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10 Apr YOUR AH HAA MOMENT: SUMMER 2012
Tempus fugit. So do ideas. Long before the snow stopped flying, ideas were flying as the staff at the Ah Haa School for the Arts focused on building a robust summer schedule. During Telluride’s festival season, the school becomes a playground for young and older...
10 Apr MUSEUM WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
On March 22, the Telluride Historical Museum announced it had hired a new executive director. Like Jodi Pounds, the (relatively) new executive director of the Ah Haa School for the Arts, the book on Erica Kinias includes adjectives such as “smart,” ” highly skilled” and...
09 Apr TIO ON THE ROAD: 626 ON ROOD
For Telluriders, twinning “fine dining” with “Grand Junction” in the same sentence amounts to an oxymoron. You say: “Grand Junction? Really? The town is politically red and culturally dead, right?” I say: It ain’t necessarily so. For starters, wonderfully whimsical sculptures greet pedestrians on downtown...
08 Apr MOUNTAINFILM ASKS MUSIC AFICIONADOS FOR HELP
Those who’ve attended Mountainfilm know that we like to start most programs with a short trailer, a compilation of footage that’s accompanied by music. In the office, we simply call these “intros.” Clips are pulled from footage featured at the festival, but the music is...
07 Apr PAT BAILEY’S SPIRTUALITY WITH RELIGION
Editor’s Note: Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church gives TIO readers a bird’s eye view of the ideas he is exploring in his PhD thesis. You can use Comments to express your point of view about the questions he poses at the end...
07 Apr POETS’ CORNER: KIERSTIN FOR EASTER
Editor’s Note: Kierstin Bridger is the 2011 winner of Telluride Arts’ Mark Fischer Poetry Prize and this year’s judge. Imbed this link in your browser for details on the contest:https://www.tellurideinside.com///2012/02/mark-fischer-poetry-prize-calls-for-entries.html. To get inspired, read the latest poem from Kierstin, this one for the Easter holiday....
07 Apr SNOW SUNDAY: VINTAGE SKI OUTFITS RULE
In Telluride, there is no single piece of ski gear more coveted than the perfect, vintage, ‘70s inspired one piece. Actually, there is — a padded Obermeyer sweater, a neon Descente pullover jacket or a pair of Roffe slalom pants. They’re equally respected. The point...
06 Apr MOUNTAINFILM: MORTENSON INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES
Yesterday concluded a yearlong investigation into the activities of Greg Mortenson, executive director of The Central Asia Institute (CAI), author of the best-selling “Three Cups of Tea,” and a former guest of Mountainfilm in Telluride. And what may surprise some: it’s a good-news, bad-news story....