“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?/Where is the knowledge we have lost in information,” T.S. Eliot, “The Rock.” This is a guy who can strike a darn good tree pose. I saw him do just that online in a lecture before an audience of...
Sandy Skoglund creates subversive room-size installations such as “Radioactive Cats” (1980), a post-nuclear tableau starring a swarm of eerie chartreuse felines, which have invaded the drab gray kitchen (and drab gray lives) of an elderly Midwestern couple. [caption id="attachment_49105" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Radioactive Cats, Skoglund, Telluride Gallery...
Telluride Theatre presents its own unique slant on the classic sci-fi rock musical “Little Shop of Horrors" live at the Palm Theatre Tuesday – Sunday, March 10–March 15. The show’s director Sasha Sullivan explains her unique spin on the production: “Along with our incredible artistic team, we have re-imagined what this show is...
Organizers announce the 2015 Freeskiing World Tour and Masters of Snowboarding Champions will be determined by which ski and snowboard athletes earn the most points at the Subaru Freeride Series (SFS) big mountain competitions. Fans everywhere can witness the greatest riders compete throughout the season by...
Celebrating its 18th year, the Mark Fischer Poetry Prize has increased its cash award to $1,000 for this year’s winning poem and opened its eligible contestants to any poet living west of the Mississippi, according to the event’s organizers, San Miguel County Commissioner Elaine Fischer and...
Pinhead Scholar hosting stop-motion animated features, with Q&A, at the Steaming Bean Thanks to a guest from the non-profit organization’s “Scholars in the Schools” program, the Pinhead Institute is able to offer the community two special animated features: “ParaNorman” and “The Boxtrolls." The films come courtesy of LAIKA, a stop-motion animation...
Register NOW for free TEDxTellurideLive Simulcast at the Michael D. Palm Theatre, Tuesday, March 17 The fourth annual TEDxTellurideLive will simulcast one day of the world-famous TED Conference. TEDxTellurideLive will be presented free at the Michael D. Palm Theatre, 721 W. Colorado Ave., Telluride, Colorado on Tuesday, March...
“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it,” Robert Motherwell Note: If you failed to score tickets for the Telluride AIDS Benefit fashion show, there is yet another opportunity to watch the action. The Town of Mountain Village plans to air...
Last Saturday night, February 21, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival was awarded “Music Festival of the Year” at the 26th Annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards, held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This marks the first time a Colorado festival, or any bluegrass festival, has ever won...
Since we are talking Oscars and “Birdman” in the same sentence, I gotta crow. Here’s the lead to my review of the 41st annual Telluride Film Festival. It’s a bird. It’s a plane – not. It’s “Birdman,” a winged version of Superman and all the other hollow comic book super heroes...
