Sam Bush Tuesday on Telluride Inside… and Out, 7/6/2010
This week’s Sam Bush TV episode presents the second video of the “Sam’s Records: A Misguided Tour” series-where Sam selects and...
This week’s Sam Bush TV episode presents the second video of the “Sam’s Records: A Misguided Tour” series-where Sam selects and...
by Tracy Shaffer
One. But he really has to want to share.
For the past seven days, ten writers from around the country and within the Telluride community have been hunkered down at the Sheridan Opera House or gathered in Jennie Franks' living room for a post-supper salon and informal reading. The event is the Telluride Playwrights Festival, a glorious blend of featured playwrights and theatre professionals existing in a fluid blend of rehearsal, response, reflection and rewrites with the goal of making good scripts better. Now in its fourth year, Ms. Franks has made impressive strides, attracting extraordinary talented writers, garnering support of the community and providing an experience unlike any other. As we lean into our public readings, tonight James McLindon's DEAD AND BURIED and tomorrow's offering LOVE ME SOME AMNESIA by James Still, I asked our two Jameses about this Telluride experience:
Salt Fire Circus will be in Telluride Saturday, July 10, 2010, as one of four acts at KOTO-FM's 35th birthday bash, the 14th annual Doo Dah.Salt Fire, part circus, part burlesque, looks to be a fun show with everything from jugglers to fan...
Telluride is big on parties this summer. First there was our local fire department's all-day celebration for the Fourth of July. On July 6, the Wilkinson Public Library set the stage for another day-long bash to honor the 75th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. On July 10, starting at 1 p.m., Telluride Town Park, KOTO FM celebrates its 35th birthday with the 14th annual KOTO Doo Dah. The headliner is Boulder-based The Motet.
by Tracy Shaffer
This is the question slated for the Telluride Playwrights Festival Open House on Thursday, and a conversation that circulates through the theatre community like a five dollar bill. I've popped this and a few other questions to some of the TPF participants. Grabbing a post-rehearsal snack at Smugglers with director/playwright William Missouri Downs, in from Wyoming to direct Telluride Rep actors in Phillip Gerson's This Isn't What It Looks Like. A prolific author and playwright, Bill has eight upcoming productions around the country and just closed the Denver hit, Books on Tape.
I have covered Telluride cultural life over a career of 18 years and counting, and found that the parade of interesting people who gravitate to our Shangri-La never ends. You may not know the names of many of these people, not because they are not abundantly talented and widely accomplished, but because Telluride is their sanctuary, a place to get away from the faces they meet in the real world. Case in point: Scott Rhea.
by Lauren Metzger, Marketing & Exhibition Manager
Ah Haa School for the Arts
For the last two years, July has also brought a crazy overload of excitement and energy for me in the form of...the Ah Haa Art Auction. Now in it's 18th year, this local extravaganza is part of my job description.
As the Ah Haa School's largest and most important fundraiser, I am in charge of securing art for the live and silent portions of this one day event, as well as marketing, of course. This year I am once again amazed by the tremendous amount of support our community has for the Ah Haa School. The money raised in this one evening keeps our doors open for another year by covering operational costs that allow us to offer a wide variety programs and workshops.
The world-renowned Lama Tsultrim Allione is coming to Telluride for the 3rd annual Telluride Yoga Festival, where she is speaking primarily on the subject of her latest bestseller, "Feeding Your Demons.""Feeding Your Demons" brings the wisdom of ancient Tibet into our daily lives...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Sam Bush TV! Episode #9 delivers a little holiday cheer with an intimate version of...