BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE MOUNTAIN FILM
Filmmaker Tips and Secrets to Come It requires some serious planning to deliver four days of artists, art, activists, documentaries, shorts, filmmakers, panel discussions, scientis
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MUSEUM WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
On March 22, the Telluride Historical Museum announced it had hired a new executive director. Like Jodi Pounds, the (relatively) new executive director of the Ah Haa School for the
MOUNTAINFILM ASKS MUSIC AFICIONADOS FOR HELP
Those who’ve attended Mountainfilm know that we like to start most programs with a short trailer, a compilation of footage that’s accompanied by music. In the office, we simply
BUDDHISM 101: COURSE AT YOGA CENTER MID-MAY
Editor’s note: This in from our friend and sometimes contributor Elisabeth Gick. Happy spring to you all! Just before you head off into off-season I would like to let you kno
PREPARE TO MOUNTAIN FILM
Just two months until Mountainfilm in Telluride’s 34th annual festival. Consider yourself duly notified. 10 Simple Steps for the Best Memorial Day Weekend…Ever: • Get P
TELLURIDE ARTS: LAST FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK
Same song. Different verse, and this, the last verse of the winter season. Telluride Arts First Thursday Art Walk happens, as its name suggests, the first Thursday of every month i
MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
Mountainfilm in Telluride will launch its 34th annual festival on Friday, May 25, with a close look at the complicated subject of population. Over a dozen speakers, each focusi
UPDATE: “Bidder 70” RELEASED FROM “THE HOLE”
And that’s the good news. The bad news is he was recently placed in solitary confinement in the first place. But I am jumping ahead of myself. Tim De Christopher is no strang
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: FOOD WASTE
Telluride Mountainfilm audiences have learned some great information about the world’s waste in recent years. Bag It premiered in 2009, and artist Chris Jordan has appeared with
TELLURIDE CHORALE SOCIETY PRESENTS SPRINGSING
The warmer weather and longer days of spring make many of us want to break out in song. Check out the best spring singers at this year’s annual SpringSing. The concert, on March
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: ADVENTURERS
Nearly 72,000 people voted for National Geographic Adventure’s People’s Choice Adventurer of The Year for 2012. The winners are Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri She
“TELLURIDE UNEARTHED” WELCOMES AUTHOR SCOTT ORTMAN
Who Were the People of the Mesa Verde Region and Where Did They Go? If you follow the Dolores River from Telluride, it takes you to the heart of one of the world’s greatest archa
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: WALKING
Spring is in the air, and unmet New Year’s resolutions are nagging in the back of many of our minds. What better time to walk more? We’re not just talking about walking for the
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: GEOFF TABIN
While in medical school at Harvard, Geoff Tabin applied for a leave of absence because he wanted to join a climbing expedition for a first ascent up the east face of Mount Everest.
SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE: THE BELLE OF THE BALL
A Taste of Latin Flavor! fundraiser Friday, March 16, 2012 There’s a charming old lady who lives on Oak Street in the heart of Telluride. She throws a lot of parties and is alway
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: SELF-IMMOLATION
Spooked by the wave of regime change around the world, the Chinese government is cracking down hard on the Tibetan people. Inspired by Time magazine’s 2011 recognition of the
JEFF SOLON TRIO TO PERFORM AT THE BEAN
Jazz concert to include great composer, originals, Latin & Blues Mullti-instrumentalist and band leader Jeff Solon is a regular at the Telluride Jazz Celebration’s After
TELLURIDE MUSEUM: SKI INTO HISTORY
“Who here has ever had trouble getting to Telluride?” Johnnie Stevens asked a captive audience at a recent Historic Ski Tour. Stevens was on his way to make one his favorite p
TELLURIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM: GOIN’ COWBOY AT THE OPERA
Go Cowboy – for TASP Telluride Adaptive Sports Program’s spring fundraiser is March 9 In the Telluride Adaptive Sports Offices, we send people skiing who weren’t supposed to
BESTSELLING AUTHOR TO PRESENT AT MOUNTAINFILM
New York Times bestselling author Dan Buettner is scheduled to speak at Mountainfilm in Telluride, May 25 – May 28. Buettner, also a National Geographic Fellow and internationall
ACADEMY IN ACTION: RIVER TIME
Working full time for Telluride Academy, a summer outdoor youth organization, I am constantly living in a summer mindset. Whether it is fall and I am dreaming up new and exciting o
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: TRADITIONS CHANGE
Traditions Change: Birthrates Drop in Latin America and Asia The Washington Post recently reported on plummeting birth rates in Brazil, a country with traditionally big families.Th
TELLURIDE AIDS BENEFIT ART AUCTION
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality,” John Lennon The quote from the famous Beatle sums up what makes the Telluride AIDS B
TELLURIDE ARTS: FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK
The Telluride AIDS Benefit began one week ago, on February 23, with a killer-diller Student Fashion Show. The culmination TAB’s activities, including prevention education and