Why being single on V-Day is secretly awesome
Sophie Schlosser, Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Opinion
Cupid’s arrow just struck all 7.53 billion people on earth simultaneously – brace yourselves single people: Valentine's Day is upon us. If you’re currently consciously uncoupled, today might seem like the world is conspiring against you and your single status. Take a deep breath (or a “mindf...
Chainsmokers lit the stage on fire at X Games Aspen
Bella Hoffman, Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
The 2019 Aspen Winter X Games concerts included one of the most popular EDM (electronic dance music) artists of today, The Chainsmokers, who lit up the stage with their music, an assortment of beaming lights, and streams of smoke. Their new album called Sick Boy was prominently featured at this show...
“Margaret Kilgallen: that’s where the beauty is” exhibit at the Aspen Art Museum
Tessa Guthrie, Staff Writer
February 5, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, News, Showcase
The Margaret Kilgallen exhibit currently at the Aspen Art Museum reminds people to appreciate the under-appreciated. Kilgallen’s unique style catches one's eye with her use of vivid colors, fascinating muses, and wild imagery, imitating American folk art. She accomplished this by painting unrecognized...
Theater Aspen educates kids of all ages on more than just acting
Davy Brown, Staff Writer
January 25, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
Newsies, the Broadway Musical, sponsored by the Aspen Times, is an enthralling story about newsboys going on strike in 1899 to gain fair treatment. Theater Aspen put on a performance of the Musical that included students from all over the valley: Aspen to New Castle. It was Theater Aspen’s larges...
A Quest to Find Poetry in Music
Sam Kahn, Editor in Chief
January 15, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Opinion
In an age when music is dominated by pop princesses and fame-driven rappers, I often find myself diving deeply into my musical archives to rediscover songs that are refreshingly complicated, meaningful, and full of poetry. I was first introduced to poetry through the lyrical ingenuity of some of my...
Aspen High’s Fall Play Production
Alex Engelmann, Staff Writer
January 11, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, News, Showcase
The Fall Play Production has been a part of AHS tradition for years, and each year the show seems to be more magical than the last. Unfortunately, the play was postponed due to the failure to decide which production to put on. The performance was initially scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving and...
Aspen Students Rank top four in North America
Davy Brown, Staff Writer
December 24, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
If you want to stay up to date with some up and coming, big time video games, Playerunknown's Battleground Mobile is the place to start! The teens of AHS have recently become obsessed with a new mobile game called Playerunknown's Battleground (Pubg Mobile for short). It first appeared as an online gam...
Locals are going nuts over the Nutcracker ballet
Alex Engelmann, Staff Writer
December 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
An Aspen holiday classic, The Nutcracker ballet, is a tradition that locals look forward to every year. Originally written in 1816 by E.T.A Hoffman and adapted by Alexandre Dumas Père, the original production dates all the way back to the 1890s, although it didn’t become a Christmas classic ...
Bad Ideas have never seemed so good
Aja Schiller, Website Manager
December 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
Tessa Violet is a 28-year-old Indie-pop singer who has been hyping up her new song, “Bad Ideas”, for the past year and finally released the song on November 30. The release of the song was accompanied by a music video of Violet dancing in different settings, such as her couch or in a forest, weari...
Free Solo, a harrowing adventure
Stefani Wojcik, Staff Writer
December 13, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
Free Solo is a beautiful, inspiring, and nerve-racking experience that frames a spectacular film by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who is also known for another climbing movie Meru. The audience was intrigued with the mix of characters, emotion, and cinematography that is well-balanced. The m...
“Dior: From Paris to the World” Denver Art Museum Exhibit
Tessa Guthrie, Staff Writer
December 11, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, News, Showcase
“Dior: From Paris to the World” is scribbled across the top of the entrance to the exhibit as people crowd inside. The entrance is shaded with a French building facade, hiding all the fashion house’s secrets within. Tickets for the exhibit were sold out for six weeks prior. The exhibit consists...
Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” nails 2000 teen flick remake
Bella Hoffman, Staff Writer
December 11, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
Pop star sensation Ariana Grande just released her highly anticipated music video for her single “thank u, next”. The video pays homage to several different rom-com movies of the 2000s and the lyrics are about teenagers and their mistakes they make while being in love. Grande imitates many different ...
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