Memorial Weekend. In Telluride, the holiday is synonymous with Mountainfilm, a gathering of a tribe of indomitable spirits out to save the world, one cause, one film, one conversation at a time. (And yes, year after year, positive change happens as a result.) In other parts of...
Albert Einstein was more than just a scientist. Here are 25 amazing life lessons coming from the man himself! 1. Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. 2. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. 3. Never do anything against...
Here’s the deal on this unique deal: You clean out. Three local nonprofits clean up. The 1st Annual Spring Gear Swap takes place this weekend, Friday May 30 – Sunday, June 1 at the Telluride High School Cafeteria. The event is a fundraiser for three local...
This spring, 28 artists from the Telluride region requested funds from the Telluride Arts/CCAASE Small Grants program to support creative projects that forward their work. Proposals are selected first and foremost based on the quality of the work , along with the artists’ plan to share their output with...
«The world is my field of vision. From war to peace, from the unspeakable to moments of poetry, my images are testimonies of humankind.» [caption id="attachment_41113" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Reza, Photo by Tim Mantoani[/caption] What would you do and how would you live if your name in Farsi means...
Nevada Wier is a multiple award-winning photographer who specializes in remote corners of the globe and the cultures who inhabit them. Because her connection with place and people is so profound, authentic and heartfelt, Wier’s images seem to compress human existence in its wildest and...
Mountainfilm in Telluride proved to be a game-changer for Wade Davis, who joined the tribe in the mid-1990s. Now, on his more or less annual visits to town over Memorial Weekend, the man enjoys the status of a rock star, packing venues with his “groupies.”...
“Emptying the Skies,” Saturday, 8:30p.m. and Sunday, 11:45 a.m., The Nugget Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels: "Freedom," "The Corrections," "Strong Motion" and "The Twenty-Seventh City" – two collections of essays –"Farther Away," "How to Be Alone" – a personal history –"The Discomfort Zone"...
“Vessel” screens at The Nugget twice: Saturday, May 24, 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 25, 8:45 p.m. Roe v. Wade is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the issue of abortion. The 1973 court ruled 7– 2 that a right to privacy under the due...
At Mountainfilm’s Gallery Walk, the official launch of the festival weekend, you will not find Carter Brooks’ art indoors at the usual venues, where the tribe is happily re-engaging over free drinks and hors d’oeuvres. [caption id="attachment_41062" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Carter Brooks, Artist and Philosopher of Climate...
