/ The Aspen Ideas Festival will continue to be virtual this summer. Organizers said they ll return to an in-person event next summer, with a virtual option available for online audiences.
As more people get vaccinated and temperatures warm up across the country, people have nostalgia for the before times before the pandemic, that is. Recent data suggest that nearly two-thirds of Americans are intending to travel for vacations, and some are planning overdue family gatherings. Others still are getting back into specific summer habits, and looking forward to the many summer-long festivals the region has to offer.
Earlier this spring, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater announced a return to in-person concerts with limited attendance, and in the Roaring Fork Valley, some beloved events will once again be in-person. Others will wait out another summer online while public health orders remain in flux, and some will offer a little bit of both. Some organizers say that latter hybrid mo
5Point Film partners with CORE the sustainable energy non-profit to present film screening about climate change.
CORE is a non-profit fighting climate change in the Roaring Fork Valley since 1994 by saving energy and reducing carbon emissions, and encouraging residents to do the same. For their Imagine Climate 2021 program, they teamed up with multiple arts organizations in an effort to get individuals to conceptualize climate change in a new way. 5Point Film Festival is one of their partners and Charlie Turnbull, Head of Programming at 5Point, curated a list of five short films for people to stream for a DIY at-home film fest experience. The films take on climate change from a fresh approach, Executive Director Regna Jones said, and were chosen to help spur conversations around climate change.