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August 2009

[click "Play" button to hear Susan X. Billings on Bali trip]

L1020693 Artist Susan X. Billings of mangoworkshops.com, an umbrella for artful travel, in conjunction with Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts, is offering a Bali Workshop that combines art, yoga, and Indonesian cooking, September 25 – October 2, in a tropical island setting.

Billings is the kind of protean talent who is out there to prove that all of life is art. A glimpse at one of her mixed media images tells the whole story: the work has nothing to do with '"isms" du jour or with art historians' creaky theories. It has everything to do with being an original, with a big soul and a richness of spirit.

04 August, 2009 /

[click "Play" button for a discussion of one Uelsmann image] Telluride Gallery of Fine Art will host an exhibition of works by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor from August 6 to September 6, 2009. The opening is Thursday, August 6, from 5:30-7:30 pm at the...

04 August, 2009 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's interview with Susan De Sensi]

Pinhead_susan On Tuesday, August 4, 5 – 6 p.m., Telluride's Pinhead Institute presents Mysterious Mixtures & Strange Solutions at the Telluride Conference Center, featuring one very cool chemist, Dr. Susan De Sensi. The lecture is part of Pinhead's ongoing Punk Science series.

In pop culture, chemistry is what happens – or not – when boy meets girl. Susan De Sensi is not talking about that kind of interaction. Her interest is the way substances change and interact with one another and the energy flows that result when these changes take place. Then again...

03 August, 2009 /

[click "Play" button for a discussion of one Uelsmann image] Telluride Gallery of Fine Art will host an exhibition of works by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor from August 6 to September 6, 2009. The opening is Thursday, August 6, from 5:30-7:30 pm at the...

03 August, 2009 /

[click "Play" button for a discussion of one Uelsmann image] Telluride Gallery of Fine Art will host an exhibition of works by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor from August 6 to September 6, 2009. The opening is Thursday, August 6, from 5:30-7:30 pm at the...

02 August, 2009 /

[click "Play" to hear Eileen's conversation with Kristen Bertuglia, Town of Vail] August is the final month of competition for more than 30 communities who have been participating in the Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) Reusable Bag Challenge.  Organizers in each community have...

02 August, 2009 /
[click "Play" for an amusing story about not-your-dog]


IMG_6976 Telluride Inside... and Out's dog expert, Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel, has been sharing the insights he has gained from working for about 20 years with our four-legged friends. This week, however, he decided to take a time out from training, simply review last week's lesson (training retriever pups) and share a story about one of his favorite dogs: Skadi.

Skadi is the name of a 12-year-old yellow lab, the Grand Dame of Ted's father's household. Skadi is a blue blood in the dog world: her daddy was a famous dog named "Lean Mac" who was Canadian and American national field trial champion.

01 August, 2009 /

[click "Play" to hear Jerry Uelsmann's first podcast] The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art welcomes renowned photographer Jerry Uelsmann to town on August 6 at an opening of an exhibition of his work, including four brand new large-scale prints (38" X 48" and 44" X...

01 August, 2009 /

DSC_0034  The Women's and Men's choruses of the Telluride Choral Society will be performing an eclectic collection of choral music entitled "A Stream of Consciousness" at Christ Church. The final performance is Sunday afternoon, August 2nd at 3pm.  There will be something for everyone to enjoy in this hour and 15 minute concert, from Prairie Women to Drunken Sailors, from Schubert to Broadway and much more. Dr. David Lingle will be conducting and Bobby Shaffer will accompany on the piano.

Dr. Lingle did not have a particular theme in mind when he set the repertoire for this concert, he simply picked literature he liked.  Those selections in combination with suggestions from several chorus members shaped the literature.  Originally a women's ensemble was planned, but a men's group emerged, and additional songs were added to round out the program.  "Several of the women's pieces that are just plain gorgeous." stated Lingle. "Specifically the Lauridsen setting of the Rilke poem, Dirait-on, the Pablo Caslas, Nigra Sum, and the Erb arrangement of Shenandoah are beautifully constucted with rich Romantic Style period harmonies."  he continued.  Molly Fast will sing all four parts from "The Erlking", Schubert's setting of the epic poem by Goethe, and Sharon Sharp will demonstrate her incredible vocal range when performing the first Coloratura aria from the Pirates of Penzance.

01 August, 2009 /