Aspen Peak - Niche Media - Aspen living at its peak
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photography by matt power photography (hickenlooper, maximillian) Follow me on Twitter at @alexpubap and on Facebook at facebook.com/aspenpeak.magazine. alexandr a halper in from left: My husband Dan Sadowsky and I on our way to Aspen Film's "Hollywood's Big Night" Academy Awards party at the Caribou Club; with real estate mogul Lorrie Winnerman once we arrived at the "Hollywood's Big Night" party; I ran into Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper at the Biennial of the Americas event hosted by Mike Fries and Michelle Malone at Tania Dibbs's pop-up gallery in Aspen. With Galerie Maximillian owners Albert Sanford and his wife Dorothy Wildman at the opening reception of Maximillian's exhibit "Southern Exposure: 5 Brazilian Artists." As Aspen emerges from its white cocoon— its most successful winter in decades… well, business-wise, at least—we anticipate an equally notable summer heated by the accomplishments of Aspen Peak's Women of Inf luence (page 132). This glimpse at some tenacious Aspenites is a snapshot, not a who's who. But boy, are they here—women who move mountains to keep Aspen a dynamo of art, philanthropy, and sport. Not least is valley artist Linda Girvin, whose career—which is now taking f light—we profile for our inaugural "Art of the City" initiative (page 118), and whose work graces our cover. She will donate an original piece to benefit the Wyly Community Art Center at our "Art of the City" auction this summer. In addition to those featured in our pages, two exceptional women will partner with Aspen Peak this summer. Silbi Stainton will join us on July 1 at a fundraiser for the Marshall Direct Fund, which she founded in 2007. The Fund provides Pakistani women with primary education and vocational training. Valley resident and TV chef Susie Jimenez, who went from picking seasonal harvests with her immigrant family to teaching at the Cooking School of Aspen to securing celebrity chef status on the Food Network, will join Aspen Peak at Grey Lady on August 5 to benefit English in Action. It is my honor to call many of these women friends. The women in my family lived what would now be termed a feminist life. My grandmother studied medicine in Russian ghettos, became a doctor before emigrating, and for 50 years worked in obstet- rics at Cook County hospital in Chicago. My mother was a radiologist, gerontologist, sailor, skier, pianist, lover of architecture, and a regular Auntie Mame along the North Shore. And so my sisters and I were bequeathed a grand tradition. The Halperin girls' model was to realize your passion and elevate your community—teach, share, volunteer. Join Aspen Peak in support of all Women of Inf luence who build the families, support the nonprof- its, and propel the initiatives that weave our town together. Onward and upward, sisters! 24 aspenpeak-magazine.com letter from the Publisher