Increased Immigration crackdowns are having an impact on Spanish-language live performances as performer visas are being revoked. This is having a significant economic impact on local communities.

On Monday, Carbondale’s Mountain Action Indivisible team organized a rally as part of a national movement called “Workers Over Billionaires.” The movement comes as unions push back against immigration raids, Medicaid cuts and the weakening of the National Labor Relations Board.

If sold at the asking price, the home on Stillwater Road will be the most expensive single-family home ever sold in America. The property comes with a pre-approved permit for the construction of another 20,000 square foot home.

Organizers cancelled the festival’s free community day Sunday after hearing concerns from community members. Other panels, screenings and celebrations will continue.

Following an increase in outdoor recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers ramped up their services. Funding and personnel cuts to federal agencies have exacerbated that pressure. Executive Director Becca Schild spoke with Arts & Culture Reporter Regan Mertz about what staff and volunteers are doing to ensure the backcountry is safe.

Summertime in Aspen has long been a cultural destination with Aspen Institute events like Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Security Forum and the Aspen Music Festival and School. A new event is joining the lineup and trying to set itself apart.

Inflation and the end of COVID-19 federal support triggered an increase in the number of people the Food Bank of the Rockies served in 2023. Sue Ellen Rodwick, director of Food Bank of the Rockies’ Western Slope Distribution Center, spoke with Arts & Culture Reporter Regan Mertz to discuss services on the Western Slope, which has more food insecurity than the rest of the state.

After more than two decades as an artist, Titus Kaphar has seen art history professors and institutions neglect Black art and culture. He visited Anderson Ranch in Snowmass Village last month to speak as this year’s Ranch Week Honoree.

The center was founded four years ago and works to maintain Aspen’s artistic history, dedicated to the legacy of Herbert Bayer. Reporter Regan Mertz spoke with Executive Director Lissa Ballinger to talk about what the center brings to the Roaring Fork Valley’s cultural scene.

The Roaring Fork Valley cultural staple will shut down at the end of this year, as Francisco Nevarez-Burgueño, Folklórico’s director, retires after more than two decades with the organization.