For much of the past decade, for Mountainfilm's Moving Mountains Symposium, we’ve chosen environmental themes, issues we’ve felt were essential to the global conversation. This year, we’re changing directions and will focus on Afghanistan. [caption id="attachment_46007" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Kabul, Afghanistan ©Aaron-Huey-AFGHAN[/caption] Mountainfilm has not selected a theme directly tied to a...
The following is another wonderful story by Oleh Lysiak about fly-fishing, a passion, suggesting that old age (and faltering eyesight) stop mattering when there is fresh-caught trout frying in a pan. OLD EYES “Goddamn these old eyes," he mutters over and over. He lost his best #16 Royal Wulff, right...
The Telluride Film Festival’s next Sunday at the Palm program features superstar puppets known as The Muppets. "They begin their journey on a bicycle pedaled by Kermit, but friends accumulate along the way, and they change vehicles to accommodate them…This appealing children's adventure movie has numerous...
Telluride Mountain Club offers off-season fun with adventure, outdoor & environmental films Join the Telluride Mountain Club (TMtC) for an evening of inspirational, adrenaline-rushing, thought-provoking films at the Sheridan Opera House. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival ON TOUR screens for the first time in Telluride on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 7...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show movies LIVE theatrics by Telluride Theatre at the Palm, 10/24 The film, released in 1975, tanked at first. But by 1976, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was on its way to becoming a cult classic, playing to packed houses at midnight...
The Psychology of Meditation at Wilkinson Public Library, Monday, October 20, 6:00 – 8 p.m. The introductory lecture and discussion by Telluride resident Dr. Jonathan Barfield provides an experiential, scientific and psychological examination of the process of meditation. "I will draw from ancient treatises on meditation, along with discoveries in...
The following is a story about change, perhaps the only constant in the known universe. Like mountain weather. Like winter (and may it be wet) follows one of the most show-offy falls Telluride has ever seen. TRANSITION He smells transition, feels change in the season, first solid rain in...
Telluride Foundation board member Davis Fansler appointed by Colorado Governor to Colorado Health Benefits exchange Board of Directors, replacing board member Richard Betts Davis Fansler, a former mayor of the Mountain Village and current Vice Chair and head of the grants Committee for the Telluride Foundation, was recently appointed...
In Telluride, we can no longer pretend that it’s summer. Gone are the days when the sun baked Main Street and the San Miguel River tempted us to dip in its waters. Gone are the river and all wildness that came with it, its reckless...
The new exhibit in the Wilkinson Public Library stairwell features Western desert landscapes by local painter Clarissa Fortier. The collection reflects the artist’s ongoing love affair with these vistas. Having lived in New York City her entire life, Fortier was immediately captivated by the dramatic expansiveness of places such as the...
