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March 2010

[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Caci Grinspan and Beau Staley]

Cd2 It was a stand-out moment at the Telluride AIDS Benefit fashion show and the epitome of throwaway chic: models in deconstructed tights and casual Ts flashing fabulous jewelry from Dolce, one of Telluride's luxury stores.


Some of that eye-popping bling was created by master jeweler Katey Brunini, whose pieces, all blockbusters, tend to be tributes in metal and gemstones to the beauty of the natural world, although her newest line of "body armor" celebrates strength. Brunini's creations have been featured on the red carpet at the Oscars and in numerous glossies, including Vogue, Town & Country and Modern Bride.
05 March, 2010 /

March 4 to 11, 2010

Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury and Saturn  Evening: Venus and Mars

Cocoon and Self-Nurture, Relax and Rejoice

Mudpaw Last week’s foot of snow is quickly vanishing here on Wrights Mesa. In its place are fields of matted grass and frozen dirt, which turn to mud when temperatures rise. Today the skies are clear and the wind is strong. I’m alone in the house with my three dogs, listening to the chimney whistle and the fire crack.

BlueEggs I’m aware that Spring is on its way. I’m comforted that we’re facing the seasons of lengthening days and warming nights. This morning I cleaned bluebird houses and prepared them for the returning pairs, with hopes I’d see them soon. Yesterday I drove to the West End and watched newborn calves frolic in the slanting afternoon sunlight, curious but close to their mothers and the rich milk upon which their lives depend.

The Pisces/Virgo Full Moon of Feb. 28th has come and gone, followed by the very recent [Mar. 3rd @ 9:06 p.m. MST] conjunction of Venus and Uranus, also in Pisces. Issues of camaraderie, inter-connectedness, chaos and creation were balanced with the need for order and organization, work and health. Romantic and financial relationships popped up in new shape and form, themes of freedom and variety ran rampant. We were awakened to the overall necessity for and collective paradigms of unity in diversity and liberty in responsibility.

05 March, 2010 /

[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook's take on crop tops for Telluride] Abs anyone? Or not. Skirts are not the only things getting shorter this coming season. According to Telluride Inside...

05 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Malcolm Liepke speaking about his art]


Will Thompson's Telluride Gallery of Fine Art features a higgledy-piggledy mix of artists with one theme in common: They march to their own drum.

Malcolm Liepke was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the unabridged honesty that comes with Midwestern roots shows up in his work. Liepke is an unapologetic realist, who paints with a smoking brush. His images, these freshly minted portraits of women, have evolved into a patented cocktail of sensuality and draftsmanly stylishness: definitely PG-13, as much for what comes through the surface as what's on the surface.

04 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Michelle Scrivner]

Trio of Aspens Telluride's First Thursday Art Walk, produced by the Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities, is a celebration of the local art scene, when galleries, studios and stores around Main Street stay open late until 8 p.m. In March Lustre Gallery, 171 South Pine, celebrates the work of artists Michele Scrivner and her partner/assistant Brian Billow, which in turn celebrates nature.

It is not so much that Scrivner aims to exactly replicate the beauty of the natural world, but rather to express the feelings a place evokes through simple lines, rich hues, and complex textures. These feelings are colored green, as in eco-crusader.
04 March, 2010 /

 The 2010 First Thursday Telluride Art Walk continues Thursday, March 4, 5-8p.m. at galleries around town.

Sponsored by the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities, the Art Walk is a day-long showcase of our local fine arts scene, galleries, studios and arts organizations staying open “late ‘til 8” the First Thursday of every month.  The event, which kicked off three years ago, includes galleries located in and around Colorado Avenue (Main Street), all within walking distance of one another.  Stop by after work, après ski, or on your way to dinner and add a little art to your life. 

The free Art Walk brochures, available at any participating venue (and our hotels and coffee shops), offer a self-guided map of the participating establishments. 

04 March, 2010 /

Valentinesday_smallposter Youthinrevolt_smallonline The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride has three movies on the schedule for the week of Friday, March 5-Thursday, March 11.

"Youth in Revolt" (Rated R) features a laid back Nick Twist (Michael Cera) whose parents have split, each having taken up with a differently inappropriate partner. On a trailer park vacation, his mother and her crude boyfriend flaunt their sexuality and Nick meets Sheeni (Portia Doubleday). Nick is on a mission to lose his virginity... Then the fun begins.

An all-star ensemble cast pairs up, or not, on one day, "Valentine's Day." The movie is rated PG-13. Many people who saw "Valentine's Day"  loved it. The critics, not so much. So go, and make up your own mind.

Drparnassus_smallposter Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Rated PG-13) has a great cast and an intriguing, if confusing story. And real life intervened to make this movie even more of a house of mirrors: during the filming Heath Ledger, one of the principals, died. The solution: bring in Johnny Depp and others as alter egos. Should be interesting.

See below for movietimes, and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.


04 March, 2010 /

TNCC_logo Sponsored by Telluride's The New Community Coalition, the Wilkinson Public Library and the Telluride Foundation, the second in a series of Green Business Roundtables is scheduled for Friday, March 5, 8:30 a.m. in the Library's Program Room.

“How to Make Your Business Energy Efficient ” focuses the basics such as how to reduce your business's energy use by eliminating energy hogs. Take away a list of simple, cost-effective recommended improvements you can implement yourself, and learn how to recognize when it's time to call in professional assistance.

03 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Adam Field discussing his work]


In March, the Daniel Tucker Gallery at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts features the work of sculptor Adam Field. The opening of the show coincides with the First Thursday Art Walk, when galleries and retail outlets around Telluride stay open late until 8 p.m. Field will be in town for the reception at the school, 300 South Townsend, 5 – 8 p.m., which includes an artist's talk/ slideshow scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

In a case of aesthetic whiplash, in Adam Field's ceramic work crosses boundaries as it simultaneously looks back in time and into the future: past meets present, East meets West.

03 March, 2010 /