This week Colorado lost one of its finest native sons, but not really. Kent Haruf — born in Pueblo, raised on the eastern plains, schooled in Canon City and most recently a resident of Salida — died at his home last Sunday, but his legacy remains in the books he left behind.

Friday night, November 7th, 2014, the twenty-seventh annual Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival begins tomorrow night and runs through the weekend, here in downtown Colorado Springs. Wish We Were Here Intern Lauren Antonoff sat down and spoke with Linda Broker, Executive Director of the festival.   Click HERE for more info.

A student talked to me recently about his storytelling style. Film is his medium, and though he resists it, he tends naturally toward tightly constructed romantic comedies with snappy dialogue and happy endings. “I think I should just embrace my clichéd self,” he said.