The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are proud to present BOY (New Zealand, 2010, 87 minutes, Unrated), nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and directed by Taiki Waititi. The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand...
Sharing two stories from TIO regular contributor Oleh Lysiak. The first, “Back from Telluride," is an edited excerpt from the "Telluride" chapter of one of his edgy, funny, insightful books, “Art, Crime & Lithium," published May 2013 by Tao Fish Books. The second paragraph and last words...
Lawry de Bivort on the future of humankind at the Wilkinson Public Library, Wednesday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. [caption id="attachment_48029" align="aligncenter" width="208"] Lawrence (Lawry) de Bivort[/caption] Humankind—including each one of us—is the first species in planetary history to have the ability to beneficially manage our own evolutionary future. True, we...
Editor’s note: Book It! is a (mostly) weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for in the store when you stop by to browse or for a cuppa at High Alpine...
Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for in the store when you stop by to browse or for a cuppa at High Alpine Coffee...
TIO regular contributor Oleh Lysiak sent this story in honor of the memory of Karen LeQuey, who just died. Oleh wrote the story for Karen and husband Keith Le Quey to honor the couple’s infamous annual biker bash in Norwood. It was originally published in The San Miguel...
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being more patient, finding...
Editor’s note: Poet extraordinaire Kierstin Bridger never disappoints, but often shocks. There, packed in the back of the closet with the tired tinsel star and the good holiday plates lie our memories of the season: some are of angels; others, well, the devils that nip at our souls. Here...
Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for in the store when you stop by to browse or for a cuppa at High Alpine Coffee...
The term solstice means "sun stands still." On the year's two solstices (winter and summer) the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky and change little in position during this time. Of course, contrary to appearances from Earth, the sun's "changing...
