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January 2011

[click "Play", Susan speaks with producer and director, Jeff Spitz]

 

 

Navajo-boy-poster kicker: "Like a finely made rug, The Return of Navajo Boy contains multiple layers of color, construction, and meaning.... A must-see." Native Peoples Magazine

On December 6,  Dr. Doug Brugge, a guest of the Advocacy Coalition of Telluride, the Town of Telluride, the Pinhead Institute and the Telluride School District, spoke to an audience at The Palm about the environmental and health consequences of mining, milling and processing of uranium ore.

Dr Brugge, a Harvard PhD, grew up on the Navajo reservation. His wide-ranging expertise in public heath includes the subject of the of uranium mining and processing on Native Americans. In 2007, Brugge testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation, whose chairman, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) became an advocate for the tribe because of one powerful documentary and its powerful new epilogue produced one year later in 2008: "The Return of Navajo Boy."

07 January, 2011 /

 

(Above is a local clip from the 2009 Ice Festival.)

The first time I ever swung an axe at ice, I was surprised. It felt good…really good. It was so different from rock climbing; instead of my hand fumbling, fingers aching, trying to find something to hold onto, the axe made a nice “clink” sound, sticking perfectly into the ice and giving me purchase. I felt like a superhero as I picked my way to the top of the frozen waterfall, right axe, left axe, then moving up with my feet, digging in with the teeth of my right crampon, then the left. It was oddly meditative and beautiful, despite the exertion and the cold. Why, I wondered, isn’t everyone doing this?

06 January, 2011 /

January 6 to 13, 2011
Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Saturn  Evening: Jupiter

The Power of Potential and the Big Dream of 2011

Lunar-eclipse-liz-230x200 I’m always impressed by the difference between the energies of the New and Full Moons of each lunar month – especially during eclipse cycles. For me – and everyone I’ve talked to who witnessed it – the recent winter solstice total lunar eclipse was packed with an unbridled cosmic power that seemed to connect and resonate throughout both the celestial and individual body and soul. It was difficult, if not impossible, to pass unnoticed due to the plethora of media coverage, and of course, word-of-mouth, on the street shuck and jive. I, personally, was able to watch the event from my rooftop deck on a foam pad with blankets and a pillow, dozing and watching on-and-off in supreme comfort and bliss. Lucky me. I’ll never forget it! The Moon was directly above us at midnight here on the Tropic of Cancer, unbelievable! But, then, I’m an astrologer and I deserve it, right? Right!

06 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Beau Staley talks about garnets]

 

PDT-BB-pss-46s Teacup Pendant In January, you Goats (Capricorn, December 22 – January 19) and Water Bearers (Aquarius, January 20 – February 18) follow Cynthia Zehm's weekly column in Telluride Inside... and Out, Alacazem, to find out what life has in store. For sure, what's in store at Telluride's Dolce is the birthstone of the month: garnet.

The name "garnet" appears to have originated with the Latin "granatum malum," which means "pomegranate," the bush that produces the fruit with seeds the color of the stone. Jewelry made with garnet has been found in burial sites as early as the Bronze Age (3000 BC), when the stone was also used as an abrasive.

 

06 January, 2011 /

 Three years ago, the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities, an arts advocacy organization which opened for business in the 1970s, had a light bulb moment: produce an Art Walk that would underline the vibrancy of Telluride's fine art scene. And, while they were at it, why not support Telluride's retail scene, which works hand in glove with our town's cultural life?  Man cannot live by paintings, etc. alone....

05 January, 2011 /

Tronlegacy_smallteaser Plenty of chances to see "Tron: Legacy" (PG) at Telluride's Nugget Theatre this coming week. It's "all Tron, all the time."

Kevin Flynn has been trapped in a virtual world of his own making for 20 years. Son, Sam, receiving his father's message, goes to help. Naturally there is a villain. And some great effects. See below for movietimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

 

 

05 January, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Susie Billings' conversation with Susan]

 

Green pears copy New Year's Eve in Telluride and the joint was jumping, including a gala sit-down dinner for 80 at the Ah Haa School for the Arts, adult entertainment at its very best.

The annual event at Ah Haa features the work of one major artist, whose images adorn the walls of gallery-space-turned-dining hall contribute to the color and vibrancy of the evening. Last year the featured talent was pastel artist Bruce Gomez. This year, it was mixed media painter Susan X. Billings. Gomez and Billings as main attractions underline the symbiotic relationship between Ah Haa, Telluride's community art center, where Gomez and Billings are popular teachers, and the town's premier gallery, the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, which represents their work.

04 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Todd Altshuler talks about Telluride Jazz and "Icons Among Us"]

Iconsamongus Telluride Inside... and Out has talked about the many and different ways the town's five-star Wilkinson Public Library is definitely not your mother's library. Conventional descriptors like "staid" and "quiet" just don't apply. Dedicated programs for small people and teens are wide-ranging and robust. And on the theory the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, program coordinator Scott Doser is constantly forging alliances with other non-profits to fill the Program Room.

One shining example of a successful joint venture is the Telluride Film Festival's ongoing Cinematheque series at the Library, which launched for the winter season on Monday, January 3, with "Films of the Great Depression." (Stay tuned for ongoing coverage.)

Coming soon to your local Library is yet another film series, this one orchestrated by Telluride Jazz Celebration's new marketing director, Todd Altschuler. The initiative kicks off Thursday, January 6, 6 p.m., with "Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense."

04 January, 2011 /

Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts interprets the term "art" widely, including the fine art of filmmaking in your own home. Take home movies to the next level with Kathryn Barrows, camera operator and program editor for Plum TV in Telluride. Kathryn can...

04 January, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Trefny and Bengt]

 

SilkOrgRuby January 6, 2011. The date marks the Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities' first First Thursday Art Walk of the New Year. The popular day-long event is a chance for Telluride to flaunt its robust fine art scene. It is also a meet-and-greet for locals and guests. Galleries, stores and studios stay open late until 8 p.m.

Lustre Gallery, 171 South Pine, celebrates the season opener with a show of the work of two Durango-based glass artists, the husband and wife team of Trefny Dix and Bengt Hokanson. The artists' reception is 5 – 8 p.m.

04 January, 2011 /