CITY Issue 55 - (Page 64) Colorado Shakespeare Festival (in Boulder) June – ugust .colo adosha es.o Measu e fo measu e, all’s well that ends well at this collection of Shakespea ean plays staged inside the Unive sity of Colo ado’s Unive sity Theat e and unde the sta s, at the Ma y Rippon Outdoo Theat e. F amed by the da k shadows of the jagged Flati ons, the , -seat amphitheate is a fitting setting fo wo ks like Macbeth. B ing you blanket and dagge . lso on tap: Hen VIII and Love’s Labou ’s Lost, plus two non-Ba d pieces: The Th ee Mus etee s and Wood Guth ie’s me ican Son . Bravo! Vail Valley usic Festival June – ugust .vailmusicfestival.o Beginning in June, sophisticated denizens descend en masse to bend thei ea to the symphonic sounds of the wo ld’s most enowned o chest as, soloists, conce t pianists, and chambe musicians in an un ivaled outdoo setting in Vail. This summe ’s soi ee t umpets o chest as f om Philadelphia, New Mexico, Ohio, and New o k alongside jazz g eat By on St ipling and vi tuoso pianist efi m B onfman. Cherry Creek rts Festival (in Denver) July – .che a ts.o Denve ’s a t scene sizzles this summe with mo e than wo ld-spanning, topnotch a tisans and c a smen hawking thei paintings, statues, sculptu e, jewel y, and wood and metal compositions in the hea t of tony Che y C eek, a hotbed of galle ies in its own ight. The th ee-day a t ma t also featu es live ente tainment and a smo gasbo d of foodstuffs f om neighbo hood estau ants. CITY 64 TY THE FOOD AND WINE CLASSIC BRINGS GOURMANDS AND TOP CHEFS TO ASPEN EACH JUNE. Crested Butte Wildflower Festival July – .c estedbutte ildflo e festival.com If you haven’t hea d about the C ested Butte Wildflowe Festival, you’ e clea ly bu ied beneath the soil. Pop up fo ai and inhale the b ight-hued, pe fumed botanicals that blanket the sweeping meadows of this mountain village imme sed in Mothe Natu e. Guided hillside hikes, photog aphy wo kshops, cooking classes focusing on f esh he bs, and ga dening semina s a e all pa t of the festivities. Beaver Creek Wine & Spirits Festival ugust – beave c ee .sno .com/info/summe /evt. inespi its.asp Pai ing wine and spi its gu us and San F ancisco celeb ity chefs like Hube t Kelle , Richa d Sandoval, and Joseph Manza a with Beave C eek’s own top toques, this summe omp of gast onomic excess combines bubblies, booze, and b unch with tasting tou s, fishing expeditions, hiking, and comedy outines in the hea t of beautiful Beave C eek. Telluride Film Festival ugust –Septembe .tellu idefilmfestival.com ou’ll have to wait fo the unveiling of the fi lm lineup until you’ e tucked into town, but that’s pa t of the allu e at the Tellu ide Film Festival, a t ibute to cont ove sial, p ovocative, and expe imental fl icks that demand spi ited conve sations and debates. These a e intelligent, thinking movies, the kind that inspi e change — not that we’ e making any endo sements. http://www.coloradoshakes.org http://www.crestedbuttewildflowerfestival.com http://www.vailmusicfestival.org http://beavercreek.snow.com/info/summer/evt.winespirits.asp http://www.telluridefilmfestival.com http://www.cherryarts.org
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