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04 Dec Telluride Choral Society: WinterSing 2015
No holiday is more closely associated with music than Christmas, whose evolution as a cultural phenomenon is reflected in those sounds. As Christmas became more secular, spiritual songs were largely supplanted by chestnuts such as Rudolph, Sleigh Bells Ring (are you listening?). And if you...
09 Nov Sheridan Opera House: Greensky Bluegrass, 2 Nights
Telluride’s Sheridan Arts Foundation presents two nights of Greensky Bluegrass live at the historic Sheridan Opera House. Shows, Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 16-17, 2015. Opening support Tom Hamilton’s American Babies. Tickets here. Greensky Bluegrass is decidedly not your granddaddy’s bluegrass band: the new-timey group was formed in 2000...
30 Sep TIO NYC: Sargent & Solisti
Next concert is October 28. Tickets here for the Trio Solisti’s Brahms series at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. Or call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800. Turns out there are lots of ways to spell “sensual.” The total eclipse of the moon the evenings of September 27 and September...
11 Jul Celebrating 25 Years of Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Telluride Theatre celebrates 25 years of Shakespeare-in-the-Park with director Colin Sullivan’s adaptation of classic comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Saturday, July 18 – Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m.; Sunday matinee, July 19, 2 p.m., Town Park. Rain or shine. Suitable for all ages. Tickets, $20...
12 Jun Telluride Musicfest: Brahms & Romanticism
Please scroll down to bottom of story to eavesdrop on my interview with violinist Maria Bachmann of the Trio Solisti. Maria, a bravura performer is also artistic director of the upcoming Telluride Musicfest. Last year was all about “From Russia With Love,” the title shamelessly...
06 Jun ALACAZEM 2015.06.04
June 4 to 11, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Mercury Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn It’s pouring rain and I’m thinking about the Chamber Day Celebration planned for today in Norwood. There’s a free pancake breakfast, a community yard sale and a pulled pork BBQ lunch at...
28 May Burkey Wins $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize
Jill Burkey of Grand Junction received the $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize for her poem, “Beginning Mind,” at a ceremony May 16, 2015, during the Talking Gourds poetry program segment of the Telluride Literary Arts Festival. Mark’s widow, Elaine Fischer presented the award at Arroyo...
10 May 2nd Telluride Literary Arts Festival, Overview
“This is an opportunity to get together and party around the joy of reading. It is a celebration of that good ole fashioned past-time,” said Between the Covers Bookstore co-owner Daiva Chesonis, one of the original conspirators behind Telluride’s newest shoulder-season happening: Telluride Literary Arts Festival (LitFest), Thursday, May 14-17. A...