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March 2011

[click "Play" to listen to David Oyster's discussion of Depression films]

 

 

Telluride Film poster,3:7 Monday, March 7, the Telluride Film Festival's Cinematheque, a club for cinephiles showing FREE films the first Monday of the month, continues its winter series with two more "Films of the Great Depression": "Of Mice and Men" (1939, 106 min.) and "Grapes of Wrath," both based on novels by John Steinbeck. The evening is hosted by Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library and includes food and a lively discussion hosted by Ringmaster David Oyster. The programming is thanks to Telluride Film Fest co-director Gary Meyer, who knows how to pick them. (See the Oscars 2011.)

Published in 1937,  "Of Mice and Men" is the touching, tragic story of a friendship set against the backdrop of America during the Great Depression. The story is based on Steinbeck's experiences as a hobo in the 1920s.

06 March, 2011 /

by Lisa Barlow

Kale Salad Picture “Kale is the steak of vegetables!” my vegetarian friend would often exclaim. “Well, I‘d rather have the steak of meats” her carnivore husband would mutter. Blame it on dinner. The marriage didn’t last.

Here’s a kale salad recipe that just might have kept life happier for both of them, at least in the kitchen. The leafy green is massaged with salt and oil, reminding one of Kobe beef, and making it in my mind, indeed the steak of vegetables.

06 March, 2011 /

Terry Tempest Williams heads list of activists, artists and adventurers 
 
 The annual Mountainfilm in Telluride festival is always about much more than just powerful films. What really sets the event apart is the depth and breadth of its line-up of special guest presenters. The 33rd annual event, May 27 – 30, 2011, is no exception to the rule. Festival Director David Holbrooke feels that once again, the quality of the guests, plus the rare opportunity for audiences to engage and interact, will make the long weekend especially exciting and unique.
 
“Our theme this year is awareness into action,” Holbrooke said. “So we were particularly looking for special guests who can both motivate our audiences – engage and energize them – but also give them practical, hands-on help in actually becoming involved in critical issues. We want people to have much better tools for making a difference when they leave this year’s festival.”
 
Holbrooke is looking forward to welcoming Terry Tempest Williams back to Telluride.

 

06 March, 2011 /
[click "Play", Amanda and Katy talk to Susan about the Fashion Show]

 

 

Runway, 2010 TAB The Telluride Student Fashion Show, co-directed by Charlotte Delpit and Devin McCarthy, was a tour de force of directing and choreography, setting the bar pretty darn high for TAB's sold-out gala fashion show on Saturday, March 5. (Get on the waiting list and live in hope.)

Just how high? According to Telluride AIDS Benefit board member Sandy McLaughlin: "We just got our latest totals: we raised $8020 so far from show last night! Highest amount ever!"

Bravo ladies.

Now on to the Main Event.

04 March, 2011 /

[click "Play" for Susan's interview with Amy Goodman]

 

 

 

(ed. note: In the podcast Susan closes with "See you on Saturday." The event is Sunday morning)

kicker: Special "Breakfast with Amy" at the Sheridan Chop House before talk

Amy Goodman The idea behind Amy Goodman's whirlwind tour of Colorado is to help community radio stations such as Telluride's KOTOfm raise critical funds and public awareness as Congress flaps its jaw about whether to completely to pull the rug out from under public media and defund NPR, PBS – and by extension, KOTO.

Sunday, March 6, 10 a.m., KOTO community radio hosts Amy, the award-winning host of the daily internationally broadcast radio and TV program, "Democracy Now!", syndicated columnist and author. She is here to talk about threats to public media. Join her to stand up to the madness.

Prior to her talk at The Palm, the historic Sheridan Opera House, in conjunction with KOTO, offers a special "Breakfast with Amy," 8:30 – 10 a.m. That opportunity includes a meet and greet, breakfast buffet, copy of Amy's latest book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, and reserved seating at The Palm.

03 March, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Judy Kohin talk about trash to fashion]

 

 

Foam paper dress Note: Fashion Friday is Two Skirts' regular column about fashion trends and hot designers. But this week Kristin Holbrook generously turned over her real estate to the Telluride AIDS Benefit. Next week, look for our tribute to Two Skirts, celebrating its 10th anniversary.

For six year running, Beau Staley of Telluride's Dolce Jewels and Katey Brunini, a world-famous designer in his stable, have donated a line of Katey's bling to accessorize the clothes worn by the models on the catwalk of the Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show. Not for nothing: the bold, beautiful line of silver warrior cuffs, shin guards, gold compass pendant, and Italian Renaissance sundial rings is all about  aggression and strength, attributes that underly TAB: The Telluride AIDS Benefit takes an aggressive stance towards the virus through prevention education, aided and abetted by its five beneficiaries, which also offer strong shoulders to people living with HIV/AIDS.

The Telluride AIDS Benefit in general and the fashion show in particular came into being as a tribute to the life of one man, Robert Presley, an outrageous, in-your-face, fearless, funny, fabulous fabric artist, who died in 1997 of AIDS. The man lacked the gene for moderation.

03 March, 2011 /

MD painting with signatures Telluride local Baerbel Hacke knows only one way to go and that's BIG.

It is Baerbel's big personality that brings second homeowners to the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, where she is director, to find out what's happening in town. Baerbel sings big with her all-woman rock group, The 525s. When she turned 60 last month, she threw herself one big party, packing the historic Sheridan Opera House with family and friends, some of whom came all the way from Baerbel's native Germany to celebrate.

On Friday, March 4, Baerbel returns to the Opera House to host the silent art auction she puts together annually for the Telluride AIDS Benefit. The idea is to raise lots of money so that TAB can continue to support five other non-profits from Colorado to Africa, all of whom work on prevention educations and helping individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. The event starts at noon. The bidding ends at 9 p.m. (And while you are at the Opera House, don't miss the work in the downstairs gallery. It is produced by families and kids affiliated with the Children's Immunodeficiency Program or CHIP, based at the Denver Children's Hospital. CHIP is one of TAB's beneficiaries.)

03 March, 2011 /

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

Change and No Change: Como es la Vida!

Raleys I’ve been in Mexico now for over three months - the biggest chunk of winter – and I’ll soon be heading home. It’s funny to be back in a place I first came to over thirty years ago on my honeymoon, and returned to ten years later to live in winter for another ten. I’ve witnessed Cabo San Lucas change from a sleepy fishing village with a tuna cannery and a couple of restaurants, a small marina, a few Mexican hotels and a reputation for world class sport fishing turn into a megalopolis of condos, tourist shops, golf courses, resort hotels, gourmet restaurants, world class clubs, hot spots and multi-million dollar homes. Over on the Pacific side, the laid back art and agricultural community of Todos Santos is thriving with new life, gringos and Mexicanos interweave and intertwine like the cotton threads of a hammock. Art galleries and shows, Buddhist sanghas and organic produce abound; the economy is strong and growing. It’s a long shot from the days when roosters roamed the ladrilla floors of the Hotel California and the pounding surf was void of surfers as far as the eye could see.

03 March, 2011 /

Hockney art prints 1
Hockney prints at TGFA

Telluride's First Thursday Art Walk is a monthly meet-and-greet, an invitation to locals and guests to find out more about Telluride's vibrant cultural scene. Art venues on or near Main Street (Colorado Avenue), as well as retail outlets stay open on that special night late until 8 p.m. Participating restaurants, including The Cosmopolitan, La Cocina de Luz, La Marmotte, The Llama, The New Sheridan Chop House and Pescado, offer Art Walk specials.

Thursday, March 3, is the last Art Walk of the winter season. We suggest the following line of march:

 

02 March, 2011 /