Vail Legacy Weekend
Celebrate the Legacy of Vail! Past years have had a 10th Mountain Parade, Black Hawk landing, the anniversary of Riva Ridge Ski down and more! Event details and full schedule coming soon!
Vail Symposium: Long Haulers
Long Haulers: The COVID-19 Aftereffects That Will Continue to Reverberate Globally Location | TBD Thomas Wright’s recent book “Aftershocks” (written with Colin Kahl) offers a riveting and comprehensive account of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. He draws on his research for this book in a program with … Continued
Vail Symposium: Reading the Invisible Library
Reading the Invisible Library: Virtual Unwrapping and the Scroll from En-Gedi Location | Edwards Interfaith Chapel Brent Seales explains the development of non-invasive methods, showing results from restoration projects on Homeric manuscripts, Herculaneum material, and Dead Sea scrolls. The presentation culminates in a new approach that may indeed be the pathway for rescuing still-readable text … Continued
Vail Symposium: Shared Crossing
Shared Crossing: A Gift of Peace, Meaning and Joy in Death Location | Zoom Webinar Long whispered about in the hospice and medical communities, shared crossing experiences are the focus of therapist Wiliam J. Peters’ research. For more than two decades Peters has gathered and categorized these stories to identify key patterns and features of … Continued
Vail Symposium: Tight or Loose
Tight or Loose: Cultural Variation and Crisis Response Location | Edwards Interfaith Chapel Tight cultures tend to have strong cultural norms and a pronounced lack of tolerance for deviant behavior. Conversely, loose cultures have weak cultural norms and more tolerance for deviant behavior. This program will not set out to prove one culture is better … Continued
Vail Symposium: Malthus Was Wrong
Malthus Was Wrong: Declining Global Population and its Consequences Location | Zoom Webinar For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth’s resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially, Darrell Bricker argues that the … Continued
Vail Symposium: Cold Comfort
Cold Comfort: Investigating a Mysterious Disappearance on Everest Location | Vail Interfaith Chapel Marco Siffredi mysteriously disappeared on Everest while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir, an unrelentingly steep, difficult-to-access route with a high failure rate. Jeremy Evans attempts to solve Everest’s greatest mystery in nearly a century while exploring Marco’s pursuit of a dream, … Continued
Vail Symposium: Sympathy for the Inner Caveman
Sympathy for the Inner Caveman: Navigating Modernity with an Ancient Brain Location | Zoom Webinar The modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. In this presentation, evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein cut through the politically fraught discourse surrounding issues like sex, gender, and more to outline a science-based … Continued
Vail Symposium: Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes
Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes: Values Matter and the Truth is Worth Telling Location | Vail Interfaith Chapel Scott Pelley, one of the most experienced and awarded correspondents in broadcast journalism, has been reporting stories for 60 Minutes since 2004. Pelley is a highly regarded and award-winning journalist, including a record 37 Emmys for field … Continued
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Concert
Experience this performance at The Amp, Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater , a spectacular, intimate outdoor venue in Vail. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is an American rock band formed in 2013 that mainly covers the music of the Grateful Dead. The band played their first show on January 26, 2013 at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to drummer Joe Russo, … Continued
Vail Symposium: Founders of Vail
Founders of Vail: Rod Slifer in conversation with Terry Minger Location | Vail Interfaith Chapel Rod Slifer, the first-ever realtor in Vail, has become a major force in Vail’s evolution from ski area to mega-resort. He served as a member of the Vail Town Council for 16 years and the mayor of Vail for 11 … Continued
Vail Symposium: Bad Blood: Will the U.S. and Iran ever get along?
Location | Webinar Middle East experts Mona Yacoubian of the United States Institute for Peace and Dr. Eric Bordenkircher of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development will address the situation in Lebanon, what is happening, and why. The Vail Symposium is a grassroots, non-profit organization which provides educational programs for the Vail Valley community. … Continued