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Th at said, I’m

learning. Last week, the

day after the election, I

got out of town. Boom.

I headed to Chicago to

see family and friends,

and while many of you

might question the

destination versus, say,

Hawaii, it’s progress.

Like most Chicagoans, we spent

our Friday night drinking beer

in a bar and talking about the

ramifi cations of the presidential

election. Th ere were about six of

us, and all of a sudden, it seemed

to dawn on everyone that I was

from Colorado.

“Didn’t you just legalize pot?”

a guy asked. He was a former

lobbyist in the state of Indiana,

and therefore I was waiting for a

rebuttal on the vote. I was wrong.

“Makes sense to me,” he said. “I

never did understand why it’s so

illegal in the fi rst place.”

Soon, the table was asking the

same questions you are getting, I

am sure. “How is it legal?” “Will

they set up coff ee shops like in

Amsterdam?” “How will you

handle that at work?” And, of

course, “When can

I visit?”

I put on my best

David Axelrod

impression (sans the

dirty mustache, of

course), and tried

my best to answer

their questions. Yet

this was not the only

time it came up. Actually, the pot

discussion began hours earlier on

the fl ight out. “I think it’s crazy,”

one lady said on the Aspen-to-

Denver leg, “that it took so long.”

Half the plane cheered.

While it is what it is — I doubt

many people who don’t smoke will

start just because it is now legal

— our state suddenly has become

part of the national conversation.

Th at said, the pot conversation

is clouding some of the more

progressive things our state did

around Election Day. A couple of

days later, Colorado elected its fi rst

openly gay speaker of the House.

In the arena of civil rights, this

should rank much higher than

pot. It gives people who have been

openly discriminated against a new

opportunity that goes well beyond

marriage or civil unions — they

can now try running a state.

Just 20 years from being labeled

“the hate state,” it now feels good

to be from Colorado. Nothing

confi rmed that more than one

conversation I had during the

layover in Denver, when I sat in

DIA with a beer in my hand and

a lady from Texas leaned over to

me. With a quizzical look on her

face and a scarf around her neck,

she ordered the bartender to fi ll

her glass. Th en she turned to

me and justifi ed my pride: After

backhandedly acknowledging

both our gay House leader and

our decision to legalize pot, she

jingled the ice in her glass and

said, “Ya’ll are so far from God, it’s

going to take two vodka tonics to

get me home.”

After a few uncomfortable

laughs, I realized she was on to

something. Whether she meant

to or not, she gave me a specifi c

measurement for how far you have

to go when you are completely out

of touch. And, luckily for me, it was

a lot farther away than Chicago.

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WELL, I GUESS I was

wrong in my previous

column because we now

know for sure who our

president is, and Mitt

Romney and his cabal are

off licking their wounds

and staring blankly at the

wall of popular skepticism

and outright rejection

of their beliefs and their

agenda.

Th e question now is, Where do

they go from here? And where to

we all go as our form of democracy

remains barely standing, crippled by

corruption?

Th e teabaggers, of course, have

their solution ready to hand —

they’re calling for revolution!

Th at’s correct, in a blast email

of their frequent (and always

insanely bellicose and antagonistic)

newsletter, Teaparty.org, the

’baggers are howling again about

the supposed socialist agenda of

the Obama administration and its

mythical dark plots to sell out the

U.S. to the so-called evil agents of

the United Nations and a shadowy

worldwide conspiracy of socialist,

anti-American thuggery.

Don’t believe me?

Check it out yourself. I couldn’t

make this stuff up any better than the

teabaggers themselves, that’s for sure.

Anyway, looking back, I gotta

say that election night was a pretty

amazing thing to watch.

My sister lives in Wisconsin, home

state of Republican vice presidential

candidate Paul Ryan, and is a

lukewarm but determined Obama

supporter. She was so disconsolate

about the prospects that night,

she planned to not even watch the

returns. Instead, she announced she

would just drink tequila until she fell

asleep and learn the bad news in the

morning.

We talked the next day, and she

was happy, if a little hung over.

As for me, I’d come down with

a case of the galloping crud and

wasn’t working election night. For

the fi rst time in years, I just watched

it on TV with most of America and

was spellbound as the ballyhooed

Republican juggernaut stumbled to

its knees.

As the night wore on, it was

mildly amusing to watch the right-

wing talking heads slowly come to

the realization that their certainty

about winning was a bit misplaced.

It was as though Karl

Rove was going to break

out in wailing tears at one

point as he cast about for

anything to hang onto

while his confi dence ebbed

and his carefully built maze

of lies collapsed

around him.

I even watched a bit of

Fox News, that paragon

of “fair and balanced” right-wing

propaganda, and was delighted to see

one anchor in such a state of panic

that he even started babbling about

being in complete agreement with

the mouthpiece he was interviewing.

Wish I could recall his name, and the

name of the interviewee, but I was

in the depths of fever, and it was all I

could do to just watch.

As soon as the next day dawned,

the talk about 2016 had already

reached a fever pitch among the

anti-Obama blogosphere. Th e

names of Ryan and Sarah Palin were

being paired as a possible ticket

for the next bout of presidential

competition, which tickled me to

no end. I mean, if the Republicans

really want to pound themselves into

absolute irrelevancy, that’s the very

tool they should use on themselves.

Some brainless parrot who calls

himself Th e Wizard, on the Free

Republic blog, went on endlessly

about how Palin should announce

herself at the top of the ticket right

now and start campaigning full

bore immediately.

Saner minds spoke out, one

remarking on the Scout.com blog,

“Yeah, she would about fi nish off the

party. Hilary versus Palin. Yikes.”

Another skeptic asked, “Can’t we

fi nd someone with a Hispanic last

name? Who never mentions rape or

abortion? And never put a dog on the

roof of his car?”

Ah, the sounds of desperation,

fatigue and fear are whispering

through the air.

Th e entire 2012 race was so

polluted by money, lies and bullying

tactics that it was a mighty nasty pill

to swallow in that it was just one

more piece of evidence that our 236-

year-old experiment in republican

(with a little “r”) government has

gone badly awry.

And that, not whether Sarah or

Hillary will run in four years, is what

we should be talking about today.

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edited by RYAN SLABAUGHTHE WEEKLY CONVERSATION SEEN, HEARD & DONE

CHEERS | To the recent snow that blanketed the region,

giving the World Cup snowmakers a bit of a base to build

on before the Nov. 22 start of this year’s event. Now, let it

snow some more …

JEERS | To dog owners who do not pick up after their

pets. Th e recent snow, we’ve noticed, covered up a lot of

the grossness. Yet that’s no reason for us to be walking

through it on our way to work.

CHEERS | To the Basalt Middle School for its fi rst-ever

Lego robotics competition. Now, the team is going to

Denver for the state championship. Best idea ever?

JEERS | To the naysayers who are fi ghting the

legalization of marijuana. Voters passed it, and last

time we checked, voters run the country — not nervous

politicians who don’t know what they are talking about.

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“THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION NOW SAYS YOU CAN POSSESS AND GROW MARIJUANA FOR YOUR OWN USE, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.”

