By Edward Stoner VAIL — The Vail America Days Parade once again brought a fantastic crowd to Vail Village and Lionshead Village this year. The parade began at Golden Peak and winded its way through the villages, ending in Lionshead. This year’s parade theme was “Vail Welcomes the World.” The Gallegos Corporation continued its support [&
By Randy Wyrick One of Vail’s strongest heartbeats, Jo Brown, a 45-year resident of the Vail Valley, died surrounded by her family on June 26 of lymphoma, which she battled for 10 years. Jo was born Feb. 7, 1929, in Hugoton, Kan., to Carl Edward Jones and Catherine (Kascak) Jones. She was born in the […]
By caramie schnell The night sky hardly has a corner on jaw-dropping visuals come Fourth of July. In a tradition on par with rockets and mortars, more than a dozen local and national artists leave their studios to take up residency at art galleries across the Vail Valley. The range of work is staggering — […]
By Chris Freud VAIL — So how fabulous are the Philadelphians of The Philadelphia Orchestra? When the orchestra went to China last summer on tour, and its flight from Beijing to Macao was delayed for three hours, members of the string section broke out in an impromptu performance of Dvorak. Hopefully, The Philadelphia Orchestra’s trip [&hell
By Randy Wyrick America’s Tenor will be on the same stage as a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, and Lt. Dan Taylor — and you can meet them all. The Freedom & Faith Concert is scheduled for July 17 at 4 Eagle Ranch. Tickets will be available through early next week. Amerson sings everywhere: churches, […]
By Chris Freud Violinist Joshua Bell broke onto the scene at the heady age of 14 with none other than The Philadelphia Orchestra, so it seems only appropriate that they reunite again Saturday night at Bravo! Vail. Bell, now 46 and one of the preeminent violinists of the era, and The Philadelphia Orchestra perform Bruch’s […]
By John LaConte 1. Attend Vail America Days — Celebrate Independence Day with the Vail America Days Parade, which takes floats from Golden Peak to Lionshead while thousands of spectators line the streets. The parade is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and run till noon or so. Live music will follow in Solaris beginning […]
By John LaConte On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different High Country adventure every weekday. Today’s activity: Dunk Tank diving at Avon’s annual Salute to the USA [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/99914312″
By Edward Stoner AVON — The cup that toasts a star-spangled salute to America runneth over this year, but the spillover was mainly contained to the parking lot across the street. The town of Avon attempted to do something a little different with their annual Salute to the USA party Thursday and skipped the live […]
