Mar
21
Challenge Aspen organized an apres ski event to celebrate and support its sister program "Desafio Bariloche". Three members of this organization, Paul Wray, Joaquin Garcia Jurjo and Mariana Neira, came to the Roaring Fork Valley to participate in the Adaptive Skiing Exchange, volunteering for Challenge Aspen for two weeks. Aspen...
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Mar
11
Please join us in celebrating the growing relationship between the artist community of both the Roaring Fork Valley and Bariloche, Argentina. Along with other past exchange artists, Deb Jones will share her September 2022 ten- day exchange experience in Bariloche. Come learn more about the Aspen Sister Cities artist exchange...
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Feb
16
Aspen and Bariloche complete another successful medical exchange. "To everyone who gave us their time and space, thank you! Everyone participated in one way or another to make us feel at home. To be able to learn and grow as a professional and as a person... thank you very much!...
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Feb
14
The U.S. is uncomfortably stimulating. The U.S. is loud and unruly. The U.S. is foreign. Nine 8th graders from Shimukappu, Japan traveled to Aspen for ten days at the beginning of January. Ideally, I would have been more aware of these three possible experiences of theirs before we left rural...
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Jan
27
On a brisk, sunny January afternoon at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, the clicks of cameras snapping away blended with the sounds of a nature preserve as about a dozen visitors from Shimukappu, Japan documented the flora and fauna of Hallam Lake. The group of nine teenagers and several...
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Jan
19
Aspen and Shimukappu, Japan have been sister cities for thirty years and for thirty years the student exchange has been creating bonds between families of both communities. It was the Aspen students' turn to receive and host a group of nine Shimukkapu students from January 4th to the 13th, after...
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Nov
28
Celebrating the relationships with our sister cities. Flags displayed on Main St, Aspen on Thanksgiving week honoring our sister cities. Grateful for the relationships built and experiences shared. Grateful for the support of our community. Aspen Sister Cities Aspen Abetone, Italy Bariloche, Argentina Chamonix, France Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Queenstown, New Zealand...
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Nov
24
Generosity in practice. The Buddhist priest moved methodically around the room, instructing us in rhythmically hitting our instruments. He divided us into groups of four: one person beating a taiko drum, the next clapping copper cymbals, the third in line striking bronze bowls, and the final person tapping wooden fish....
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Nov
05
Valeria Fiala, artist and educator from Bariloche, Argentina was invited by The Art Base to teach the "Home" program which takes place from October 1st to December 9th. "Home" is a program that the Art Base provides to Basalt High School. Newcomer students (predominantly from El Salvador) attend their first...
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Nov
04
Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol Andy Biehl shares his experience in Bariloche. I was honored to be the 8th Ski Patroller to participate in the Aspen Sister Cities exchange with the city of Bariloche and Cerro Catedral Ski Resort from July to September of 2022. The snow fell in copious amounts...
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