason

centuries after its invention. Th is

is a good thing. While it implies

that newspapers can’t handle new

reader expectations on the Web,

we do survive the crash and live to

paddle another day. Th is is

also good.

But it’s not complete. Th e truth

is that we have to do both and

do them well if the newspaper

industry is going to survive. We

have to continue to change and

have the nerve to grab hold of

the wheel from time to time,

even when it’s uncomfortable or

downright painful.

I’d love to say the changes

we have started at Th e Aspen

Times — a focus on new media,

online content and social-media

reporting — are the tip of the

iceberg, but I won’t. Th at would

be a diff erent metaphor, one that

ends up much worse for the ship,

whose pilots are in the dark, one

whose story ends because they

didn’t have a canoe when they

needed one the most.

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Beth Brandon inspires us this week with her tongue-in-cheek recounting of an offseason trip to Fruita to ride bikes with her husband.

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08 THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

12 LEGENDS & LEGACIES

14 FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE

17 WINE INK

18 FOOD MATTERS

27 AROUND ASPEN

29 LOCAL CALENDAR

38 CROSSWORD

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

IMPATIENCE. A need for

immediate gratifi cation. A

willing blindness to facts

when they fail to meet the

test of our need for instant

understanding.

It’s a huge problem for

American consumers,

American voters and

Americans in general. If you

doubt it, just take a look along

the street as you drive or walk around.

How many faces do you see staring

into the palm of one hand while the

other hand fi ddles with the buttons and

screen on the front of a tiny machine?

Driving, walking, sitting at a desk

or a coff ee shop, even riding a bicycle

— people have become addicted to the

instant gratifi cation of the Internet and

the blizzard of devices created to get

immediate access to email, the Web,

stock quotes, you name it.

I listened to a story on one of

our local NPR affi liate stations last

week about how Pitkin County

commissioner candidate Steve Child

doesn’t own a cellphone. Th e news

reporter reacted much as most

people would upon hearing this, with

incredulity.

What?! No cellphone on his hip, in

a pocket, in his briefcase?! How can he

live in the modern world?!

Th e reporter even mentioned that

this lack of connectivity might be a

drawback to media types who might

want to get in touch with this guy

should he be elected to the Board of

Pitkin County Commissioners.

Who would vote for a man who

doesn’t have the same kind of need

that most people seem to feel, to be

connected at all times in all places to

an international font of information

and titillation?

Perhaps someone who would like

to see in their county commissioner

an ability to think for himself, to listen

closely to what people are saying to

him, without having to check his

Facebook page every 30 seconds or so.

Th e radio piece got me thinking

about instant gratifi cation and its

ramifi cations for our culture.

For example, what does it mean

for our democracy when we are so

shallow we won’t sit through an entire

television show, read an entire news

article or book, sit down face to face

with another human being and discuss

the issues of the day long enough to

gain some understanding without

taking time out to check our email

every 10 minutes on our

smartphones?

To put a fi ner point to

it, is our pressing need

for instant explanations

and answers to all our

questions just another

facet of our national

impatience with President

Barack Obama?

What else could explain

voters’ apparent disgust with the man

because he hasn’t been able to instantly

undo eight years’ worth of poor

decisions by his predecessor in offi ce?

What else could explain our inability to

understand that eight years of war on

credit left out national economy on the

brink of a debt-ridden disaster or that

lack of oversight of Wall Street in that

same period pushed us over that brink

into the worst recession since the

Great Depression?

Maybe people have forgotten that

the Republican Party made it a stated

goal, shortly after Obama was elected,

to obfuscate and delay and defeat

anything Obama proposed.

Republican boss John Boehner

clearly was hoping voters would blame

Obama and not the Republicans for a

sluggish economic recovery and any

other missed opportunity the GOP

could engineer.

And, apparently, it has worked to

some degree, though the fi nal outcome

won’t be known until after Nov. 6.

Is our need for instant gratifi cation

also behind our willingness to believe

Republican presidential candidate

Mitt Romney’s lies, evasions and

misrepresentations of reality? If we

demand instant answers, does that

mean we will believe anything as long

as it satisfi es our impatience to know

and act right away, even it it’s not true?

Th e same pathetic need for speed, I

believe, is at work in our national mail-

in-ballot frenzy, which is putting our

ability to vote at risk because voting

machines are easier to cheat with than

paper ballots.

Even now, as companies with

fi nancial ties to Romney have installed

these easily defrauded voting machines

in key battleground states, we stand

ready to watch yet another presidential

election stolen by Republican cheaters.

But, hey, if this unhappy prediction

comes true, at least we’ll all know

instantly which state was the one where

the cheaters pulled their tricks.

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CHEERS | To the hundreds of locals who voted early this

election. Not only does this increase the effi ciency of our

democracy, but it allows our newsroom to go to bed — or

the bar — a little earlier on Election Night. For all that,

we’re thankful.

JEERS | To all the politicians out there testing the “You

sure can say a lot of crazy s--- and get elected in this

country” theory of campaigning. We’re pretty sure rape

and abortion no longer need to be campaign issues at

all. No matter what side you’re on, if you’re talking about

these subjects in regard to politics, you’re missing the

point. Badly.

CHEERS | To the legacy of the Winter X Games in

Aspen. As ESPN shops for other markets and venues for

the event, we should have the confi dence to look back and

be proud about three things: 1) It reinforced Aspen’s role

as a leader in snow sports. 2) It provided a boon for local

businesses in a tough time of the winter season. 3) No

matter where it goes, nobody will do it like we did.

JEERS | To the second application fi led for drilling

rights in the Th ompson Divide area near Carbondale.

We sound like a broken record opposing the drilling in

pristine areas, but in the loud chorus of voices calling

for more domestic drilling, common sense has to get a

moment in the conversation somewhere.

CHEE

RS&

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BASALT

WHOLE FOODS FUELS SALES SURGE

Whole Foods Market provided

the sales surge that many civic

and business leaders expected in

Basalt, at least for the first couple

of weeks after it opened. The town

of Basalt’s most recent sales tax

report shows sales in the retail

food category — which includes

the town’s three grocery stores

— soared 39 percent in August.

Whole Foods Market Roaring

Fork opened Aug. 15 and was

consistently busy throughout the

rest of the month.

The town’s 3 percent sales tax

raised 151,399 from retail food

sales in August. That far exceeds

the total for the same month in any

of the prior four years — including

2008, before the recession hit

hard in the Roaring Fork Valley.

In August 2011, retail food sales

produced 108,854 in revenue. In

2008, the amount was 126,778.

The 3 percent sales tax rate

indicates Basalt’s three grocery

stores and all other outlets for

retail food combined for slightly

more than 5 million in sales

in August.

— Scott Condon

BASALT

BASALT HIRES NEW TOWN MANAGER

Th e Basalt Town Council voted

Oct. 29 to hire Mike Scanlon, the

city administrator of Mission,

Kan., as its next town manager.

Th e council voted 5-0 to approve a

contract to hire Scanlon, contingent

on a reference check. He already

has accepted the contract and plans

to submit his notice to resign his

current job on Tuesday, according

to Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt.

Scanlon will be paid 125,000 in

annual salary, and he will receive

a housing allowance of “a couple

thousand per month” for a year,

Whitsitt said.

Scanlon was the unanimous

choice of the Basalt board, though

members Anne Freedman and

Glenn Rappaport couldn’t attend

Monday’s special meeting to

approve the contract.

— Scott Condon

PITKIN COUNTY

PROPERTY VALUES EXPECTED TO DECREASE

Pitkin County property values are

still in decline. Th at, at least, is what

some individual property owners

are likely to see when they receive a

notice of valuation in the mail

in May.

While the county Assessor’s

Offi ce has only begun to analyze

the data — namely property sales

that occurred over an 18-month

to two-year period ending June 30

— the county is tentatively bracing

for a 15 percent decline in property

tax revenue in 2014. Th at revenue

will be based on values assigned to

property in 2013.

