Topic: Arts & Entertainment

Christo and Jeanne-Claude talk to Plum’s cultural correspondent Dennis Scholl about the history of their art and their current work-in-progress entitled Over the River. The project, when finished, will span 5.9 miles down the Arkansas River and will involve magnificent fabric panels suspended over the river. See what these unique and talented artists have to say about this exciting new instillation.

Take a sneak peek of the documentary Crimes Against Nature. You can catch the Aspen Filmfest screening with director Angus Yates and NPR Correspondent Richard Harris Sept. 27, 2 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen. For more info and to purchase tickets please visit aspenfilm.org.

Take a sneak peek of the documentary Life. Support. Music. You can catch the Aspen Filmfest screening Sept. 24, 8:45 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen where Jason Crigler, the subject of the film, will make a special appearance or you can check it out Sept. 25, 8 p.m. at Crystal Theatre in Carbondale. For more info and to purchase tickets please visit aspenfilm.org.

Take a sneak peek of the film Flash of Genius. You can catch the Aspen Filmfest screening Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen. For more info and to purchase tickets please visit aspenfilm.org.

Take a sneak peek of the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell. You can catch the Aspen Filmfest screening Sept. 26 at noon in Aspen at Wheeler Opera House with the director of the documentary Gini Reticker. Can't make it to the noon show? Check it out at 8:15 p.m. in Carbondale at Crystal Theatre. For more info and to purchase tickets please visit aspenfilm.org.

Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Tift Merritt was in town for the 2008 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival. See what Merritt has to say about writing her latest CD, Another Country, while vacationing in Paris and what it’s like performing in Aspen.