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Show I 1 cctrtKe-cKJzy cotow&o ! ! 1 . i ... ill ' f K ) I v - " J l -pi .;-.rv"v i! -. 'WCj .: j k .... . .v-- - - - . . l M 1 : ' j Aspen, once the boom j town of silver and gold ; i miners, is fast becoming one of the culture centers : of "culture - conscious" 1 Colorado. Set in a mag- ,1 nificent section of t h e V ; Rocky mountains, it of- ; fers tourists the natural facilities of mountain streams and lakes, skiing,' i I and other outdoor sports. ! Above summer visitors e n j o y a ride. Special i j guided pack - trips into ' : j the high country are a j; ; favorite summer activity. !j Fishing for the elusive !l, rainbow trout is another ! popularsport. Thestream ; (right) is the famous Roaring Fork river where gold was panned in the '80's. ! ! 1 - : I f: .l:-- iijiir i7'li. Wi'' '''''l-l- 'M'- i;l-- IM'IJ-- Mily. i' :: ' l I ::IV Wl ' li j ' . j " I ' I ( I" ; ' ' 1 ' .-: '"Z J N I " ' ! j j " " , I'' " a"., v,3 l L 111 'ii I rA'.r O But not to be outdone by other western towns, Aspen has scheduled an eleven-week program featuring fea-turing the theme "Great Books, Great Men, and Great Music" as an added add-ed attraction for tourists. During the weeks, June 26 to September 10, great books and great men will be discussed daily by outstanding authorities, au-thorities, interspersed with a scries of concerts by the Denver symphony orchestra. i! O A group of tourists i : i (above) loaf on the sun- i I ! deck when not hearing i lectures or concerts by ' I such artists as Lauritz ' - i Melchoir and Helen Traubel. The Saarinen ; i tent (right) was designed ! . i especially for Aspen mu- sical and cultural events, ! : ! by the Finnish architect, I i. Eero Saarinen. Inside, it is j j ; an acoustically perfect : ;, amphitheater. The tent I was first used for the suc- , j . !i i: cessful Goethe bicenten- ! i; nial celebration at Aspen last summer. . i ' ' 1 I" ' ' ' - " " M "' f !i ; " KJ V s 1 i : 1 : I ' " ' - a, 'l '- i t-' j ! ;; ! : i V ". i'l " ' $ II J I ' : : f ' ; i. ' ' . - flip, , -? -i , c ' - - - ' . . s r , , i " : . s4 j-..r.! . . !; J 1 jj The Four Season Club tennis court (above) is tr.e scene of a hot tennis game between tour- i j .: fj ists. Even in midsummer it's almost clways cool enough for tennis. Immediately behind tha r ,; i! clubliouse rises one of the foothills of the Rockies' valley of the Roarinq Fork. i 1 , 1 1 ' |