by Art Goodtimes
I threw a hissy fit in Norwood last week. At our regular meeting of the San Miguel County Board of Commissioners.
It’s something that’s bugged me for years.
My poor colleagues and staff had to put up with my ranting on and on over contested word choice in a county document that I, as chair this year, was going to have to sign my name to. Ridiculous? You decide…
Tea Leaf Green and Cornmeal are joint headliners for a post-PHISH party at Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House. Shows are August and August 10, 11 p.m. Tickets go on sale at sheridanoperahouse.com at NOON on Saturday, May 8 and will ONLY be on sale at...
May 6 to 13, 2010
Visible Planets: Morning: Jupiter Evening: Venus, Mars and Saturn
Taurus and the Four Gates of Avataric Descent
It’s green, green, green down here on Wright’s Mesa. The quickly melting snows of spring have left us with thick carpets of emerald grass, budding trees and delicate wildflowers. The bright reds of Indian paintbrush are popping out amongst the scrubby sage and desert cactus. Bluebirds flutter and meadowlarks sing, a pair of young bald eagles dip and dive, hunting for prairie dogs, and a lone coyote trots through pinon, looking for rabbits. Mornings are still, the air is cool and the wind at rest. By afternoon, the earth has warmed and breezes start to blow. Clouds morph and shadows shimmy, calves frolic and lambs romp. We find ourselves smack, dab, in the middle of spring.
By D. Dion
It’s hard to hear my hiking partner as we try to chat over the growling San Miguel River, which is rumbling loudly, full of spring runoff. Late snow still covers most of Telluride’s hiking and biking trails, but not Keystone Gorge: This fun loop next to the river is one of the first ones to be clear of winter’s clutches. It’s also the latest addition to the list of great hikes around town.
"Date Night" (PG-13) is the movie at Telluride's Nugget Theatre the week of Friday, May 7-Thursday, May 13. Say your marriage is a little bland, a lot tied up with kids and jobs. How about a special night out to liven things up? No reservations at the fancy new Manhattan restaurant? No worries, just be proactive, so that when the couple who DID have a reservation don't show up, you are ready. Would some mob-controlled cops and self-inflicted mistaken identity spice things up? Well then, hang on. 'Cause that's the maguffin in "Date Night."
See below for showtimes and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.
Matthew, with makeup,
out of costume
Telluride Inside... and Out is in Bellevue, Washington, strategising and getting technical issues solved. Daughter Kimm Viebrock is listed as "head geek" on our organization list, so TIO has spent the better part of the past week with faces buried in our computers. We have been working hard during the days, but there has also been time to enjoy family.
Grandson Matthew Nesteroff had a busy weekend: it began with a jazz band contest on Friday morning. Matthew is in the trumpet section of the Chinook Middle School band, and this was our first chance to hear him play in concert. We enjoyed the opportunity, and the band sounded great. For Matthew, that was just the beginning. In addition he was an "Evil Eel" in the Bellevue Youth Theatre production of "The Little Mermaid." We went Friday evening, and once again were proud of our boy's artistic abilities. The cast played to full houses for three more performances: a matinee and an evening show on Saturday, and a matinee on Sunday.
Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts's Visiting Artists program, one of the many gems in the wide-ranging curriculum, is a magnet, drawing students to town from all over the country as well as locals.Ceramicist Diana Fayt teaches "Nature on the Surface," June 4...
This summer, the Telluride Repertory Theatre Company celebrates 20 years of providing staged entertainment to the Telluride community. As part of their summer celebration, the Rep is teaming up with the Telluride Playwrights Festival (TPF) to produce an exciting staged production of Philip Gerson’s new play “This Isn’t What It Looks Like.” Nicholas Day of the Telluride Playwrights Festival and Great Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre Company directs a cast of local talent. The opening is July 15 at Telluride's Palm Theater.
“This Isn’t What It Looks Like” is part of a summer of “Made In Telluride” performing arts, which includes the Telluride Playwrights Festival showcase performances, July 11 and 12, and the Rep's "Shakespeare in the Park" starting August 18. The Telluride Playwrights Festival and the Telluride Rep look forward to offering a great line-up of summer theatre.
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Gunter Pauli]