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Vail Valley: The benefits of Beethoven

Dr. Richard Kogan will talk about how music affects the resilliance of the mind Monday at Vail Mountain School in Vail, CO Colorado Born: 1770 Died: 1827 By 1793 he had become a known piano virtuoso. By 1795 he began publishing his compositions and ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, Vail Daily,  25 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Ludwig van Beethoven

Vail movies: Giant robots fight to destroy your eardrums

VAIL, Colorado — By now I've come to realize that complaining about a Michael Bay movie is like those parents who feed their kids Cap'n Crunch for breakfast then complain about how hyper they are five minutes later. Sometimes you just have to feed ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, Vail Daily,  2 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Shia LaBeouf

Vail movies: Nothing new to see in ‘The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3’

VAIl, Colorado — I don't understand why Hollywood directors are so eager to remake or update movies. Could you imagine if novelist Dan Brown rewrote Hemingway's “A Farewell To Arms” or if Stephen King “updated” Henry James' “A Turn Of The Screw?” ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, The Vail Trail,  18 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Dan Brown,  Henry James,  Stephen King,  Denzel Washington,  John Travolta

A summer movie that looks ‘Up’

VAIL, Colorado — If I was a five-year-old kid, I think I would be rather disappointed by Pixar's latest computer-animated movie, “Up.” If I remember correctly, at that age all I was interested in was fart and booger jokes, cutesy, overly-energetic ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, The Vail Trail,  4 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Pixar,  Ed Asner,  Christopher Plummer

Chris Isaak plays "Wicked Games" in Vail

VAIL, Colorado — Singer and songwriter Chris Isaak, who plays in Vail, Colorado Friday night, has had one heck of a successful career. His bluesy surf-rock song “Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing” (off his “Forever Blue” album) was featured in Stanley ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, The Vail Trail,  16 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Chris Isaak,  Christian Slater,  David Lynch,  Biography Channel,  MTV

Vail Valley movie review: True bromance

VAIL, Colorado — “I Love You, Man” has three things going for it that make it instantly forgivable for its paper-thin plot: 1) A Rush-heavy soundtrack 2) Lots of hilarious, off-the-cuff banter between the male and female stars and 3) a light-hearted ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, Vail Daily,  9 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Paul Rudd,  Lou Ferrigno,  Rashida Jones (actor),  Jane Curtin,  Andy Samberg

Renegade raises a ruckus at Vail Film Festival

Kevin Smith, perhaps known best for his cult classic "Clerks," and his Jay and Silent Bob characters will receive The Vail Film Festival's Renegade Award Saturday night VAIL, Colorado — Actor, writer and director Kevin Smith will receive The Renegade ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, Vail Daily,  3 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Ryan Ross,  Ben Affleck,  Matt Damon,  Jason Mewes,  Joey Lauren Adams

Vail movie review: Corporate espionage, romance and shampoo

VAIL, Colorado — "Duplicity,” now showing in Colorado's Vail Valley, is one of those movies that proves star power is everything in Hollywood. Throw two beautiful people up on the screen, give them pithy one-liners to bounce off each other, make it ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, Vail Daily,  26 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Julia Roberts,  Clive Owen,  Tony Gilroy,  James Bond,  Michael Clayton

Vail Valley artist uses Mother Earth's leftovers

Vail Valley artist Justin Greshko works on his first three dimensional piece, a monarch butterfly, Wednesday at his home in Edwards, Colorado Vail Valley artist Justin Greshko stands next to one of his latest creations, the Columbine, Wednesday at his ...

From CHARLIE OWEN, Vail Daily,  21 Feb 2009

Avon: Funky jam-band Harmonious Junk performs

AVON, Colorado — Damon Wood, one time guitar player for James Brown’s band, no longer has to stick to someone else’s set list or play the same songs over and over again to please the crowd. He formed his own band, Harmonious Junk, about six years ago. ...

From CHARLIE OWEN AVON CO, COLORADO, Vail Daily,  19 Feb 2009

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