Performing Arts

Those Sullivans down the road, they always Wanna Be Startin’ Something. And last night, with Telluride Theatre Sings!, that shape-shifting duo – Sasha directed (and, ahem, coached, in an R-rated skit with Jen Julia, director, Sheridan Arts Foundation’s Young People’s Theatre); Colin hosted – produced...

A very limited number of tickets – $25 for adults; $15 youth under 18 –  remain for Michael Estwanik’s “An Evening of Oscar-Winning Songs.” Cash bar at the concert. Tickets here.  The mission of The Telluride American Songbook Festival is to celebrate the American Songbook, to preserve this musical...

Beyond the Groove Productions presents DAWES, live at Club Red, Saturday, August 22. Doors 8 p.m.; show, 8:30 p.m. All ages. Tickets, $25 in advance here. Or stop by Wizard Framing and Entertainment, 126 East Colorado. Blake Mills is the opening show. Beyond the Groove is pleased to...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation presents a night of reggae with Jamaican legends The Mighty Diamonds, the most consistent and long-running vocal trio in Jamaican musical history, live at the historic Sheridan Opera House Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015.  Tickets are $20 GA floor and $30 reserved balcony...

Beyond the Groove Productions presents Jenny Lewis, live at Club Red, Wednesday, August 19. Doors 8 p.m.; show, 8:30 p.m. All ages. Tickets, $35 in advance and $37 at the door here. Or stop by Wizard Framing and Entertainment, 126 East Colorado. Beyond the Groove is pleased to announce...

TMVOA  2015 Sunset Concert Series concludes, this week featuring Jon Wayne and The Pain. More sounds through August 19, Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village. Show time is 6 p.m.  See full schedule below. Now in its 16th year, the free outdoor live music program, The Sunset Concerts Series, overlooking the scenic...

Starting in the mid-1990s, dance in Telluride rhymed with the name of former prima ballerina Valerie Madonia.  [caption id="attachment_53082" align="aligncenter" width="197"] Valerie Madonia[/caption] When we first met in the mid-1990s, I did not speak fluent ballet. And I am still not sure if a revoltarde is something...

Telluride Theatre SINGS! With a Pick-A-Prize Raffle, a fundraiser for Telluride Theatre. Paddle board from Jagged Edge is grand prize.  Friday, August 21, Telluride Theatre will hold a fundraiser at the Palm Theatre. The happening includes local singers and dancers theatricalizing a very famous album as well as...

The 42nd anual Telluride Chamber Music Festival concludes this weekend, with concerts at Christ Church and a closing with a dinner following Sunday matinee on August 16. Details here. Concert tickets, $25, here. In the early 1970s, Telluride was just beginning to pulse thanks to a chap from...

Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at the larger version of Club Red at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village, thanks once again to Denise Mongan’s Beyond the Groove Productions. Tuesday, August 11. Doors 7:30 p.m.; show, 8 p.m. Tickets, $45, here.  A yoga class led by Gina Guarascio Murdock with Michael in attendance...