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12 Sep ALACAZEM 2014.09.11
September 11 to 18, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Venus, Jupiter Evening: Mercury, Mars, Saturn Value systems are awesome and amazing. Each of us has one. Carved out of childhood experience and exposure, family influence, friendships and fate, we shape our likes and dislikes, attractions and...
11 Sep Robert Cray on Being a Blues Legend: “At the End of the Day, You Have to Play Tomorrow”
Blues legend Robert Cray will be performing at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival on Friday at 5:50 PM. Here’s a recent interview with Robert that appeared in the DC9, Dallas Observer Blog: Prior to 1986, Robert Cray was just another talented blues guitarist wondering...
10 Sep Bombino: Emissary for the Music of the Tuareg People
As a local DJ on KOTO-fm I play the latest in contemporary jazz and world music. One of the CD’s that been on my playlist for the past several month’s is Bombino’s “Nomad.” It has a fresh sound and an energy that is truly special. Even...
28 Aug ALACAZEM 2014.08.28
August 28 to September 4, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Venus, Jupiter Evening: Mercury, Mars, Saturn Last Tuesday I drove to Telluride with 10 pounds of ripe organic heirloom tomatoes for Marta, the stunning Icelandic diva who runs the Telluride Bistro – my favorite Italian restaurant...
22 Aug Pinhead: Summer Wrap Up
It was a busy summer for the Pinhead Institute. I now have a lovely insect collection (picture attached), courtesy of my 12-year-old son Wiley and his fabulous Pinhead Bug Camp counselor Chris Anderson, a former Pinhead intern who returned to teach classes for us this summer. But it’s not all about...
20 Jul SPARKy Productions: “Jaws” & Open Mic/Karaoke Nite Open Playwrights Fest Week
Telluride Playwrights Festival runs Tuesday, July 22 – Sunday, July 27. Passes, $50, on sale now at www.sheridanoperahouse.com. As part of THE TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL‘s week of theatre, Rachel Shaw Bowers, a member of SPARKy’s Board of Directors, will present Steven Spielberg’s JAWS. The screening takes...
04 Jul SPARKy: Summer 2014 Overvu
SPARKy Productions is the non-profit founded by Jennie Franks, a playwright and actor, to bolster the diverse cultural life of rural communities like Telluride through theatre, film and the written word. The sun at the center of the SPARKy universe is the Telluride Playwrights Festival,...