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08 Jul PLAYWRIGHTS FEST WELCOMES RUSSIAN DIRECTOR
The Telluride Playwrights Festival, July 9 – July 15, brings playwrights, directors and actors to town from all over to workshop new works. Main Stage reading for the 2012 Festival include: “Chez Rikers” is a new comedy by Charles Leipart in which a well-to-do couple...
07 Jul HOT SHOT PHOTO CONTEST ANNOUNCES WINNERS
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress on July 4, although the resolution that led to its writing had been approved two days earlier, prompting President James Adams to say: “The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the...
06 Jul PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: DUBAC STARS IN “FREE RANGE THINKING”
In 1996, a young comedian came to town to perform at the Sheridan Opera House. On opening night, the house was a perfectly respectable two-thirds full. Within 24 hours, however, after the buzz hit the street: writer and actor Bob Dubac (and his one-man show,...
04 Jul KOTO-FM PRESENTS ZIGGY MARLEY SUNDAY
A message of peace, love and freedom David “Ziggy” Marley is bringing his message of peace, love and freedom to Telluride. KOTO-FM, Telluride’s community radio station, hosts the reggae-pop star in Town Park this Sunday, July 8. Ziggy, the eldest child of reggae legend Bob...
04 Jul THEATRE FESTIVAL: “THEATRE POLITICOS SPEAK UP”
Drama survives because it eludes trends. Good drama finds poetry in the flotsam and jetsam of our lives. It survives because it extrapolates what is universal and external from quotidian muddles in a way that heightens an audience’s self-awareness. In so doing, a good play...
02 Jul LUCERO IN CONCERT AT OPERA HOUSE
Rock, country, soul Thursday July 5 at the Opera House The Sheridan Arts Foundation kicks off its year-long Centennial Celebration with “An Evening with Lucero.” The event caps the Foundation’s week-long Telluride Plein Air and takes place Thursday, July 5 at 9 p.m. Next summer,...
02 Jul FIVE STARS: SMART PHONES AND SMART LIBRARIES
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
01 Jul PINHEAD PUNK SCIENCE: SILLY SCIENCE FUN FOR KIDS
It’s that time of year again! Put on your safety goggles…scientists with exploding gases and rocket ships are coming to town this summer. During these incredible events, children learn about atomic reactions, chemistry, physics, and more in hands-on, kid friendly activities with leading PhD scientists. It’s...