My Huff Post feed this morning included a short blog by Stephanie Marcus, Entertainment Editor. The subject: Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” which, as locals know– we hung with cast members, fed them in our restaurants, sacrificed virgins to the god of snow with them...
Starting in the mid-1990s, dance in Telluride rhymed with the name of former prima ballerina Valerie Madonia. [caption id="attachment_53082" align="aligncenter" width="197"] Valerie Madonia[/caption] When we first met in the mid-1990s, I did not speak fluent ballet. And I am still not sure if a revoltarde is something...
Telluride Theatre SINGS! With a Pick-A-Prize Raffle, a fundraiser for Telluride Theatre. Paddle board from Jagged Edge is grand prize. Friday, August 21, Telluride Theatre will hold a fundraiser at the Palm Theatre. The happening includes local singers and dancers theatricalizing a very famous album as well as...
As an ex-New Yorker – not really, if you were born there, you are never really “ex” – I remain addicted to the New York Times. On August 2, the Sunday Styles section featured an article by Jeff Gordinier about Telluride Mountainfilm regular Dan Buettner: “My Dinner with Longevity...
Book the workshop with Maria Garrê here now. Single class is $45; early bird, $35. Full workshop, $179; early bird, $160. (Early bird ends August 15.) Please scroll down to bottom of this story to hear what Maria has to say about her life and...
The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates multiple uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures,...
Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at the larger version of Club Red at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village, thanks once again to Denise Mongan’s Beyond the Groove Productions. Tuesday, August 11. Doors 7:30 p.m.; show, 8 p.m. Tickets, $45, here. A yoga class led by Gina Guarascio Murdock with Michael in attendance...
Star of “12 Years A Slave” featured in National Theatre Live’s production of “Everyman." Live streamed at the Palm on Tuesday, August 11. Tickets, $15 adults; $10 children, here. Presented by Jennie Franks's SPARKy Productions. BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave") takes...
Monday, Aug. 10, 8 p.m., the Sheridan Arts Foundation presents Scott Cossu & Friends live in concert for a night of jazz, blues and barrelhouse boogie. Cossu is joined by Slyderz Van Manakas on guitar and Scott Emerson Doser on percussion, plus a variety of special guests....
An unexpected $500,000 bequest made to the Second Chance Humane Society in June allows the non-profit to ease its strained operating finances and proceed with expansion plans. [caption id="attachment_52887" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bonnie Bell, one of the many wonderful animals available for adoption at Second Chance.[/caption] With the added...
