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Massive Music & Arts Weekend Date(s): 07/31/08 - 08/03/08 Details: Although Snowmass is synonymous with outdoor adventure and recreation, its best-kept secret is a lively and innovative arts scene. The Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series on July 31 kicks off a weekend dedicated to arts of all mediums. With two free outdoor concerts, a live outdoor theater performance, the decades-old Mountain Masterpieces Arts Fair, and the chance to preview Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s famed auction artwork, this weekend packs something for everyone. Thursday, July 31: The Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series presents a free concert on Fanny Hill with Bonerama. This untraditional New Orleans brass band evokes funk, classic rock and free improvisation. Bonerama has been hailed by Rolling Stone and Offbeat magazines and recognized as “Best Rock Band” at the Big Easy Awards 2007, while regularly setting the New Orleans club scene afire. 6 p.m., rain or shine, Fanny Hill. Saturday-Sunday, August 2-3: The Mountain Masterpieces Arts Fair gathers over 40 artists on the Snowmass Village Mall for a decades-old Snowmass tradition that showcases beautiful works of art. Items range from inexpensive to extravagant and from photographs and pottery to clothes, jewelry, and high-end works. While parents browse, kids can watch Chris Sidwell and Eric Roberts perform mind-boggling feats of magic along with artistic performances and kid’s craft activities with Jammin’ Jim. FREE to attend. Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. & Sunday 10:00 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday, August 2: Massive Music celebrates its fifth anniversary and presents a free concert by the Outlaws. Following in the footsteps of such great bands as The Allman Brothers and The Eagles, the Outlaws have developed their own high-powered, guitar-driven, country-rock sound with hints of blues and boogie since the early 1970s. With exhilarating self-penned music and stellar three-part harmony, the Outlaws have established themselves as premier players in the Southern Rock genre with popular songs such as “Hurry Sundown,” “Green Grass & High Tides,” and “There Goes Another Love Song.” From riveting hard rock to lilting country ballads, the Outlaws promise a night harkening back to stomping hell-raising hoedowns. 7 p.m., Fanny Hill, rain or shine. Sunday, August 3: Fame—The Musical. A Young People’s Production presented by Gottlieb Bartley Productions, Inc. Sixty kids, ages 5-11, from all over the Roaring Fork Valley perform their version of Fame the Musical, an inspirational story of a diverse group of talented young students studying at the New York School of the Performing Arts during the early 1980’s. For tickets ($12, Adults $15), call (970) 927-0555 in advance or purchase at the event. 7 p.m., Fanny Hill. Sunday, August 3–Tuesday, August 5: The internationally renowned Anderson Ranch Arts Center gears up for its famed art auction on August 9, which features live and silent auctions of over 225 pieces of work by national, international, and local artists. Check out the free Artist Slide Talk at 7 p.m. on Sunday and Tuesday at Schermer Meeting Hall, or stroll through the studio, gallery, and picturesque 5-acre campus. On Tuesday, check out the Auction Preview Exhibition reception from 5-6:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.andersonranch.org or call (970) 923-3181.