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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS DANIELS (SUMMER SOIRÉE); KALEY DAVIDSON (FORTUNE BRAINSTORM) Tara Carson and Michael Klein Courtney Campbell and Andre Dubus III Sisonke Msimang and King Grossman Aspen Words Creative Director Adrienne Brodeur, Programs Manager Jamie Kravitz, and Director Maurice LaMee welcome guests to their glamorous event. Lady and Chip Fuller with Erin Lentz Josh Berman and Chris DeWolfe Ken and Erin Sawyer Jeff and Erica Keswin with Dana and Mazen Makarem Norm Pearlstine and Walter Isaacson Peter Van Domelen, Beth Ann Kaminkow, and Thijn Lamers ASPEN WOR DS HOSTED its annual Summer Soirée at Aspen Meadows' stunning Doerr- Hosier Center. The evening event—with a keynote talk from author, storyteller, and host of A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor— included a VIP reception with the nonprofit's Summer Words festival written-word luminaries, live music from SideSaddle Sid and His Rhythm Wranglers, and a delectable three-course meal. Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson introduced Keillor, whose hour-long dinner conversation proved the evening's theme true: "You get old and realize there are no answers. Just stories." PUBLIC RELATIONS GURU and Aspenite Pam Alexander hosted a cocktail event at her West End home for attendees of the 14th annual Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference. The three-day event is a unique blend of the power of Fortune 500 companies, the excitement of the emerging entrepreneurs of the tech world, and the investors who finance them all, hosted on the gorgeous campus of the Aspen Institute. ASPEN WORDS SUMMER SOIRÉE FORTUNE BR AINSTORM TECH CONFERENCE COCKTAIL PARTY 116 ASPENPEAK-MAGAZINE.COM INVITED