Memorial service for J. Michael Brown Saturday afternoon, November 12, 2011, the Telluride community gathered, filled the Palm Theatre, to honor and say goodbye to our friend, J. Michael Brown, who died in late October. Listening to so many whose lives were touched by Michael's generosity, speaking...
Guess who Karl Denson (of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, KDTU) along with special guest Anders Osborne will be impersonating for their brief but undoubtedly memorable appearance in Telluride over Halloween weekend. KDTU and Osborne will be performing a soulful rendering of Rolling Stones landmark album Sticky Fingers in its entirety.
Ben Stookesberry is a 33-years-old gonzo kayaker, who makes his home in Chico, CA. Ben was baptized into Mountainfilm in Telluride's extended family of adventurers when the film he directed, "Kadoma," premiered at the festival in May. Festival director David Holbrooke chose to feature "Kadoma" when Mountainfilm on Tour headlines at the Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, this weekend, Friday, October 21 – Sunday, October 23. 
Coming up at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts: Mixed Media Mosaics with instructor Flair Robinson.
"The Apple Pushers," kicks off the weekend, when Mountainfilm in Telluride returns to the Big Apple, October 21 – October 23, for an encore program at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theatre.
"Apple Pushers" is not about the friendly folks who sell bites out of the technological magic "The magician" (The Economist, October 8 – 14), Steven Jobs conjured. The documentary features a whole other category of vendors.
"The Apple Pushers," written and directed by Mary Mazzio, narrated by Edward Norton, and underwritten by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, follows immigrant street vendors who roll fresh fruits and vegetables into the inner cities of New York, where finding a fresh red ripe apple can be a serious challenge. These pushcart vendors, who have immigrated here from all parts of the world are now part of a new experiment in New York to help solve the food crisis and skyrocketing obesity rates, particularly in the inner city.
Mountainfilm in Telluride began as a homespun gathering of outdoor enthusiasts 33+ years ago has evolved into a colorful tapestry of talks, exhibits, music and films. And Mountainfim has grown legs. Good news for Telluride, because there could be no better ambassador for the "brand."
I guess I recognized I was different at my first Halloween party in college. There I stood, white-chalked face and spiked black hair, with eight pairs of scissors taped to my fingers, a ghoulish version of Edward Scissorhands; I was surrounded by a bunch of sexy kittens, lingerie-clad angels and Playboy bunnies. Needless to say, I didn’t reel in any dates that night.
It was then that I realized there are two types of people in the world: People who like horror movies and people who don’t. Not everyone likes to be scared, so if you find yourself in the latter camp, you might want to skip to the next article or go shop online for a cute Halloween costume, something with ears or a thong. If you belong to the cloister of us who revere ghost stories, scary movies and spooky urban myths, read on. We’ve got a festival for you: the second annual Telluride Horror Show, October 14-16.
You may say I'm a dreamer/But I'm not the only one/I hope someday you'll join us/And the world will be as one," "Imagine," John Lennon
Telluride Inside… and Out met the Bioneers founders Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons in the 1990s, when they came to town for a talk. Their progeny return Star Trek-style, Friday, October 14 – Sunday, October 16, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., when Bioneers beam into Telluride's five star Wilkinson Public Library for its annual conference. (Telluride's Library's the only screening venue for the entire Western Slope.)
The Bioneers conference happens in conjunction with an event offered by the University Centers of the San Miguel on Monday, October 10, Tuesday, October 11, and Monday, October 18. “Bioneers into Action” covers the basic vocabulary of sustainability and highlights each one of the presenters from Bioneers upcoming plenary sessions. Local sustainability coordinator for The New Community Coalition, Kris Holstrom, and Executive Director of UCSM, Robyn Wilson teach the class.
by Lauren Metzger
Marketing & Exhbition Director
Ah Haa School for the Arts
Art of Being a Woman Month continues at the Ah Haa School for the Arts. And we hope to see you here at the school this Thursday the 13th for LUNAFEST, the national traveling film festival of award-winning films by, for and about women. Join us for a night of inspiring films and company while supporting two great causes, the national Breast Cancer Fund and our very own San Miguel Resouce Center.
And the fun continues next week with our 2nd Annual BRAvo! This was a hugely successful event last year where the community got their creative juices flowing and helped raise money for the San Miguel Resource Center. Over 30 bras were decorated and auctioned off in a live and silent auction. The live auction bras were sported by some of Telluride's finest service men on the bar at the Sheridan. These brave men strutted the bras proudly, reminding us all that breast cancer effects both men and woman and is a disease that almost everyone has been personally effectd by.
LUNAFEST 2011/2012 Trailer from Clif Bar & Company on Vimeo. by Lauren MetzgerMarketing & Exhibition DirectorAh Haa School for the ArtsOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Provention Month. Just one of the reasons the Ah Haa School for the Arts chose October to be...
