Editor note: This year marks Mountainfilm's 35th festival and the event is still be going strong. Festival heads feel its longevity is due to stellar people involved: volunteers, staff, audiences and, of course, many filmmakers, artists and guests. Some people who have taken the stage...
People sometimes tell us that Mountainfilm in Telluride, which takes place every Memorial Day weekend (May 24 to 27, 2013), often conflicts with graduations and weddings. In the past, we’ve held our tongue because the laws of physics prevent a person from being in two...
[caption id="attachment_29682" align="alignright" width="85"] "Life on the Rocks," by Kathleen Wells[/caption] Katherine Wells's obsession with petroglyphs (images pecked on stone) began in the 1960s. Three decades later, after careers as a teacher, a businessperson, and an artist in Southern California, Wells and Lloyd Dennis, her partner,...
Editor's note: Mountainfilm in Telluride Festival Director David Holbrooke took a few minutes from his crazy schedule to share what’s happened this week as he prepares for the Big Weekend, May 24-27, 2013. [caption id="attachment_29635" align="alignright" width="300"] Emily Long and David Holbrooke[/caption] This has been a peculiar...
Tix for Mumford & Sons at Opera House available thru 4/5/13, midnite (MDT) via online lottery! [caption id="attachment_29528" align="alignleft" width="300"] Peter Rowan, Telluride 2012[/caption] Planet Bluegrass is excited to announce the lineup for the late-night indoor shows held Wednesday, June 19-Sunday, June 23 at several venues...
Pioneering Artists, Adventurers and Scientists to Present at 35th Annual Festival In addition to screening leading independent documentary films, Mountainfilm in Telluride is distinguished each year by the scope of its non-film presentations. World-renowned journalists, photographers and explorers, along with experts in such distinct fields as foreign...
[caption id="attachment_29377" align="alignright" width="251"] Whitewater Ramble[/caption] The Sheridan Arts Foundation celebrates the end of the ski season at the historic Sheridan Opera House with a foot-stomping bluegrass dance party featuring Whitewater Ramble, the Magic Beans and the Kitchen Dwellers. The fun takes place Friday, April 5...
[caption id="attachment_29329" align="alignright" width="300"] John McCauley of Deer Tick[/caption] A band named after a parasite. How and why? The band Deer Tick is synonymous with its guitarist and singer-songwriter John McCauley, who grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, where he began his career by teaching himself to...
“A futuristic, psychedelic, neo-griot frenzy," raved the Village Voice Toubab Krewe is five guys, based out of Asheville, North Carolina, who effortlessly blend American rock and West African music into a style all their own, described by one critic as having a "visceral, ear-yanking quality" that...
“The kind of spectacle that deserves the word awesome," Atlanta Journal Constitution [caption id="attachment_29094" align="alignright" width="275"] MarchFourth Marching Band[/caption] This story is a tease, a taunt, and a declaration that if you have the chance and if you believe in "Next Time," you will get tickets to...
