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20 Aug Between the Covers: A Bird in the Hand…
Let’s play a game of free association. If I say “birds,” what do you say? Hitchcock? Audobon Society? Geeks with binoculars and sore necks? Ted Floyd would be a great answer. Hot on the heels of the dearly departed Telluride Mushroom Festival, Daiva Chesonis was...
27 Jul Telluride Jazz Celebration: Monty Alexander
Jazz virtuoso and pianist Monty Alexander is acclaimed all over the globe for his seemingly extraterrestrial technique and sublime, heartfelt swing. Now in the 50th year of his performing career, Monty draws great pleasure from mixing, twisting and bending different genres into an accessible musical...
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,...
20 May Mountainfilm: Kass Brothers’ “Emptying the Skies” Screens at Fest
“Emptying the Skies,” Saturday, 8:30p.m. and Sunday, 11:45 a.m., The Nugget Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels: “Freedom,” “The Corrections,” “Strong Motion” and “The Twenty-Seventh City” – two collections of essays –”Farther Away,” “How to Be Alone” – a personal history –”The Discomfort...
12 May SPARKy Productions: Telluride Playwright Fest & Lawn Chair Movie Nite
SPARKy Productions is gearing up for its 10th year of organizing the summer program of the Telluride Playwrights Festival. An exciting week of two new staged play readings, a one-man show and improv night are all planned during the week of July 21 – 27,2014. The Playwrights Festival...17 Apr Raising a Moral Child
Here’s an interesting article by Adam Grant that appeared in the New York Times’ Sunday Review last week, Raising a Moral Child: What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For...
03 Apr For the Love of Pasta
My name is Susan. And I am a pasta-holic. So when I came across these mouthwatering recipes, my first impulse was to share, because I know my addiction is not unique. Nor is pasta itself. Pasta is one of the world’s most accessible foods. Nearly...
09 Mar Snow Sunday: The Worst Day of the Year
I don’t know anyone who loathes Daylight Saving Time as much as I do, but I suspect there are some other people out there with similar feelings. “Don’t forget to set you clocks ahead,” people say cheerily every spring. But what I really want to...