Th e projected decrease, however,

is “totally a moving target,” Assessor

Tom Isaac cautioned. Property is

revalued every two years across

Colorado. Overall, values in Pitkin

County dropped about 25 percent

with the revaluation in 2011, though

the decrease varied signifi cantly

across the county, and some

residential property owners saw a

decline in value of as much as 40

percent.

— Janet Urquhart


THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

AS I SHUT THE DOOR on my

way to work last month, something

caught my eye: Two moose, a cow

and a calf, stood just 20 yards away,

looking as though they hoped I

hadn’t noticed them — something

hard to avoid doing, given their size.

As I scrambled for my camera, they

vanished into the forest in an instant.

It’s at moments like this when

we Westerners might wonder what

the pioneers felt, traveling through

a world that existed for millennia

before the West began fi lling up

with European settlers. Th at world

is reduced to slivers today, mostly in

parks and wilderness areas, where

nature is deliberately set aside from

the whims of man. Yet the moose

in my Montana yard suggest a

diff erent story, one that emphasizes

the human role in nature, its ever-

changing state and our perceptions

of what it ought to look like.

Modern-day travelers to the West

know the moose well. Th e homely

ungulate has become a beloved

symbol of Western life, featured on

everything from restaurant signs to

hotel wallpaper. But early travelers to

the region reported seeing few or no

moose. Lewis and Clark, for example,

never personally encountered a

single moose; their journals mention

only one sighting in 1806, by another

member of the expedition who

wounded a moose near the Blackfoot

River in Montana.

How could the expedition, which

traveled extensively through what

would today be considered prime

moose habitat, encounter just

one moose?

Moose, it turns out, are

newcomers to the American West;

in many places, even homesteaders

arrived fi rst. Osborne Russell, who

wrote down detailed observations

of his travels through Wyoming

in the 1830s, made no reference

at all to moose. Early explorers to

Yellowstone had a similar experience.

Moose were not documented there

until the late 1800s, and only after

the turn of the century did they

become established in Jackson Hole,

now a modern moose mecca.

Today, there are more moose in

the West than perhaps any point

in history, and in general, we like

it that way. When we spot one, we

don’t cringe as we would with most

“exotic” species. Instead, in an eff ort

to increase tourism and hunting,

states have introduced moose to

regions never before inhabited by

the ungainly ungulates with their

oversized hooves.

Wyoming is now home to more

than 7,000 moose, thanks to feeding

and relocation eff orts by state wildlife

offi cials. Introduced to Colorado’s

North Park in 1979, moose have now

reached a population there of 1,600.

As far south as Utah, where moose

never roamed prior to European

settlement, wildlife offi cials have

supported their expansion.

To some ecologists, though, adding

moose to the wild amounts to a form

of heresy. Th e traditional view of

park ecology is that nature should be

static and balanced. Th e infl uential

Leopold Report, written by scientists

in 1963 to guide wildlife management

in national parks, concluded that

parks should be maintained “in the

condition that prevailed when the

area was fi rst visited by the white

man.” Where this was not possible,

“a reasonable illusion of primitive

America could be re-created.” Th is

certainly suggests that there should

be no moose in Yellowstone.

Th at there are moose in

Yellowstone these days tells us

something about nature and

our role in it: Nature is a human

concept. Our values shape what it

looks like, from earlier policies of

predator control to the conservation

eff orts that attract moose to my

yard today. Human action is part of

the natural world, not the antithesis

of it. Th e real illusion is that

there ever was a stable, primitive

America. Today, ecologists fi nd that

nature is anything but constant.

As biologist Daniel Botkin has

argued, the natural world is not “a

Kodachrome still-life” but rather

“a moving picture show,” ever-

changing and, at times, completely

random. When humans and their

values are included, the result is

perpetual change.

Conservationists are beginning

to embrace such change. Recently,

the National Park Service revisited

the Leopold Report and jettisoned

the notion of parks as “vignettes of

primitive America.”

Parks are now to be managed

for continuous change. Elsewhere,

scientists are promoting the concept

of the Anthropocene, a new geologic

era in which humans and nature are

inseparable. I think of the moose in

my backyard as representing this

new vision of conservation in the

21st century; it’s one that rejects the

notion of a pristine past, recognizes

the importance of human values and

embraces change.

Shawn Regan is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (www.hcn.org). He lives in Bozeman, Mont., and is a fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center.

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CLASSIC ASPENLEGENDS & LEGACIES by TIM WILLOUGHBY

P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F T H E W I L L O U G H B Y C O L L E C T I O N

Willys were the perfect match

for Aspen driving conditions: good

in snow, tough enough to survive

unpaved roads, and perfect for

propelling locals and their frightened

guests up and down four-wheel

roads. Jeeps in those days started on

the coldest of days on the fi rst try

—that is if you remembered to pull

out the manual choke. With high

clearance and tall, gripping tires

Jeeps traveled anywhere in inclement

weather — even when streets were

not plowed. Th ey could ford streams

during spring runoff ; crawl through

mud holes along the Gold Hill road;

conquer rocky roads; and, if you got

stuck, they were light enough that

a driver plus a couple of passengers

could push you out of trouble.

You did not take your Jeep to

the city (Denver being the only

community in the state that qualifi ed

for that moniker); you wouldn’t even

drive one to Glenwood unless it was

a snowy day. Most families owned

cars for visiting distant relatives or

the rare trip to Denver. A Willys’ top

speed was so slow and the ride so

rough that highway trips took forever

and you never felt safe at high

speeds. A trip to Ashcroft or Maroon

Lake (rough slow dirt roads in those

days) constituted a long Jeep journey.

Short trips to the post offi ce or

the grocery store kept Jeeps in tune.

After years of ownership, a Jeep’s

odometer rarely registered many

miles and no one ever sold the

vehicles because they never wore out.

Th e Willys gave some owners the

willies. While perfect for summer

trips up Aspen Mountain, a Jeep ride

required toughness — more so in

winter. Th ere were no accessories,

no radio, no metal roof over your

rain-soaked head, and the glove

compartment barely held your title

papers. Other than color, you could

choose few options: a back seat

bench bolted to the fl oor that fi t two

kids (not two adults) and a metal

box extension on the back increased

cargo space.

Jeep brakes didn’t brake and Jeep

heaters didn’t heat. Th e gears tended

to slip when you depended on them

to hold your speed (since the brakes

didn’t). Martin Bishop, a local who

repaired nearly every Aspen Jeep,

invented a device to prevent slipping

out of gear, a popular modifi cation.

Back then, Aspen’s residents did

not lock their homes and they left

the key in their Jeeps. Some of the

oldest Jeeps did not even have a

keyed ignition, just a starter button.

Th ey did have burglar alarms: the

omnipresent Huskies. Dogs were

allowed to roam the streets, so by

the time you drove from the west

end to the post offi ce your dog might

get there before your slow Jeep; you

learned to take your dog with you,

barking all the way.

Each Jeep sported a broom stuck

vertically into a convenient hole in

the back to brush off windshield

snow (windshield wipers worked

occasionally in rain, but not in snow)

and if you stayed too long at your

destination, you could use the broom

to brush the snow off your Husky.

When Bronco and Scout off ered

bigger, more powerful, off -road

vehicles that also were suitable for

highway travel, Aspenites either

switched brands or traded in for the

latest Jeep model. While newer designs

could get you to Glenwood and keep

you warm on a winter day, everyone

(including the Huskies) missed the

spirit of the “original Willys”.

Tim Willoughby’s family story parallels Aspen’s. He began sharing folklore while teaching for Aspen Country Day School and Colorado Mountain College. Now a tourist in his native town, he views it with historical perspective. Reach him at [email protected].

self-declared Aspen locals must drive the iconic automobile. Saabs dominated Aspen parking spaces at one time, Ford Broncos and International Harvester Scouts at another. In the 50s and early 60s the requisite wheels were Kaiser Willys Jeeps.

