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31 May Summer Sunday: True Love at Telluride Mountain Film
Telluride Mountainfilm has been over for a week but its impact lingers on. For me, one of the most powerful experiences was last Monday’s free showing of the film, Mending the Line, followed by a Q & A with the film’s directors and central cast....
25 Feb Telluride Theatre: “Urinetown, the Musical”
“Urinetown” & Telluride Theatre, the backstory: The Declaration of Independence made it very clear: life, liberty – and the pursuit of a toilet are among man’s inalienable (read “natural”) rights, right? Well, only maybe… Perhaps not in a dystopian world. Which could be right around...
04 Feb Telluride Arts: Art Walk Highlites
A major New York show, up now at the International Center of Photography, begs the question: “What Is A Photograph?” At the dawn of the 21st century a photograph is not necessarily the result of light exposed to film or even lens-based. According to a...
07 Jul Karl Straub Returns to Teach at Telluride Yoga Festival
Too aggressive in your yoga practice? That was Karl Straub‘s story until he met his eldest teacher, Swami Bua, who told him not to struggle because “Yoga is a gentle art.” At the 6th annual Telluride Yoga Festival (Thursday, July 11 – Sunday, July 14),...
17 Jun Telluride Bluegrass: Elephant Revival back for Main Stage debut
Once upon a short time ago, in February 2011, a new band came to town to open for Leftover Salmon for a KOTOfm fundraiser. KOTO’S musical director, Suzanne Cheavens, described the new kids on the block as very “buzzy, ” going on to add: “‘Elephant...
15 Jun “King of Telluride” returns to 40th Telluride Bluegrass
In Telluride, he is royalty, but please, hold the drum rolls and cornets. The accoutrements of this king differ from ordinary kings with their thrones and scepters. This king, “The King of Telluride,” perches on a stage and holds a mandolin. We are talking about...
29 Dec TELLURIDE MOURNS LOSS OF STORMIN’ NORMAN
Editor’s note: Over the years, I have had the privilege of interviewing The Bear on several occasions, always memorable. The first interview was just before the millennium in 2000, when I asked him to share his views on the 21st century. We also talked about...
23 Sep “TELLURIDE NOW AND THEN”
40th reunion show at Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Author Tom Wolfe coined the term that defined the era when Americans transitioned from lives focused on community or tribe (think “Hair”) to “run-with-the-loot” individualism. The 1970s was the “Me Decade.” Major trends included a growing...