Entertainment of the Week: Latin Art and Pumpkin Jazz

Art

Finding Your Voice: Culture and Community in Latin Art, October 8th from 4pm to 5pm

This panel of Latino artists, educators and community leaders discusses how Latino culture, history and experience influences advocacy and fostering a love for the arts. The conversation explores how these relationships affect creative communities and voices.

Perspectives and discussions with artists and educators Rafael Fajardo, Richard Armendariz, and Lilian Lara on cultural stewardship and how to promote artistic excellence in Latino communities in Colorado and beyond.Hosted by Alex Sanchez, Founder, President and CEO of Voces Unidas de las Montañas, the first Latino-founded and Latino-led advocacy organization in the Central Mountains. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, free, but registration required (event will also be live). andersonranch.org

music

Anees and Michael Minelli, October 8 at 9pm

Anees is an indie singer and rapper from Washington, DC. His music includes refreshing melodies, sublime rhythms and fragile lyricism. His rare blend of pop and hip-hop with an R&B sound has often been compared to artists such as Mac Miller, Russ and Chance the Rapper. He infuses his songs with fine-grained intent, with carefully crafted lyrics that inspire introspection and a good vibe. He firmly believes that music is about helping others heal. Belly up, $25-125. Bellyupaspen.com

Pumpkin Jazz featuring Ted Piltecke Septet starting October 14th at 5pm

TACAW and Basalt Public Arts Council present Pumpkin Jazz 2022, a free night of jazz music in downtown Willits and Basalt.

The night begins at various locations in downtown Willits and Basalt from 5-7pm and continues with Ted Piltzecke Septet’s “Vibes on a Breath” at TACAW at 7.30pm.

Piltzecke worked for 14 summers at the Aspen Festival and School and was the head of the jazz program for 8 years. The Ted Piltzecke Septet features four horns, bass, drums and vibraphone. “Vibes on Breath” is a new album the clothing company is working on, featuring mostly jazz standards or tunes from the great collection of American songs that have been crafted to be accessible to any listener. The Septet focuses on live performances before taking the music into the studio for recording. free. tacaw.org

Movie

“All Breaths,” Oct. 13, 7pm

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) and Aspen Films team up to bring filmmaker Shaunak Sen’s award-winning film “Everything That Breathes”,” to the Isis Theater. Sen’s films won the World Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (2022), Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival (2022), and were selected for the New York Film Festival (2022). While the story focuses on India’s regional climate crisis, the film is an exploration of the connection between humans and other species, the impact of location on that connection and how climate change affects us all, no matter where the world is. where we live.

“I’m not interested in making traditional ‘nature-based’ shows or ‘wildlife’ documentaries,” Sen said. “My focus is neither limited to the lives of the human protagonists, nor the lives of the bird protagonists. The city itself – filled with many human-animal ensembles – appears as a character in the film.”

The film tells the story of two brothers – Nadim and Saud – who have dedicated their lives to protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey vital to New Delhi’s ecosystem, which falls from the sky at breakneck speed . Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the brothers care for the creatures day and night in their makeshift bird basement hospital, helping the birds return to the skies and providing a fascinating chronicle of interspecies coexistence. Tickets: $20; $15 for ACES and Aspen Cinema memberships. aspenfilm.org

For more events, visit aspentimes.com/entertainment/calendar.