JEEPS AND HUSKIES?

BACK THEN, ASPEN’S RESIDENTS DID NOT LOCK THEIR HOMES AND THEY LEFT THE KEY IN THEIR JEEPS. SOME OF THE OLDEST JEEPS DID NOT EVEN HAVE A KEYED IGNITION, JUST A STARTER BUTTON.

Red Willys Jeeps stood out on Aspen’s 1950s streets.


FROM the VAULTLEGENDS & LEGACIES compiled by THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F T H E A S P E N H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y

1911ASPEN PRANKSTERS

“ASPEN HAS PASSED through a siege,” declared the Aspen-Democrat Times on Nov. 1, 1911.

“Halloween was observed in more than the usual riotous manner and the residence section looks

as though it had been bombarded. Halloween has come and gone and the town is more than half

destroyed for which good fortune our people are indebted to the courteous consideration of the

gentlemen who had so kindly kept their fi erce impulses to destroy in check since last Halloween.

… Outbuildings were thrown down and demolished, whole sections of fence were torn out and

carefully placed upon the sidewalks so that pedestrians would have a fair chance to break their

necks. … Th ese little escapades were no doubt very amusing to the perpetrators but they were

tough on all others. Well, our youths must have diversion whatever the cost to the other fellow!”

T R I C K S N O T T R E A T S


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Is it the patterns? The materials? The fact it is made in a place called Scandinavia? In this case, the Kuhl Scandinavian fl eece

jacket features alpaca fl eece, which dries quickly and provides a lot of heat. Plus, it’s machine washable, which in the end makes

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P H O T O B Y T H I N K S T O C K

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NEED TO KNOW

POST-ELECTIONSCOTCH

IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, we look at election night the

same way Santa probably looks at Christmas. It’s why

we exist, sure, but there’s also a darn good reason we

celebrate like hell once it’s over. And on this election

day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, after our paper goes to bed, we

will be sipping on our favorite scotch — The Balvenie

Doublewood. We know it’s not the most expensive, or

the smokiest, but that’s why it gets our vote. It’s smooth,

gets better with an ice cube or two, and pairs almost

perfectly with the silence that follows a day fi lled with

breaking news.

Gunilla Asher and Ryan Slabaugh are the co-managers of the Aspen Times. They both write about libations without any real training other than in the spirit of “They are not connoisseurs, but they are heavily practiced.”


Editor’s Note: Th is column was originally written in 2009. But Kelly believes the message resonates as well today as it did when written. Enjoy this vintage column once again if you happened to be around and reading then, or, for fi rst time today.

ONE OF THE THINGS that makes

the world of wine so enjoyable is the

same thing that makes it so daunting.

Too much information. Th ere is so

much to know about

wine that it can seem

a burden rather than a

fun challenge.

Let’s say, for example,

that you get your fi rst

taste of the big wines

from Châteauneuf du

Pape, and they speak

to your soul. You’ll of

course want to turn on

your friends to your

new discovery.

“Mmm,” they’ll say when they

take a sip, “that’s mighty good.”

And then the barrage of questions

will come: “What grape is it?”

(Well actually there are as many

as 13 diff erent grapes allowed, but

Grenache dominates.) “Where is it

from?” (France, but beyond that, the

Southern Rhône region, and more

specifi cally, a sub-district where

large stones refl ect the sun onto the

maturing grapes creating heat and

high alcohol.) “Who makes the best

CDP?” (Try Château Beaucastel

or Château Rayas, but there are

so many other small wonderful

producers.) “What vintage should

I buy?” (While the ’05 is highly

regarded it is best saved for the next

decade. Now if you happen to

fi nd a ’98 …)

Th at’s a lot of stuff to know and

you haven’t even gone into the

history of the place, the age of the

vines, how the blends are made, what

foods the wines pair best with … Oy

vey! Enough already. Also consider

that this is just one wine we’re

talking about here.

So how do you get your head

around the vast quantities of info

and try to make some sense of the

world of wine?

First, remember that the one

thing, the only thing that really

matters is what kind of wine you

like. Once you decide that Sancerre

is for you, or that Oregon Pinot

Noir makes your leg quiver, or that

you’d pay good money (lots of good

money) for that CDP, then you are

on the road to discovery. Once you

know what you like, consider that to

be the trunk of your tree. Find out

as much as you can about that wine

and then add branches of knowledge

from there.

Let’s say that Oregon Pinot Noir

is to be your go-to wine. Start by

picking up an Oregon wine book.

You’ll see that the Willamette Valley

is Pinot central. Write that down on

a 3-by-5 card. Next, select, say, fi ve to

10 producers whose wines you have

either tasted, had recommended to

you by someone in a wine shop, read

about, or seen on the web. Write

those down. Now look at a map and

see what appellations, or districts,

those are in. Th en buy some bottles

and taste the wines. Make notes on

what you taste next to the names on

your card or cards.

Slowly and methodically, the

Willamette Valley will start to make

sense to you. You may fi nd that you

like elegant single vineyard wines

made in classic Burgundian style

by Domaine Drouhin. Perhaps the

cuvees from Beaux Fréres, made

from grapes grown throughout

the Valley, please your palate.

Regardless, you will have a more

complete understanding of what it is

you like to drink.

Once you get the basics, your

tree of knowledge can grow in

diff erent directions. You may

progress to trying Pinot Noir from

the Russian River Valley. Use the

same methodology, trying the wines,

reading about the region, writing

notes on cards that you can keep and

study. Next up: Burgundy.

Or maybe you fall in love with

a particular producer who makes

your favorite Oregon Pinot Noir and

decide to try wines they make with

other grapes in other regions. Th ink

Owen Roe, who makes great Pinot

Noir in Oregon, as well as Syrah

and Cabernet Franc grown in other

regions of Oregon and Washington

State. Try the same process with

another grape and your base will

simply expand.

And remember, wine snobs are

not cool. Frequently, those who

act like they know, don’t. Ignore

someone attempting to use their

knowledge of wine as a weapon.

Secondly, like skiing, there is always

someone a little better than you and

someone who doesn’t have your

chops, but all deserve to share the

hill. As you learn, take lessons from

those who know more and share

with those who know less. Wine is a

very egalitarian thing.

Enjoy growing your tree.

Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soon-to-be-designated appellation of Old Snowmass with his wife, Linda, and a black Lab named Vino. He can be reached at [email protected].

by KELLY J. HAYESWORDS to DRINK BY

WINE AND THE TREEOF KNOWLEDGE

KELLY J.HAYES

P H O T O B Y T H I N K S T O C K

WINEINK


FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE FOOD MATTERS

TWICE A YEAR, Chefs Club by

Food & Wine will bring in a new

team of Best New Chefs to create

that season’s menu. Th is winter it

is another stunning

lineup: Matthew

Lightner, 2011, is chef

behind Atera in New

York City, which was

recently awarded two

Michelin stars; another

’11 alum in Kevin

Willman of St. Louis’

Farmhaus; Jonathon

Sawyer 2010’s winner

from Cleveland’s Th e Greenhouse

Tavern and Noodlecat; and this

year’s 2012’s awardee, and the only

woman on the Chef ’s Club roster

this winter, Jenn Louis from Lincoln,

Culinary Artistry and Sunshine

Tavern, in Portland, Oregon.

I caught up with wonderful Chef

Louis in the kitchen at Chefs Club, as

she recently worked with executive

chef Th omas Riordan and his team to

perfect the dishes that will have her

signature this winter. With a robust

personality, the cooking chops and

unique point of view to match, Aspen

diners will surely fi nd her winter

menu a standout.

AMIEE WHITE BEAZLEY: Tell me

about your week in Aspen:

JENN LOUIS: It was great! What

an experience working with diff erent

gear (equipment), ingredients

(diff erent brands cook diff erently)

and staff . Th e hospitality was so

welcoming and kind.

AWB: When you are teaching a new

team how to prepare your dishes,

in terms of your technique and/or

standards, what are some of the most

important things for them to know?

