[click "Play" to listen to Nancy Landau's conversation with Susan] Telluride's Friends of the Library was established to assist the San Miguel County Public Library District #1. The goals of the organization include promoting public...
Telluride's Heritage Festival takes a look hard long over its shoulder at Telluride's colorful past, back to the days when Butch Cassidy robbed the bank, and cowboys and prospectors with gold fever bellied up to our (numerous) bars. (Believe there were about 37 in Telluride's heyday.)
The following is the schedule of events:
Friday, June 10: Kick off Heritage Fest Friday night with wine, cheese and a selection of the Telluride Historical Museum's most popular and interesting images on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, 5-6 p.m.
At Telluride Inside... and Out we mostly have our gaze fixed on "the now" or on the future. Before we move on to Bluegrass and the rest of the Summer schedule, I'd like to share my take on Mountainfilm in Telluride, now a week and a half in the rear-view mirror. This is not meant to be a review, but one person's impression of a weekend of inspiration, cautionary tales, beauty, and calls to action.
The tribute to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was a standout, with intimate images of life with a famous father by sons David (Festival Director) and Anthony, juxtaposed with reminiscences by commentators on the world stage who knew Richard Holbrooke both on a personal and a professional level. The conversation among Roger Cohen, David Rohde and Vali Nasr particularly put the Holbrooke we in Telluride knew as a neighbor in a global perspective.
Langhorne Slim returns to Telluride for an encore performance on Friday, June, 10, 8 p.m. at Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House. The concert is a benefit for the Sheridan Arts Foundation's Wild West Fest, which includes the Chip Allen Mentorship Program (C.A.M.P.), special programs...
Poet and author Judyth Hill is scheduled to be a guest instructor at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts. Her workshop take place Friday – Sunday, July 29 – July 31, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The subject is WildWriting.
WildWriting is an innovative process that encourages us to coax our minds into a Zen-like state of deep listening and at the same time remain open to the sensuous stuff we know, see, feel, hear, remember, forget, taste, and ponder. Weaving together what we understand with what we experience generates WildWriting.
Beginning to seasoned writers are encouraged to attend and develop a supple, supportive community. Judyth also provides a wealth of hand-outs with this class, lively, inspiring offerings of the Dharma Lineage of great poetry: Rilke, Rumi, Mirabai, Neruda, Dylan Thomas as well as reading lists of fabulous anthologies, and resources for making, performing, and publishing your own poems.
By Dan Collins
Art Goodtimes, Mushfest
The Telluride Institute is on a roll! We are offering a menu of fabulous summer events you don't want to miss—from an outdoor eco-classroom, to our annual Ideas Festival; from an art exhibition, to the infamous Mushroom Festival. Mark your calendars!
The watershed education program will bring back its bi-annual Bridal Veil Living Classroom, led by Alessandra Jacobson and a host of guest teachers. It starts with two weeks of intensive fieldwork in the beautiful and ecologically rich headwaters of Bridal Veil Basin, and continues through the fall; it’s open to future scientists and ecologists!
kicker: at Telluride's Steaming Bean Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 8 pm
Is gossip good or bad for the soul? Does it lengthen your life or shorten it? The Telluride Playwrights Festival explores what exactly is the nature of gossip and why do we so like to gossip? Where does gossip end and propaganda begin?
A group of local actors explore the subject, taking their clue from the Bible to Shakespeare to Star Magazine. In addition, local writers such as Bob Rubadeau, Jeff Price, Rob Schultheis, Devin McCarthy, John Sutcliffe all have something interesting to say on the subject.
The Telluride Playwrights Festival brings playwrights and actors to town once a year to explore and workshop new plays by acclaimed playwrights from all over the country. This year, the Playwrights Festival has decided to expand the spirit of the Festival, which starts mid-July, to an early beginning on Wednesday, June 8.
Compassion for a World in Crisis--the Navajo, Tibetan Buddhist, and neuroscientists' perspective a TELLURIDE INSTITUTE IDEAS FESTIVAL July 8 - 10, 2011 at the Sheridan Opera House and Wilkinson Public Library Building on the overwhelming success and interest generated at the...
Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation opens the 20th annual Wild West Fest with a kick-off concert featuring alternative country artist Bob Schneider. Show time is Sunday, June 5, 8 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Wild West Fest mentorship programs.
The son of an opera singer, Schneider moved with his parents to Germany at age two. He learned to play guitar and piano as a young boy. His first live gigs were guest appearances at his parents' shindigs.
A mid-life crisis is a common occurrence at age 40. But Telluride Arts (aka Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities) is experiencing anything but. In fact, Telluride Arts is entering its fourth decade with a new lease on life, thanks to the dynamic duo at the helm: Executive director Kate Jones and assistant director, Sasha Cuciniello (also of SquidShow Theatre).
If you have been paying attention, you know that new or enhanced initiatives keep rolling out the front door of the Stronghouse Studios, the home office: Art in Empty Spaces, 20(by)telluride, and now the First Thursday Art Walk, bigger and better than ever.
The First Thursday Art Walk is a walk about town to experience Telluride's vibrant cultural life. Venues stay open late until 8 p.m. Starting this week, Thursday, June 2, 5 – 8 p.m., an even dozen galleries, studios, retail outlets, even restaurants plan to showcase art and artists.
