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HOTTEST TICKET CULTURE CALENDAR Celebrate the arts this summer. Summer Words Festival The Aspen Writers' Foundation's 37th Annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival. Held at Aspen Meadows Resort, home of The Aspen Institute. June 17–21. aspenwriters.org Aspen Music Festival Highlights of Aspen Music Festival and School's eight-week summer season include debuts by Joyce DiDonato, the new Emerson String Quartet, and Simone Dinnerstein in concert with Tift Merritt. June 27–August 18. aspenmusicfestival.com Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Festival continued from page 77 Although it's not known for certain, Hanson is convinced that Elizabeth and Walter Paepcke— hailed as the founders of modern day Aspen—visited Chautauqua, New York, where the movement originated, and that it served as a model when they envisioned the "Aspen idea." Following the theme of "Engage, Inspire, Entertain," our own Chautauqua will encompass four days of eclectic activities and interactive seminars for children and adults that "all relate to what makes this community" Aspen, says Hanson. There will be yoga in the mornings, meditation, coffee conversations, character performances, and brown-bag lunches with featured speakers, as well as the Young Chautauqua Camp, teaching kids about Aspen figures of the past. Nighttime will see a variety of films with local relevance, like Aspen Extreme and Downhill Racer. The week will culminate with a festive block party celebrating Aspen residents old and new. "We want to celebrate our community," says Hanson. "We want Chautauqua, as a concept, to bring people together to be exposed to culture. Aspen is so full of culture, and we want to 80 ABOVE: As part of "Journey Stories," a photo shows a girl and her family who migrated from Florida to New Jersey in 1940. BOTTOM RIGHT: Katie Dehler, Katherine Bolaños, and Emily Proctor of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. celebrate that in this small community." Following this year of celebration, the Aspen Historical Society will look to its future. Character presentations and community conversations will continue, as will an annual event in collaboration with local nonprofits to "encourage civic engagement, perhaps on a single topic that can be explored in depth," Hanson says. And finally, in November, the Wheeler/Stallard Museum will host a family-style dinner and party at the Hotel Jerome—an Aspen tradition for decades. As the history of Aspen continues to unfold, it is we who will be characters in her story one day. One wonders how Aspen history will view us in another 50 years. "Journeys Stories," June 4 through July 10, Aspen Fire Station, 420 E Hopkins Ave., 970925-5532; aspenhistorysociety.com AP Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's 2013 Summer Dance Festival, featuring the worldrenowned Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Momix, Complexions, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Batoto Yetu, held at Aspen District Theatre. July 6–August 24. aspensantafeballet.com Shakespeare in the Park Shakespeare in the Park, by the Hudson Reed Ensemble, presents Romeo & Juliet Thursday–Sunday at 5:30 PM (weekends only as of Aug. 25). Galena Street Plaza. August 15–31. hudsonreedensemble.org PHOTOGRAPHY BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/COURTESY OF ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY/SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (MIGRANTS); LOIS GREENFIELD/ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET (DANCERS) "Stories are the absolute foundation of civilization and provide a cultural base that allows a community to flourish."—GEORGIA HANSON ASPENPEAK-MAGAZINE.COM 076-080_AP_SP_HT_SUM_Fall_13.indd 80 5/6/13 11:03 AM