![Kaya Williams will join the Aspen Public Radio news team as Edlis Neeson Arts & Culture reporter to cover the comprehensive landscape of our Valley’s arts and culture scene.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/abb0d65/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1065x1420+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F35%2F1d%2Fa5c9372b47ee927f041c175cb408%2Fimg-1199.jpg)
Kaya Williams
Edlis Neeson Arts & Culture ReporterKaya Williams is the Edlis Neeson Arts and Culture Reporter at Aspen Public Radio, covering the vibrant creative and cultural scene in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley.
Williams joins the team after a stint at The Aspen Times, where she reported on Snowmass Village, education, mental health, food, the ski industry, arts and culture and other general assignment stories. She fell in love with this valley for its community and can’t wait to tell more stories of this place through the voices of the people who make it so colorful.
Before moving to Aspen in October 2020, Kaya was a freelance researcher for the podcast team at America’s Test Kitchen, where she helped produce “Proof,” “The Walk-In” and “Mystery Recipe” while working from her mountain hometown of Tahoe City, California.
She studied journalism and history at Boston University, where she also worked for WBUR, WGBH, The Boston Globe and her beloved college newspaper, The Daily Free Press.
When she’s not working, you can find Kaya chatting up strangers on the gondola, pounding the trails on a long run or baking a loaf of her favorite banana bread.
-
The fair will explore themes like the environment and social consciousness with a host of panels and collaborations, in addition to a robust slate of exhibitors.
-
The festival kicks off tomorrow and runs through Sunday, with live music, free-spirited competitions and a robust vendor village in Sopris Park.
-
The Global Warming Mitigation Project’s leader Jacquelyn Francis wanted to see if she could get to a conference in Sun Valley without driving or flying. With a combination of e-biking and train riding, she endured scorching temperatures in a heat wave made more likely by climate change.
-
Lovendahl has created more than 200 ceramic pieces molded in the shape of an ear and painted in colors that reflect the demographics of the United States. Together, they form a five-foot-by-eight-foot mural at the Red Brick Center for the Arts.
-
On today's newscast: The city of Glenwood Springs is chipping in more money for an affordable housing project, the Trump assassination attempt comes up at the Aspen Security Forum, a human rights advocate says global leaders need to take accountability for their actions, and more.
-
The four-day gathering of security experts and world leaders concludes on Friday. This year’s schedule had several changes due to last weekend’s shooting at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
-
“Housing the Aspen Idea” is a collaboration between the Aspen Institute, Aspen Center for Physics and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Each nonprofit has their own plans for housing with different occupants in mind; they’re working on a land use application together to consider big-picture impacts and eliminate redundancies.
-
The Triple Crown World Series is a “stay to play” event, requiring most teams to book hotel accommodations in order to participate. The tournament officially kicks off with an opening ceremony on Tuesday in Snowmass Base Village.
-
The four-day program largely revolves around topics in defense, intelligence and conflict; public access is limited but a livestream is available.
-
The flames spread from a vehicle fire to the interstate median. Crews were able to respond quickly and douse the blaze.