The Telluride Choral Society will present a concert at Christ Church (434 W. Columbia) on Thursday, July 30 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, August 2 at 3: pm. The concert includes a variety of music, from Bach and Schubert to Broadway musicals.See below for the concert program.
Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts held its 17th Annual Art Auction Friday night, July 24. The natives turned out in force – and in costume – and the overall event was a colorful and smashing success. Ah Haa is still tallying...
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On Friday, July 24, starting at 5 pm, Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts holds its 17th annual art auction. The fun-raiser is one of the biggest and best parties of the summer season. The theme, "Celebrate Art: Be the Artist You Want To Be," reminds us what the school is all about. "Ah Haa" is an interjection of success – but success can be defined in any number of ways.
Success to Alpine Bank, the title sponsor of the auction, is not just measured in terms of assets on hand. The institution, unique among banks, is all about sustainable growth and supporting non-profits such as Ah Haa that make a difference in the greater community. Success might be a sibling catching his brother or sister in a lie: "Ah Haa! gotcha." Success may be getting the punch line of a joke: "Ah Haa! I get it." Success may be seeing someone or something in an altogether different light.
Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts is community arts center and, from time to time, a place of celebrity. In years past, General Norman Schwarzkopf has shown up for the event, even contributed military paraphernalia and art work. Rumor has it the emcee of this year's event, tonight, July 24, 5 p.m., 300 South Townsend, is none other than Pop artist Andy Warhol, at one time the Michael Jackson of the art world. In the 1960s, it was Warhol who was running the company store when the art world began shedding its idealist trappings and started morphing into the Great American Art Industry. Overnight, Campbell's soup cans and Brillo became icons. Warhol is expected to be accompanied by an entourage.
Also on hand at this year's Ah Haa auction is actress and part-time local Susan Saint James, who created three major works of art in collaboration with painter/teacher Robert Weatherford. Joining her on the runway for the live auction, starting at 7 p.m., are the following artists/donors:
For Telluride local and board member, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Sally Simpson, it was simply a matter of connecting the dots.Born and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon, Sally Simpson holds a BA in secondary art education and a masters degree in education from the University of Oregon. She taught art at the middle and high school level in the Oregon public school system for 12 years.
The movies at the Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride for the week of July 24-30 are "UP", the Disney/Pixar animation, and "The Hangover".
"Summer Hours" will play next Thursday as the second movie. Set in a French country house, directed by Olivier Assayas, "Summer Hours" is the story of three adult siblings wrestling with the disposition of their recently deceased mother's high end art works and furnishings. Reviewers have raved about this film, calling it a real jewel.
Reviews and trailers can be found on the Nugget website. See movie times below.
The work of recent Telluride High School graduate (Class of 2009) Evan Tueller reminds us that a bond with the natural world is often an essential aspect of great art, particularly landscapes. Evan is the youngest of 16 established artists whose work is featured in the live auction at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts' 17th annual fundraiser. The event takes place Friday, July 24, the old Depot, 300 South Townsend, starting at 5 p.m.
Eric Bibb
At the Sheridan Opera House this weekend, starting July 23, Austin native Steve Stagner adds other names to the list of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists who take old music and serve it up as something familiar yet fresh, be it a honky tonk shuffle from the 1950s or an original bluegrass-inflected tune. The line-up for the 3rd annual Telluride Americana Music Weekend includes North Carolina native Shannon Whitworth, two of Austin's best songwriters, Kevin Welch and Walt Wilkins, troubadour Slaid Cleaves, Tift Merritt, Nashville writer Irene Kelley and acoustic blues musician Eric Bibb.
Steve Stagner is a part-time Telluride local. In Austin, he and his wife, both music buffs, built a small amphitheater in their backyard (seating for 125 give or take) for house concerts featuring friends who happen to be acoustic musicians. Several years ago, the couple started bringing some of their talented friends to Telluride to play the Sheridan Opera House. Stagner is passionate about Americana music, which he defines as "Story-driven acoustic music." KOTO musical director Suzanne Cheavens sums up in her blog:
Say the words "quick draw" in a Western town like Telluride and images of smoking guns pop into mind.
Quick Draw has a whole other meaning, however, in the context of the Sheridan Arts Foundation's annual Telluride Plein Air event, an art show that has become an integral part of Telluride's Fourth of July celebration.
The Quick Draw is a 90-minute, on-site painting demonstration and competition held on Main Street, this year on July 2, 10:30 – noon. The contest is open only to the 30 top plein air artists in town for a week to paint Telluride's urbanscapes and landscapes. The Ah Haa School for the Arts supplies the judges. This year,
Lana Rak took home the blue ribbon for her image, "Bon Appetit."
