Stay with the Stars
The Inn at Buena Vista is a sponsor of the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series, the Collegiate Peaks Music Festival, and Opera Colorado. We are proud to continue to host renowned speakers and celebrities from all walks of life.
The 2010 season has just been announced. Our hosting has not yet been determined for this season so stay tuned to see who will be staying with us this season.
Will it be someone from NASA, the Ayn Rand Insititute, SETI or Chautauqua. This year's lineup looks like it will be another great opportunity to see folks you may not have the opportunity to meet anywhere else in such an intimate setting.
2010 Speaker Series
We will be hosting Dr. Seth Shostak on the evening of April 9th so join us for breakfast on April 10th and then enjoy his lecture entitled "Scientific Search for ET."
Dr. Shostak is a Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA. Dr. Shotak will be speaking at the SteamPlant in Salida at 10 AM. This is not to be missed for all of you who look to the stars for answers!
Past Speakers and Music Series Guests
In July, 2009 we will be hosting Brigadier General Mal Wakin as our guest for a second time. He will be appearing on July 10th and 11th as a speaker for the Forum Series. His topics will be Medical Ethics and End of Life Issues including Physician Assisted Death.
General Wakin is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has taught at the Air Force Academy since 1959 and served as Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Chairman of the Humanities Division, Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, chair and member of numerous committees.
In Friday’s lecture,
"Principles & Cases in Medical Ethics” Dr. Wakin will review various cases of medical ethics in cases that he has participated in over the last few years. A
panel of local medical practitioners will add their thoughts and comments. Then a question and answer period will be opened up to the audience. Saturday’s lecture,
"End-of-Life Issues Including Physician Assisted Death" will be devoted to end-of-life issues including recent moves to bring physician
assisted suicide and physician assisted death to Colorado. Again, a panel of local medical practitioners will add their thoughts and comments. Then a
question and answer period will be opened up to the audience.Join our table for an up close and personal chat with our renowned speaker.
This is our third season to host speakers in the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series. 
We are happy to share our breakfast table with Dr. Walid Phares on August 26th through 29th. Dr. Phares is a Senior Fellow and the Director at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington (2001-2007). His lectures will be held at the SteamPlant Theatre at 7 pm both evenings. Thursday's topic will be "Future Jihad and The War of Ideas" and Friday's topic is "Jihad in America."
Past lecturers we hosted include Dr. Michael Shermer, General Mal Wakin, and Dr. Roger Pielke. The Collegiate Peaks Forum Series is a speakers series devoted to the exploration of the themes of Religion, Philosophy, and Science.
For more information regarding the series and an overview of the Lectures for the past few years, please visit
http://www.collegiatepeaksforum.org.
We are also a sponsor of the Collegiate Peaks Music Festival. Colorado food, Colorado beer, Colorado music and Colorado fun is enjoyed by all in August! For more info and a complete lineup of events for this entertainment bonanza, please go to their website at http://www.collegiatepeaksmusicfestival.com
In September 2007, three celebrities stayed at The Inn, Diane Ladd, Scott Wilson and Karen Knotts.
This is a photo of Diane and me right after she was honored for her contributions to the film industry. What a pleasure to meet such a down to earth and gracious woman.
Below is a photo of me with Scott Wilson and Robert Hunter.
This fest took place in Leadville, Buena Vista and Salida. John Landis, the director of "Animal House," "The Blue Lagoon," and "Coming to America" as well as Randal Kleiser, the director of "Grease" were honored along with the stars. We had a sock hop at the Drive-In, the movie theatres showed movies and magic lantern presentations. The parties were fun with live music and dancing and an opportunity to hobknob with celebrities we only see on the big screen or hear about behind it.
This year the Film Fest was postponed, but promised to return.
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During these special events all reservations are final and minimum stays will be required.