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BASALT

TOWN WON’T LOSE LARGEST EMPLOYER

Basalt’s largest private-sector

employer has no intention of moving

out of town despite some recent

fi rings and restructuring, according

to the company founder and

chairman of the board of directors.

Total Merchant Service continues

to employ close to 200 workers

in Basalt and leases about 24,000

square feet of space in the Riverside

Plaza building, said Ed Freedman,

who founded the company in

Philadelphia in 1996 with his

brother Matt. Th ey relocated the

business to Basalt in 1997 and

have been in “constant expansion,”

Freedman said. Th e company

supplies the infrastructure and

customer-service expertise that

businesses need to process credit-

card purchases.

Total Merchant Services fi rst

rented a 600-square-foot space in

Elk Run and then grew into 10,000

square feet in the Riverside Plaza

building in 2002. It added 4,000

square feet a year later and then paid

an insurance company to leave 6,000

square feet of adjacent space in 2005.

Total Merchant Services snagged

another 4,000 square feet in the

fall of 2007, tapping its expansion

possibilities in Basalt.

— Scott Condon

CARBONDALE

BUS SYSTEM APPROVES $48.7 MILLION BUDGET

Bus drivers, mechanics and other

employees of the Roaring Fork

Transportation Authority will be

eligible for merit raises of as much

as 3 percent next year, according

to a budget by the agency passed

Th ursday.

RFTA workers also had the

opportunity for 3-percent merit

raises this year. Th e agency had a

wage freeze in 2010 and 2011.

RFTA’s board of directors,

meeting in Carbondale, approved a

48.70 million budget. Fares won’t

be raised, but the agency expects

fare revenues to increase by 2

percent. A modest increase in sales

tax revenues also is expected.

Health care premiums will

increase by 9 percent. RFTA

will maintain current employee

contribution amounts.

Th e bus agency’s expansion of

service through its bus-rapid-transit

project is expected to add 680,000

in operating costs when it starts in

September. For a full year, starting in

2014, the extra operating expense is

expected to be 2 million.

ASPEN

CEREMONY RECOGNIZES ASPEN VETERANS

More than 70 people ignored

bitterly cold weather and an 11 a.m.

Denver Broncos start to stand for

a Veterans Day ceremony at the

Roaring Fork Veterans Memorial

near the Pitkin County Courthouse

on Nov. 11.

Th ey showed up to recognize

former members of the nation’s

armed forces who fought for the

freedoms Americans enjoy today.

Aspen veterans from the World

War I era all the way up to recent

confl icts in Iran and Afghanistan

were honored.

— Andre Salvail

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

PEOPLE HUNT animals for a lot

of reasons, from fi lling a freezer to

festooning a wall with antlers. As a

meat hunter, I’m looking for a year’s

worth of protein, with or without

antlers attached.

Even though I don’t hunt for

the post-kill posing or big racks,

as a hunter I’m lumped together

with everyone who shoots guns

at animals. I don’t mind being

associated with interior decorators

and stuff ed-animal collectors,

assuming the trophy hunters in

question actually eat their meat, but

I don’t like being grouped with those

who shoot “varmints,” or supposed

pest animals, for fun. Perhaps

“animal shooting” and not hunting

would be more descriptive of what

they do.

But semantics can’t change that

I shop at the same gear stores as

the sport killers, and we share

space at the range and in the fi eld,

as well. We respect one another’s

safety by following correct shooting

etiquette. I’ll even listen politely at

the gas station if some proud killer

has a story to tell. Th e friend who

took me on my fi rst hunting trip to

shoot elk is a varmint hunter, and

we had a great time together. But we

remained worlds apart with regard

to how we really feel about shooting

animals.

A seldom-discussed divide exists

in the hunting community between

those who hunt because they enjoy

shooting at living targets and those

who hunt despite the killing part.

Th ere are also those who hunt as part

of their overarching obsession with

guns: After all, guns were designed

for shooting at living things.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, though,

very little time spent hunting is spent

actually killing. You can hunt hard

for days or even weeks and come up

empty, and I’m OK with that. It’s part

of the process. And even when you’re

successful, the kill itself is about as

fast as a speeding bullet.

Trophy hunters can at least

decorate their homes with skulls, fur

and bones. But with sport killers,

as soon as one animal is down it’s

usually on to the next, like a gambler

sitting at a slot machine. Varmint

hunters can generally shoot as many

animals as they want, since the

targeted animal is a legally ordained

pest.

I’m a rifl e hunter, but not devoted

to guns, though I do love my Ruger

.270 and think of it as a friend. Th e

annual journey we take together

has given me some of my life’s best

moments as well as many freezers

full of the best meat in the world.

Medical research has found

several benefi ts to eating wild

game, as distinct from feedlot-

raised livestock, but many of these

discoveries have yet to permeate

standard dietary practices. You’ve

probably seen endless reports

linking red meat to cancer, diabetes,

cardiovascular disease and other

so-called diseases of civilization.

But until very recently, few of them

distinguished between an Oscar

Meyer wiener and Wilbur the pig,

never mind Bambi.

A 2010 Harvard School of Public

Health meta-study found a clear

correlation between diseases of

civilization and processed red meat,

but the correlation with unprocessed

meat was weak. Th e take-home

message, not surprisingly, is that

whole cuts of meat are better for you

than meat that’s been adulterated in

all sorts of ways.

In contrast, wild game is the

ultimate unprocessed meat, from

the ground up. Th ese animals

consume no processed feeds, which

in addition to their questionable

main ingredients can also contain

anything from antibiotics to candy

to concrete mix. Wild game also has

more omega-3 fatty acids, branched-

chain amino acids, creatine and

other nutrients than domestic cattle.

Another area that needs more

study involves comparing wild

game with grass-fed beef. The two

are often lumped together and

billed as nutritional equals, but it

would be interesting to know if this

is true.

From an environmental

standpoint, hunting your own is one

of the few defensible approaches to

eating meat. Growing food to feed

livestock, we all know, is a terribly

ineffi cient use

of land and

water. As for

hunting, these

days it can help

everyone. Now

that humans

have killed

off most deer

predators and

replaced much

of their habitat

with farms or

the backyards

of subdivisions,

deer populations

have exploded

like rats in the

city. Several

states allow for

the harvest of

10 or more deer

in a season,

and taking

your share does

farmers a favor. And hunting sure

beats crashing your car into a deer

when you’re driving to the store

for a shrink-wrapped, grain-fed

beefsteak.

Ari LeVaux is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (www.hcn.org). He writes about food politics in Placitas, N.M.

A shoot-it-yourself primer

by ARI LEVAUX of WRITERS ON THE RANGEGUEST OPINION COLUMN

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


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

WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, on

winter weekends he took mail and

supplies to miners at the Midnight

Mine in Queens Gulch. Most of the

time he skied up the Castle Creek

road (which was not plowed in those

days) and climbed with skins to

the mine. He also delivered mail to

several hermit miners who lived in

Little Annie Basin. Sundays, he skied

from the mine at 10,000 feet over the

ridge to Tourtolotte Park from where

he enjoyed the snow-ride home.

