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January 2010

Banner5 Dr. Marshall Whiting, a psychologist, is known and respected in Telluride for intelligence, intuition, and empathy. What may not be common knowledge is that her heart is way too big to be confined within the walls of a box canyon. Whiting is the board development chair of Project Concern International.

With over 45 years of experience, Project Concern International is a leading international health organization that saves the lives of children and families around the world by preventing disease and providing access to clean water and nutritious food. The nonprofit reaches over three million people a year with programs in third-world countries to Bolivia to Zambia. Project Concern is on the ground in Haiti today.

Dr. Whiting sent the following appeal to her friends in a morning email:

15 January, 2010 /

January 14 to 21, 2010

Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury and Saturn
Evening: Mars and Jupiter
A New Moon Solar Eclipse and Doing Laundry by Hand

Dawn On Jan. 15th at 12:11 am MST the Sun and Moon come together at 25º01’ Capricorn in the exact conjunction aspect of a New Moon solar eclipse. This is the first eclipse of 2010 and one that reiterates energies from January 1991, when that year’s first solar eclipse was very close in zodiac degree to this one. Eclipses take place four or five times each year, but each and every eclipse repeats the theme and near exact degree of an eclipse occurring almost exactly 19 years prior to it.

This year, my husband, our three dogs and I are in Baja California, Mexico, staying at a friend’s house on the East Cape of the Sea of Cortez, about 30 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. In 1991, my husband, our two dogs – both now deceased – and I were building a house in Cabo Pulmo, just 10 miles north of where I am today.

15 January, 2010 /

In Telluride it can sometimes seem we are beyond the troubles of the wider world. Sometimes those troubles break into our consciousness in spite of the physical and cultural distance. President Obama has requested that Americans do what we have so often done around the...

14 January, 2010 /

The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents Greensky Bluegrass at Telluride's Sheridan Opera House tonight, January 14, 2010. Showtime is 8:00 pm, $20 general admission for this seats-out concert. For more on Greensky, see Susan's article. ...

14 January, 2010 /

Sherlockholmes_smallteaser "Sherlock Holmes" plays twice nightly at Telluride's Nugget Theatre the week of Friday, January 15-Thursday, January 21.

Director Guy Ritchie's "Holmes" is a modern take on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, complete with some impressive special effects. The movie stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, Jude Law as the faithful Watson. Rachel McAdams is Holmes' love interest/foil. "Sherlock Holmes" is rated PG-13.

See below for movie times, and the Nugget website for reviews and trailers.

14 January, 2010 /

Telluride's Palm Theatre is offering up a little recession-friendly entertainment for the whole family AND a great after school activity. Where else can you see your favorite films on the big screen for only $1? Can you deduce the names of these movies from the clues below? The Palm says they can't tell us the titles, but surely it's more fun this way, right?

Upcoming in January:

14 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" for Ulli Sir Jesse's comments on the Kindermusik program]

Salsa
Salsa at Ah Haa

Ulli Sir Jesse is that rare being who is universality liked and respected in the Telluride community. Mention her name and people throw flowers, never stones.

Ulli, a long time Ah Haa instructor, begins teaching the next installment of the Kindermusik series, Sign and Sing, on Wednesday, January 20, at the school. The program, consecutive Wednesdays, is now scheduled from 11 – 11:45 am, a change from the times listed in Ah Haa's catalog.
13 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Joan May speaking with Susan]

IMGP0907 The premise is simple: if we want a sustainable future, if Telluride wants a future at all, the region needs to be prepared. Ready, fire, aim is not an acceptable strategy.

Telluride's Regional Economic Futures Task Force is the offspring of two meetings held in 2008 and 2009: The Regional Sustainability Visioning Process and Thinking Outside the Box Canyon. Its purpose: under the banner of The New Community Coalition, REFTF is meant to help our extended community identify the best – read elegant, efficient and effective – ways to support and enhance our environment and our economy, which are joined at the hip. There is a clear need to leverage existing businesses, while identifying gap opportunities that allow people to remain part of a community that becomes multigenerational.
13 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" for Anders Beck's conversation with Susan]



What happens in Telluride does not stay in Telluride. Witness Greensky Bluegrass. Since winning the Telluride Bluegrass Festival's band concert in 2006 and returning in 2007 to sell-out Nightgrass, it's been blue skies everyday for Greensky Bluegrass. The band circles back to where it all began, performing this time at the historic Sheridan Opera House on January 14. Show time is 8 p.m.

12 January, 2010 /

Ready for a winter break? Would a little reggae help? The Telluride Tourism Board and The Sheridan Arts Foundation have joined forces to present the legendary Wailers at the Telluride Conference Center tonight, January 12, at 8:00 pm, with guest group, Supervillains. For more...

12 January, 2010 /