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Trail’s End Treats Holiday Party

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Trail’s End Treats is celebrating the holiday season with a silent disco, and meet and greet with Santa Claus.  Head over to the Golden Peak Base area from 11am – 2pm to enjoy the holidays on snow a couple of days early. Free for all to silent disco and meet Santa!

Vail Symposium | Life in the Wrong Lane

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When disasters and conflicts strike and people flee, journalists run against the flow of traffic, straight into places where everyone else wants out.  What compels them to go in, and how do they calculate the risks when they’re there? Join veteran journalist and former foreign correspondent Greg Dobbs for his behind-the-line stories that range from … Continued

Vail Symposium | Conversations on Controversial Issues

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In October 2020 in The Atlantic, David Brooks wrote “Social trust is a measure of the moral quality of a society—of whether the people and institutions in it are trustworthy, whether they keep their promises and work for the common good. When people in a church lose faith or trust in God, the church collapses. … Continued

Vail Symposium | Why DO Dinosaurs Matter?

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Is there really something we can learn about our future from long-extinct dinosaurs? What can paleontology teach us about our planet, climate, and the animals that roam the earth today? What, for example, connects a penguin to T. Rex?  Why did T. Rex have tiny arms?  Join paleontologist and geologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, discoverer of … Continued

Vail Symposium | The Equity of Daylight

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How do engineering, design, and access to windows intersect to improve our well-being?  Should someone’s position in a company influence their access to daylight? Often it does. What is the relationship between light and productivity and mental health?  What are the impacts of light pollution on ecology? Does light color matter? In this interactive event, … Continued

Vail Symposium | Prosperous Collaboration

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For Zeal Optics, increased profitability came through a collaboration that showcased an artist and benefitted a nonprofit organization. In an economy that rewards efficiency and self-interest, three Coloradoans show us how collaboration can be prosperous and provide a blueprint for others to do the same. For over 25 years, Zeal Optics in Boulder, CO has … Continued

Vail Symposium | The Invisible Primary for President

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With presidential primaries and caucuses just a few weeks off, Dr. Elaine Kamarck of the Brookings Institution, who focuses on the presidential nomination system and American politics, looks at the tea leaves and reveals some surprising history behind the electoral process, as well as the social media, press and fundraising measures that are tracked in … Continued

The Vail Dickens Carolers

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For more than 30 years now, the Vail Dickens Carolers have been an iconic part of the local holiday scene.  The Vail Public Library proudly welcomes them back for a night of caroling in the library’s Fireside Lounge. Dressed in Dickens’ fashions, they help spread “Holiday Cheer”.  

O.A.R. with Fitz and the Tantrums

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O.A.R. might just be music’s biggest, best kept secret. The platinum-certified Rockville, MD band has quietly sold out multiple shows at Madison Square Garden, filled Red Rocks Amphitheater a dozen times, earned platinum and gold plaques, lit up the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, and built one of the most committed fanbases in the … Continued