In those days, skis were long and

bindings were no more than leather

straps. He picked up speed as he

raced down steep unpacked slopes.

Turning was not for fun; it was done

only to avoid obstacles. Elder skiers

suggested techniques and gave

directions to favored slopes, but

learning the sport was a solitary trial-

and-error experience. Miners’ favorite

“runs” were mine dumps, especially

those that were in Tourtolotte Park

(before they were bulldozed) where

there were no trees and the slope was

steep, even in deep powder.

Barry Barnes, one of the better

skiers, teamed up Jack Atkinson, the

oldest man in the camp, for a trip

down Lime Gulch from Little Annie.

Barnes had strapped on his very long

skis and Atkinson stood on the skis

holding tight to Barnes’s waist. Th ey

made it down without mishap.

In the spring when snow was

compacted, miners traded in their

skis for scoop shovels. Th ey sat on

the shovels with the handles between

their legs and then they slipped

downslope, steering with their feet

and a lot of leaning. A few minutes

of fun went a long way to relieve a

six-day week working in the dark

underground, breathing stale air.

With age and improved equipment,

father and his friends found the sport

exhilarating. Th ey toted their skis and

poles to work and would ski to town

afterwards. Th ey had also learned that

winter storms could isolate them if

they did not have snowshoes or skis,

and they preferred skis.

Father found a way around working

his way uphill through snow. He took

his skis with him underground and

more easily climbed up through the

old stopes. He exited through the

Cooper tunnel, part-way up the slope

of the Little Annie Basin, and then

skied down.

Th e Midnight reopened the older

workings in Little Annie Basin and

rehabilitated the original shaft.

Discovering underground “lift,” father

and Joe Popish realized that they

could take their skis with them as they

went through the Midnight tunnel

in Queens Gulch to their work at the

bottom of the shaft, and then use the

shaft hoist to surface halfway up the

basin.

From there they could ski down to

the Little Annie tunnel at the bottom

of the basin, and then make their

way underground back to the hoist.

Although their underground ski lift

provided a slow, cumbersome rise of

only about 500 feet, they reveled in

their unique approach to the sport.

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].

during his teens, my father spent time with elder Swedish miners who skied. Skiing was common among Aspen’s Scandinavian residents. Strapping on skis allowed them the practicality of easy travel around the area in winter, and it was also a form of recreation. My father made his own skis and after playing around the slopes in town, he put them to work.

UNDERGROUNDSKI LIFTS

ALTHOUGH THEIR UNDERGROUND SKI LIFT PROVIDED A SLOW, CUMBERSOME RISE OF ONLY ABOUT 500 FEET, THEY REVELED IN THEIR UNIQUE APPROACH TO THE SPORT.

Long before there were ski lifts, a few Aspen miners exited underground workings at the top of the Midnight shaft for a run down Little Annie Basin.


FROM the VAULTLEGENDS & LEGACIES compiled by THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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for the success of the aff air. Harrington’s complete orchestra furnished excellent music.

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and wood fl avors — with a hint of spice that

lingers in the mouth for a few minutes. It is

not my thing, but the bottle looks cool in my

liquor cabinet.

Gunilla Asher grew up in Aspen and now is the co-manager of The Aspen Times. She writes a drink review weekly in the spirit of “She’s not a connoisseur, but she is heavily practiced.”


SAM SIFTON, the former dining

editor of Th e New York Times, is

spending this week making the

media rounds with his new book,

“Th anksgiving: How to Cook It Well.”

It is clear from listening to Sifton

and perusing his book that he is

passionate about this, the most

American holiday. He

advises us to celebrate

the bounty that is on

the table and that the

table should be set like

it is being prepared for

a “sacrament.” If that is

the case, and the food

represents the body in

this sacrament, then the

blood is the wine that is

poured with the meal.

For Th anksgiving I recommend

that we drink hale and hearty and

that we keep the wines both simple

and domestic. Th is, after all, is a

holiday that celebrates America and

our traditions. And while one may

be tempted to select that French

Champagne with the yellow label

(not that there is anything wrong

with that, of course) or a crisp

Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand

or a beautiful Burgundy, for this one

evening I, for one, will be drinking

wine that is grown and made right

here in the USA — mostly wines

from California, though that is not

necessarily a prerequisite, more a

geographical accident.

While there is nothing quite like

Champagne, the sparkling wines

from Shramsberg in the Napa Valley

are also a fi ne choice. Celebrate the

holiday by welcoming your guests

with a glass of the Shramsberg Blanc

de Blanc. Th is wine, made from

100 percent Chardonnay grapes,

is crisp, clean and oh-so bubbly. It

is America’s oldest Blanc de Blanc

and was the fi rst sparkling wine that

Shramsberg produced in 1965. It is a

sparkler with a pedigree. Shramsberg

has been growing grapes and making

wines since the 1880s, and in 1891,

poured for the president (that

would be President Harrison) at San

Francisco’s Palace Hotel. Now that’s

American.

For the bird, I suggest that you give

your guests a choice between red and

white wines. Some love the white

meat and a Chardonnay is big enough

to stand up to the fowl. Others prefer

to go dark and there is nothing better

than a great Pinot Noir paired with

turkey and all the fi xings.

Budget may play a role in your

decisions as to what to buy, but you

need not spend a fortune to drink

well. For around 15 a bottle, you

can buy an excellent Edna Valley

Vineyards 2010 Paragon Chardonnay.

Th is wine from the San Luis Obispo

region of California is medium-

bodied and full of California fruit

fl avors.

For a few dollars more, about

50, may I recommend a wine with

a local connection? Steve Humble,

sommelier and wine director at the

Roaring Fork Club, makes some of

the planet’s great Chardonnay on the

Sonoma Coast of California. Working

with Ehren Jordan, the pair produces

a wine that is called 32 Winds. Th e 32

Winds 2010 Chardonnay “Spinnaker”

Sonoma Coast is delicate and

delicious. As beautiful in the glass as

it is in the mouth, this wine will give

us all reason to be thankful.

For the reds, there are a couple of

diff erent ways to go as well. Bargains

abound from the same Central

Coast region that Edna Valley farms

(their Pinot Noir is a fi ne wine as

well and would make your holiday

shopping a breeze), but there is a

special vineyard further north called

Pinnacles Ranches. Just inland from

the wild Big Sur Coast, this vineyard

produces amazing fruit and Estancia

does great things with it. Again,

for around 15, you can get a great

wine that will make each bite of your

turkey a treat.

Th e 2011 Estancia Pinot Noir

Monterrey County “Pinnacles

Ranches” is a lighter bodied Pinot.

Clear and easy to sip, the wine will be

great with the meal, as well as a great

pre-dinner sipper. Maybe in the fi rst

half of the Patriots–Jets game.

