Five more months and then? With over 20 years defining and debating the issues, John Major Jenkins is best known for his works as a researcher and author that theorize certain astronomical and esoteric connections of the calendar systems used by the Maya civilizations of pre-Columbian...
[caption id="attachment_21725" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Big Head Todd & The Monsters, C. Taylor Crothers"][/caption] Three words that instantly brighten up any dark associations with the Colorado town named "Columbine": Former Columbine locals, Big Head Todd. Over nearly three decades – college-town concerts in the 1980s to national...
In the context of the Telluride Shroomfest, the world wide web takes on a whole other meaning: we are talking about mycelium, the sentient cobweb-like web of cells, which, in just one magical phase of its life cycle, fruits mushrooms. Shroom evangelists and guests of...
"I am very outspoken about my environmental activism and concern for the planet. My expertise is in cultivating fungi and looking for exciting new applications that everyone can use on a small scale to contribute to the whole," Tradd Cotter Brooding headlines don't change the fact that...
[caption id="attachment_21627" align="alignright" width="218" caption="Crowd Above"][/caption] It's sensory overload of the very best kind: the robust pairing of culinary and visual arts happening under one celestial roof. The Telluride Festival of the Arts takes place Friday, August 17 (starting at noon) – Sunday, August 19 (ends at...
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is synonymous with its founder, impresario Steve Gumble. His event is the first of its kind in the country, combining as it does micro-breweries with the best of blues music and then there's the backdrop: historic downtown Telluride and...
Editor's Note: Telluride Chamber Music Festival launches with the ever-popular painted violin series, including works by Elaine Fischer, Ellen Brody, Cindy Sampson, David Brankley, Kristin Johnson, Michael and Cindy Wszynski, John Hopkins, Julie Siegel, Susan McCormack, Barbara Konvracki, Bruce Gomez (who also created the 2012...
You snooze, you lose Tickets are going fast for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Only a limited number of Single Day passes remain for Friday and Sunday, with Saturday tickets now Sold Out, apart from a handful of local tickets. Sunday tickets are $65...
Last year was the warm-up for the main event, which is this year. At the 38th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Steve Earle alluded to "Treme," the HBO series in which he appears. And Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Allen Toussaint, another series regular (as himself)...
"Remember this name, R-O-B-E-R-T-A G-A-M-B-A-R-I-N-I. She is the best singer around for quite awhile,” said Telluride Jazz veteran, tenor saxophonist James Moody. No swizzle stick celebrity, this Italian chanteuse has a full-bodied voice to match her curves. Roberta Gambarini is the featured diva at the 36st annual...
