On Thursday, March 17, 5 – 8 p/m/. Telluride's Lustre Gallery hosts a reception for a trunk show featuring bling with a pedigree: historic art nouveau jewels, handcrafted in Barcelona from original molds and enameling technique created by artist Lluis Masriera. Representatives from Masriera...
It's tough to connect the dots: a Telluride Deputy Marshal, a nonprofit dedicated to ending interpersonal violence in the greater Telluride community, St. Patrick's Day, and, well, Shepherd's Pie, but here's the story.
On March 17, 5 – 9 p.m., John Wontrobski, Telluride Marshal and board member of the San Miguel Resource Center, is Guest Chef at the Argentine Grille in Rico. The special menu John put together for that night includes Lamb Shepherd's Pie served either with oysters on the half shell – or a salad and vegetable (greens for St. Patrick's Day) and Irish soda bread (also in honor of the holiday). The entree is priced at $25 and half the proceeds from the meal go to – and here's the punch line – the San Miguel Resource Center.
The Telluride Playwrights Festival spilled out of the pen of Telluride local Jennie Franks, founder of Sparky Productions. While writing one of her own plays, Jennie realized playwrights like herself need to hear their words spoken out loud during the evolving process of refining a script. The Telluride Playwrights Festival has little to do with splashy productions and everything to do with theatre basics: speaking words that tell a story. The event is, in effect, a laboratory setting for actors, playwrights and directors and a vehicle for exploring ideas, issues and our own humanity through theatre. Plays germinated at the Telluride Playwrights Festival are now blossoming all over the country in major markets with full productions.
Now in its fifth year, the Playwrights Festival continues to expand upon its collaborative mission, bringing a full production of a new dark comedy by William Missouri Downs. "Forgiving John Lennon" is part of the University of Wyoming’s Summer Theatre Program. This timely, shattering comedy explores a clash of cultures in a world where, as Lennon says “nothing to kill or die for” might not be so easily imagined. As with all Telluride Playwright Festival productions, feedback from the audience after the performance is a valued next step towards a polished finished project.
[click "Play", Rhonda Muckerman and Kathy Jepson talk about the event] It's a mash up, Telluride style.Friday, March 18, 7 p.m., the Michael D. Palm Theatre presents a first ever: The Telluride Showcase is an...
[click "Play" to hear Susan speaking with Rev. Pat Bailey about Easter and Lent] Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Church poses a question: What comes to mind when you hear the the term “Lent?”...
[click "Play", Rev. Pat Bailey speaks with Susan about Charter for Compassion]
The answer my friend is blowing in the winds of change: Two different and highly respected institutions in Telluride are talking about the same thing more or less at the same time. And it's a good thing.
On March 7, the Telluride Institute blogged about its upcoming Second Annual Compassion Festival, scheduled for this summer, July 8 – July 10. (The Institute announced early because it is looking for volunteers.) The unique event and the newest festival on Telluride's cultural calendar is dedicated to exploring compassion for a world in crisis. It is byproduct of last year's Language of Mental Life conference, also hosted by the Telluride Institute.
Then as now, while some people appear ready to storm the barricades, others are turning inward in an attempt to find ways to play nice in not so nice times: Compassion as an antidote for overheated passions.
During the period of self reflection known as Lent, Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Church plans to offer a study of Karen Armstrong's "A Charter for Compassion" and her book Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. The study takes place right after the Sunday service, starting this Sunday, March 3 through April 17 (11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) or on consecutive Wednesdays, March 16 – April 20, 12 – 1 p.m.
Earlier this week, Telluride Inside... and Out provided the meat: the Whos, Whats, Whens, Wheres and Whys of the Telluride Repertory Theatre's upcoming event, plus the non-profit's history. If you missed that post, here's the link for details: /2011/03/telluride-rep-celebrates-20th-anniversary-at-ah-haa-saturday-nite.html.Or simply scroll down our Home Page.
Now it's time for the sizzle.
[click "Play", Kristin Holbrook talks about 10 years of Two Skirts]
This month, Telluride's Two Skirts celebrates its 10th anniversary.
For the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, 10 was the symbol of the universe and the number that expressed the whole of human knowledge. For the ancient Maya, "10" marked the end of one cycle and the start of another. And for director Blake Edwards, "10" was the top of the bodaciousness scale, the symbol of Bo Derrick.
For Two Skirts, "10" represents another day in the office. But what an office.
[click "Play", Susan speaks with Beau Staley about aquamarine]
Telluride Inside... and Out is pleased to introduce the next installment of Dolce's birthstone of month: aquamarine.
Water is the common denominator and element uniting astrological sign of the month of March, Pisces, meaning "fish," and aquamarine, which derives its name from "aqua" meaning "water" and "mare" or "sea."
An ancient writer summed up the beauty of the stone this way: "a thousand leagues of sunlit sea imprisoned in a cup." And like the sea, the color of aquamarine varies from deep blue to greenish blue.
[click "Play", Susan talks with Rachel Loomis-Lee] Tempus fugit. Although (thank goodness) the snow is still flying, staff at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts has turned its thoughts to summer, when Telluride's community arts center becomes a playground for kids.Summer...