Going much farther north, all

the way to Oregon, is a wine and a

winemaker for whom I give thanks,

Tony Soter. A Napa legend, who

made great Cabernets, Soter and

his family now make soulful Pinot

Noir in the Willamette Valley. Th e

Estate bottled wines hailing from the

Mineral Springs Ranch, again priced

around 50, are a revelation. Th e kind

of wines that one really focuses on

with each tip of the glass. If you fi nd

a bottle of the 2010 Soter Pinot Noir

Mineral Springs Ranch (I found some

at the recently opened Four Dogs

Wine & Spirits), it will make you all

that much more thankful on Turkey

Day.

Of course, as we all know, if you

are reading this paper you likely live

in one of the world’s most special

places. Even drinking tap water here

is a blessing.

Happy Th anksgiving, everyone.

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].

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I’VE TRAVELED many miles

throughout New England along the

coast, in the cities and through the

Green Mountains. But after years

of exploring several

of these beautiful

towns, one stands out

as special, something

so quintessentially

New England: Grafton

Village, Vt. Th e added

bonus? It is home to

some of the best cheese

making in the world.

Handcrafted cheese

in Grafton Village dates

back to 1892, when local dairy farmers

delivered their raw milk to the village

creamery to have it turned into

cheese. Today, the town’s cheddars

are aged range from 1 through 4 years

in the aging process (sometimes

even longer). With each year, a new

fl avor profi le emerges. Recently they

unveiled Caved Cheeses. Grafton

Cave Aged cheeses take Grafton

beyond its roots in Vermont Cheddar

cheese. Th ese creations are carefully

matured in Grafton’s cave aging

facility in the heart of Grafton Village

and include small-batch cheeses of

cow’s milk, sheep’s milk and even a

combination of the two. While this

line is primarily found in specialty

cheese shops, the traditional Grafton

cheddar is available everywhere,

including our own regional markets.

Th e picturesque Grafton Village

is home to about 600 people and

is located in Southern Vermont,

just about two-and-half hours from

Boston at the junction of routes 121

and 35. It’s historical architecture

is perfectly preserved, thanks to

its residents and the Windham

Foundation, a nonprofi t organization

whose mission is to promote

Vermont’s rural communities.

It’s fi rst “project” was the town of

Grafton, purchasing many of the

town’s buildings and businesses

then renovating and keeping them

in pristine condition, including the

town’s inn and the Grafton Forge

blacksmith shop.

When I spent a long weekend

there exploring the area, I enjoyed

afternoons walking through the

countryside where distinct paths

for walking or trail running take

you along great stretchens of the

village, through covered bridges over

trickling streams. I enjoyed local craft

beer at the charming Phelps Barn Pub

where a casual pub menu with wood-

fi red fl atbread pizzas and live music

are featured, and dinner of classic

American cuisine at the award-wining

old Tavern Restaurant located at the

Grafton Inn, one of the nation’s oldest

operating inns. Here, the kitchen

staff creates seasonal menus using

local ingredients, including heirloom

vegetables from the large, organic

kitchen garden.

Some of the best time spent was

exploring the local nature center, the

art galleries and meeting the people

that call Grafton home. Much like

Aspen, it is a snapshot in time, where

history matters, but does not bind the

residents there.

Th ey have a love for life and nature

that in many parts of New England

no longer exists. An afternoon

relaxing on the inn’s porch, in one of

its wooden rockers is an experience

anyone heading to the region should

never miss.

Amiee White Beazley writes about dining, restaurants and food-related travel for the Aspen Times Weekly. She is the editor of local food magazine edibleASPEN and a contributor to Aspen Peak and the travel website EverettPotter.com. Follow her on Twitter @awbeazley1, or email [email protected].

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THE WINTER CALENDAR

by STEWART OKSENHORN

Cuban-born singer and percussionist Pedrito Martinez performs in March in Jazz Aspen Snowmass’ JAS Café Downstairs@the Nell series.

C O U R T E S Y P H O T O

deep inhale. What do you smell? Nope, but good guess.Th at’s Aspen cultural schedule for this winter, which has a distinct new-calendar smell. Aspen’s most acclaimed restaurant has been replaced with a new room, new concept, new dishes. With Harris Hall unavailable for the season, several events move into new quarters at the Wheeler Opera House, which should give them a unique feel. Th e town’s most historic hotel shows its renovated face to the community, and adds a long-lost dining component. A handful of people — including the planet’s greatest humorist, a most intriguing jazz up-and-comer, the folk-rocker behind one of the year’s most acclaimed albums, a memoirist on top of the world and a return of one of our own — all make their Aspen debuts. John Denver, believe it or not, gets a fresh look.And for a true novelty, I will even recommend a road trip to Vail.So what’s new? Read on.

WHAT’S WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED THIS WINTER IN

ASPEN (AND .... GASP ... IN VAIL)


BURNT MOUNTAIN(ON SNOWMASS MOUNTAIN, OPENING NOV. 22)The Aspen Skiing Company unveils a new playground — Burnt Mountain, on the far east end of Snowmass Mountain, just past Long Shot. It’s a substantial addition of 230 acres, but hardly on the scale of the monumental opening of Highland Bowl. Burnt Mountain leans toward fl atness. For those who love trees, though, it is a heavily gladed area, more like a forest than a set of trails.

DAVID SEDARIS(NOV. 25, WHEELER OPERA HOUSE)When the publicist turned down my request to interview David Sedaris, I followed up with an offer to be Sedaris’ tour guide/sex slave for his fi rst visit to Aspen. That’s how badly I want to spend some time in the company of mankind’s greatest humor writer.It’s also a refl ection of how badly I imagine Sedaris needs my services. (The tour guide part, I mean. Only the tour guide part.) His essays, collected in such landmark books as “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” and the upcoming “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls,” depict an awkward, incompetent and odd homosexual — someone who would not fare well, unaccompanied, on the unfamiliar, mean streets of Aspen.(And if the only way I get personal time with Sedaris is by ... you know ... I’d think about it. That’s a true fan.)And on the topic of gay men so freaking funny that I’d consider most anything to get some time with: John Waters is set to appear Jan. 17 in a Gay Ski Week event at the Wheeler. Waters, the man behind “Hairspray” and the character John, owner of the collectibles store Cockamamie’s in the “Homer’s Phobia” episode of “The Simpsons,” appeared at Aspen Shortsfest in 2001, and consented to a phone interview with me. I have often said it was the only interview I would have paid to do; speaking with him was like getting 20 minutes of one-on-one stand-up.

ELEMENT 47(OPENING NOV. 30 IN THE LITTLE NELL HOTEL)Montagna, which set a new culinary standard in Aspen, shut down earlier this year. In its place comes Element 47, which introduces a new concept (far heavier on à la carte dining), an even greater emphasis on local ingredients (including a multi-course meal devoted entirely to regional products), and, hallelujah, a completely transformed dining room (great as the grub was at Montagna, the look just reeked of outdated hotel dining) by Bentel & Bentel, which earned a James Beard Award for restaurant designed. Chef Robert McCormick’s new menu, divided into small, medium and large plates, includes Emma Farms Wagyu beef, Columbia River sturgeon, Colorado lamb shank and braised pheasant terrine.In other news: Ryan Hardy, the former Montagna chef who left Aspen to open a restaurant in New York City, is fi nally seeing his plan come to life. His 60-seat, Italian-infl uenced place, still to be named, will open in the spring on Lower Sixth Avenue.

