Cultural Events Calendar

Join us for the first 2026 Winter Music recital with a trio known for its fearless imagination and expressive depth. AMFS alumni Stefan Jackiw violin, Jay Campbell cello, and Conrad Tao piano, present an inventive program connecting centuries of imagination. Hear Cage’s ethereal Six Melodies, Beethoven’s beloved “Ghost” Trio with John Zorn’s Ghosts nestled within it, and Schubert’s profound Trio in B-flat major. A winter evening of artistry, curiosity, and connection.

In this discussion, Dr. Brett Walker will review results from more than a decade of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s research on sagebrush-obligate birds in western Colorado. His projects reveal some new and unexpected patterns of habitat use and selection among Greater Sage-Grouse and Brewer’s Sparrows. These discoveries have also led to new recommendations for habitat treatments to offset Greater Sage-Grouse habitat loss from energy development, and expanded our understanding of how Greater Sage-Grouse populations fluctuate, and how individuals move in relation to leks during the breeding season.

Presentations are Wednesdays at 6 pm at the Third Street Center in Carbondale, CO, and Thursdays at 6pm at Hallam Lake, in Aspen, CO. Please register.

TACAW is pleased to announce the second night in a collaborative series with the American artistic treasure, William H. Macy. Bill is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and budding songwriter/ukulele player.

Hosted by William H Macy, Bill’s Room is an evening of songs, stories, and interesting conversations with special guests. Joining Bill is Bill’s house band, The Roommates. Special musical guests will be announced soon.

TACAW is pleased to announce the second night in a collaborative series with the American artistic treasure, William H. Macy. Bill is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and budding songwriter/ukulele player.

Hosted by William H Macy, Bill’s Room is an evening of songs, stories, and interesting conversations with special guests. Joining Bill is Bill’s house band, The Roommates. Special musical guests will be announced soon.

Our Après party series returns this winter season on select Saturdays from 5–9 PM! Join us on the rooftop for cocktails and music by GOLDEN and other special guests.

A hundred years ago, we did not know what atoms were really made of, or why they emitted light only of very specific colors. That puzzle led to the invention of quantum mechanics. The physicists of the 1920s were trying to understand nature, yet from that work came lasers, modern electronics, GPS, and a long list of everyday technologies.

A century later, we have learned to do quantum mechanics in the laboratory. We can cool, trap, and control individual atoms, and use them to build quantum atomic clocks so precise that they would not lose even a fraction of a second over the entire time since the Big Bang. These clocks are so sensitive that lifting one by millimeters measurably changes its tick rate due to changes in in Earth’s gravity.

Meanwhile, we face a new and deeper puzzle: we do not know what most of the universe is made of. Decades of observations point to dark matter and dark energy that dominate the cosmos, yet their nature remains unknown. I will describe how quantum clocks work can act as new observatories for this invisible universe, searching for subtle drifts in their ticking that could signal dark matter, and testing gravity on Earth and, in the future, in space.

Our Après party series returns this winter season on select Saturdays from 5–9 PM! Join us on the rooftop for cocktails and music by GOLDEN and other special guests.

January 1, 2026 | February 1, 2026 | March 1, 2026 | 5pm - 8pm

Loved by locals and enjoyed by all, the Full Moon Dinners at Cliffhouse invites lunar lovers to skin or hike up the Main route on Buttermilk for a monthly meal beneath an illuminated winter sky.

Head up the hill early and sample cocktails from On The Rocks and enjoy a cash bar when Cliffhouse opens at 5pm. From 5:30 until 8pm, á la carte dinner options—including the flavor-packed Mongolian Grill—will be served. No outside alcohol is allowed.

Learn more:
https://aspenchamber.org/events/full-moon-dinners-buttermilk-mountain

Birding in fall, winter, and early spring is great exercise for your identification and field craft skills. Join us on the first Tuesday of the month from November through April and discover the joy of birding! We will learn about non-breeding plumages, winter foraging strategies, and behaviors of migratory and resident birds. We often enjoy excellent views of birds in the absence of summer’s foliage and close encounters where birds flock around food sources. Designed for birders of all experience levels, we focus on birding tips, sharing our observations, and the fun of connecting with nature.

Our best theoretical models struggle to explain how the early Universe built so many giants so quickly, or why they stopped forming stars and retired so early. In this talk I’ll describe how my team is hunting down these cosmic overachievers and what their existence means for our understanding of how the Universe evolved.