Snowmass and Aspen News & Events update

Theatre Aspen presents three delighful ways to pass a summer evening.  This year’s lineup includes the off-Broadway hit “The Wondrous Marvelettes, the new hit comedy and world-premiere of  “Same Time, Next Year” and a treat for families and open minds of all ages, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.”

All shows unfold inside the tent, tucked just alongside wildflowers and the Roaring Fork River.  A visit to Theatre Aspen is an Aspen summer highlight!

For more information, tickets and show details, www.theatreaspen.org.

The 34th Annual Summer Words festival has arrived, June 22-June 26. The Aspen Writer’s Foundation presents authors, songwriters and poets from the American South, for this year’s literary theme. Lectures, classes and agent meetings, all part of one of the nation’s “Top Ten Literary Festivals”, set to inspire creativity in Aspen’s outdoor summer setting. For more info, www.aspenwriters.org.

The Aspen Institute presents humanitarian, world-renowned photographer and author Norm Gershman, with Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in WWII. Hear the story behind one of history’s most surprising tales, as Gershman talks about photographing Albanian Muslims who risked life and limb to harbor Jews in need. Open to all, at the Koch Building this Friday, June 18.

For more info, www.aspeninstitute.org.