HOTEL JEROME REOPENING(DEC. 13)Aspen’s most iconic building reopens, and probably wakes from something of a year-long slumber. (And on a more personal note, ceases, fi nally, that construction racket outside my window.) The Hotel Jerome welcomes in the community with a pair of pre-Christmas open-house events that include a tour of the new Jerome B. Wheeler Suite.And there is good reason to visit the Jerome after the open house. Prospect, a restaurant that returns to the hotel’s original dining space, overlooking the courtyard, is an American bistro headed by chef Rob Zack, who returns to the Jerome after opening the Viceroy in Snowmass Village.

THE SHINS(DEC. 14, BELLY UP)James Mercer, leader of rock band the Shins, can’t claim to be prolifi c, not with fi ve albums in 15 years. But he is consistent and consistently interesting. The Shins’ 2001 debut, “Oh, Inverted World,” was hailed as a vital addition to indie rock; this year’s “Port of Morrow,” their latest album (and fi rst since 2007), sounds fresh and captivating.Also making their local debuts this season at Belly Up: Divine Fits (Dec. 12), a new band fronted by Spoon lead singer Britt Daniel; U.K. hard rockers the Darkness (Feb. 2); and America (March 15) — yes, that America, on their 40th anniversary tour.

SNOWDAZE(DEC. 15, VAIL)There, I did it. I recommended you drive to Vail. Now that’s something new.Obviously I have a very good reason for having you pull over at that glorifi ed I-70 rest stop. Wilco, the modern-day saviors of rock ‘n’ roll, play Vail’s Snowdaze, as part of the Snowdaze festival (and won’t be playing an Aspen date). It’s part of Vail’s 50th anniversary celebration — so feel free to inform the Vailies that Aspen’s got a couple decades on them as a ski resort, and a good 80 years on them as a town.(If Wilco announced they were going to make this an annual thing, and would never play Aspen, I’d think about moving to Vail. For a second or two.)

ACADEMY SCREENINGS(DEC. 25-JAN. 1, WHEELER)Aspen Film’s Academy Screenings series has been around for two decades. But this year, with Harris Hall unavailable, the series moves to the Wheeler, for a cozier room and

a more convenient location. (The docket of screenings is also shortened slightly, and the series is condensed from its customary two weeks to one.)No matter the venue, the Academy Screenings delivers something fresh out of the box: Films considered Oscar contenders, many of them special presentations, shown here weeks before they are widely released.Among the fi lms to be shown this year are “Amour,” German director Michael Haneke’s French language story of elderly love that earned top honors in Cannes; “Hyde Park on Hudson,” starring Bill Murray as Franklin Roosevelt during an affair with his cousin (Laura Linney); and “Silver Linings Playbook,” David O. Russell’s comic drama of an oddball Philadelphia family.The full program of approximately 16 titles will be announced Dec. 3.

Humorist David Sedaris appears Nov. 24 at the Wheeler Opera House.

P H O T O S B Y A N N E F I S H B E I N & C O U R T E S Y W E I N S T E I N C O M P A N Y

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper star in David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook,” showing in December in Aspen Film’s Academy Screenings series.


Violinist Gil Shaham opens the Aspen Music Festival’s Winter Music series with a February concert at the Wheeler Opera House.

Former Aspenite Bella Betts headlines a Wintersköl concert in January at the Wheeler.

P H O T O S B Y A L E X I R V I N & M O N A E S P O S I T O


FATHER JOHN MISTY(JAN. 4, BELLY UP)Joshua Tillman is part of the same Seattle freak-folk scene that gave us Fleet Foxes — in fact, Tillman has been a member of Fleet Foxes. Tillman says too much is made of his FF connection — he only appeared, playing drums and singing, on one of the band’s albums, and toured with them for a short while. (Of course, Fleet Foxes have only two albums, and the one Tillman contributed to was last year’s sensational “Helplessness Blues.”)Sure enough, Tillman has something else worthwhile to trumpet. His solo debut “Fear Fun,” released under the name Father John Misty, exists on a similar plane as Fleet Foxes — folky, dreamy, fuzzy, otherworldly, reeking of the woods of the Pacifi c Northwest. It’s among the best-reviewed albums of the year.

BELLA BETTS & THE LITTLE STARS(JAN. 12, WHEELER)When Aspen native Bella Betts left town, she was a little kid with a big interest in folk music. Betts, now a Boulder resident, is all grown up — 12, in fact, and on the petite side. But her musical abilities have sprouted enormously over the last few years, enough that Bella and her mandolin have made appearances with Chris Thile, Amos Lee and Sarah Jarosz. Her concert at the Wheeler — a free event on the Saturday night of Wintersköl — features her backing band, the Little Stars, and songs from her forthcoming debut album, tentatively titled “Lights Around a Curve.”

MARCO BENEVENTO(JAN. 18, PAC3, CARBONDALE)Keyboardist Marco Benevento has played in the valley before, as a member of avant-groove combo Garage a Trois and of the Benevento/Russo Duo. But this is his fi rst appearance under his own name (and as a jam guy, he should by all rights have performed here a whole bunch of times). Through a series of solo albums, including the new “TigerFace,” the 35-year-old Benevento has carved a new niche built out of rock rhythms, improvisational jazz and electro sounds.Cyril Neville and Devon Allman, both part of royal music families, have performed in the valley before. But not together. They team up in the Royal Southern Brotherhood, making its local debut Feb. 7 at PAC3.

GIL SHAHAM(FEB. 5, WHEELER)Yes, violinist Gil Shaham studied at the Aspen Music School, practically grew up in Aspen, and returns to perform most every summer. But this year the Aspen Music Festival’s Winter Music series moves to the Wheeler, and fans will get to see Shaham, and accompanist Akira Eguchi on piano, in a different setting. Shaham, well-versed in local traditions, should be able to make the most of the new venue.Also performing in the series are two more acts familiar to Aspen audiences: the Boulder-based Takács Quartet (Feb. 28), and pianist Conrad Tao (March 16), a former student in Aspen who gave one of the highlight performances here last summer.

ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET(FEB. 15-16 AND MARCH 16)The program for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s local show is new-ish: “Last,” commissioned by the ASFB from Alejandro Cerrudo, had its premiere last summer; “Return to a Strange Land,” by Jiri Kylián, is new to Aspen; and Trey McIntyre’s “Like a Samba” hasn’t been seen here since 2005. The really novel part is the absence of Seth DelGrasso, a founding member of the company who retired from the stage recently. These will be the fi rst Aspen performances in ASFB’s 17 years without DelGrasso.The ASFB’s annual “Nutcracker” (Dec. 15-16) will again feature Norbert de la Cruz in the role of the Jester. De la Cruz broke out big-time as a choreographer this year with the Aspen performances of his “Square None.”

