Mark Galbo (can we now call him an impresario?) of Telluride's Rock and Roll Academy gave TIO's Susan Viebrock an interview about the adult bands which will perform at the Sheridan Opera House, Saturday, 24 January 2009. ...
"Marley & Me" opens at Telluride's Nugget Theatre on Friday, Jan 23 at 5:30 and 8 PM nightly“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.” (John Grogan)Cast: Jennifer...
Monday, January 19th from 5 - 7 PM, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art (130 EastColorado Avenue) will host a benefit event to raise money for JohnFahnestock's augmenting medical costs due to a seven year battle withneurological disease. First diagnosed with Parkinson's and then with...
by B.F.Deal
The Nugget Theatre first opened in 1935 when the Nunn Building was divided to accommodate movie screenings. The Telluride Film Festival master leased the theatre in 1982 in order to have a venue with a "Main Street" address. The theatre has operated continuously ever since.
Luci Reeve, assisted by Jim Bedford, aka B.F. Deal, have sub-leased and managed the theatre since 1984 with Luci running the day-to-day operations and Jim programming the movies.
“Telluride Inside…and Out” is now the go-to spot for weekly posts about what's coming up at the Nugget Theatre. The 5 pm movie through Thursday, January 22 is "Bedtime Stories."
Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Adam Shankman
Screenplay: Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy
Length: 1:35
Rated: PG, for some mild rude humor and mild language
Subtitles: none
“Telluride Inside…and Out” is now the go-to spot for weekly posts about what's coming up at the Nugget Theatre. We begin with this week's blockbuster, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Showtimes: 7:30 pm, through Wed. January 21.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton
Director: David Fincher
Writer and Screenplay: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eric Roth
Length: 2:48
Rated: Rated PG-13 for profanity, sexual situations, violence
Subtitles: none
It has never been about blockbusters or crowd-pleasers, although films such as this year’s “Slum Dog Millionaire” may turn out to be both.
The Telluride Film Festival has always been about quality not brand names and Hollywood endings – although at times both appear on the screen.
The art of filmmaking, the TFF’s core value, is what drives their programming not just over Festival weekend, but throughout the year. Case in point is this weekend’s program: “A FREE Cinematic Weekend with Howie Movshovitz of NPR.”
[Click play button to hear] Howie Movshovitz has taught film at the University of Colorado, Denver, for about 30 years. He has also been Colorado Public radio’s film critic since 1976 and a regular contributor to NPR. He first began...
The First Thursday Art Walk, sponsored by the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities, is a day-long block party with a mission: to showcase Telluride's fine art scene, including galleries and studios, which stay open late until 8 p.m.
The event is meant to deepen ties between Telluride's business and cultural economies by exposing locals and visitors to emerging and established arts and the town's retail scene.
The 2009 kickoff is Thursday, January 8, with many venues hosting their own artists' receptions, 5 – 8 p.m.
Among them:
In 2005. the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities opened the Stronghouse Studios (283 S. Fir Street), a cooperative created to provide an affordable, dynamic environment in which local visual, literary, textile, and musical artists can create and interact. Tonight, the Stronghouse Studios...
