Kirsten Dobroth
Edlis Neeson Arts & Culture ReporterKirsten was born and raised in Massachusetts, and has called Colorado home since 2008. She moved to Vail the day after graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2011. Before relocating to Basalt in 2020, she also spent a year living in one of Aspen’s sister cities, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kirsten comes to radio from print journalism. She has in-house experience as the former digital editor of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine, where she oversaw digital content and strategy, and contributed extensively to the magazine’s print publication. As a freelancer, she has been published in regional and national outlets, and has covered everything from the future of farming in Colorado to backcountry ski trips.
When Kirsten’s not reporting on the Roaring Fork Valley’s vibrant arts and culture scene, she’s typically snowboarding, hiking, camping or trail running with her husband and their dog, Yukon. She is also an avid traveler, lifelong soccer player and a passionate US women’s national soccer team super fan.
The Arts & Culture Desk is generously supported by the Edlis Neeson Foundation.
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Hundred-year-old apple, apricot and even plum trees are scattered — and often abandoned — across the valley. That’s proving fruitful for some local food producers. -
Question 2A asks Aspen voters to reconsider funds raised from the Wheeler Opera House’s real estate transfer tax.
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Local filmmaker, author and National Geographic photographer Pete McBride has spent the past two decades documenting some of the world’s most remote places. His new book, 'Seeing Silence: The Beauty of the World’s Most Quiet Places,' explores — through photos and essays — the changing auditory landscape across seven continents.
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The festival kicks off at the Wheeler Opera House and Isis Theatre in Aspen and Carbondale’s Crystal Theatre amid changing public health policies in Pitkin County due to the delta variant, with a focus on the organization’s local roots.
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In response to the climate crisis and commercial space operations, a group of Roaring Fork Valley artists opened the Aspen Space Station last month. The project is the site of futuristic space art installations and events aimed at climate advocacy.
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Theatre Aspen’s Solo Flights Festival offers a ground level look at the creative process through a series of one-person plays.
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Artist Forrest Kirk's new exhibition at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in downtown Aspen features seven paintings, and runs through Sept. 12.
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Feminist art activists the Guerrilla Girls have been fighting against sexism and racism in the art world since 1985, and this week, they'll be at Anderson Ranch Arts Center as part of Recognition Week.
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As part of our series “Young Artists: A Collage of Creative Voices” about how local kids have kept creating during the pandemic, arts and culture reporter Kirsten Dobroth spoke with two-time Aspen Words Youth Poetry Slam winner Ruthie Brown, and sent this audio postcard.
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Celebrated artist and poet Precious Okoyomon's sensory gardens have been exhibited in gallery spaces all over the world. Now, a new installation has taken root on the Aspen Art Museum's rooftop.