JL: It is so important that they get to

know your style and personality. If

they do, they will understand what

you want your dishes to feel like when

you are away.

AWB: How do you describe your

approach to food for guests that

might not be familiar with your

Portland restaurants?

JL: Ingredient driven. I care so much

about each ingredient that goes

into the food that we serve. If every

ingredient is the best that can be

utilized (quality of olive oil, best steak

possible, greatest produce in season)

the fl avor will refl ect that

with intensity.

AWB: Tell our readers about the

dishes you are adding to the menu at

Chefs Club this winter?

JL: I am bringing some of my favorite

fall/winter dishes:

• Foie gras parfait: all of the chefs

will be contributing to a charcuterie

plate. My contribution is the foie gras

parfait topped with a sherry gelee. It

is rich and delicious — usually on our

menu at Lincoln Restaurant.

• Raw kale salad with sheep’s milk

feta, pine nuts and grapefruit: this

salad is rich in fl avor with all of the

earthiness of the foods of the colder

months. Th e kale tastes of earthiness,

minerals and iron, the grapefruit is

sweet and the sheep’s milk feta adds a

good fl avor of saltiness.

• Sorcetti with lamb ragu: working

with Colorado lamb, I braised the

shoulders into a great ragu and

complimented it as an appetizer with

sorcetti, a traditional gnocchi of the

Marche. I am writing a book about

gnocchi, the whole genre of Italian

dumplings and really enjoy sharing

with people how vast the subject is!

Most people are not aware of the

diversity of gnocchi throughout Italy.

• Brussels sprouts with Dijon and

cream — it’s really good. We serve

this at Lincoln and almost every table

orders one!

• Whole Colorado bass: Th is is

served on a bed of a bright sauce

of onion, fennel, coriander, fennel

seed, white wine and olive oil. Th e

fi sh is crisped after being dredged in

50/50 percent semolina and fl our and

stuff ed with a compound butter. Th e

fi sh is garnished with a fresh salad of

fennel, lemon and shallot.

• Brutti ma Buoni: this cookie

is meringue with cinnamon and

hazelnuts. It sits atop whipped crème

fraiche and is garnished with a

conserva of pears and dried cherries.

AWB: When will you return? When

can Aspenites see you in action at

Chefs Club?

JL: December, the week before

Christmas; January, the week after

New Years (and) March, some time.

Amiee White Beazley writes about food-related travel for the Aspen Times Weekly. She is the editor of local food magazine edibleASPEN. Follow her on Twitter @awbeazley1, or email [email protected].

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THE BIG QUESTIONAMIEE WHITE BEAZLEY: The dishes you are featuring have a strong Italian infl uence. What is it about Italian/Mediterranean food that appeals to you personally? Jenn Louis: I really like the simplicity of ingredients, allowing the fl avors to really come through. I like that the food of the Mediterranean tends to be straightforward, taking the cues from the season, not the whim of the cook. It is a lovely sensibility and discipline.


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The climb.

View from The Edge loop.


I WANTED THE TRIP to be about

fun and freedom and biking in the

desert in the fall. And it was, along

with a refresher course in “letting go”

along the way.

My husband likes to say that I

went from “zero to hero” on my bike.

“Hero” is probably a bit of a stretch,

but I’ll take the boost of confi dence.

With this the end of my second full

season on a full suspension ride I do

feel pretty competent on my

trusty steed.

We read up on the mountain

biking in the area, specifi cally 18 Road

and the Kokopelli Loop Trails and

prepared for a good time and tired

legs. We also learned some new bike

terminology in our readings.

My favorite was “cockrotter,” which

is someone who leaves their bike in

disrepair and wonders why it then

breaks so easily. “Dab” was another

goodie. To dab is to clip out of one

pedal so as to make the turns in

hairy switchbacks. Giving it a name

somehow made it OK for me, so

dab I did.

Our fi rst series of Loops was just

between Loma and Mack, Colo.

Mary’s Loop, Lion’s Loop and Troy

Built were all part of the plan, but we

decided to add Steve’s in there for

good measure. Th e riding was fun

and trails were buff . I realized quickly

that I had been there two summers

prior when taking my bike, Pinky

Tuscadero, on her fi rst ride.

We fi nished the day on an uphill,

which is never fun, especially when

the ride is 20 miles.

My mood changed to crabby

around mile 15. I decided my husband

wasn’t waiting for me enough. Lame,

I know. But when I’m tested by the

elements and a physical challenge,

my amygdala kicks in by hissing and

pointing blame at whomever’s closest.

Once we fi nished riding we made

our way to Fruita to set up camp. Th e

town displays its personality as you

drive through it to get to 18 Road,

where the goods are kept. Camp is

clean and perfectly located at the base

of the trails, bike-in, bike-out style.

On the second morning, I was still

a little pent up, as can be the case

for many on a vacation. Maybe it

was adjusting to tent sleep or simply

feeling fatigued from Day 1. I was

edgy though and my goal for Day

2 was to eradicate that feeling no

matter what.

How long does it really take to

unwind? Especially when you throw

in some added physical challenges

and plain old survival? For me, it’s so

indicative of how I move through my

life. Once I let go, I’m golden, but

offseason in a mountain town allows for a lot of getaways, many of which are within state lines. We wanted to bike and only had a couple days so we chose Fruita, home to biking that ranges from beginner to above-my-pay-scale and had exactly what we needed.

FRUITA DEFINES THE OFFSEASONHOW I LEARNED WORDS LIKE ‘COCKROTTER’ BY GETTING OUT OF TOWN by BETH BRANDON


until then I have a tendency to stand

in my own way.

We began our series of loops on

Joe’s and linked to Kessel’s, which

gave me the fi rst of many ear-to-ear

grins. We continued on to Prime Cut,

Chutes and Ladders, which was a bit

tougher, then Vegetarian and Prime

Cut again. We hadn’t tried the new

trail, PBR, which wasn’t on our map,

but fi gured it couldn’t hurt.

PBR might as well stand for Pure

Bliss Resurrected. It is hands down

the most fun trail I have ever ridden.

Th e brake-happy rider in me didn’t

feel compelled to squeeze the handles

once. I just let it ride and tried to keep

my mouth closed.

On the climb back up Prime Cut

the feeling could only be described

as “post-bliss residual” since no one

seemed to mind the 500-foot climb

for the third time that day. At fi rst

it felt long. Th en it felt kind of hard.

With “PBR” running through our

veins, the third time was a breeze.

We ended with Zippity Do Da,

which was part fun, part tough with

knife-edge drop-off s that made me feel

queasy and suddenly fearful of heights.

Day 2 mission accomplished. I

wasn’t sure where the angst was

coming from that morning, but

all was remedied on the bike ride.

Letting go = joy. Holding on =

frustration.

We saved the “epic” ride for

the last day. I don’t love these

rides, but I’ll give anything a shot

once. Th ey always yield a sense of

accomplishment via a severe beating

along the way. So sure, if you enjoy

hazing, then you’d love it.

Th e Edge Loop is nearly 30 miles

and is rated moderate to tough,

which meant someone would be

crying. I feared it would be me.

My husband’s chain broke two

hours in. (See cockrotter above.) He

had to ride it back like a child’s strider

back after a failed repair attempt.

With just two of us left there was

nowhere to go but up.

After completing the Edge Loop I

vowed to never ride it again. Actually,

I vowed that before I fi nished the

ride. Words like “brutal,” “crushing”

and “punishing” were the only way to

describe the insane amount of uphill

contained in that ride. In fact, if I were

to draw a pie chart about that ride it

would be mostly red, indicating a 92

percent uphill and a small blue sliver

would represent the 8 percent of

downhill that accompanied the ride.

Th ink uphill, downhill, looooong

uphill through gas pipelines,

nice view, hike a bike downhill,

single-track downhill that had

been obliterated by dirt bikes,

canyoneering via bike, repel-a-bike,

more sand, more uphill, uphill, long

fl at out, uphill ... then fi nish.

