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14 Aug TRAINING FOR NEW SCREEN WRITERS
Woody Allen won three times out of 15 nominations, the most times in the category. Francis Ford Coppola (1970) and Sofia Coppola (2003) are the only father-daughter pair to win. Joel and Ethan Coen are the only siblings to take home a statue. Muriel Box...
13 Aug POET’S CORNER: “PODS” BY KIERSTIN BRIDGER
Editor’s Note: Kierstin Bridger is the 2011 winner of Telluride Arts’ Mark Fischer Poetry Prize and a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. Possibly the edgiest member of our family of fabulous writers/poets, including Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and “Feelosophy” major David Feela,...
12 Aug BOOK IT: AMANDA WARD & SHROOMS
Fresh back from Lithuania, I’m inspired to slink off into the woods and hunt edible gold. Witnessed through a car window so many times on our trip were families, led by grandmothers in head scarves (the mushroom matriarch), venturing out on slight trails into the...
12 Aug MAN WITH A PLAN: COTTER AT SHROOMFEST 2012
“I am very outspoken about my environmental activism and concern for the planet. My expertise is in cultivating fungi and looking for exciting new applications that everyone can use on a small scale to contribute to the whole,” Tradd Cotter Brooding headlines don’t change the fact...
10 Aug EARTH MATTERS: JUST LABEL IT
Between tax returns and food ingredients, it seems hiding information is the order of the day. Massive “life science” corporations like Monsanto and DuPont, multinational food corporations like Pepsico and ConAgra, and biotechnology and grocery trade organizations like the Grocery Manufacturers Association are fighting against...
08 Aug TELLURIDE BLUES & BREWS: OVERVIEW
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is synonymous with its founder, impresario Steve Gumble. His event is the first of its kind in the country, combining as it does micro-breweries with the best of blues music and then there’s the backdrop: historic downtown Telluride and...
07 Aug FULL TILT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, TELLURIDE
High-speed, adrenaline-fueled, endurance-seeking mountain biking is synonymous with Full Tilt in Telluride, a tried-and-true race hosted by the Town of Mountain Village. In its fifth year, Full Tilt returns Friday, August 10 – Sunday, August 12 as part of the 2012 Mountain States Cup Series...
06 Aug CHAMBER MUSIC FEST KICKS OFF THURSDAY
Editor’s Note: Telluride Chamber Music Festival launches with the ever-popular painted violin series, including works by Elaine Fischer, Ellen Brody, Cindy Sampson, David Brankley, Kristin Johnson, Michael and Cindy Wszynski, John Hopkins, Julie Siegel, Susan McCormack, Barbara Konvracki, Bruce Gomez (who also created the 2012...