ML - Aspen Peak

2015 - Issue 1 - Summer

Aspen Peak - Niche Media - Aspen living at its peak

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The Culinary Connector MICHELE LEY At Justice Snow's, proprietress Michele Kiley serves up breakfast, last call, and a full serving of vitality through live music, artist parlors, and open doors. When she won the lease for the former Bentley's space inside the Wheeler Opera House in 2011, the directive from the community and the Aspen City Council was to create a restaurant with affordable food. Three years later, she's helped to develop a Colorado-inspired menu, but has coincidentally cooked up a whole lot more. "This is about creating something that's inherently good for the community," she says. That translates to touches like booking quality music two to three times each week, from touring musicians to town favorites like the Crowlin' Ferlies. Pilot programs such as the Americana Music Series and Writ Large—modeled after the radio storytelling platform The Moth— have been workshopped in the parlor, and the quarterly salon events are now guaranteed sellouts. Kiley, 46, topped eight other applicants to lease the space from the city at a subsidized rate. Her initial proposal didn't even include the extended programming that has since become a town staple. "It quickly became clear that the imperative was about creating a vision of Aspen for the future," she says. As part of that, she'll continue to develop the arts calendar while shifting some of her energy toward sustainable food systems, with Justice Snow's kitchen functioning as a model—just one more ingredi- ent for cooking up community. —C.B. OPPOSITE PAGE: Jacket, Vince ($995). Pitkin County Dry Goods, 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681; pitkincountydrygoods.com. Silk blouse, Equipment ($218). Pitkin County Dry Goods, SEE ABOVE. Pants, Ella Moss ($174). Pitkin County Dry Goods, SEE ABOVE. One-of-a-kind 1950s vintage Zuni squash blossom Arizona turquoise necklace ($2,750) and one-of-a-kind 1930s vintage Zuni turquoise necklace ($1,595), Kemo Sabe. 434 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925- 7878; kemosabe.com THIS PAGE: Paris caftan blouse, Ramy Brook ($340). O2 Aspen, 605 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-3161; o2aspen.com. Pave diamond feather necklace ($1,200) and deep green jade and diamond necklace ($1,440), KCOR. 02 Aspen, SEE ABOVE. Grayce skirt, BCBG Max Azria ($178). Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 303-355-5504; bcbg.com. Hippik booties, Christian Louboutin ($1,295). Nordstrom, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, 720-746-2424; christianlouboutin.com

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