I felt like Kramer when he fell asleep

in the tanning bed, all crispy and

crusty. Excluding the hour-long bike

maintenance we were in the saddle for

fi ve-and-a-half hours. I was tired.

Th e amazing thing was that I didn’t

fall. Not once. I rode it clean. It’s kind

of unbelievable to me. Since I’m a

somewhat anxious outdoorswoman,

I’m surprised I didn’t fall off my bike

standing still in the parking lot.

Beth Brandon is a freelancer writer and comedian living in Aspen with her husband and dogs.

P H O T O S B Y B E T H B R A N D O N , F R A N K A R E N E L L A A N D T O M W O O D S O N

AFTER COMPLETING THE EDGE LOOP I VOWED TO NEVER RIDE ITAGAIN. ACTUALLY, I VOWED THAT BEFORE I FINISHED THE RIDE.

IF YOU GO TO FRUITA:

• TO GET TO FRUITA head west on I-70. Take the Fruita exit and get on Maple Road heading North out of town about four miles. Turn right on N 3/10 Road until you get to a “T” intersection. That’s 18 Road, home of the goods.

• CITY MARKET is just off the exit so if you need wood, ice or all of your meals for camp, you’re covered. Otherwise hit up the Hot Tomato Cafe or Suds Bros. Brewery for some post bike nosh.

• NEW CAMPSITES with pit toilets, fire rings and picnic tables are a nominal fee and a great home base to “bike-in/bike-out.”

• IT’S THE HIGH DESERT so prepare for lows in the 30s to 40s at night while the daytime temps will be around mid-60s, perfect for bike riding.

The valley below.

View from Mary's Loop.

Beginning of the Edge Loop.


ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC/ART/FILM/LITERATURE

P H O T O B Y S T E W A R T O K S E N H O R N

THIS AUTUMN has brought a

handful of albums by rock icons,

more or less in the autumn of their

years, who have taken in well the

lessons of age. None of them are

aiming to redefi ne themselves at this

stage. Instead, they have taken that

great gift of age — an expanded sense

of self-awareness — and used it to

more deeply and confi dently defi ne

their essence.

Bob Dylan, “Tempest,” produced by Dylan (Columbia)

BOB DYLAN was once the

revolutionary, pointing out which

walls needed to be torn down and

how to do it. Dylan puts words

together in new ways — hell, he used

words no one else was using — sang

them in a diff erent voice, promised us

that times were a-changing.

With “Tempest,” his 35th studio

album, Dylan has offi cially become a

historian, looking backwards to make

sense of our past. His language is as

straightforward as can be. His songs

explore familiar incidents and icons.

Most instructively, he takes us on a

tour of America’s musical landscape,

a melding of blues, jazz and folk, that

is so thorough, so informed, that the

diff erence of decades and styles melt

away into something that is essential.

No surprise that “Tempest”

opens with a train song, “Duquesne

Whistle.” What could be more

emblematic of American yearning,

conquest and escape, and what topic

(apart from lust, another young man’s

game) has spawned more songs?

Richer still, Dylan slips into the raspy,

jocular voice of Louis Armstrong

Bob Dylan

by STEWART OKSENHORN

NOT FADING AWAY

charting novel musical ground is a young person’s game. Which doesn’t mean that the old folks are just standing still, watching the world of dubstep and crunk pass them by, pleading irrelevance.


for this chugging, optimistic blues. I

close my eyes and see the late-model

Dylan in an engineer’s cap, smiling

enigmatically but happily.

“Tempest” rolls along in similar

fashion. Emotionally, it’s akin to

“Chronicles,” Dylan’s unexpectedly

big-hearted 2004 memoir. “My heart

is cheerful/ It’s never fearful,” Dylan

sings in the sweet but ghostly ballad

“Soon After Midnight.” For a closing

note, Dylan pays tribute to John

Lennon. “Roll on John” makes the

case that nothing as minor as death,

or the litany of diffi culties the Beatle

faced in life, will muffl e Lennon’s

impact: “Th e sooner you go, the

quicker you’ll be back/ Shine your

light, move it on, you burn so bright,”

Dylan sings with a calm force.

Th e overall cheery tone of

“Tempest” leaves plenty of room

for angst. “Narrow Way” could be

read as an elegy for the U.S.A., and

in Dylan’s reckoning it is one that’s

been long in coming (”Ever since

the British burned the White House

down/ Th ere’s a bleeding wound in

the heart of town”). “Pay in Blood”

is as aggressively accusatory in its

wording (”You bastard? I’m supposed

to respect you?”) as “It’s Alright Ma,

I’m Only Bleeding.”

On the title track, Dylan shows he’s

still able to work on epic scale. Th e

song is 14 minutes of sea-shanty ballad

about the Titanic, weaving together

fact, myth, Biblical interpretation,

personal stories, even James

Cameron’s fi lm version of the tale.

Back to “Duquesne Whistle,” the

opening track. Dylan questions there,

“I wonder if that old oak tree’s still

standing/ Th at old oak tree, the one

we used to climb.” We can call Dylan

the oak — enduring, imposing, still

standing. But better to think of him

as the train — not just standing, but

moving, motoring ahead.

Van Morrison, “Born to Sing: No Plan B,” produced by Don Was (Blue Note)

“BORN TO SING: NO PLAN B” — now there’s a statement

of purpose, of knowing oneself.

Morrison can come off as a world-

class crank (waaay more so than

Neil Young even); he warns against

being overly focused on the pursuit

of money, and even strikes a jazzier-

than-thou posture on “Goin’ Down

to Monte Carlo,” where he hears

“some kind of phony, pseudo-jazz.”

But Morrison’s voice remains a

treat, both on the gritty blues of

“Pagan Heart” and on “Open the

Door (To Your Heart),” a breezy

shot of soul that is classic Van.

And there’s something reassuring

about hearing a 67-year-old to hear

a musician who holds his craft so

close to his heart: “It’s not done on a

whim/ Passion’s everything/ When

you were born to sing.”

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, “Psychedelic Pill,” produced by John Hanlon, Mark Humphreys and Young (Reprise)

“PSYCHEDELIC PILL” sprawls

over two discs in large part because

the opening track, “Drifting Back,”

occupies 27-plus minutes of digital

space. Th e song is Crazy Horse, Neil

Young’s long-running thrash-garage

band, showing off its signature

meandering guitar drone and simple

beat; the sonic palette is broken up

every so often for a brief verse about

having to buy a mantra, Picasso

being turned into wallpaper, modern-

day songs being compressed into

minuscule MP3 digital fi les. It’s

cranky, inelegant, exhausting — it’s

Crazy Horse in full, in other words.

“Driftin’ Back” is one of three songs

that run more than 15 minutes, but

“Psychedelic Pill” can feel like running

a marathon for other reasons. Young

isn’t singing throwaway ideas here;

he isn’t catering to an audience. Th is

is all about self-expression; Young

explicitly says so: “Rockin’ out my

anger, rockin’ out my thoughts,” he

sings on “Driftin’ Back.”

Much of his concern here seems

to be the downward spiral of the

grand ideas of his youth. Young

notes in “Walk Like a Giant” (16-plus

minutes) just how big his ambition

was way back when: “Me and some

of my friends we were gonna save the

world.” Against this backdrop, “Born

in Ontario,” three-plus minutes of

country-rock proclaiming Canadian

pride and, again, the need to have a

creative outlet, is

distinctly refreshing.

“Born in Ontario” also squeezes

in Young’s thoughts on aging: “You

don’t learn much when you start to

get old.” “Psychedelic Pill” is Young’s

prescription for avoiding getting old:

When you’re complaining like an old

grouch, make sure it’s loud enough

that it gets heard.

P H O T O C O U R T E S Y E X I L E P R O D U C T I O N S

Van Morrison


GALAAt the Aspen Music Festival cocktail party are, left to right: Nancy Muenzler, Steve and Katharine Groves.

