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February 2011

Jacket Close #1-1 Valentine’s Day is drawing near. If we’re in a romantic relationship, the thought of the day is cause for happiness.  If we are solo, however, the approaching holiday can make us feel lonely and sad. The truth of the matter is this: when we believe happiness is attached to something or someone outside ourselves, we are setting ourselves up for a big downer. This year, avoid the set-up. Make love to yourself.

As a psychotherapist who helps free people from unhealthy relationships, substances, and behaviors, I see how frequently  emotional and physical pain are caused by an attachment to any number of delusions. We think of a shot of vodka or piece of chocolate cake, for example, as sources of comfort. And while alcohol and sugar can make us feel great in the moment, the feeling is fleeting: in the long run, substances like these diminish our capacity to lovingly connect to our minds and bodies. They distract from a meaningful spiritual existence.

09 February, 2011 /

by Jim Bedford

 
True-grit-poster-coen-brothers Thegreenhornet_smallposter The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride has two movies on the bill for the week of Friday, February 11 through Thursday, February 17, 2011. And the snow is really, really good in Telluride, too!

TRUE GRIT (PG13), starring Jeff Bridges, continues all this week. Nominated for a fistfull of Oscars, the Coen brothers do a brilliant re-make of the John Wayne classic.

Also playing is the THE GREEN HORNET (PG13), directed by Michel Gondry, telling the story of Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), heir to his late father's fortune, who teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become masked crime fighters.

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

09 February, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Jeff Elliott]

 

 

122015_extralarge Minor White was a major American photographer. Just how good, how influential is evidenced in the work of one of his former students. Jeff Elliott's moving show, "Another Face of Islam," is on display in the Daniel Tucker Gallery at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts.

In Minor White's perspective one does not photograph something simply for "what it is", but "for what else it is." In creating his series of images of the Islamic world, Telluride local Jeff Elliott claims to have abandoned any notions of photo-documentation, choosing instead to use his eye to capture the "depth and serenity of the Islamic faith." Not what Islam is, but all that it is in form, spirit, light and the influence of the Muslim world.

Put another way, like White's images, Elliott's photographs are not about record keeping. Not about a "Kodak moment." They are as interpretative, magical and powerful as any abstract painting. And just as capable of delivering a gut punch – albeit with a velvet glove.

08 February, 2011 /
[click "Play", Tracy speaks with Buntport's Erin Rollman]

 

 

by Tracy Shaffer

CNPS-web.sflb For the first time in its six year history, Denver Center Theatre Company has included a local theatre company in the upcoming Colorado New Play Summit. Buntport Theatre Company is a zany/brainy collaboration of theatrical inventors, who have consistently delivered Denver’s most original theatre for the past ten years. Taking on Hamlet, Kafka, Ovid and O’Neill, Buntport has proven itself a true mix of the ridiculous and the sublime.

08 February, 2011 /
[click "Play", Susan speaks with Marc and Christa]

MarcChristaSM.book_embed The world of dreams is as mysterious as it is fascinating, a place mundane rules of reality do not  apply. Hmm... Sounds a bit like Telluride, a decidedly dreamy place. Day and night, in winter in Telluride we dream of powder. But what other thoughts run through our subconscious minds when we turn off the lights? And what do our dreams mean?

Other individuals may share elements of our backgrounds, but their experiences are never exactly the same. No one else feels exactly as we feel or reacts as we react. Our dreams are connected to our unique reality, and have the power to unite body, mind, and spirit. But do my chase dreams mean the same thing as yours? What abut falling dreams? Flying dreams? Naked dreams? Dreams about murder and mayhem? What about recurring themes in dreams?

Like backcountry trails, these constellations of archetypal images trying to speak through us are best explored with a guide.

07 February, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Tracy speaking with Bruce K Sevy]

 

 

by Tracy Shaffer

CNPS-web.sflb It's that time of year again! Writers and artists, actors, directors, agents and theatre buffs from around the country will descend on Denver next week for the Colorado New Play Summit. Denver Center Theatre hosts it's sixth annual playwright lovefest, February 10-12, with staged readings of new works by commissioned playwrights and scripts submitted for inclusion. This year marks the return of two "rock star" writers, Octavio Solis and Michele Lowe, along with Lisa Loomer, Samuel D Hunter, Lloyd Suh and a commissioned piece by Denver's award-winning Buntport Theatre. The white hot Octavio Solis, who brought us the glorious "Lydia" in 2008, brings the much anticipated script, Cecilia Marie, to town for a staged reading and the equally scorching Michelle Lowe has her "Map of Heaven" on the Denver Center boards for its world premiere production. Ms. Lowe won the 2010 Francesca Primus Prize for her previous Denver debut, 2009's Inana.

06 February, 2011 /

February 3 to 10, 2011
Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Saturn  Evening: Jupiter

Off Road Races and Chinese New Year of the Rabbit

BajaRed Last week I watched a preliminary running of the Baja 1000 – a famous off road race that takes place each year in the rugged deserts of Baja California, Mexico. We had motorcycles, ATVs, trucks and dune buggies cruising past our casa at breakneck speeds in the attempt to garner points to qualify for the ultimate day of racing competition. Mexican families and curious gringos lined the bumpy, washboard dirt road, giving drivers thumbs-ups, sharing laughter and making big eyes when a vehicle slid sideways or caught big air. From the pila up on the hill, we could see a wide expanse of the course winding its way along the coast, over hills and down arroyos, dirt rising like plumes of smoke in the distance as the racers traveled closer. Standing on the road, dust flew and metal rattled, tires gripped and drivers bounced, waving to the crowd as they passed by. The day was hot and sunny, the entertainment superbly macho.

05 February, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Seth Berg's discussion of two "Depression Era" films]

 

2-7 TFF Telluride Inside... and Out goes out on a limb with a prediction: the five-star Wilkinson Public Library should attract its biggest audience ever for the upcoming installment of the Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque's  "Films of the Great Depression."  The momentous event takes place Monday, February 7, 5:30 p.m. for pre-SHOW snacks.

Telluriders are no exception: Americans love anti-heros to death. Indiana Jones, Dirty Harry, Michael Corleone, Tony Soprano, select members of the cast of "Broadway Empire," Bill the Vampire in "True Blood," Dexter of Showtime fame, and the countless no-counts who inhabit the world of reality TV are just a few examples.

05 February, 2011 /

by Lisa Barlow

Bean Chili use Hey Super Bowl fans, what are you planning to eat during the Big Game? Mac ‘n Cheese Jalapeno Poppers? Mile High Nachos? Grilled BBQ Potato Skins? Smokin’ Hot Buffalo Wings?

Football and food seem to go together so inextricably that even a fair weather fan like myself knows that I need get my game on in the kitchen this Sunday. And there is plenty of inspiration out there to help me plan my menu. Every celebrity chef with a TV show seems to have weighed in with his or her variation of a classic gridiron favorite. 

The statisticians are busy thinking about Super Bowl fare as well. But their numbers have often been a little wonky. It is probably closer to 8 million pounds of avocados used to make guacamole this weekend than the 80 million that is often reported. That’s still an awful lot of chip dip.

05 February, 2011 /