Culture

Once the vow of silence is lifted & the world gets to know what’s in store at the 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival, Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, the fun begins and not just on the silver screen. All around town on the streets, in the lines,...

Writing for Indiewire, Erik McClanahan talks about about “12 Films to See In September.” Thought the article makes for fun and perhaps useful reading in the run up to the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. Then again, it’s anybody’s guess until the cat is out of the...

“No matter what kind of year I have had, if I come to Telluride, it’s been a good year,” Werner Herzog.     Lights! Camera! Action! The 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival officially begins with the start of Labor Day weekend, Friday, 9/4 – Monday, 9/7, when the legacy of Georges Melies will...

Juried photography exhibition reimagines landscape of Telluride. Featuring 23 images, the show opens Thursday, September 3, during Telluride Arts’ First Thursday Art Walk. Reception 5 - 8 p.m.  at the Ah Haa School for the Arts in the Daniel Tucker Gallery at The Depot.Winners announced at 7 p.m....

Monet did it. The man painted haystacks and Notre Dame, other places and things, over and over again, in different seasons, at different times of day, as light transformed his subjects. [caption id="attachment_53427" align="aligncenter" width="288"] Monet’s haystacks[/caption] [caption id="attachment_53428" align="aligncenter" width="276"] Monet’s haystacks, different time of day[/caption] Later, Rothko repeatedly created...

Telluride Foundation hosts a nonprofit workshop Thursday at Telluride library on demystifying the budget process. Please contact Sarah Hendley at the Foundation at 970-728-8717 or sarah@telluridefoundation.org to RSVP for this workshop or for more information. The budgeting processing is a critical component of operating any nonprofit, establishing priorities...

Those Sullivans down the road, they always Wanna Be Startin’ Something. And last night, with Telluride Theatre Sings!, that shape-shifting duo – Sasha directed (and, ahem, coached, in an R-rated skit with Jen Julia, director, Sheridan Arts Foundation’s Young People’s Theatre); Colin hosted – produced...

A very limited number of tickets – $25 for adults; $15 youth under 18 –  remain for Michael Estwanik’s “An Evening of Oscar-Winning Songs.” Cash bar at the concert. Tickets here.  The mission of The Telluride American Songbook Festival is to celebrate the American Songbook, to preserve this musical...

Beyond the Groove Productions presents DAWES, live at Club Red, Saturday, August 22. Doors 8 p.m.; show, 8:30 p.m. All ages. Tickets, $25 in advance here. Or stop by Wizard Framing and Entertainment, 126 East Colorado. Blake Mills is the opening show. Beyond the Groove is pleased to...

On August 26, Telluride Mountainfilm will screen "The Diplomat,” a film by Mountainfilm festival director David Holbrooke. Two screenings at Nugget Theatre, 6 p.m.p.m. & 8:30 p.m. (Tickets, $15 for adults and $10 for children, go on sale 30 minutes prior to the show.)   Telluride Mountainfilm will present two special late-summer...