How Did The Telluride Film Festival Get Big? Thank The Awards Season Frenzy And The Mines That Once Surrounded The Town
The Telluride Film Festival started small in 1974. It’s now one of the biggest in the nation and world. But many festivalgoers say the welcoming and laid back feel keeps them coming back each year.
While Tourism Booms in Telluride Because Of Its Recreation And Festivals, Its Housing Market Is At A Crossroads
The talk of Telluride as the film festival returns is as much on the town’s housing and labor shortages as it is on the movies and the stars.
At The Telluride Film Festival, Volunteers And Gig Workers Prepare For A Return To Normalcy — And Their Annual Traditions
For many, it’s a way to stay connected to the film industry or do some celebrity sightseeing. For others, it’s an annual and indispensable fixture in their lives.
As The Telluride Film Festival Makes Its In-Person Return, Other Fests Consider Their Own COVID Safety Rules
The Telluride Film Festival marks the beginning of the fall film festival season, but it arrives as the delta variant of COVID-19 makes the state of in-person gatherings uncertain.
Denver’s Kirkland Museum Has Reopened, And It’s Welcoming Guests Back With A New Aesthetic
The Kirkland Museum is welcoming visitors back with the new exhibit, “Truth, Beauty and Power: Christopher Dresser and the Aesthetic Movement.”
A New Musical From DCPA Remembers The East Troublesome Fire, And Nods At Our New Climate Reality
The new musical is the first new production by the Denver Center for Performing Arts since the pandemic upstaged its season last year.
‘Luca’ Takes Audiences to Italy, But For One Of The Film’s Animators, The Journey Started In Aurora
Animator Early Brawley traced the start of his animation career back to Aurora, at Smoky Hill High School.
Animating Pixar’s ‘Luca’ A Dream Job For Aurora Native
Pixar’s new film “Luca” takes the audience to an idyllic Italian village — where just off the coast lives a young sea monster. Luca escapes his parents’ underwater clenches and comes to the surface– morphing instantly into a boy. The film is set in Italy but director Enrico Casarosa and animator Earl Brawley both spent time in Aurora earlier in their lives. Brawley spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner.
‘Joe Bell’ Star Reid Miller Talks Acting With Mark Wahlberg And How Bullying In Schools Has Changed
The film recounts the last months of Jadin’s life and his father’s mission to travel and talk about his son’s experience.
Vail Dance Festival Retakes The Stage Among The Mountains
After over a year of adapting to the coronavirus pandemic, the festival is getting ready to welcome dancers and audiences again in person for this year’s edition.
The Boulder Shooting United A Community. This Art Is Helping Them Heal
After the mass shooting at a King Soopers in Boulder in March, an outpouring of art scattered near a memorial — poems, paintings and paper cranes. These artists hope their work can help give the people of Boulder and Colorado hope for the future.
‘Grace And Grit’ Shares The Real-Life Love Story Of Ken And Treya Wilber From Denver
They’d been married just 10 days when the diagnosis came. Treya Killam Wilber had breast cancer. It was a battle she and her husband, Denver philosopher Ken Wilber, would wage together — until her death in 1989. Wilber shared their love story in the 2001 book “Grace and Grit.” Now it’s a movie. Director Sebastian Siegel adapted the story for the big screen.
More Normal! Film Festivals Are Welcoming Back In-Person Audiences In Boulder And Ouray
Most movie theaters have reopened across the state, and now even a few local film festivals are welcoming guests back in-person.
The Limitations Of ‘Latinidad’: How Colorism Haunts ‘In The Heights’
Many viewers are asking why there weren’t any dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in any of the leading roles to represent a place as diverse as Washington Heights.
Students Imagine Denver’s Future By Considering Its Architectural Past In New History Colorado Exhibit
Students from CU Denver are teaming with History Colorado to look at Denver’s architectural past for glimpses into the city’s future.
The 4th Of July Celebration In Colorado Springs Will Be Missing A Familiar Sound: Its Philharmonic
This year, when it comes time for the fireworks show, viewers can tune in to a number of radio stations in the area to hear the holiday’s patriotic fanfare. The musicians from the Colorado Springs Philharmonic say because of a labor dispute with management, it won’t be theirs.
