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[click "Play" to hear Jeb Berrier speak about playing Shakespeare]

Jeb_shakes Friday, December 18 – Tuesday, December 22, 8 p.m., Telluride Second Stage presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged." at the Sheridan Opera House. The production is directed by Jeb Berrier and stars the unholy trinity of the Telluride stage: Berrier, Ashley Boling and Buff Hooper. Fair warning: Hooper will be wearing tights.

Why do we keep returning to Shakespeare? Short answer: no other writer holds up a truer mirror to human nature. The Bard manages to slice and dice, distill and dramatize emotions that don't date, and without an agenda: rather than trying to save mankind with his pen, Shakespeare cuts to the quick with his poetry, which acts like dime store magnifiers that allow us to see what is actually described in the small print.
17 December, 2009 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan Sales speak about her work]

Susan A show of new work by painter Susan Sales goes on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art on Thursday, December 17. The opening artist's reception is 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.


Susan Sales built her considerable reputation on color field paintings. Eliminating figure and ground in favor of color and form, she forced a focus on paint, color, surface, texture, and gesture, creating near landscapes that "feature" the viewer in the mirror created by glossy, lacquer-like veneers that both contain and protect the raw emotions she paints on to her canvasses. That was then. This is now.
15 December, 2009 /
Light one candle poster In Telluride, around the world, certain songs make-up the soundtrack of December, evoking images of Jack Frost nipping at your nose. The chestnut about the reindeer  named Rudolph with the red nose is on the Telluride Choral Society's  WinterSing program, which also includes "Tambourine Carol," "Go Tell It On the Mountain," Vivaldi's "Laudamus Te" from the "Gloria," and an original composition by singer/songwriter Peter Yarrow, "Light One Candle," the theme of this year's concerts.

"This year marks my 10th WinterSing in Telluride," said longtime Choral Society member Eileen Burns. "I love getting together with close friends to rehearse every Wednesday at Christ Church.  For such a small community, Telluride is loaded with talent and I am thrilled to be a part of the magic."

14 December, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Mark Galbo's take on learning]

Triton F09 Telluride's Rock and Roll Academy holds its 6th annual Winter Rock Concert at the Sheridan Opera House on Saturday, December 12, 2009. The extravaganza showcases nine bands featuring 43 student musicians ages 7 – 18, including 13 girls, from the public school, the Mountain School, Norwood and Ophir.


Innovative music educator Mark Galbo founded the Rock and Roll Academy is 2004 on the strongly held conviction music is "instant community."  The goal of his School within the School at the Mountain School and his after-school initiatives are the same: deliver an experiential music program that promotes team building, self-expression, personal transformation, and social responsibility. In a nutshell, Galbo's Rock and Roll Academy has little to do with priapic strutting and lots more to do with teaching kids how to make positive choices in their lives. They are taught fearlessness, finding mystery and fun.
12 December, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Katy and Alex]

"Nutcracker" at Telluride's Palm Theatre, December 12 & 13

Nutcracker poster red Scrooge may complain of a whopper of a toothache from all that sugar, but for the rest of us sentimental saps, "The Nutcracker" remains as much a part of Christmas as evergreens and eggnog. The ballet's enduring appeal stems from the fact this coming-of-age story speaks to the child in us all.

Prima ballerina Valerie Madonia choreographs the Telluride Dance Academy's extravaganza which stars Ebba Green and Emma Spaulding, alternating as Clara, the girl on the edge of woman, Ashley Boling as Drosselmeier, the embodiment of the ballet's magic, Katy Bowlby as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Alex Kramer as her Cavalier. Dancer and teacher Shirley Fortenberry is the Snow Queen.

12 December, 2009 /

The Telluride Nordic Association is putting on a 2 kilometer sprint on Saturday, December 12, 2009. The start/finish is at Adams Ranch Road and Mountain Village Blvd in the Mountain Village. Registration begins at 11:30 am, and all abilities and ages are welcome to...

11 December, 2009 /



The Telluride Dance Academy presents the unkillable ballet, the one that features a young girl on the verge, her handsome prince, a cornucopia of dancing delicacies, mad mice, determined toy soldiers, and a tree on growth hormones. The second annual production of "The Nutcracker" takes place this coming weekend, Saturday, December 12, 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 13, 3 p.m. at the Michael D. Palm Theatre.

The pure magic of "The Nutcracker" is etched into the evening almost as soon as the curtain goes up, when the magician, Herr Drosselmeier, godfather to Clara, makes a grand entrance at a Christmas party and gives little heroine Clara a Nutcracker doll.
10 December, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Beth Roberts and Sasha Cuciniello]

DSCN1381 In the early 1870s, miners first came to the Telluride region in search of silver and gold,  but the settlement wasn't called "Telluride." It was named Columbia. But Columbia's post office application was turned down on the grounds a town in California with the same name beat the settlers to the punch. The U.S. Postmaster General resolved the problem in 1880: we got our post office, but it came with a new name:"Telluride."

"Telluride"might have been derived from "tellurium," an element often associated with gold seams. Was the moniker just a crass marketing ploy to lure prospectors to the region? Some subscribe to the idea "Telluride" was code among outlaws. Was the name simple contraction of the phrase "to hell you ride," because way back when Telluride was wild and wooly.

08 December, 2009 /