“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...
Have you seen a wounded Veteran skiing with someone in a blue jacket out on a black run on the Telluride mountain? How about a special needs kid from the reservation having a ball on Double Cabins? Or a young man who is autistic first...
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...
"Animal Kingdom is an art house crime saga that will put your heart in your mouth,” wrote Kenneth Turan of the LA Times, “(It’s) a moody, brooding, modern-day film noir that marks the impressive debut of an Australian writer-director who knows how to make a...
Folksy town; music to match. Juno-winning banjoist Jayme Stone and his Lomax Project, now on a major six-month tour, performs the sweet sounds of traditional root music on Friday, March 6, 7:30 p.m., at the Palm Theatre. [caption id="attachment_48796" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Jayme Stone & The Lomax Project[/caption] A composer, educator and...
Telluride Foundation awarded Innovation Grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to support entrepreneurship The Blackstone Charitable Foundation awarded the Telluride Foundation a grant through the third annual Blackstone Innovation Grants Program. The $125,000 grant, part of the $3 million Blackstone Innovation Grants Program, which targets non-profit...
AEG Live & Planet Bluegrass are thrilled to announce PRETTY LIGHTS live at Telluride Town Park August 28 & 29, 2015. Doors 5:45 p.m.; show 7:00 p.m. Two-day general admission and VIP tickets, as well as camping and travel packages will be available via Pretty Lights’ direct-to-fan...
