MOUNTAINFILM: FOR LOCALS BY LOCALS
World Premieres, Free Shows, Art and Workshops Audiences from around the world come to Mountainfilm, but it’s still a homegrown event that inspires the Telluride community. As ev
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MOUNTAIN FILM: 2012 ARTISTIC GRANTS
Three years ago, Telluride Mountainfilm director David Holbrooke decided that Mountainfilm could do more. He created the Commitment Grant, a program that ensures important stories
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: WORLD PREMIERES
Mountainfilm in Telluride holds its 34th annual festival over Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-28. The program is full of inspiring films and special guests. Among the 75 films slated
TELLURIDE HISTORICAL MUSEUM: FIELD TRIPS FOR OFF-SEASON
The Telluride Historical Museum offers two field trips exploring the four corners region. Though the pulse of town remains slow during off-season, backyard adventures abound. This
BLUES & BREWS ANNOUNCES LINE-UP
The 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival proudly announces its initial 2012 lineup today Phil Lesh & Friends, Gov’t Mule, and the B-52s headline the September Fes
INSIDE MOUNTAIN FILM: THE WARMEST MARCH
Editor’s Note: In several installments of their weekly Earth Matters column, Billy Mason and Anna Zivian have explored the subject of climate change from several different pe
INSIDE MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER
Editor’s Note: It’s off season in Telluride now. Not a creature is stirring. But with May only weeks away, thoughts turn to the summer season. The kick off is Mountai
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
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