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16 Dec Gondola Turns 20; Community Celebrates, 12/20
One of the most unique forms of public transportation system in North America has gone platinum. The beloved Telluride-Mountain Village Gondola system celebrates its 20th anniversary December 20, 2016. The fun takes place at Club Red in the Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village. This FREE event runs from...
14 Dec Telluride Film Fest: The Oscar Race, Post-Election
Over Labor Day weekend, the Telluride Film Festival did its thing, celebrating the art, not the business, of filmmaking in grand style. But the business of films inevitably rears its head, especially in the run-up to Oscar season. Among the buzziest festival films of 2016...
06 Dec TAB 2017: Noel Nite, TAB Tickets, CHIP Art
The Children’s Hospital Immunodeficiency Program inside the Denver Children’s Hospital began attending to the medical needs of HIV-infected children in 1991, only three short years before TAB got off the ground. Now in its 25th year, CHIP has grown into multi-disciplinary program serving infected parents, expectant mothers, children, and...
01 Dec TIO SE Asia: Art With A Heart & Summing Up
In Siem Reap, Cambodia and in Luang Prabang, Laos, we encountered a phenomenon Paul Hawken described in a book of the same name as “blessed unrest.” “Blessed Unrest” is the umbrella Hawken hangs over grassroots movements all over the world, comprised of not-so-ordinary individuals and groups busily working to ensure social justice,...
24 Nov TIO SE Asia: Maison Polanka
It was our temple away from the bucket-list temples in a temple town. And it comes with a mascot, a bunny named Lily. The difference between our hotel in Siem Reap and other venues in town is best summed up as the difference between Aspen and Telluride. If your...
14 Nov “Moonlight”: Yet Another Love Letter
We keep capturing the rapture, the limelight, surrounding Telluride Film Festival regular and student alum Barry Jenkins’ latest project. His “Moonlight” screened at the 43rd annual gathering of cinephiles over Labor Day weekend. It opened in general release on November 4. Wherever the movie was screened, critics have tripped over...
08 Nov TIO SE Asia: Hanoi So Far (So Good)
First impressions, as capital cities go, Hanoi is not particularly prepossessing. It lacks the sensual grace of Paris and the raw muscle of New York. On the surface, Hanoi feels more like Athens: in-your-face history, a pile-up of facts, figures and folklore, juxtaposed to serviceable structures for...
31 Oct TIO On The Road, October, 2016
In my mind, living in Telluride means not having to travel. However, living in Telluride does not preclude necessary travel to visit family and friends who are not living close. And there are places in the world to visit for the first time, places familiar...