The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWNAROUNDASPEN The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWNAROUNDASPEN

MORE MUSIC FESTIVAL

THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL and School is the fi rst of all the

Aspen nonprofi ts and they are still

going strong. Every

August they give a big

cocktail party and gala

concert to celebrate

all the years since 1949

when it all started for

them in Aspen. Jess Bates took so many

photos at the 2012

party that we will run

some more this week.

Since this is the

catch-up time, I will include an

obituary, which never got in during

the summer. Former Aspenite

Arielle Murri died in early spring

at her home in Salisbury, Conn. She

was the wife of Robert Murri who

was invlolved in fi lmmaking and the

real estate market in Aspen during

the 1950s. During her high school

years and early-20s in New York

City Arielle was a fashion model for

Jacques Fath and Pauline Trigere.

She lived in Colorado for many years

as her husband, Robert, owned an

operated a ski area in Loveland. Later

they moved to San Simon Island in

South Carolina and for the past 25

years made their home in Salisbury

where Arielle’s life revolved around

rescuing animals.

Undercurrent ... Th is is the perfect

time of year to make a trip to Taos

and Santa Fe. And the drive over

Ponca Pass and through the San Luis

Valley are an autumn treat.

MARY ESHBAUGH

HAYES

GALABetsy Townsend, A.J. Thompson and Dane Brooksher.

GALADiane and Bart Menscher.

GALAAmy and Stephen King.

Nicole Argeros and Matt Morris.

GALA

GALAConnie and Bob Fisher.

by MARY ESHBAUGH HAYES

P H O T O S B Y J E S S B A T E S


GALASusan Spalding, Kent and Tanya Whitaker.

GALAJoaquim Valdepenas and Alex Gross.

GALADiane and Mead Metcalf.

Lee and Dorene Butler.GALA

GALAEnjoying the Music Festival party in the Hospitality Tent are, left to right: Stacey and Harry McMullan and Dr. Stan and Nancy Muenzler.

GALALeft to right are Irmi Strassburger, Traudl Lyons, Elfriede Kuen and Dusty Hamrick.

Billy Erwin, left, with Pat Peterson.

GALAAlen Brookes and Anna-Lisa Klettenberg.

GALACarlton Hunke and Kate Haugen.

GALAJudy Linhart and Lee Eagle.

P H O T O S B Y J E S S B A T E S


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Betse Ellis 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth St., Carbondale. Renowned fi ddler Betse Ellis, founding member of Kansas City band The Wilders, strikes out on her own while the band takes a well-deserved break. Sheâ€™s been singing with the fi ddle during Wilders shows, taking center stage for solo performances mid-set. Now establishes herself as a solo artist. Call 970-963-3304.

Go For Baroque 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Basalt Regional Library community room. The Roaring Fork Chamber Players perform. Call 970-927-4311.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2Day of the Dead Costume Party 9 p.m. - 11:55 p.m., Riverside Grill, 181 Basalt Center Circle. One more night of Halloween fun. Rattle your bones to DJ Echo Da Funk. No cover charge. Party favors and candy. Call 970-927-9301.

The Mile Markers 8 p.m. - 11:55 p.m., Carbondale Beer Works, 647 Main St., Carbondale. First Friday celebration with live music. No cover. Call 970-704-1216.Original: A Teen Improv Performance 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Carbondale Middle School auditorium A.C.T. ONE presents an Original production whose purpose is to entertain, educate and empower youths to make social change in our community. This unique performance focuses on bullying, self-discovery and being true to self. Call 720-936-9732.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3Salsa ‘n’ Swing for the Schools 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., The Orchard, 110 Snowmass Drive, Carbondale. Anglo and Latino communities unite for a night of music, dancing, food and fun to benefi t Crystal River Elementary School, Carbondale Community School, Carbondale Middle School and Roaring Fork High School. Adults only; $25 admission includes taco bar, desserts, DJ and dancing. Cash bar available. Purchase tickets at the schools, Bonfi re Coffee or Tortilleria La Roca. Call 970-948-3500.

Hell’s Belles with Hot Apostles 9 p.m. - 11:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. The all-female AC/DC cover band returns to Belly Up. Call 970-544-9800.CrossFit Trial Workout 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., Roaring Fork CrossFit, 402 Park Ave., Basalt Free trial session. Everyone is welcome. Workouts scaled to individual ability level. Call 970-379-6309.

Original: A Teen Improv Performance 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Carbondale Middle School auditorium. A.C.T. ONE presents an Original production whose purpose is to entertain, educate and empower youths to make social change in our community. This unique performance focuses on bullying, self-discovery and being true to self. Call 720-936-9732.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5Open Mic Night 9:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 E. Cooper Ave., Aspen. Check out what Aspen’s songwriters and musicians have to offer. Call 970-925-9955.Beginning/Intermediate Ballet 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St., Carbondale Beginning to intermediate ballet class taught by faculty of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Call 970-925-7175.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6Haden Gregg and Friends 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., L’Hostaria, 620 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Live music every Tuesday. Call 970-925-9022.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7Aspen Players Association 8 p.m. - 11:59 p.m., Eagles Club, Aspen. A weekly musicians invitational for jams and stand-alone performances. For musicians and music lovers. Call 970-274-9078.

Beer Pong League 10 p.m. - 10 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 E. Cooper Ave. Aspen. Accumulate points through offseason to win a trip to Vegas for the World Series of Beer Pong. Call 970-925-9955.

Salem 9:30 p.m. - 11:55 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S Galena St., Aspen. Salem been touring nationally for eight years at festival, club and action sports events from the group’s home in Breckenridge, Colorado. The band performs Todd Anders Johnson’s socially-conscious compositions blending hip-hop, jazz and electronica. Call 970-544-9800.

THE ARTSTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1Arts Club 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Aspen Youth Center, 0861 Maroon Creek Road. In collaboration with Aspen Youth Center, the Aspen Art Museum offers a program of six in-center art classes after school. Activities include drawing, graffi ti, collage, illustration, sculpture, pottery, painting, printing and more. The classes conclude with a student-hung installation and family-and-friends gallery reception at the Youth Center. Sign up for each class separately. Sign-ups close on Tuesday before the Thursday class. Priority will be given to kids who have not participated in prior classes. Kids can sign themselves up in person or by phone. Admission to the class; it’s open to 4th through 8th graders. Call 970-544-4130.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2Dia de los Muertos Gallery Exhibit 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., Thunder River Theater and Third Street Center, Carbondale. The Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities and Thunder River Theatre Company present the fi rst annual collaborative Dia de los Muertos fi esta on First Friday. TRTC’s annual dance performance and poetry reading with Ballet Folklorico will combine with the annual gallery exhibit at CCAH starting at 5:30 p.m. at the TRTC theater, 67 Promenade. A procession open to all will then walk from TRTC, down Main and Third Streets to the Third Street Center, bringing the celebration to the Round Room and the R2 Gallery in the CCAH Center for the Arts. There, traditional food, music, authentic altars, original artwork, sculpture and visual work will be featured. The CCAH exhibit will stay up in the gallery for the month of November. Call 970-963-1680.

Signup: Printmaking - Stencil Silkscreen 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wyly Community Art Center, 99 Midland Spur, Basalt. Registration in progress for workshop with Jennifer Ghormley for high-schoolers and adults (all skill levels), taking place Saturday, Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is required. Tuition is $75 plus $30 studio fee; members receive 10 percent off. Call 970-927-4123.

Local Electro Artists Showcase 9:15 p.m. - 11:55 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St. Featuring Berkel Beats, DJ Naka G, Roger That, Who Is Chris Lewis? and DJ Mayfl y. No cover charge. Call 970-544-9800.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5CCAH ‘Artober’ Membership Drive, CCAH Center for the Arts, Carbondale. During the months of October and November, the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities is challenging existing members to renew their membership and bring in new members for a chance to win prizes that help the arts, including tickets to the Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza. Myths and Legends in March, and A Charlie Brown Christmas musical presented by Sol Theater Company and a free annual membership valued at $50 that includes discounts to workshops, classes and events. Call 970-963-1680.

