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The now-famous, extravagantly talented redheaded/adopted son, Tim O'Brien, returns to Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House on Thursday, January 21, for an encore winter concert. The 2006 Grammy winner and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello – will be performing solo acoustic. Showtime is 6 p.m.

Whether it's a reinterpretation of an old fiddle tune, a revitalized honky-tonk shuffle from the 1950s or an original bluegrass-inflected folk tune, O'Brien's sound is always at once familiar and fresh. He describes his job as taking old music and serving it up in ways people can understand and relate to.
21 January, 2010 /

Upintheair_smallteaser + The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride is showing two movies for the week of Friday, January 22-Thursday, January 28.

"Sherlock Holmes" is back for a replay. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law are Holmes and Watson. The movie is rated PG-13. Check out last week's "Nuggets."

Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" stars George Clooney and premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival. The film was singled out by TIO for the awards season, garnered several Golden Globe nominations, and won Best Screenplay. Rated R, "Up in the Air" was right on in its timing. With the U.S. economy on its ear, the film tell the story of a man whose job it is to go around the country firing people. Pretty funny, eh? But pertinent.

See below for showtimes and the Nugget website for trailers and reviews.

21 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hlisten to Bunny Friedus-Steel speak about "Carmen"]

116 In one scene, the lovers are hitting high notes while coupling on the floor. Coming soon to your local theater in Telluride: Sex, rebellion, and violence.


Are we talking about the subject of the latest country & western hit or one of The Nugget's nuggets, a Tinseltown bodice ripper starring the babe du jour. Answer: neither of the above. On January 22, 6 p.m., New York's Metropolitan Opera, live in HD, is coming to Telluride's Palm Theatre. And not just any opera, Bizet's 1875 masterpiece "Carmen," reputed to be the most famous opera in the world.

19 January, 2010 /


Legendary guitarist and gypsy Tim Reynolds is in Telluride to perform with his trio,TR3, at the historic Sheridan Opera House on Wednesday, January 20. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.

Out of the gate, Reynolds got spoiled by adoring fans. As the child of pious, fiercely conservative parents, he began playing electric bass in a gospel band at age 12 before writhing congregations of ecstatic worshippers. Reynolds performed at church three times a week  – over 1000 times – until his high school graduation.

19 January, 2010 /

6a00e553ed7fe18833011570134a4b970c-120wi Jennie Franks' Telluride Playwrights' Festival owes a debt to the Bard. Four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare is still the most popular playwright in the world because his every word, every phrase offers dozens of possibilities for the pace, rhythm and trajectory of every scene. Directors and actors only have to get out of the way for the structure of the whole play to reveal itself. The Telluride Playwrights' Festival is all about words, not the production.

18 January, 2010 /

Tuesday evening, January 12, it was the Wailers filling the Telluride Conference Center . There were people waiting outside in case anyone left early. And the Wailers kept everyone moving until time to turn out the lights.  The Sheridan Arts Foundation and the Telluride...

17 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Erika Gordon speak about Sunday at the Palm]

Endurance.11x17 The Telluride Film Festival's Sunday at the Palm series kicks off the 2010 season with the award-winning docudrama, "The Endurance: Shackleton's Lengendary Antarctic Expedition," back on Telluride’s big screen for the first time since its Telluride Film Festival premier in 2000.

Vain-glory-mongering or scientific curiosity? A desire to get there first? What motivated Ernest Shackleton matters less than the fact that, when all was said and done, after 22 harrowing months, he emerged from his dangerous and failed adventure a hero, having led 27 men to safety.

16 January, 2010 /

The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents Greensky Bluegrass at Telluride's Sheridan Opera House tonight, January 14, 2010. Showtime is 8:00 pm, $20 general admission for this seats-out concert. For more on Greensky, see Susan's article. ...

14 January, 2010 /

Sherlockholmes_smallteaser "Sherlock Holmes" plays twice nightly at Telluride's Nugget Theatre the week of Friday, January 15-Thursday, January 21.

Director Guy Ritchie's "Holmes" is a modern take on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, complete with some impressive special effects. The movie stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, Jude Law as the faithful Watson. Rachel McAdams is Holmes' love interest/foil. "Sherlock Holmes" is rated PG-13.

See below for movie times, and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

14 January, 2010 /

Telluride's Palm Theatre is offering up a little recession-friendly entertainment for the whole family AND a great after school activity. Where else can you see your favorite films on the big screen for only $1? Can you deduce the names of these movies from the clues below? The Palm says they can't tell us the titles, but surely it's more fun this way, right?

Upcoming in January:

14 January, 2010 /