Friday July 27, 1 p.m., free to the public What do you get when you mix 12 amazingly talented children, one beautiful historic theater, a classic childhood story, some great music and five days of theatrical fun? Answer: The SAF Young People’s Theater Summer Spectacular. An intensive...
The Sheridan Arts Foundation is proud to present an intimate evening with rock, folk legends Hot Tuna, the acoustic trio, at the historic Sheridan Opera House on Sunday, July 22 at 8 p.m. The trio features Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, founders and continuing core...
In a way, the Bard set the stage for – oh lord, shut me up – reality TV when he concocted tales of sex, power and morality in complex tragicomedies as "Measure for Measure." However, in the end, a sanctimonious hypocrite gets a totally to...
Editor's note: From "Darkness to Light" arrived on my doorstep about a month ago, courtesy of a former classmate at Gary Kraftsow's Viniyoga teacher training program in 2008, Trish Elting. Early for Christmas but perfect time in the roll-up to Telluride Yoga Festival, this weekend,...
Drama survives because it eludes trends. Good drama finds poetry in the flotsam and jetsam of our lives. It survives because it extrapolates what is universal and external from quotidian muddles in a way that heightens an audience's self-awareness. In so doing, a good play...
Rock, country, soul Thursday July 5 at the Opera House The Sheridan Arts Foundation kicks off its year-long Centennial Celebration with "An Evening with Lucero." The event caps the Foundation's week-long Telluride Plein Air and takes place Thursday, July 5 at 9 p.m. Next summer, July 2013,...
When the Trio Solisti started its Telluride Musicfest 10 years ago, its Artistic Director, the stellar Maria Bachmann, explained to us that the Trio is a unique type of ensemble. In string quartets, the whole effort is directed towards creating one integrated instrument, a “sound...
Naming a thing helps give the senses a place to aim, but sadly, the phrase "classical music" is a tour de force of negative publicity. The words suggest something inaccessible outside pop culture. "Classical music" conjures the sounds of dead white guys, for blue hairs...
Some four decades since his remarkable debut, John Prine has stayed at the top of his game, both as a performer and songwriter. Recently honored at the Library of Congress by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, he has been elevated from the annals of songwriters...
Seryn everywhere you want to be: Main Stage, NightGrass (Palm) and Elks Park The New York Times did a feature on the place a few years ago, when the band Midlake were the poster boys for Denton, Texas's indie music scene, which includes musicians as noteworthy...