Signup: Holiday Art Club 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wyly Community Art Center, 99 Midland Spur, Basalt. Registration in progress for Holiday Art Club with Nicole Nagel-Gogolak, for ages 6-11, on Wednesdays, December 5, 12 and 19. Registration is required. Focusing on learning basic drawing, painting and sculpture, kids will learn concepts of space, line, proportion and scale. Tuition is $60 plus $15 studio fee; members receive 10 percent off. Call 970-927-4123.

West African Dance Class 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Carbondale Community School, 1505 Satank Road. Join live drummers for a fun, energetic dance class that is differentiated for all ages and abilities.This progressive six-week series will focus on one or two dances and will build a foundation for the style and movement of African dance. Come all six weeks ($60) or just drop in a time or two ($12 per class). Call 970-404-0305.

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SEE “Relations,” archival digital print, by Andrea Wallace, is part of the Story Swap group exhibition, opening at the Red Brick Center for the Arts with a reception on Thursday, Nov. 1.

C O U R T E S Y R E D B R I C K C E N T E R F O R T H E A R T S

edited by RYAN SLABAUGH


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7Beginning/Intermediate Ballet 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St., Carbondale. Beginning to intermediate ballet class taught by faculty of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Call 970-925-7175.

Intermediate Classical Ballet 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Coredination, 520 S. Third St., Carbondale. Classical ballet technique for intermediate-level dancers. Emphasizes fundamentals of placement while encouraging freedom of expression through musicality and movement. Taught by Alexandra Jerkunica, professional ballet dancer and local choreographer. Call 970-379-2187.

YOGA & EXERCISETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m., Coredination 520 S. Third St., Carbondale. Certifi ed yoga instruction in Vinyasa fl ow with a synthesis of postures (asanas) designed to increase range and build core strength. Accentuate and balance fi tness goals with this class. Call 970-379-8108.

Yoga Basics 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Aspen Health & Harmony, El Jebel. New to yoga? Learn and explore yoga in a setting that provides more personalized attention. Guided by Julie Goldstein, this series will cover asana (postures), pranayama (breath work) and meditation in a non-competitive environment. Class is limited to 10 participants. Sign up by Nov. 1. Offered Mondays in November. Call 970-704-9642.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2Yoga For Lunch 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Aspen Health & Harmony, El Jebel. Community yoga class. Call 970-704-9642.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3CrossFit Free Trial Workout 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., Roaring Fork CrossFit, 402 Park Ave., Basalt. Experience a CrossFit workout. Everyone is welcome; all workouts are scaled to participants’ abilities. Call 970-379-6309.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5Aikido at CMC 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Colorado Mountain College, Aspen campus. Aikido is an effective self-defense as well as a fun and dynamic work out. Class offered Mondays and Wednesdays. Beginners welcome. Try the fi rst class for free. Call 970-379-4676.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6Seniors Yoga 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Aspen Health & Harmony, El Jebel. Led by Ashley Serrao. Students must be comfortable going from a standing position to a kneeling position to lying on the back on their own. Experience improved balance, fl exibility, strength and gain a sense of mental clarity. Offered Tuesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 15. Call 970-704-9642.

Aspen Skating Club 4 p.m. - 4 p.m., Aspen Recreation Center. Learn to skate with Aspen Skating Club on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 5:15 p.m. All ages ability levels are welcome. Private and group instruction available. For additional information, contact Teri Hooper at [email protected] call. Call 970-379-5900.

Vinyasa Flow and Pilates Mat Classes 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Coredination 520 S. Third St., Carbondale Vinyasa fl ow yoga class for all levels at 10 a.m. Synthesizing dynamic postures (asanas) designed to increase core strength and range of motion. Pilates mat class, intermediate level, offered at noon. Increase internal core strength for joint support, mobility,spine alignment and muscle elasticity. Call 970-379-2187.

Youth Karate 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Aspen Recreation Center. Advanced class (orange belts and up) from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and beginners (white and yellow belts) from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Call 970-920-5140.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7Ice Skating Class 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m., Aspen Ice Garden, 233 W. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Ice-skating lessons for all ages and abilities. Skate rental available. Class time is 3:30-4 p.m., following practice time from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Call 970-618-6140.

Skate Cafe / Learn to Skate 9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Aspen Recreation Center. The Aspen Skating Club offers the Skate Cafe, a weekly group lesson and coffee club, at 9 a.m. Skaters of all levels are welcome, with hockey or fi gure skates. From 3:30-4 p.m. a Learn to Skate session is offered to participants of all ages and abilities. Call to register. Call 970-379-5900.

THE COMMUNITYTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1Basalt Middle School Scholastic Book Fair 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Basalt Middle School library. Annual fair continues through Friday, Nov. 2, open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, until 8 p.m. on Thursday and all day Friday during parent/teacher conferences. All proceeds will support the middle school library and media center. Call 970-384-5907.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2Basalt Middle School Scholastic Book Fair 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Basalt Middle School library. Annual fair continues through Friday, Nov. 2, open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, until 8 p.m. on Thursday and all day Friday during parent/teacher conferences. All proceeds will support the middle school library and media center. Call 970-384-5907.

Senior Health Fair 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Aspen Valley Hospital. AVH offers a health fair for seniors. Laboratory tests include the standard profi le, requiring fasting for at least 12 hours (with the exception of water); it costs $48. A prostate specifi c antigen (PSA) blood test costs $28. A cardio-CRP blood test and colorectal cancer kits will be

offered for $35 and $25, respectively. Flu and pneumonia shots will be available at no cost for those with a Medicare card. Otherwise, they are $20 (fl u) and $45 (pneumonia). Free screenings include blood pressure, oral, vision, eye pressure, height, weight, body mass index, peak fl ows, pulse oximetry, and knee exams (wear shorts). Participants should plan to pay by cash or check. Call 970-544-1296.

Middle School Night: Team Dodgeball 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Aspen Youth Center, 0861 Maroon Creek Road. Middle School Night kicks off. Join a dodgeball team and see if your team can win. The program is free and pizza will be served for $1 a slice. Middle School Nights are open to all Youth Center members who are in middle school. Call 970-544-4130.

Musical Storytime 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork, 16543 Old Highway 82, Carbondale. For parents and their children, infants to age 6, which celebrates the changing seasons through live, acoustic, age-appropriate music, songs, poetry, movement, stories and puppetry. The cost is $20 per family to drop in and $60 for four classes in a four-class session; deeper discounts available for families who commit to an entire semester. Call 963-0140; 963-6085.

Oneness Awakening Course 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Aspen Meadows Resort, Doerr-Hosier Building. Two-day course, Nov. 2 and 3, taking participants on the “awakening journey,” utilizing Deeksha and ancient Oneness processes from India. This course will initiate participants as a Deeksha Giver. Cost is $108; advance registration required to Julia Desmond at [email protected] or 970-948-4512. Visit www.AspenDeeksha.com for more information. Newcomers welcome. Call 970-948-4512.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5Mac Monday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Basalt Regional Library. Get all your questions answered about the world of Mac. Call 970-927-4311.

Tuesday, November 6Barbecue and Family Night 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Pitkin County Republican Headquarters, 834 W. Hallam St., Aspen. Rain or shine, join local Republicans for food and discussion. All are welcome. Call 970 925 2810.

Free Doctor’s Offi ce Hours 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., Woody Creek Community Center, 0006 Woody Creek Plaza. The Neighborhood Clinic at Woody Creek offers free medical assessments, vitals, screenings and referrals with doctors Kimberly Levin and Chris Miller, and nurse Lisa Kantor. Walk-in appointments; open to all. Call 970-922-2342.

