Join us January - March for these three speaker series centered on community, adventure, and natural sciences. All are invited to attend!

About Potbelly Perspectives
ACES’ Potbelly Perspectives speaker series features Aspen locals and visitors who share their exciting accounts of world travel and adventure through images and stories. Hot tea, cold beer, and light snacks will be provided. Thank you to Aspen Brewing Company & Capitol Creek Brewery for their support!

January 4 Adam & Felix Frisch - Colorado’s Third Congressional District

January 18 Isa Catto & Daniel Shaw - Conservation and Climate in the Peruvian Amazon

February 1 Jeff Colt - If You Want to Go Far, Go Together

February 15 Craig & Pamela Mackey - From the Black Forest to the Black Sea

March 1 Lou Dawson - Avalanche Dreams

2023 Potbelly Perspectives Lineup

About Naturalist Nights
Each winter, ACES partners with Wilderness Workshop and Roaring Fork Audubon to co-host the popular Naturalist Nights speaker series, bringing a great line-up of experts to explore topics of the natural world with our community. Presentations are on Wednesdays at 6pm at the Third Street Center in Carbondale, and Thursdays at 6pm at ACES at Hallam Lake, in Aspen. Dates listed below are for Hallam Lake.

January 11 & 12 Rebecca Weiss & Mark Fuller - Birds of Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley

January 25 & 26 Dr. Lisa McKenzie - Health Implications of Developing Oil and Gas in Residential Areas

February 8 & 9 Dr. Stewart Breck - The Science of Coexisting with Black Bears in Colorado

February 22 & 23 Dr. Jason LaBelle - Over Ten Thousand Years of Native American Occupation in the Colorado Mountains

March 8 & 9 Delia Malone - Ancient Wetlands: Their Essential Value and Threats in our Warming World

2023 Naturalist Nights Lineup

Wild Perspectives
Wild Perspectives, hosted at The Collective in Snowmass, features exciting accounts of world travel, adventure, and the natural world through stories and visual media. The lectures are on Tuesdays, 7-8pm.

January 31 Challenge Aspen Group - Perspectives from the Trail: The Miles that Counted Most

February 7 Aidan Goldie-Ahumada - Homecoming: Ski Mountaineering in the Chilean Andes

February 28 Ruthie Brown & Kim Levin - Corsets to Harnesses: A reflection of women's climbing history from our adventures in Corsica and beyond!

March 7 Sammy Podhurst - Penguins, Peaks & Off-Piste Skiing: Skiing the Antarctica Peninsula

2023 Wild Perspectives Lineup