The Palm Arts Classic Cinema Series celebrates the art of cinema with the 50th anniversary showing of the films of 1969. The final film of the winter series is the Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 1969 Midnight Cowboy starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. The winner of three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film ever to win Best Picture (though such a classification no longer exists). In 1994, Midnight Cowboy was deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry

Convinced of his irresistible appeal to women, Texas dishwasher Joe Buck (Jon Voight) quits his job and heads for New York City, thinking he’ll latch on to some rich dowager. New York, however, is not as hospitable as he imagined, and Joe soon finds himself living in an abandoned building with a Dickensian layabout named Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman). The two form a rough alliance, and together they kick-start Joe’s hustling career just as Ratso’s health begins to deteriorate.

Admission is free! Donations accepted at the door to benefit Palm Arts programming.

EUGENE BULLARD’S STORY WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE IF IT WERE NOT ALL TRUE. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL BOXER AND A WORLD WAR I FLYING ACE. HE WAS A JAZZ MUSICIAN. HE WAS A SPY. WHO WAS THIS REMARKABLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN? BORN IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, BULLARD TRAVELED THE WORLD. HE JOINED THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION AFTER BEING DENIED A MEANINGFUL PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.  HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS AND FLEW AGAINST THE FAMOUS “RED BARON” AS A PART OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE. BUT WHEN THE ESCADRILLE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1917, THE COLOR OF BULLARD’S SKIN PREVENTED HIM FROM TAKING HIS PLACE ALONGSIDE THE OTHER AMERICAN HEROES OF HIS DAY. BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM. HE WENT ON TO FAME AS A BANDLEADER IN PARIS DURING THE 1920’S AND WAS A SPY AGAINST THE NAZIS.  WINGS OF COURAGESHOWS HOW BULLARD’S DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE HELPED HIM TO OVERCOME DISCRIMINATION THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. IT IS AN UPLIFTING TALE OF VISION AND HOPE

The Palm Telluride Summer Jazz Series continues in 2019 with three incredible groups that are changing the face of contemporary Jazz. All three performances will be in the intimate Bob Saunders Theatre at the Palm allowing guests an up close and personal experience with the artists. The series begins with the musical visionaries Carisma de Venus who are travelling from the rain forests of Costa Rica to the United States for the first time to share their unique music with Telluride on July 16th.

August 14th brings New Standards fronted by the multi talented composer and bandleader Peter John Stoltzman. Peter has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and venues around the globe, with luminaries such as Bob Moses, Yosvanny Terry, Julian Lage, and Tia Fuller.  Peter and his father, Grammy-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, have been featured on WNYC, Sirius Satellite Radio, NPR, and CBS Sunday Morning. His latest project New Standards features the equally devastating female talent of frequent Trey Anastasio collaborator Natalie Cressman.

Rounding out the Summer Jazz Series is bandleader/composer/percussionist Rudy Royston and his latest project Flatbed Buggy. Rudy Royston, first-call drummer with Bill Frisell, JD Allen, Dave Douglas and a host of other jazz greats, has honed a thoroughly engaging voice as a composer and bandleader. Royston’s new project Flatbed Buggy is rich in tonal contrast and mood yet steeped in the supple, enduring swing and groove that has driven his writing and playing from the start of his career. Royston leads a compact, almost chamber-like quintet featuring Gary Versace (accordion), John Ellis (bass clarinet/saxophones), Hank Roberts (cello) and Joe Martin (bass). Royston started his professional career in Telluride as part of the Telluride Jazz Camp almost 30 years ago.

Advance Tickets for the Palm Telluride Summer Jazz Series go on sale April 1st.