Join Trailhead Children’s Museum for a very special bookmaking workshop for kids ages 6 – 8. Create an ever-expanding book! These unique literary creations unfold, open, and unfold some more to reveal your own stories, illustrations, and more! All young artists will take home their very own handmade ever-expanding book. Not included in festival pass.…
David Quammen has written 18 books, the latest being The Heartbeat of the Wild which is drawn from his 20 years writing about wild creatures and wild places on assignments for National Geographic Magazine. In this talk with Hampton Sides, Quammen will discuss his career and physical journeys, amid some of the most spectacular wild…
Join us for a discussion of Scott Graham’s latest thriller, Death Valley Duel (2024 Torrey House Press), and Zak Podmore’s Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River (Torrey House Press, Aug 2024). Pairing Zak’s investigative reporting on water in the West with Scott’s ecology-focused fiction series, don’t…
Join us for a riveting discussion and multi-media presentation with explorer, journalist, and author Kevin Fedarko on his brand new work, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon. The session will close with a discussion and audience Q&A with American Rivers Communications Director and Executive Producer,…
Join us in kicking off the festival with complimentary bites, a cash bar, and the release of the Summer 2024 issue of the beloved local publication, the Crested Butte Magazine. Location: Grace Atrium Price: Free
Each poem, those personal gestures of honesty, compassion, healing, and joy, are our attempts to enter a temporal and sacred space – where the universal and the personal meet at the confluence of our lives shared with those of our readers. It was W.H. Auden who said that there were only a handful of poems…
Yes, you can write a complete, short play…in two hours! Acclaimed playwright, actor, and Western Colorado University Theater Director, Steven Cole Hughes guides you in the basics of playwriting, dialogue, history, and writing exercises. Location: Center For The Arts Crested Butte: Hawk Studio Ticket: $40
Rebecca Boyle will read and sign her national bestselling book, Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are. “Boyle walks the reader through a history of both Earth and humanity, from the formation of our planet and the evolution of life to the development of civilization,…
Hampton Sides will be joining us for our annual Mountain Words Festival, so we’re reading his latest book to get ready to chat with him! From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii,…
Join us in welcoming five wonderful new Writers in Residence to Crested Butte! Okwudili Nebeolisa, Amanda Rizkalla, Phil Coleman, Charlie Sorrenson, and Anna Claire will be writing in Crested Butte for the month of May, culminating in live readings of their writing projects during the Mountain Words Festival. The Kinder Padon Gallery will be open…