Jun 11th, 2008 · This week, From the Top comes from the Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, Colorado, where teenagers spending their summer at the Aspen Music Festival and School offer up inspired performances. Among the gifted young musicians are an oboist from China, a pianist from Ukraine, and a double bassist who plays both classical music and jazz. This show originally aired December 5, 2007
Sep 12th, 2007 · Wildlife officials in Aspen, Colo., have seen a spike in close encounters between local residents and black bears. Bears are breaking into homes, vandalizing property and ratcheting up anxiety levels throughout the community.
Aug 31st, 2007 · An actor in Shakespeare's Julius Caeser got a little too realistic on a stage in Aspen, Col. The character Brutus, played by Ken Hudson Reed, was using a real knife and cut himself in the leg. He nearly passed out before he excused himself from the stage.
May 27th, 2007 · Two very different mayoral candidates went head to head in an unusual debate format at the home of the late Hunter S. Thompson in Aspen, Colo. Politically correct behavior was checked at the door.
Oct 12th, 2006 · Climate change is causing worry in the ski industry. Ski resorts need powdery snow to profit and survive, and global warming threatens to keep the slopes bare. An Aspen resort is taking action, running a series of ads to raise awareness of global warming.
Sep 18th, 2006 · A symbol of the American West, the aspen tree, is dying quickly and mysteriously. Scientists are scrambling to get to the causes of the epidemic, which is threatening mountain communities that depend on the famed trees natural beauty to draw tourists. Aspen Public Radio's Kirk Siegler reports.
Jul 21st, 2006 · Violinist Gilles Apap and the Transylvanian Mountain Boys appear at the Aspen Music Festival, where they perform an assortment of Irish reels, Romanian folk tunes, Django Rhinehart swing, improvisations and more.
Jul 20th, 2006 · At this summer's Aspen Music Festival, pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel open with a short piece by Alexander Borodin. Then, violist Masao Kawasaki and violinist Lev Polyakin join Finckel and Han onstage for the closing movement of the Piano Quartet by William Walton.