Editor’s Note: Shelley Silbert is the executive director of Great Old Broads for the Wilderness, an organization that gives voice to the millions of older and not-so-able Americans who wish to see our wild public lands protected for future generations. She will speak at Mountainfilm's...
FULL LINEUP OF FESTIVAL FILMS We're excited to announce this year's outstanding lineup of festival films! See the entire list of films here and special guests here. [caption id="attachment_40857" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Still from “Queens & Cowboys,” a featured film at Mountainfilm 2014, about the gay rodeo and...
The Durango Blues Train is excited to announce the August event's musical lineup for the second weekend of the 2014 Blues Train, taking place August 22nd and 23rd. Musicians include Matthew Curry and the Fury, Alex Maryol, Kirk James, Kipori Woods, Leon J, One Roof...
Max Lowe is a photographer, writer and National Geographic Young Explorer who has been exploring the far reaches of the planet since before he could walk. He has been published in Backpacker magazine, Powder and on Nationalgeographic.com. After completing his Young Explorers Grant project, he...
Mountainfilm in Telluride jumpstarts the summer season in the region with tales of mountain living (endangered species, cultures and ideas) and mountain adventure ( think adrenaline rush). A native of Washington State, Sam Giffin is a producer and director at Right On Brothers Films. His credits...
Diverse and Dynamic: Painting, Photography, Performance Art to Grace Telluride’s Galleries and Streets Mountainfilm in Telluride, a festival renowned for bringing together films, artists, activists, and adventurers into one four-day happening, has put together an outstanding lineup of artists for its 2014 Gallery Walk, May 23. The mix...
I am proud to say I used to work with Ben Knight. I was the journalist who covered Telluride’s cultural economy when he was the young ace photographer on the local daily, then in its heyday. Feeling print media had gotten a bit sketchy, Ben, who has been...
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage from small pieces of colored glass, stone and other materials such as ceramic tiles for decorative purposes generally inside a home or church. The technique has been around for centuries: examples abound in pre-Islamic Persia,...
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the theme of Mountainfilm in Telluride’s 2014 Moving Mountains Symposium is “Wilderness.” Confirmed symposium presenters represent experts from diverse fields, including science, conservation, journalism, fine arts, and education, among them Vance G. Martin. [caption id="attachment_40392" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Vance...
Yes, it’s off season in Telluride, but that really amounts to a blip on the radar before the intense summer festival season kicks off with Mountainfilm in Telluride over Memorial Weekend. Among the stand-out events that follow is the Telluride Yoga Festival, July 10 – July...
