Culture

The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) announces the opening of their applications for the 2016 cohort. Applications will be open through Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. MST. [caption id="attachment_40587" align="aligncenter" width="144"] Thea Chase, director, Telluride Venture Accelerator[/caption] The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) is currently receiving applications for its...

Over $35 million in total given to Telluride community since Foundation’s inception in 2000. The Telluride Foundation’s annual Community Grant application is now available, and regional nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply. This year, the Foundation will be instituting two new aspects to the Community Grants program, introducing...

Indiewire previewed these fall film and has selected “The 15 Films We’ve Already Seen (And You Won’t Want to Miss). A number of which are on the program for the 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival, including “Steve Jobs,” “Carol,” "Son of Saul.”  [caption id="attachment_53583" align="aligncenter" width="600"]...

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT Directed by Kent Jones  Synopsis: In 1962, French director Francois Truffaut persuaded Alfred Hitchcock to sit down with him for a week-long interview in which the great British auteur would share with his young admirer the secrets of his cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting—used to produce...

“Telluride is the best film festival in the world,” Clint Eastwood Once the vow of silence is lifted – now – and the world gets to know what’s in store at the 42nd annual Telluride Film Festival, tomorrow, Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7, the fun begins. Only the Telluride...

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...