Brian Colley

This week on Express Yourself, learn all about the big art reveal event at El Dorado in Carbondale Friday night with a new mysterious creation by artists Andrew Chandler and Brian Colley, joined by owner Michael Arnold; a new restaurant in Glenwood Springs (Himalayan Cuisine) hosts its grand opening celebration this weekend, hear all about it from its Carbondale-based founders Devika, Krishna, and Ranjan; plus a conversation with Toddy Walters about her one-night-only performance with special guests at Thunder River Theatre called "Trying Myself on for Size" as part of the Signature Cabaret Series this Sunday evening.

This week on Express Yourself: Amy Kimberly talks with SoL Theatre Executive Director Jennifer Johnson about their current production of Bridge to Terabithia; we get a visit from the Aspen Choral Society ahead of their weekend performance series of "The Drop That Contained the Sea" by Christopher Tin; and visual artists Elizabeth Morisette and Cassie Chalfant talk about their collaborative exhibition opening at The Art Base in Basalt.

This week on Express Yourself we delve deep into Green Is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza with youth designers from the Carbondale Arts/Project Shop collaboration, a check in with Director of Dance, Meagan Londy Shapiro and dancers and models Sam Stableford and Emmet Garcelon . We finish the show with artists Claire Wright and Chris Erickson, whose show, “Interdimensional Threads” opens to the public on First Friday at Carbondale Arts.

This week on Express Yourself we get a visit from Aerial Artists Stacy Everson and Brinlee Graves as they get ready to perform in The Queen's Court this weekend. We hear from Lissa Ballinger and Andrew Travers who juried this year's 4 Rivers Biennial Show at the Aspen Chapel Gallery and we interview Fran Page from Aspen Dance Connection and Maputo Mensah, who is performing at Libraries and schools around the valley.

This week on Express Yourself, Gregory Stump, aka "Stumpy" talks with Aly Sanguily about his vintage ski films that are showing every Wednesday this month in partnership with Aspen Film; Elissa Rodman shares about her role as fashion designer for Carbondale Arts' "Green Is the New Black" event coming in March; and we catch up with Fort Collins-based breakdance and hip hop teacher Kevin Yu who comes to The Launchpad this Saturday offering a free class for teens and adults.

This week on Express Yourself, we check in with Colorado Business Committee for the Arts about Colorado funding and new initiatives for the arts, we get an update from the Aspen Art Museum about their new teen program called "Dynamic Arts" and Abby Stern from Beyul Retreat fills us in on all the exciting experiences coming up at Beyul.

This week on Express Yourself, meet the Carbondale Clay Center residents Molly Altman and Ashley Banegas who give a talk Friday night at The Launchpad; Amy Kimberly has a conversation with Drew Emmitt from Leftover Salmon, playing a sold out show at TACAW this weekend; and Reina Katzenberger shares insights into her interactive exhibition "Art In Process" along with artist Robert Burch up now at The Art Base in Basalt.

This week on Express Yourself, Ashley Mosher and Wes Boyd talk about Ashley's film, Good Boy, screening the next two Saturdays at the Crystal Theatre, the team bringing the Human Library to the Carbondale Library next week fill us in on what it is and how to participate, and we catch up with local artists Kelly Phillips and Michael Kinsley who are exhibiting artwork in the 45th Annual Valley Visual Art Show, opening tonight at Carbondale Arts.

This week on Express Yourself, we get an update on all things about the Carbondale Creative District including a call for murals from Michael Stout; Sopris Sun cartoonists Larry Day and Brian Colley have an opening at Bonfire Coffee with works on display through February, and we close out the show with Bryan Alvarez talking about the 1st Annual Lip Sync contest produced by the Roaring Divas, as well as all things Drag.

This week on Express Yourself it's a Holiday Party with an hour of live music from Hey Now band members Olivia Pevec, Ashton Taufer and Harris Jackson along with Gabriella Meija, Mugsy Faye and Genevieve Vickers.