May 2017

The Telluride AIDS Benefit (TAB) is contributing $145,000 to eight AIDS service organizations in Colorado, Utah, and Africa, in 2017. marking a very successful 24th year for the organization. To date, TAB has donated over $2.5 million towards HIV/AIDS programs worldwide and 100% of funds raised during...

The party’s over. Time to call it wrap. Mountainfilm just announced the winning docs and causes. (Details here.) But the truth is everyone in the “tribe” won: over Memorial weekend, we all became a bit more enlightened, drew closer, and learned more about what activism really means....

Climate action and social justice triumph at 2017 Festival. Mountainfilm’s 2017 documentaries told of iconic seabirds, nonagenarian climbers, change-making labor activists, extraordinary Nepalese rites, and bold missions into interstellar space. But at the end of the day, it was stories of determined underwater photographers and citizen...

Telluride Arts promotes a culture of the arts within the Telluride Arts District, which contains a remarkable concentration of activities that engage artists from around the region and across the globe. Telluride Arts’ First Thursday Art Walk is a festive celebration of the art scene in downtown Telluride...

The point of it all is to break down the headlines, the week’s most controversial issues, determine why a particular issue is important and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. In a recent iterations of The Short Version, Cleo Abram addressed  the firing of FBI director James Comey...

Telluride’s Sheridan Arts Foundation seeking $25,000 to replace roof. The nonprofit is asking the community for donations of any size to help raise the needed funds. Donations of any size can be made online at SheridanOperaHouse.com (click the “ Donate" button on the home page below the event slideshow)....

Josh Aronson is a long time, part-time Telluride local. Under the umbrella of Aronson Films, Aronson made MTV videos, television pilots, and specials and over 500 commercials before turning to documentaries in 1999. The multi-talented filmmaker is also a high-level amateur concert pianist, who regularly performs chamber music...

For information about the Telluride Transfer Warehouse project visit, go here. Design review open house takes place May 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 135 West Pacific Avenue, across the street from the Telluride Library. [caption id="attachment_65210" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Transfer Warehouse, Mlly Perrault of Telluride Arts.[/caption] On January 15, 2017, Telluride Arts...

Mountainfilm’s new initiative, announced in December 2016, is The New Normal, a community-wide, grassroots effort to battle climate change and help bring the Telluride region to carbon neutrality – no small challenge because Telluride has a carbon footprint twice the national average. In the spirit of The New Normal, Mountainfilm...