TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Editor’s Note: This is the first in the three-part series about a trip Telluride Playwrights Festival artistic director Jennie Franks took to Russia in search of adventure an
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JUAN SIDDI FLAMENCO COMES TO TELLURIDE
World-class flamenco group graces the Palm stage Friday, May 4 Romance, passion, majesty and timeless beauty fills the spring air when the Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company com
SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE PRESENTS “STUART LITTLE”
Musical version performed by grades 3 – 5 May 4 – May 6, 6 p.m. nightly Telluride’s young theatrical talent is once again on display in May with the Sheridan Arts Foundatio
JEN JULIA DIRECTS THEATER CAMP FOR KIDS
With mud season in full swing, it’s time to start looking to the summer season, when Telluride’s younger citizens get to enjoy all the wonderful extracurricular activities
SOH:THIS MUST BE THE BAND
A Talking Heads tribute group jams at the Sheridan Opera House Saturday To celebrate the end of the 2011/2012 ski season, the Sheridan Arts Foundation proudly presents This Must Be
TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: SPRING (THEATRE) FEVER
Spring is a busy time for the Telluride Playwrights Festival. While everyone is getting their last minute snow licks in, we are down to reading the final selections for our sixth a
TIO DENVER: “BECKY SHAW”AT CURIOUS THEATRE
Raise you hands if you have ever been in any of following situations: • A blind date that went south in a hurry • Shades of “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” dressed t
TELLURIDE CHORALE SOCIETY PRESENTS SPRINGSING
The warmer weather and longer days of spring make many of us want to break out in song. Check out the best spring singers at this year’s annual SpringSing. The concert, on March
SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE: DONOVAN
Surf rock. What’s not to like about it, especially as the snow piles high. The days grow longer and warmer, and Telluriders’ thoughts inevitably turn to the beach. And the laid
THE EXTREME STUNT DOGS
Telluride has its own collection of performers and tricksters. But coming to town this Thursday, March 22nd is something a little different: Stunt Dogs. The Extreme Stunt Dog Perfo
TELLURIDE THEATRE: BURLESQUE
Everything’s coming up Sasha. We are talking about the one and only Ms. Cucciniello, artistic director of the (relatively) newly formed Telluride Theatre. The nonprofit is th
“THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE”
It has been a joy to discover there are still good, new musicals being produced that capture modern life. For musicals to work, they have to have both excellent narrative and stron
SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE: BLITZEN TRAPPER
To delve into the music of Blitzen Trapper is to explore the sound of escape. Escape from the past, escape from a no-hope town, escape from whatever holds a soul down. It is some o
SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE: LEZ ZEPPELIN
This Sunday, four women playing heavy, blues-based rock and roll will rock the Opera House. To many rock fans, wading into Led Zeppelin’s well-loved catalogue is sacred terri
TELLURIDE THEATRE PRESENTS “SPELLING BEE”
Editor’s note: Ok, it’s more like an Editor’s Confession. We saw it. Sneaked into a tech rehearsal Sunday night (March 11) before leaving for Chile. (And turning
JEFF SOLON TRIO TO PERFORM AT THE BEAN
Jazz concert to include great composer, originals, Latin & Blues Mullti-instrumentalist and band leader Jeff Solon is a regular at the Telluride Jazz Celebration’s After
LEFTOVER SALMON RETURNS TO OPERA HOUSE
Concert on Sunday, March 11 sold out. Monday, March 12 still available. Sheridan Opera House, 9 p.m. “Leftover Salmon” was formed by a lucky accident in 1989, arising f
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES RETURNS TO TELLURIDE
The Vagina Monologues returns to Telluride this week after a four-year absence. The production, on stage at the Steaming Bean every night through Thursday, is one of many events th
LLAMA LIVE: ANA SIA AT FLY ME TO THE MOON SALOON
Editor’s note: In light of recent developments involving the beloved Llama, the Ana Sia performance, originally scheduled in February, is rescheduled for Saturday, March 10,
LOS LONELY BOYS AT TELLURIDE OPERA HOUSE, 3/7/2012
Ed. note: Obviously the editor was asleep. Thanks to Jumpin’ Jan for pointing out the LLB is at Sheridan Opera House on March 7, not 2/7. Hey Telluride: the ski season is win
LLAMA LIVE: YO MAMA’S BIG FAT BOOTY BAND
JWAIL performs tonight, starting at 9 p.m. If you were lucky enough to be in the crowd that heard Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band play at last year’s Telluride Blues &
TIM O’BRIEN AT TELLURIDE OPERA HOUSE 2/29/2012
Having Tim O’Brien play solo at the Sheridan Opera House is like having a favorite uncle over for supper. You know; the one with the goofy jokes, clad in well-loved corduroy pant
JUDY COLLINS PERFORMS AT OPERA HOUSE, 2/24
Imagine the sound if a D-flawless diamond could sing. Or Baccarat crystal. Or a Colorado blue sky after a cold front has passed through. Or a mountain spring after snow melt. After
LLAMA LIVE: THE SUGAR THIEVES ON WEEKEND PROGRAM
The Jacob Fried Jazz Odyssey with Mark Southerland on sax performs tonight, Wednesday Have you ever snapped your fingers so hard you grew calluses? Have you ever seen someone pla