“THE MUSIC IS YOU: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER” (DUE FOR RELEASE IN FEBRUARY)The years have not been particularly kind to John Denver, either his music or his persona. All that could change with a tribute album featuring some truly hip musicians — Brandi Carlile, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Brett Dennen, Lucinda Williams and more — covering Denver’s songs. Truly enticing: rockers My Morning Jacket’s version of “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” Admit it, you can’t wait.

CORE PARTY(MARCH 29-30, DOWNTOWN ASPEN)The Skico’s annual early spring street throw-down gets a little wilder this year. Or at least longer — this year’s CORE Party runs two nights. March Fourth Marching Band, the costumed, stilt-walking troupe from Oregon, should thrive in the outdoor setting on March 29; the next night, it’s Grouplove, an indie rock quintet from New York.

PEDRITO MARTINEZ(MARCH 29-30, JAS CAFÉ DOWNSTAIRS@THE NELLA New Yorker piece on Havana-born, New York-based percussionist and singer Pedrito Martinez last spring got me thinking, “Man, this is a guy I’ve got to see.” (”If anyone can move Afro-Cuban music into greater visibility, it’s Martinez,” the article stated.) I put Martinez’s weekly gig at a Cuban restaurant in Manhattan on my wish list, but now I don’t have to travel east to see him (though I still reserve the right to do so). Martinez’s four-piece group closes Jazz Aspen’s winter jazz series with two fi ery nights in the cozy spot known as the JAS Café.Setting the stage for Martinez, the JAS Café series is loaded with Latin talent, including the Brazilian duo of singer Rose Max and guitarist Ramatis (Jan. 11-12); Brazilian singer-pianist Eliane Elias (Feb. 8-9); and Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander (Feb. 28-March).

CHERYL STRAYED(APRIL 12, PAEPCKE AUDITORIUM)A respected but hardly widely known writer, Cheryl Strayed vaulted into household-name territory with “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacifi c Crest Trail.” Published last March, “Wild” is a memoir of the author’s 1,100-mile hike, which prompted big-picture refl ections on the death of her mother, when Strayed was 22, heroin use, family dissolution and more. The book topped The New York Times bestseller list in July; a fi lm version, starring Reese Witherspoon and with a screenplay by Nick Hornby, is in the works. Strayed gives a reading in the Aspen Writers’ Foundation’s Winter Words series on April 12.Other new voices in the series: Serbian-born Téa Obreht (Feb. 7), whose 2011 novel “The Tiger’s Wife,” written when she was 25, earned the Orange Prize for Fiction; and Karen Russell, whose novel “Swamplandia!” was a fi nalist this year for a Pulitzer, with Elissa Schappell (March 4).

Father John Misty makes his Aspen debut Jan. 4 at Belly Up.

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The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet company’s local performances, in February and March, includes Alejandro Cerrudo’s “Last.”

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POPULAR MUSICOne of the highlights of the Belly Up schedule is an opening act that might almost be considered a local: You, Me & Apollo (Dec. 26, opening for Third Eye Blind), the Ft. Collins band led by singer-guitarist Brent Cowles. In a side-stage gig at last summer’s Labor Day Festival, Cowles captivated the audience with his versatile, singer-songwriter fare. Also at Belly Up: jam band moe. (Dec. 2); the Hip-Hop Gods tour (Dec. 10), led by genuine rap deities, Public Enemy (Dec. 10); bluegrassy rock band Trampled by Turtles (Jan. 12); hip-hoppers Blackalicious (Jan. 19).Punch Brothers, the reigning kings of visionary string-band music, are among the knockout acts coming to the Wheeler, playing Dec. 8. The big draw when Joe Lovano plays the Wheeler (Feb. 1) might not be the mighty saxophonist himself, but his bassist: Esperanza Spalding, the rare jazz player who gets mainstream recognition. Also at the Wheeler: a New Year’s Eve show with soul singer Marc Broussard, who lit up last year’s 7908 Songwriters Festival; Shawn Colvin (Feb. 15), troubadour Jerry Jeff Walker (Feb. 16), and the 7908 Festival (late March, with exact dates and acts to be announced).The Aspen Skiing Company kicks off its season of free Hi-Fi concerts with rockabilly trio the Rev. Horton Heat on Nov. 24 at the Gondola Plaza.Down in Carbondale, PAC3’s lineup kicks off with a pair of blues guitar veterans: Tommy Castro & the Painkllers (Dec. 1) and Coco Montoya (Dec. 15). Also on the PAC3 schedule are a double-team of Colorado funk band, the Motet and Euforquestra (Dec. 29); and peace-loving California hip-hop collective, Luminaries (Feb. 16).

THEATERJayne Gottlieb Productions’ show (Dec. 14-16 and 21-23, Wheeler) is inspired by the long-running Radio City Music Hall’s Rockettes holiday show; the original story is about a girl in Aspen for the holidays, searching for the perfect gift. The young actors from Gottlieb’s troupe will be joined by a pair of professionals, Nina Gabianelli and Peggy Wilke.There’s more young talent as the Theatre Aspen School presents “The Drowsy Chaperone” (Jan. 10-13, Aspen District Theatre), a musical comedy about musical theater.At Carbondale’s Thunder River Theatre Company, there’s holiday fare — “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” (Dec. 6-9 and 13-16) — as well as more serious stuff: Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” (performances Feb. 21 through March 9).

VISUAL ARTSThe Aspen Art Museum’s winter exhibitions include a show by Los Angeles fi lmmaker-turned-painter Morgan Fisher, and Block, Pillar, Slab, Beam, featuring four Latin American artists exploring the creative possibility of building materials (both opening Dec. 13).The Art Museum collaborates with the Aspen Skiing Company to present Dave Muller’s Aspen-inspired, music-oriented wall drawing in the Skico’s new Elk Camp restaurant on Snowmass Mountain. Muller will be in town over President’s Weekend (Feb. 16-18) to present his Three Day Weekend, featuring visual art and DJ events.Anderson Ranch’s holiday open house (Dec. 18) gets a unique element: a site-specifi c drawing by Laura Scandrett.

WHEELER FILM SERIESTopping the Wheeler Film Series is “Searching for Sugar Man” (Nov. 21-23), a heart-warming documentary about the vanished singer-songwriter Rodriguez. Also on the schedule: “Liberal Arts” (Nov. 16-17), about a college-campus romance; “I Wish” (Nov. 19-20), a Japanese fi lm about kids and their hopes; the edgy Norwegian crime thriller “Head Hunters” (Nov. 26-27); and “Safety Not Guaranteed,” an offbeat, low-budget romance (Dec. 1-6).

ALSO ...Small Wonders, the Aspen Chapel Gallery’s holiday-oriented art exhibition, opens Nov. 28. The Aspen Choral Society’s performances of Handel’s “Messiah” (Dec. 11-12, First United Methodist Church, Glenwood Springs; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Aspen) are conducted, for the 35th year running, by Ray Adams. Soupsköl (Jan. 11, downtown Aspen), an orgy of free bisques, chowders and broths, is among the headline events for Wintersköl. The Met: Live in HD (various dates between Jan. 31 and March 28) brings hi-def video of opera — including Verdi’s “Otello” and Wagner’s “Parsifal” — to the Wheeler. Exhibitions at the Red Brick Center for the Arts include a Western-themed show in February. The Aspen Laff Festival returns to the Wheeler Feb. 21-23.