Parenting Workshop 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Aspen High School seminar room. Family Frameworks, LLC and Meg Dangler bring The Biggest Jobs We’ll Ever Have Parenting Workshop. The messages are straightforward: the way parents live their lives must be consistent with the way they raise their children; principles are the most powerful force in raising children effectively; and parents need to focus on personal growth to allow their parenting instincts to emerge. Parents will learn and apply 10 specifi c priorities to strengthen family relationships, to set high expectations for their children and let go of outcomes, and how to establish honesty as a family priority. Call 970-216-3994.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7The “Un” Book Club 6 p.m. - 7 p.m., Basalt Regional Library. Book Club that meets once a month — no required book. Call 970-927-4311.

Jack Johnson: Art Inspired Knitting - Sip and Stitch 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Wyly Community Art Center, 99 Midland Spur, Basalt. Free art talk. Johnson will discuss and demonstrate creating knitted art and wearable art that is inspired by traditional art forms such as painting or sculpture. Enjoy the talk, try knitting inspired by art, sip wine and socialize. Free and open to the public. Call 970-927-4123.

Library Teen Advisory Board 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Pitkin County Library, Aspen. The Teen Advisory Board is a group of committed young people in grades 9-12 interested in making a difference in their community library. The group meets the fi rst Wednesday of every month (usually); all members receive community-service credit for their time. Call 970-429-1900.

First Wednesday Book Club 12 p.m. - 2 p.m., Basalt Regional Library. Book club sponsored by the library, meets the fi rst Wednesday of each month. No special books required. Call 970-927-7311.

Carbondale Rotary 7 a.m. - 8 a.m., Carbondale Fire Station. Weekly Rotary Club meeting. Call 970-927-9112.

P H O T O B Y S C O T T M A R K E W I T Z

See Keely Kelleher is among the athletes featured in “Flow State,” the latest fi lm from Warren Miller Entertainment, showing Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Wheeler Opera House.


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by A. E. SMITH/HIGH COUNTRY NEWSWORDPLAY INTELLIGENT EXERCISE

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ACROSS

1 Carne ___ (burrito fi lling)

6 Times when the French fry?

10 Chess champion Mikhail

13 Highland fl ing participants

19 Gave props on Facebook

20 Big drop22 Inveigle23 Husky relative24 Not entirely real, as

a photo25 “The Sorcerer’s

Apprentice” poet26 Footwear preserver28 Poetic basis for an

N.F.L. team name30 It has a light bark31 Go back over33 Affi x, as a patch34 Move, in real-estate

lingo35 Soft scent38 Actress Davis

of “The Matrix Reloaded”

39 Warner who played Charlie Chan

40 Oodles41 Bands seen at

Japanese weddings42 Football fi gs.43 Carnivorous plant44 Christopher Robin’s

last name45 Ripken with a

17-year consecutive game streak

46 Org. with a wing and a globe in its logo

49 ___ B51 BlackBerry features53 Secretary of labor

who became a Supreme Court justice

58 He wrote: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

62 Rom-___ (some fi lm fare)

63 Clearheaded64 Franklin output65 One with a reduced

term?68 Skipping syllables69 Scheduled70 ___ Palace71 Caper … or going

around the wrong way, in Britain?

72 Owlish73 Do a line of shots?74 Gabrielle of

volleyball and modeling

75 Kind of barometer79 Fossil-rich location81 ___ Pepper82 Kind of dye83 Warren site86 Jazzman Jones90 Fan noise93 Rooty Tooty

Fresh ’N Fruity establishment

94 Bodybuilder’s count95 Get ___ on96 Skirt99 Presumptuous, say100 Elephantlike walker

in “The Empire Strikes Back”

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102 Historical fi gure in Isabel Allende’s novel “Inés of My Soul”

104 Pet food container105 Digital problem107 Like a winning X

Games trick, maybe111 “Harrumph!”113 Inopportune115 Island entertainer116 Persuasive Dr.

Seuss character117 Pod118 Daughter of King

Triton119 Retro light sources120 Boasts121 Predatory insect122 Pirate’s moniker

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maybe3 Toyota exec ___

Toyoda4 Concludes5 “It’s ___!” (“You’re

on!”)6 Orson Scott Card’s

“____ Game”7 Not a challenge at

all8 F1 neighbor9 Sofas10 Gets bored with11 Diplomat W. ___

Harriman12 What a handcuffed

person may be13 There’s one

surrounding Atlantis

14 Before long15 Jeanne d’Arc, e.g.:

Abbr.16 Rest awhile17 Tier18 Reader’s direction21 “Stupid me!”

27 Postal abbr.29 Musical family

name32 “Cantar de Mio ___”

(Spanish epic)34 Runoff, perhaps35 Crop holder36 Basic rhyme

scheme37 Crop holder44 New World monkey46 How a rocket

launch is usually viewed

47 Fan48 Stubborn ones50 Lying about52 Scores 10053 Reward for one who

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onlinepurchase56 Museum holding57 Beginning of many

a meal59 Tolkien’s Treebeard,

e.g.60 Port from which Amelia Earhart

left on her last fl ight61 TV type64 ___ expected

(predictably)65 Windows users66 Tattler67 Always, if the meter

requires it76 Waikiki locale77 Brand associated

with a crocodile logo

78 Dummy80 Fictional Miss Jane83 Central European

capital84 ___ detachment

85 Rio de Janeiro neighborhood

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Green Gables”89 University in Center

Valley, Pa.90 The statue of David

in Florence, e.g.91 Bird: Prefi x92 Least defi ned93 Steel mill input95 Some cellphone

settings97 Certain salad green98 Triage locales, for

short103 Trooper’s tool105 Great deal106 “___ be a pleasure”108 “Idylls of the King”

wife109 Mama grizzly110 Ordered112 Pep114 “Bambi” villain

BYPASSING SECURITYby CALEB RASMUSSEN | edited by WILL SHORTZ

— Last week’s puzzle answers —

AMANDA COPLIN spent the fi rst

years of her life in Wenatchee, Wash.,

the self-proclaimed “Apple Capital

of the World,” and was indelibly

shaped by its rolling acres of fruit

trees, and by her frequent visits to the

apple and apricot orchard owned by

her grandparents. Th ose sights and

smells are powerfully evoked in her

debut novel, “Th e Orchardist.” Th e

story, which takes place shortly after

the turn of the century, follows the

experiences of a bachelor orchardist

and the makeshift family who comes

to complicate and ultimately enrich

his solitary life. To research “Th e

Orchardist,” she steeped herself in

accounts of the lives of the early

homesteaders. Coplin, 31, recently

moved to Portland, Ore., where she

spoke with A.E. Smith about her true

home and the role of landscape in

her writing.

HCN: What interested you about the time period of the novel?

A.C.: Th e landscape that I

romanticized while I was growing

up was the orchards, but I have

to remember that that is a heavily

manipulated landscape. I always

wondered what it was like before

people came and started irrigating. By

creating a character who is the fi rst

homesteader in that area, it allowed me

to look around and see what happens.

HCN: What tension do you see between loving a place that is wild, and loving one that is modifi ed?

A.C.: I think about my own love of

the Western landscape: It’s important

to have something in your life that

is very mysterious, that is not going

to obey your will. Humans are not in

charge of the landscape. Of course, we

have power and knowledge to create

machines and chemicals and awful

things, but the landscape is ultra-

powerful, patient and long-suff ering.

I think we need that, and we need to

recognize that need in our lives.

HCN: What makes a place home?A.C.: I’ve been thinking about that a

lot lately. Home in the deepest, truest

sense is that place, those orchards in

Wenatchee. I feel very strongly about

those places, but I don’t know if that’s

just because I spent my childhood

there. It resonates with some deep part

of me. But someone asked me the other

day if I was thinking of moving back,

and I was like, “No! I’m not going to

move back!” I feel like it is a holy place.

It was my home then, but I don’t know

if it could be my home now. Maybe, but

it’s complicated.

Th is profi le originally appeared in the Books and Essays Special Issue of High Country News.

3 QUESTIONS FOR AMANDA COPLINAUTHOR REVIEW


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