The yogi who attains “kaivalya” is a being who has gained independence from all bondages and achieved the absolute true consciousness. No small trick. Then again Alanna Kaivalya has always aimed high. Alanna returns to town to teach once again at Aubrey Hackman’s 5th annual Telluride Yoga Festival, Thursday, July 12 – Sunday, July 15,…
Drama survives because it eludes trends. Good drama finds poetry in the flotsam and jetsam of our lives. It survives because it extrapolates what is universal and external from quotidian muddles in a way that heightens an audience’s self-awareness. In so doing, a good play often produces a sense of catharsis. The Telluride Playwrights Festival?…
The cast of characters changes, but otherwise it’s the same, compelling story: Telluride Arts monthly Art Walk. The event, a celebration of the region’s artistic talent, is a meet and greet for art lovers of all stripes, locals and visitors alike. Venues all over town open their doors from 5 – 8 p.m. and favorite restaurants …
I became a Viniyoga instructor because of a teacher I was blessed to practice with privately for 12 years. Meet River Cummings, one of the most inspiring yoga instructors I have ever known in over 20 years of dedicated practice. River Cummings is one of the esteemed presenters at Aubrey Hackman’s 5th annual Telluride Yoga…
Reception 6:30 p.m. Films & guest presentations 7:30 p.m. Also breakfast talks, one Friday morning at Hotel Madeline. Mountainfilm in Telluride: the 34th annual event may have ended with the close of Memorial Weekend, but the beat goes on. Its mission – “To educate and inspire audiences about issues that matter” – has no clock…
New and classic pieces by designer of Telluride’s “sorority” necklace It’s a sorority necklace of sorts – minus the Greek. The asymmetrical arrangement of sterling silver beads, gold leaf-like charms and miscellaneous precious stones is worn by a trendy group of Telluride women, all fans of jewelry Cheryl Rydmark, who seems to have developed a cult…
Old idea. New blood. This week, the Telluride region plays host to 30 nationally recognized artists, who will plant easels in alleys, down by the river, smack dab in the middle of Colorado Avenue, and hidden away in various other nooks and crannies of Mother Nature, heads covered from the Colorado sun, brushes flying, canvases…
Beau Staley of Dolce and Pamela Froman plan to donate a percentage of the sales from Pamela’s trunk show to the fire-fighting efforts in Colorado. The best color in town this weekend, Telluride Wine Festival, is not just in wine glasses. It’s in the bling. Meet the artist and check out the trunk show at…
Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at Wilkinson Public Library, A Summer of Screwball Comedy, starts July 2 The Wilkinson Public Library and the Telluride Film Festival invite all community members to experience Cinematheque, a free local resource for film lovers and aficionados who crave cinematic exploration, lively discussion and culinary delights. The three-part summer series explores…
Naming a thing helps give the senses a place to aim, but sadly, the phrase “classical music” is a tour de force of negative publicity. The words suggest something inaccessible outside pop culture. “Classical music” conjures the sounds of dead white guys, for blue hairs only. In his mid-twenties Matt Haimovitz was already a seasoned…