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REUNIONTerry and Melody Kappeli.

The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWNAROUNDASPEN The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWNAROUNDASPEN

MORE ASPEN HIGH REUNION

ONCE AGAIN THERE were so

many photos from an event that I am

running a second week of pictures

... this time about the

recent Aspen High

School Reunion for the

Classes of 1972, 1973

and 1974.

Aspen photographer

David O. Marlow’s

work is featured on

the cover of Mountain

Living magazine’s

November-December

issue with the home of

the year, an Aspen home designed by

Aspen architect Charles Cunniff e

with interiors done by Andrew Sheinman and Francis Nicdao, of

New York City. Th e 12-page article

features living spaces with fl oor-to-

ceiling windows capturing views of

Aspen Mountain and the Roaring

Fork Valley. David also just returned

from shooting a Mediterranean-

style home in Laguna Beach, Calif.,

belonging to part-time Aspenites

Norm and Melinda Payson with

interiors by Kris Church.David is now off to Geneva to

photograph a mountain lodge for the

Eleven Group, which owns the Scarp

Ridge Lodge in Crested Butte. Th en it

is off for more shoots in Boca Raton,

Fla.; London; the French Alps; and

Los Angeles.

Undercurrent ... Th is is what

Elizabeth Paepcke had to say about

the greed engulfi ng Aspen in an

interview I did with her in 1987: “My

husband, Walter Paepcke, created

the Aspen Music Festival, the Aspen

Institute for Humanistic Studies and

the Design Conference, … all of which

were done for the good of the people

as well as for ourselves. My concern

now is the fact that people have come

to Aspen to make money. Having

achieved that goal, they often leave.

My heart is broken.”

MARY ESHBAUGH

HAYES

REUNIONEnjoying the Aspen High School Reunion are, from left, Sophie Higbie and her father, Don Higbie, Joannie Livingston and Mark Moebius.

P H O T O S B Y M A R Y E S H B A U G H H A Y E S

by MARY ESHBAUGH HAYES

REUNIONCici Fox, left, with longtime coach Ruth Harrison.

REUNIONFrom left are Gus Fitzgerald, son of Pauli Hayes, Carl Brehmer and teacher Eric Wolter.

REUNIONDanielle Tache, left, with Linda McTarnaghan.


REUNIONVicki Grenko and her husband, Chris Peterson.

REUNIONFrom left are Squally, Pattie and Tommy Clapper.

REUNIONTalking over old times are, from left, David Herberg, Louise Edwards and Mark Mayer.

REUNIONFrom left are teacher Eric Wolter, Lauri Hayes and Kathy DeFries.

REUNIONJimmy Smith, left, with Curtis Vagneur.

REUNIONPattie and Tommy Clapper.

REUNIONBarbara Knirlberger and her daughter, Lexi.

P H O T O S B Y M A R Y E S H B A U G H H A Y E S

REUNIONSue Denton, left, with Heidi Wirth.

REUNIONFrom left are Terry and Eric Brucker and Margie Throm.


LIVE ENTERTAINMENTTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15“Crazy For You” 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Aspen Community Theatre presents the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life is to dance. Despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be-ex-fi ancé, Bobby achieves his dream in a high-energy comedy that includes mistaken identity, plot twists, dance numbers and classic Gershwin music. Call 970-920-5770.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16Ben Sollee with Luke Reynolds 9 p.m. - 11:55 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St. Known for his thrilling cello playing, which incorporates new techniques to create a unique mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz and r&b, Sollee also possesses smoky vocal stylings and a knack for intricate arrangements. His fourth release, “Half-Made Man,” is a revealing, deeply moving album that explores a man trying to fi gure himself out. Call 970-544-9800.

Josh and Ananda 8:30 p.m. - 10:35 p.m., Carbondale Beer Works, 647 Main St., Carbondale. Local duo takes the stage. No cover charge. Call 970-704-1216.

“Crazy For You” 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Aspen Community Theatre presents the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life is to dance. Call 970-920-5770.

Film: “Choose Your Adventure” 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St. Powderwhore Productions, a backcountry ski fi lm company based in Utah, presents its eighth annual ski movie. Despite the underwhelming winter of 2011-12, in which snowfall reached near record lows

and unstable avalanche conditions, the Powderwhores were able to make the most of the conditions at home and abroad with trips to Cerro Castillo, Chile; La Grave, France; the Antarctic Peninsula; Svalbard, Norway; Mount Foraker, Alaska; British Columbia, Canada, and the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. Call 970-544-9800.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17“Crazy For You” 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Aspen Community Theatre presents the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life is to dance. Call 970-920-5770.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18Open Mic Night 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Carbondale Beer Works, 647 Main St., Carbondale. Bring your tap shoes, penny whistle, nose fl ute, poetry or guitar. No embarrassment allowed; all comers welcome. Call 970-704-1216.

Papadosio with Octopus Nebula 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Papadosio releases its new album T.E.T.I.O.S. (To End the Illusion of Separation) for their fall tour. It’s a double disc compilation of recent tracks that they’ve been performing live as well as many unheard new songs and productions. Call 970-544-9800.

“Crazy For You” 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Aspen District Theatre. Aspen Community Theatre presents the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life is to dance. Call 970-920-5770.

THE ARTSTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15Arts 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 16Signup: 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.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17Playing with Form and Surface 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Carbondale Clay Center, 135 Main St. In this one-day demo workshop ($85), Chandra DeBuse discusses her strategies for creating playful pottery forms with illustrated surfaces. She will share her methods for constructing forms by throwing, altering and hand-building with soft clay slabs. Learn how Chandra builds her voluminous platters, servers, spoons and trays by using craft foam and plywood. This is a demonstration workshop, not a hands-on session. For more information or to register, call the center or email [email protected]. Call 970-963-2529.

YOGA & EXERCISETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15Beer Runners and Trivia Night 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., Carbondale Beer Works, 647 Main St., Carbondale. Weekly independence beer run ends appropriately at Beer Works. All runners of the valley are welcome; new running gear will be on display. As an additional bonus, it’s also Trivia Night. Test your wits and knowledge against CBW’s hosts. Call 970-704-1216.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m., Coredination, 520 S. Third St., Suite 7, Carbondale. Class for all levels, taught by certifi ed instructor Anthony Jerkunica. Call 970-379-8108.

Adult Drop-In Basketball 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Aspen High School Skier Dome. Play pick-up basketball for $5 per person. Get in a workout and prepare for the adult basketball league that runs January through March. Call 970-948-2192.

THE COMMUNITYTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15Go to the Library and Get Out of Town: A Travel Series 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Pitkin County Library, Aspen. Featuring “Hut to Hut Hiking on Iceland’s Laugavegur Route: A Family Adventure.” The Weiss family fi nds kid-friendly adventure exploring Iceland’s rugged volcanic peaks, glaciers, elfi n birch forests, raging rivers, and obsidian fi elds. Call 970-429-1900.

