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October 2009

DSC06610 Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House, constructed in 1913  by W. A. Segerberg, was a combination vaudeville and movie theatre. Floors connected to the luxe New Sheridan Hotel, facilitating the passage of prominent entertainers of the period, including Sarah Bernhardt, Lillian Gish, and speakers such as Socialist Presidential Candidate Eugene Debs, directly from the stage to their rooms, with little fear of paparazzi dogging them.

However, beauty fades with neglect and this jewel box of a theatre fell into a serious state of neglect that only a major facelift could repair. Enter the Sheridan Arts Foundation.

03 October, 2009 /

Telluride local Maribeth Clemente does not, to my knowledge, possess a magic carpet. She is, however, in command of something that serves the same purpose: a talk radio show."Travel Fun, which airs bimonthly in and around the Telluride region on KOTO radio and simultaneously...

03 October, 2009 /

October 1 to 8, 2009

Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Mars  Evening: Jupiter

Blessing the Beauty and Bounty of the October Harvest Moon

1 Yesterday the wind blew so hard it lifted the roof off one of our loafing sheds. And on the way up and off, it hit and snapped the electric power line running above it. My husband and brother-in-law were sitting at our kitchen table when it happened, having lunch. The tall power pole outside the kitchen window suddenly bent and swayed. They knew something big was “in the wind” and rushed outside to find a live power line that had been cut in two and was lying red-hot on the highway. In its journey down, it had sparked a fire in the tall grass growing along the roadside. The roof to the shed had flipped over and was upside down between the road and the shed. My husband went in to call 911, the Fire Department and San Miguel Power. His brother and the two guys working with them that day digging trees ran out with shovels to start tamping the flames. Wow!

02 October, 2009 /

Just gotta sing? Check out the KOTO karaoke jam tonight, Friday, October 2, 2009. The poster says it all. ...

02 October, 2009 /

[double click to view in larger format]Telluride Regional Airport has been closed for construction since April, but is on schedule to reopen on November 4, 2009.It was a major project, including removing most of the famous dip in the middle of the runway, installing new...

01 October, 2009 /

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The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride is showing "All About Steve" once each evening at 7:00 pm the week of Friday, October 2-Thursday, October 8. Rated PG-13.

Mary (Sandra Bullock) is a socially backward, over-the-top smart crossword puzzle creator who has a blind date with hunk TV cameraman Steve (Bradley Cooper). Will nerd get stud? You guess.

For reviews and trailers, see the Nugget website. Movie showtimes are repeated below.

01 October, 2009 /