Telluride Choral Society continues WinterSing concert series
David Lingle Around the world no holiday is more closely associated with music than Christmas. Locally it would not be Christmas without the Telluride Choral Society’s an
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Valerie Madonia talks about “Nutcrackers” – past and present
Valerie Madonia talks about "The Nutcracker"
“The Nutcracker” – Clouded History to Success in Telluride
In the face of the undeniable fact that year after year, town after town around the world thrills to the spectacle of a twinkling Christmas tree on growth hormones and a flurry of
CCL’s “Revenge of the Reindeer” at Opera House, Thursday Night
Add comedy to the list of unsolved mysteries right after the Big Bang and black holes. In the Woody Allen movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” one character describes what tickles
Telluride Dance Academy Presents “The Nutcracker”
Rebekah Diaddigo,Sugar Plum Fairy Thanks to the gift of memory, we make Nat “King” Cole rituals of the holidays. Folks dressed up like Eskimos build frosty snowmen. As
Choral Society’s WinterSing Holiday Concerts
The Telluride Choral Society's annual WinterSing concert series celebrates the Holiday Season with a eclectic program of Holiday music old and new. Join us for an evening of wa
“Nutcracker” Coming to Telluride
On Sunday afternoon Susan and I were privileged to watch Valerie Madonia rehearsing some of the principals in the Telluride Dance Academy's upcoming production of "The Nut
Who is Jen?
Today she is a wife, mother and beloved director/mentor but growing up, Jen Nyman Julia was a theatre brat. Her parents ran Starflower Productions in her hometown of Winslow, Maine
Move over Mary, Emma’s flying high
In 1905, Maude Adams played Pan. Jean Arthur flew in the 1950s production. In the 1990s, former champion gymnast Cathy Rigby made Pan her signature role. But it was Mary Martin who
Back-of-the-napkin-history of Peter Pan:
Before it was a play, “Peter Pan” was a small story in a book written by Scottish novelist James Matthew Barrie. Later Barrie himself turned “The Little White Bird” into a
Sheridan Arts Foundation’s Young People’s Theatre: then and now
Ten years ago, when a starry-eyed go-getter named Jen Nyman (now Julia) arrived in town to build a young people’s theatre program at the historic Sheridan Opera House, Telluride
Curtain up on revitalized Telluride Repertory Theatre
Kicker: 2009 season features “The Sound of Music” and “Taming of the Shrew” When the New York Shakespeare Festival staged its adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of
In the beginning: a thumbnail sketch about how the Telluride Repertory Theatre got its start
Once upon a long time ago, her former husband, Bunzy Bunworth,tried to convince his brand new bride to leave the East coast and head West to a ski town in the mountains. Reading up
Out of Africa: Children’s Choir to perform at Michael D. Palm Theatre
The news we get out of Africa is generally one-sided and not good. In America, “Africa” spells “t-r-o-u-b-l-e”: AIDS, malaria, genocide, impasse in Zimbabwe, fighting in th
Busy?
To Fall Deeper in Love with the World Sit with lichen longer than comfort allows. The urge to move must rise and pass, rise and pass, must pass. One wai
Four Poems: Telluride Suite, Seasons at 8750
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Spring:Come Closer Eager to play, spring bumbles inlike a dizzy beedazed by yellow exuberancewondering which tree, which stem,which blade of new grass
Artist Meredith Nemirov on a roll: shows of her work now in town and ongoing
Meredith Nemirov has always painted her mind, and she is known for saying a mouthful in a few strokes – or words. “To stand and face a whole landscape, to paint ‘en plein air
More on Madonia
Valerie Madonia The notion of dance in Telluride was not new before Valerie Madonia arrived on the scene. In the 1970s, Jeri McAndrews, a New York transplant and mode
Telluride Choral Society and Dance Academy celebrate the seasons at weekend MasterWorks concert
A little canoodling between two local nonprofits is not a bad thing – especially when considering the alternatives, such as more nail-biting over the kerfuffle on Wall Street. Th
wide awake in seattle
Ok, maybe not Seattle exactly, but across the lake in Bellevue, last night Clint and I hooked up with part-time Telluride local and former Mountainfilm director Arlene Chester Burn
George and Beth Gage: Love for their neighbors and for the earth inspires local filmmakers
Their goal is clear: to entertain and inform. He is in charge of images. Her deal is words. Together George and Beth Gage make highly intelligent, visually seductive documentaries
Telluride Film Festival: A contact sport
The mission of the National Film Preserve, the 501 C (3) umbrella corporation under which the Telluride Film Festival operates all year, is to celebrate the art of filmmaking, not
Director riffs about his quirky redemption tale, “Revanche,” a winner at 2008 Telluride Film Fest
Hollywood regularly spits out films featuring the kvetching narcissistic alpha males who rule Tinsel Town. “Revanche” is an indie flick whose star, Johannes Krisch, is a virtua