Cultural Events Calendar

Join ACES at Sprazzo in Carbondale on October 28, 2026, from 3-5:30 pm for Creepy Crawly Night! Themed crafts, a Sounds of the Night Walk, and some peculiar critters await exploration. Let’s dispel the myths of traditionally scary creatures and light up the night with this new educational evening! Costumes encouraged!

Visiting Critic lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Damien Davis is a Newark-based artist and educator whose practice explores cultural representation and identity through a distinctive visual language that recontextualizes symbols from diverse cultures.

Learn the secrets of how to keep your Orchids alive, thriving, AND how to get them to rebloom! Lead by Didi Lawrence, a self-taught orchid grower with years of personal experience, follow along as she shares her tips and tricks on how to successfully grow Phalaenopsis orchids.

The 2nd half of this workshop provides an opportunity to repot your own orchid plants with Didi's guidance, putting to use several techniques you just learned.

Bring up to 5 of your own orchid plants to learn how to repot, $5-$10 per plant. Additional fees may apply.

By popular demand, we are offering a second fall migration field trip to the diverse habitats of Ranch at Roaring Fork! Join us for another round of exciting migratory species and fascinating fall behaviors. We will experience the latter progression of songbird movement through the area as birds continue to move south. Flocking and foraging behaviors will help us understand how birds find and make use of seasonal foods. And we will see differences in waterfowl plumage as ducks molt into their colorful breeding plumages. Possible species include yellow-rumped warblers, cedar waxwings, various birds of prey, ducks such as bufflehead and American wigeon, Lewis’s woodpeckers, and various finches. We are hoping for some fun surprises!

Meeting spot will be communicated with registered participants, but will be at or near Ranch at Roaring Fork in Carbondale.

This class requires advance registration to ensure appropriate planning for the field experience.

Birders of all experience levels are welcome!

Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller star in this adaptation of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, directed by Danny Boyle, the Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, and 127 Hours. Only at TACAW October 29.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature resolves to find his creator and strike a terrifying deal. This thrilling, deeply disturbing classic tale explores scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development, and the nature of good and evil.

Bring the whole family to Anderson Ranch to celebrate Halloween!

Dress in your Halloween costume and make a spooky craft, go trick-or-treating through our artist studios, and compete in the costume contest while you enjoy hot chocolate and Halloween treats. It’s hair-raising fun for the whole family!

The costume contest will take place at 4:15PM. Awards will be given out for “Most Creative” and “Best Homemade Costume.”

Free and open to the public. Don’t forget to BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket)!

Get your costumes ready! One of the Roaring Fork Valley’s favorite family Halloween traditions is returning this October, and everyone is invited.

Ascendigo Autism Services is excited to host our 7th Annual Trunk or Treat—a festive, family-friendly celebration designed to make Halloween fun, welcoming, and accessible for children and families of all abilities.

Each year, Trunk or Treat brings hundreds of children, families, volunteers, and community members together for an afternoon filled with trick-or-treating, activities, face painting, hair accessories, creativity, and plenty of Halloween spirit. It’s more than a Halloween event—it’s an opportunity for our community to come together, make connections, and celebrate what makes each of us unique.

Rooted in traditional representational painting, Kinsley’s style has evolved to amplify Nature’s sensual forms, some obvious, others obscure. One curator calls his work “voluptuous.”

In oil, he paints his smaller pieces plein air. Larger pieces begin as field sketches that establish composition, which he amplifies in the studio as sinuous natural shapes. These two-steps allow him to see on-site the convergence of subtle shapes that photos often miss, then interpret and refine the shapes more deliberatively in the studio.

On view: October 2 to October 30, 2026
Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Friday, October 2 from 5 PM- 7 PM

Halloween eve at @aspenartsclub comes with Art of the Cocktail, an evening to elevate your cocktail knowledge and cheers with friends, immersed in a 1920s speakeasy atmosphere.

Scotty, former bar director at Bosq, will take us through three classic cocktails, their history, and how to make them. This is more than a night out with friends. It’s an educational series that will leave you with real skills for your own home bar.

Each cocktail comes with a savory bite by Eddy’s.

$135 per person, gratuity included. Friday, October 30, 7:00 PM Aspen Arts Club, 315 E. Hyman Avenue, Aspen In the spirit of Halloween, dress to impress in 1920s speakeasy fashion.

We’re excited to host The Rocky Horror Picture Show on October 30!

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.