It was the next most logical step in both of their lives. After living in Argentina for almost a year perfecting his Spanish and journalistic craft, Gavin Anstey returned to Colorado, set on basking in the ski-town lifestyle of Telluride, where he could be close to...
In Telluride, Wade Davis is a rock star. The man regularly plays to packed venues filled with his "groupies" – I admit to being in the fold – every time he returns to Mountainfilm, generally annually. Wade is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and...
Tim DeChristopher is an American climate activist and co-founder of the environmental group Peaceful Uprising. On December 19, 2008, he protested an oil and gas lease auction of 116 parcels of public land in Utah's redrock country, conducted by the Bureau of Land Management. DeChristopher...
Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is the author of one of favorite features: Shrink Rap, which focuses on hot-button physical, mental and emotional health challenges that influence pop culture. The formula is simple: Paul writes a post on a subject of interest and then we get...
The holiday season in Telluride this year will miss baby ballerinas gracing the Palm stage in "The Nutcracker," generally speaking, a sine qua non at mistletoe time. (Although the Telluride Dance Academy is performing "Winter Wonderland" at The Palm.) And here's more good news: Main...
Sarah Jarosz is a bluegrass multi-instramentalist, singer and songwriter whose first CD, Song Up in Her Head, was released by Sugar Hill Records on June 16, 2009. She was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Instrumental Performance for the track...
To hear folks tell it, the holidays sounds like a segment of "Survivor." People use terms such as "endurance" and "survival" to describe the run-up to season, but not in Mountain Village, where the focus is where it should be, on family. Mountain Village is now...
The title of their movie: "When Barry Met Sasha." The offspring of their propitious union: an original new musical, "Barry." "Barry" features the songs of the famed children's entertainer and the words of Sasha Cucciniello, artistic director of the newly formed (from SquidShow and The REP)...
In August, anthropologist, cookbook author and celebrity chef Dr. Susanna Hoffman played to a packed house when she was featured in a special segment of Chef Bud's popular Books & Cooks series at Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library. On the menu, were taste treats such...
The film rates an average 8 on a scale of 10 on Rotten Tomatoes. "Big Deal on Madonna Street," (1958, 106 minutes), is the pick by Telluride Film Festival's Gary Meyer for the next gathering of Cinematheque, a film club and collaboration between the Film...
