Now Ken, who practices law in Manhattan, has combined his Colorado experience with his love of adventure by hosting the debut appearance in New York City of Telluride's Mountainfilm on Tour (view the event information).

Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado, is like no other film festival --- no other event --- in the world. Steeped in the traditions of mountaineering and adventuring, Mountainfilm in Telluride has been, for the last twenty-two years, an international rendezvous of legendary mountaineers, environmental activists, cutting edge filmmakers, authors, scientists and artists. Yet despite its international participation and distinguished guest list, it remains an event of decidedly homespun hospitality.

Mountainfilm on Tour is culled from Festival favorites of the last several years ... brilliant animations, compelling documentary and complex adventures ... are but a part of a Mountainfilm on Tour evening.

The films will be presented by Rick Silverman, Director of the Mountainfilm Festival. Rick's passion for filmmaking, storytelling, landscape and wildness, in image and word, bring these internationally acclaimed pieces into a richly textured tapestry. The films shown at Mountainfilm on Tour tell us something about the world we live in ... and the one we'd like to live in.

Each of the films at Mountainfilm on Tour has an important message to tell -- be it about biodiversity in the depths of the Amazonian rainforest, an octogenarian's courage on the slopes of a high peak in Antarctica, or the community struggles at a garden in Manhattan.

Event Information
When: Thursday, November 9, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30)

Where: The Society for Ethical Culture Auditorium, 2 West 64th Street (just two blocks from Lincoln Center). Public transit: A, B, C, D, 1 & 9 trains to 59th Street (Columbus Circle), use 61st Street exit; Bus Lines: M10 on Central Park West: M104 on Broadway & Crosstown busses that operate on West 65th & West 66th Street.

Tickets: $15 General Admission tickets can be purchased in person at:

• Paragon Sporting Goods: (Monday-Saturday 10-8, Sunday 11-6:30), 876 Broadway at 18th Street, New York, NY (212) 255-8036 www.paragonsports.com Public Transit: 1 & 9 trains to 18th Street Station, L, N, R, 4, 5, and 6 trains to 14th Street Union Square.
  
  
• Extra Vertical Climbing Center: (Monday-Friday 4-10, Saturday 10-10, Sunday 12-8), 61 West 62nd Street at Broadway, New York, NY (212) 586-5718 or 586-5382. www.extravertical.com Public Transit: A, B, C, D, 1 & 9 trains to 59th Street (Columbus Circle).
  
  
• Online: at www.acteva.com/go/mountainfilm2000nyc (with $1.50 per ticket service charge.) Or at www.acteva.com and then search for the word "Telluride." Tickets purchased on-line must be picked-up at the will-call box office on the day of performance. Tickets purchased on-line must be picked-up at the will-call box office on the day of performance.