I am so glad the folks at the Sheridan Opera House are throwing the three-night, four-band Telluride Tribute Fest, Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15. That’s right – all tribute bands! Why is it such a great notion? Because tribute bands are often every bit as good as the...
On Saturday, March 1, regional Presbyterians gathered for a series of TED Talk-styled presentations on the question Jesus asked his disciples "Who do you say that I am?" My sermon on March 2 featured my presentation from the previous day, when I offered an experiential...
"Urinetown" at the Palm Theatre in Telluride Tuesday, March 11-Sunday, March 16. Curtain at 8 PM (4:00 PM Sunday). [caption id="attachment_38768" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sasha and Cast[/caption] Let's start with a disclaimer: I have a meager history in theatre, and only a few readings with Telluride Theatre Fest...
It's all about bodacious shapes: some look like escapees from a story by Dr. Seuss; others are unapologetically voluptuous. Goedele Vanhille is a longtime, regional ceramicist whose phantasmagorical vessels amount to jewel-colored surrealistic paintings-in-the-round that allude to their modest ancestry: squash and gourds, aubergine, pears, and...
March shows at Ah Haa feature Goedele Vanhille and a Kenyan "Slum Art Slam" Telluride Arts' First Thursday Art Walk is a very good reason to go for a stroll. Galleries, eateries and art spaces celebrate artists and their work on the first Thursday of each...
He's at it again and that's a good thing. And just in time for Telluride Arts First Thursday Art Walk, a celebration of creativity in downtown Telluride, when all sorts of venues stay open late until 8 p.m. Malcolm Liepke's new body of work goes...
Well, Telluride. Judging from the lines at any movie, people who make the popcorn seem to know what they are doing. Apparently so do the people who put together the Telluride Film Festival. [caption id="attachment_38653" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "12 Years a Slave" team after winning Best Pic. (Image,...
The month of March was named after the Roman god of war. During the month, winter ends and spring begins. The birthstone for March is the aquamarine. Its zodiac signs are Pisces (February 19 – March 20) and Aries (March 21 – April 19). And...
In last Sunday's sermon, "From Garden to Ghetto to Giants," I discuss what Ken Wilber calls the two major views of human evil and how to overcome it: the recapture-goodness model and the growth-to-goodness model. I then ask which of these is most supported by...
Sunday night is the Oscars, when Telluride will be in the limelight with the films and actors that got kickstarted at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival: "Inside Llewyn Davis," "12 Years A Slave," "Gravity," Blue is the Warmest Color," "All is Lost," "Nebraska," "Frances Ha,"...
