Sidewalk Signings during Film Fest … an annual tradition! [caption id="attachment_22538" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ken Burns, filmmaker & author[/caption] What do a kick-ass director, the dust bowl, an ex-pat dog in Paris, and two criminal cases that captured the American psyche have in common? They are the lineup...
[caption id="attachment_22544" align="alignleft" width="300"] Landscape by Margaret Hixon-Griffith[/caption] Gallery 81435 hosts an artists' reception Thursday, August 30, 5-8pm. Come meet the artists and enjoy the last days of our August exhibit featuring texture, shape and color. Colorful landscapes in oils by Margaret Hixon-Griffith will be featured on...
[caption id="attachment_22470" align="alignleft" width="236"] Leni Riefenstahl[/caption] The choice was somewhat controversial, but 39 years ago in 1974, the year the Telluride Film Festival opened for business, Leni Riefenstahl (1902 – 2003), was among the original tributees. (The other two were Gloria Swanson and Francis Ford Coppola.) Telluride...
Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach...
[caption id="attachment_22301" align="alignright" width="200"] Barb Brattin, director, Wilkinson Public LIbrary (and Finn)[/caption] Editor's note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson...
“If this were 1971, these gentleman would be the biggest band in the world. It may be a disservice to such outfits as the Allman Brothers and Led Zeppelin, who actually held such titles in that age, but after seeing the Allstars live, there's really...
He is not one to parade and peacock around. He simply gets the job done. And he's cool. I am talking about Scott Doser. [caption id="attachment_22045" align="alignright" width="240"] Scott Doser (left) & friend[/caption] Yes, "Scott from the Library" Doser, who came on the scene when Telluride's consistently...
Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach...
The Bóogravîan Opera Naçionale is Presenting to All Peoples Very Nice Spectacle Here's the BIG QUESTION: When the hip cat's away will the mice still play? Rather, produce a play? There was much gnashing of teeth and beating on chests when Telluride Theatre's artistic director, Sasha Cucciniello,...
Great photographs hold more profound possibilities and deeper meaning than aesthetics alone would suggest. They allow our minds to remove the shackles of reality and recreate the feeling, emotion and mystery that infuse and surround the images. It is these moments that fine art and...
