The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.

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Displaying What We Do: Culture & Communication
Event | April 12, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Winter Words is a series of readings and talks featuring some of the most prominent writers in contemporary literature. Scions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and memoir speak in intimate Aspen... Read More
Communications and Society Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Kiahna WilliamsSenior Project ManagerCommunications and Society Program202-736-5818kiahna.williams@aspeninstitute.orgASPEN INSTITUTE TO HOST THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM... Read More
Video | April 17, 2013
Gretel Ehrlich on "Facing the Wave." The Environmental Writer discusses her book inspired by survivors of the 2011 Japanese tsunami.Winter Words is a series of readings and talks featuring some of... Read More
Event | February 20, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Gretel Ehrlich on "Facing the Wave." The Environmental Writer discusses her book inspired by survivors of the 2011 Japanese tsunami.Winter Words is a series of readings and talks featuring some of... Read More
Blog Post | April 10, 2013 | Anonymous
While Aspen Institute Trustee Leonard Lauder made news for his recent contribution of a $1 billion Cubism collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the high art of his Picassos and Braques is but... Read More
Blog Post | April 9, 2013 | Anonymous
"As a musician, I'm trained to do two things at the same time: work toward a goal larger than myself and pay attention to the smallest possible detail,” said recently named 2013 Harman-Eisner Artist... Read More
Communications and Society Program
Contact: Jeff HarrisPublic Affairs ManagerThe Aspen Institute202-736-3848jeff.harris@aspeninstitute.orgFCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI TO BECOME SENIOR FELLOW AT ASPEN INSTITUTE Washington, DC, April... Read More
Aspen Institute Arts Program
Contact: Erica SheftmanThe Aspen Institute Arts Program 212-895-8040erica.sheftman@aspeninstitute.org ASPEN INSTITUTE ARTS PROGRAM ANNOUNCES 2013 HARMAN-EISNER ARTIST IN RESIDENCEWashington... Read More
Blog Post | April 1, 2013 | Nayna Sasidharan
This month, the Aspen Institute brings leading thinkers together to talk about youth and their access to play and sport. Then we turn the tables and ask youth to offer innovative solutions to the... Read More
Communications and Society Program
A new era of global communications has jolted international relations. Citizen-to-citizen communication, once engaged in pen and paper, is now instantly viral on the Internet. The Aspen Institute... Read More

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