Train Dreams Book Club 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Pitkin County Library, Aspen. This month, the group discusses “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel. Everyone is welcome. Call 970-429-1900.

NOVEMBER 15-21, 2012CURRENTEVENTS

D A V I D K O K A S / T H E W E I N S T E I N C O M P A N Y

edited by RYAN SLABAUGH

WATCH John Goss, center, stars in Aspen Community Theatre’s production of the Gershwin musical “Crazy For You,” playing Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 15-18, at the Aspen District Theatre.

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1 One to take a complaint to: Abbr.

4 It can get the blood fl owing

9 Like calves at a rodeo

16 Crush, e.g.19 Some soft words20 Lost deliberately21 Wave receiver22 Card game with

stakes23 Subject of three

Oliver Stone fi lms, informally

24 Fixed-term agreement

25 Marseille mothers who are not goddesses?

27 Half-court game?29 Sailing31 Barber’s challenge32 Hawaiian coffees33 Back-to-school

purchase35 Sense37 Hot ___38 “Easy”40 Working on one’s

biceps and triceps in Toulon?

43 On the up and up44 Soldier under

Braxton Bragg, for short

45 Female suffi x46 Org. with badges48 Country whose

name means “he that strives with God”

50 [That’s awful!]52 Quality that

produces taste57 Stinging insect59 Cowardly end in

Cannes?62 Innocent one63 Issue (from)

64 Tiara component65 It may contain

traces of lead66 Tony winner

Schreiber67 Less refi ned69 Like an infant’s

fi ngers, typically71 Matisse

masterpiece73 Actress Bosworth74 Pathetic group76 The limbo, once78 Turkey’s third-

largest city79 John Maynard

Keynes’s alma mater

80 Bordeaux bear cub?

82 Indians’ shoes83 “Phooey!”85 Fiji competitor86 Cosa ___88 Nevada county89 Spy, at times91 With 98-Down,

“Mad Money” host92 First capital of

Alaska94 Online feline in

Lyon?100 Who said “I owe

the public nothing”103 Dead ringers?104 ___ Inn106 Home of Gannon

Univ.107 Short-tailed

weasel108 Crib side part110 First college frat to

charter a chapter in all 50 states

112 Environmental portmanteau

113 Nine to fi ve, generally, in Grenoble?

116 Certain work of subway art

118 Word with salad or

roll119 Mauna ___

Observatory120 Surround with

shrubbery121 Rocks for Jocks,

most likely122 Eleanor Roosevelt

___ Roosevelt123 Take a wrong turn124 “What’s it gonna

be?”125 What to wear126 Healy who created

the Three Stooges

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1 QB Donovan2 Net guard3 Prizefi ghter in a

Parisian novel?4 The Rams, on

sports tickers5 Expert at brewing

oolong in Orléans?6 Q.E.D. part7 Mysterious

Scottish fi gure, informally

8 Many an “iCarly” fan9 Hasty fl ight10 Weakness11 Layers of clouds12 On TV, say13 “Got a Hold ___”

(1984 top 10 hit)14 “Lux” composer

Brian15 Lost time?16 Two-dimensional17 “De-e-eluxe!”18 Entourages26 Indiana Jones

venue28 ___ fi xe30 Comic Dave34 Ramjets, e.g.36 Populous area37 Country music

channel39 Paper size: Abbr.

41 Some foam toys42 Area close to

home44 Put on the job again46 Large fern47 Toothed49 58-Down 29-Across50 “Star Trek” villains51 Not present at53 Flaming54 Overseeing of a

Bayonne bakery?55 Issue for Michelle

Obama56 R in a car58 Go-ahead60 Showed, as a seat61 Org. for big shots?64 Family nickname68 That, to Tomás70 Tucson school,

briefl y72 Eye surgeon’s

instrument75 Was concerned

(with)77 Cretin81 QB legend

nicknamed “the Golden Arm”

82 French-speaking country where illegal activity runs rampant?

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pinch: Abbr.90 Interview seg.91 What a

photocopier light may indicate

93 “American Idol” winner Allen

94 Relief for plantar fasciitis

95 Against96 Outside of walking

distance, say97 Actor Morales98 See 91-Across99 Millinery item100 Operating system

between Puma and Panther

101 Most distant point102 Rode hard105 Nickel-and-___108 E.P.A. issuances:

Abbr.109 Kind of brick111 The language

Gàidhlig114 Shoe width115 ___-Seal (leather

protector)117 ___ Palmas, Spain101 They may produce

suits103 Early hurdles

for 55-Down

members: Abbr.104 Annual May event105 2010 Nobelist

Mario Vargas ___109 “Bonanza” role111 Prefi x with bel112 Name dropper’s

notation?114 ___ card115 Slip on116 Musician Brian117 Springfi eld’s

Flanders119 Steamboat

Springs, Colo., for one

120 European streaker, once, in brief

ADD ONE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’S most admired and most

uncompromising stars to the list of

memoir writers: John Fogerty.

Th e former frontman for Creedence

Clearwater Revival has a deal with

Little, Brown and Co., the publisher

announced Monday. Th e book is

scheduled for 2014 and is untitled.

Fogerty, 67, is known for writing

and singing such classics as “Proud

Mary” and “Bad Moon Rising” and for

his clashes with band members and

record executives.

“I want to tell the story of how

I fought — hard — to maintain

my artistic integrity in the face of

opposing forces,” Fogerty said in a

statement issued through Little, Brown

and Co., which in 2010 published

Keith Richards’ million-selling “Life.”

Creedence Clearwater is widely

regarded as one of the great American

rock bands, defying the trend of long

jams in the late 1960s and early ‘70s

and turning out an amazing run of

tight, top 10 singles. But the righteous

edge to Fogerty’s vocals and lyrics

was matched by his determination

to have his own way, including with

his brother and fellow Creedence

performer, Tom Fogerty. By the mid-

’70s, the band had broken up and

Fogerty would spend years battling his

former music label, Fantasy Records.

His solo career has been sporadic,

but he has had hits with “Centerfi eld”

and “Th e Old Man Down the Road.”

Fogerty has an album scheduled for

next year and plans collaborations

with the Foo Fighters and Keith Urban

among others.

“Th e kid from El Cerrito (Calif.)

wanted to be the best musician in

the world — my promise to myself,”

Fogerty said in his statement. “I

accomplished that goal against all

odds, only to have it fall apart on

top of me. Th e songs and the music

stopped; you didn’t hear from John

Fogerty for years. All of this took its

toll on me. I couldn’t write a song, sing

a song. And it was so hard on me, all

of the lawsuits and betrayals. I was

personally fading away. My story will

share the ups and downs and how it

all aff ected me. Th e road back was a

bumpy one, and I knew that it would

take years to come out of it, but I did.

Happily, I did, with my dear wife, Julie,

by my side.

“I have come to a place where I can

look back and refl ect on those stories

and share what really happened. I am

the guy who lived it, and you will hear

me tell the story for the fi rst time.”

FOGERTY GETS A BOOK DEAL

FRANKLY SPEAKINGby BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY | edited by WILL SHORTZ

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