{"id":2443663,"date":"2019-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=304342"},"modified":"2019-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T06:00:00","slug":"best-of-offseason-entertainment-10-reasons-to-stick-around-aspen-this-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/best-of-offseason-entertainment-10-reasons-to-stick-around-aspen-this-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of offseason entertainment: 10 reasons to stick around Aspen this May"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wewer Keohane’s “Good Catch.” She is among the inagural class of Aspen Art Museum fellows.<\/strong>
Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The spring of 2019 will be the quietest offseason in years, when it comes to cultural offerings and entertainment options.<\/p>\n

The Wheeler isn\u2019t doing its On the Rise series, which has filled recent fall and spring seasons with concerts by ascendant musicians just breaking onto the national landscape. The Temporary at Willits is shutting its doors for good, after becoming the go-to night club for the midvalley over the past two years and programming the shoulder seasons with comedians and musicians who drew Aspenites past the roundabout.<\/p>\n

But, hey, at least we\u2019ve got \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d at the Isis and Movieland, with a \u201cJohn Wick\u201d sequel and the live-action \u201cAladdin\u201d soon to follow as summer blockbuster season gets going.<\/p>\n

And thank goodness for Belly Up\u2019s unflagging bookings \u2014 which trend toward the free and the affordable in this quiet stretch \u2014 and the Aspen Art Museum\u2019s six (also free) exhibitions running through offseason.<\/p>\n

So here are 10 reasons to stick around through mud season:<\/p>\n

CLOZEE<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MAY 3<\/p>\n

9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Belly Up Aspen<\/p>\n

$28-$45<\/p>\n

The French DJ and rising global star is coming off of a Coachella set and making her Aspen debut.<\/p>\n

\u2018LINEAR\/\/PLANARR\u2019<\/p>\n

STARTING FRIDAY, MAY 3 R2 Gallery, Carbondale<\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

Carbondale Clay Center resident artists Savanna LaBauve and Stephanie Sequin have collaborated on a new body of work exploring the fine line between two- and three-dimensional art.<\/p>\n

BAUHAUS EVENING & BAUHAUS COSTUME WORKSHOP<\/p>\n

TUESDAY, MAY 7 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 8<\/p>\n

5 & 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Aspen Art Museum & Red Brick Center for the Arts<\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

The Aspen Art Museum will host a \u201cBauhaus Evening\u201d conversation between Aspen Institute curator Lissa Ballinger and Basalt-based artist Richard Carter, who served as Bauhaus master Herbert Bayer\u2019s assistant in Aspen in the early 1970s. The following night the Red Brick host a costume workshop for locals as they prepare for the much-anticipated Bauhaus Ball at the Wheeler Opera House in June. Also, the Aspen Historical Society exhibition \u201cbayer & bauhaus: how design shaped aspen\u201d is running through summer.<\/p>\n

BBC EARTH\u2019S \u2018DYNASTIES\u2019<\/p>\n

WEDNESDAYS THROUGH MAY 22<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Belly Up Aspen<\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

Picking up a recent offseason tradition of showing the best of new nature docs, Belly Up is screening all of Sir David Attenborough\u2019s latest on family life in the animal kingdom, with multi-generational portraits of families of penguins, lions, wolves, tigers and more.<\/p>\n

AAM ARTIST FELLOWS PRESENTATION<\/p>\n

THURSDAY, MAY 16<\/p>\n

5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Aspen Art Museum<\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

Locally based artists Wewer Keohane, Michael Lorsung, Shannon Richardson and Andrew Roberts-Gray discuss the projects they undertook as the inaugural class of the museum\u2019s new Artist Fellowship program.<\/p>\n

BOOMBOX<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MAY 17<\/p>\n

9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Belly Up Aspen<\/p>\n

$40-$50<\/p>\n

The beloved psych-rock and electronica duo have been regulars at Belly Up for a decade. This promises to be the live music event of the offseason.<\/p>\n

BAUHAUS 3D PRINTER WORKSHOP<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MAY 24<\/p>\n

Noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Pitkin County Library<\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

Make a Bauhaus-inspired artwork in the library\u2019s \u201cMaker Space\u201d with fabricator Shannon Foster.<\/p>\n

DEADPHISH ORCHESTRA<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MAY 24<\/p>\n

10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Belly Up Aspen<\/p>\n

$8<\/p>\n

The Colorado-based four-piece plays popular tribute versions of the Grateful Dead and Phish catalogs.<\/p>\n

TESKEY BROTHERS<\/p>\n

THURSDAY, MAY 30<\/p>\n

8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Belly Up Aspen<\/p>\n

$5 (free before 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Throwback soul from Sam and Josh Teskey\u2019s band, who are tuning up for a Bonnaroo set this summer.<\/p>\n

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