Stewart Oksenhorn [The Aspen Times, 25 June 2009]

It was 60 years ago this summer that the Goethe Bicentennial came to town, and there is good reason to celebrate the anniversary of that momentous event. The Bicentennial spawned the Aspen Institute, the Aspen Music Festival and School — and, oh yes, the modern rebirth of this sleepy, former mining town.