Author Archives: Mark Stevens

TIO DENVER: “GOD OF CARNAGE” AT CURIOUS THEATRE

Dee Covington & Karen Slack in "God of Carnage"

By the time Veronica Novak holds up a piece of paper and asks if the three other adults are comfortable with “the statement,” we know where this is headed. This moment happens just a few seconds after the lights have come up. The play starts mid-scene with negotiations between two upscale New York couples. For…

TALL TALES: BOURDAIN VS. RIPERT AT CU-BOULDER

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Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore,…

TIO DENVER: LOTS OF HEAT FROM “OTHER DESERT CITIES”

Other Desert Cities

Editor’s Note:  Sometimes the truth is strange, stranger than fiction. Sometimes it is fiction. Sometimes it is both. We saw Jon Robin Baitz’s “Other Desert Cities,” a play about truth, in preview. Denver Center policy prohibits reviews of previews, so I obediently sat on my hands and requested one of our Denver writers, Mark Stevens,…

TALL TALES: LEFT COAST CRIME CONFERENCE

Panelists: Margaret Coel, Craig Johnson, Curt Wendelboe, Shannon Baker

Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore,…

TALL TALES: MARK STEVENS INTERVIEWS “BENEDICTION” AUTHOR KENT HARUF

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Editor’s note: Kent Haruf is an award-winning author. His fifth novel is “Benediction,” his first in eight years. “Eventide,” his sequel to the 1999 National Book Award nominee “Plainsong,” came out in 2004. Denver-based writer Mark Stevens, a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out, interviews the author and reviews his latest work.  According to…

TALL TALES: THE WHO – QUADROPHENIA & MORE

The Who, the view from on high

Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore,…

TALL TALES: CURIOUS THEATRE’S “MAPLE AND VINE,” REVIEWED

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Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore,…

TALL TALES: REVIEW OF “PROMISED LAND”

promised-land

Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore, 224 West Colorado…

TALL TALES: REAL LIFE TOP TEN

Becoming Van Gogh

Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore, 224 West Colorado…

TALL TALES: TICKET TO HOLLYWOOD

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Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both on the shelves of Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore, 224 West Colorado…