Sam Bush Tuesday on Telluride Inside… and Out, 7/6/2010
This week’s Sam Bush TV episode presents the second video of the “Sam’s Records: A Misguided Tour” series-where Sam selects and...
This week’s Sam Bush TV episode presents the second video of the “Sam’s Records: A Misguided Tour” series-where Sam selects and...
by Tracy Shaffer
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For the past seven days, ten writers from around the country and within the Telluride community have been hunkered down at the Sheridan Opera House or gathered in Jennie Franks' living room for a post-supper salon and informal reading. The event is the Telluride Playwrights Festival, a glorious blend of featured playwrights and theatre professionals existing in a fluid blend of rehearsal, response, reflection and rewrites with the goal of making good scripts better. Now in its fourth year, Ms. Franks has made impressive strides, attracting extraordinary talented writers, garnering support of the community and providing an experience unlike any other. As we lean into our public readings, tonight James McLindon's DEAD AND BURIED and tomorrow's offering LOVE ME SOME AMNESIA by James Still, I asked our two Jameses about this Telluride experience:
Telluride is big on parties this summer. First there was our local fire department's all-day celebration for the Fourth of July. On July 6, the Wilkinson Public Library set the stage for another day-long bash to honor the 75th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. On July 10, starting at 1 p.m., Telluride Town Park, KOTO FM celebrates its 35th birthday with the 14th annual KOTO Doo Dah. The headliner is Boulder-based The Motet.
by Tracy Shaffer
This is the question slated for the Telluride Playwrights Festival Open House on Thursday, and a conversation that circulates through the theatre community like a five dollar bill. I've popped this and a few other questions to some of the TPF participants. Grabbing a post-rehearsal snack at Smugglers with director/playwright William Missouri Downs, in from Wyoming to direct Telluride Rep actors in Phillip Gerson's This Isn't What It Looks Like. A prolific author and playwright, Bill has eight upcoming productions around the country and just closed the Denver hit, Books on Tape.
One singular sensation: "Her Wahness" is featured at the third annual Telluride Yoga Festival."Kirtan with Wah! Sean Johnson & the Wild Lotus Band" takes place Friday night, 7:30 – 10 p.m. at the Telluride Conference Center in the Mountain Village.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Sam Bush TV! Episode #9 delivers a little holiday cheer with an intimate version of...
People like secrets. Knowing them makes us feel important, even powerful. Here's one: the Telluride Playwrights Festival. Like the Telluride Musicfest, the Telluride Playwrights Festival is one of the best kept secrets on Telluride's summer cultural calendar – despite the fact both events feature blue chip talent and reinforce the Telluride brand on world stage.
Summer traffic in the Telluride region is generally concentrated in our box canyon: the town of Telluride is central ops for all the major festivals, which tend, however, to concentrate their activities over long weekends. Mid-week the action shifts "uptown" to Telluride's sister town, the Mountain Village, where every summer Wednesday night, 6 p.m. rain or shine, the Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association presents the Summer Concert Series.
Telluride's Sheridan Opera House welcomes Janis Joplin's original band to town. Big Brother & The Holding Company are performing live concert at the historic venue on Friday, July 2. Show time is 8 p.m. Doors and box office, 7:30 p.m. (Stop by the Sheridan Opera House courtyard from 5-8pm just prior to the show for a free Gala Premiere and Silent Auction, featuring paintings created by artists attending Telluride Plein Air’s 7th Annual Celebration of Outdoor Painting. Complementary wine sampling and snacks provided.)
This week, Sam Bush TV presents the first of a series titled “Sam’s Records: A Misguided Tour.” Sam will be going...