Let me go on the record here: I don't like leaving Telluride, even in the off seasons. But if one is to travel, and there are good reasons (new places, family, friends, etc.) to do so, late March and early April seems as good a time as ever to make a move. Susan's parents, Bob…
by Kris Holstrom (Editor's note: Tellurider/director/coordinator Kris Holstrom and The New Community Coaltion (TNCC), the change-agent charged with the greening of the Telluride region, are doing more than talking. TNCC is walking its talk, making a difference, only the changes it is affecting are not flashy and often get lost in the many meetings required…
[Click the "play" button and listen to Telluride Film Fest's education coordinator/local liaison Erika Gordon discussing the importance of "The Real Dirt"] The image on the cover of his cookbook, "The Real Dirt on Vegetables," says it all: Farmer John Peterson is posed with a pitchfork like the man in Grant Wood's signature portrait "American…
March 26 to April 2, 2009 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and JupiterEvening: Saturn Welcome to the primal fire of an Aries lunar month. The Sun and Moon form an exact conjunction aspect of a New Moon on March 26th at 10:06 a.m. MDT and the lunation begins. New Moons are times when soul and spirit…
This week at Telluride's Nugget Theatre, the new movie is "Watchmen." In an alternate universe 1985 America, with the Cold War still a reality, Superheroes are very much a part of everyday experience. But there appears to be a plot to kill and discredit this band of stalwarts, and one of their number, Rorschach must…
Allergies? Dust? Something in the air at Telluride's Palm Theatre was making me tear up while watching Tuesday's dress rehearsal of the Telluride Repertory Theatre/Telluride Choral Society's cosy and warm production of the terminal blockbuster, "The Sound of Music." Surrender. Cry uncle. Guaranteed you, like Clint and I, will succumb to the charm of this…
[click "Play" button to hear Amy's podcast] Intermediate School math teacher Amy Van der Bosch is poised to become Telluride's sweetheart. Listen to her describe her path to Telluride and Maria in "The Sound of Music," and talk about her fellow cast members and director, by clicking the "play" button and listening to her podcast….
Telluride Repertory Theatre Company's "The Sound of Music" opens March 26 at the Palm Popular songs about sweet 16 abound: Johnny Burnette's ","You're Sixteen You're Beautiful," Ronnie Milsap's "Happy Happy Birthday Baby," The Crests' "Sixteen Candles," Neil Sedaka's "Happy Birthday Sweet 16," Billy Ray Cyrus' "Always Sixteen," Connie Stevens' " Sixteen Reasons," Britney Spears' "I'm…
[Click the "play" button to learn more from Barclay Daranyi about Indian Ridge Farm & Bakery and other CSA farms] (On March 29, the Telluride Film Festival's Erika Gordon has arranged a screening of "The Real Dirt on Farmer John," with special guest Kris Holstrom of The New Community Coalition, to discuss the importance of…
Based on a sneak peak, Telluride Inside…and Out is prepared to go out on a limb: when the cast of the Telluride Repertory Theatre Company's production of "The Sound of Music" says its final "So long, Farewell, Auf Wiederzehn, Goodbye," the crowd at the Palm will be shouting for more. This is one boffo show,…