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April 2010

DSCN1658 DSCN1657 If your off season plans take you through the Denver Airport, pray that your plane is delayed (slightly) so that you’ll have time to go check out the current exhibit at the Ansbacher Hall, located on the walkway between the A concourse and the main terminal. Two local artists, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Meredith Nemirov, are featured in 33 IDEAS!, an exhibit showcasing innovative artists and writers who have investigated land and social issues in a variety of mediums. With an artistic and literary exploration of contemporary topics, this exhibit is intended to create dialogue about a variety of issues and inspire new ways of thinking.

33 IDEAS! showcases visual and literary artists associated with Colorado Art Ranch, where they have been presenters, artists-in-residence, or involved in one or more Artposia (public interdisciplinary symposia). The group was selected to represent Colorado Art Ranch’s philosophy.

04 April, 2010 /

Longroadcover Telluride Ski Resort is pleased to announce the appearance of the Drew Emmitt Band at Gorrono Ranch Easter Sunday, April 4, 2 p.m. at the Gorrono Ranch.

Following a decade of success with Leftover Salmon, Drew Emmitt is revered as one of the most energetic and innovative mandolin players on the jamband/newgrass scene today.

The Gorrono deck party is free to skiers and riders with valid lift tickets and passes. No other access to Gorrono Ranch is available. No outside alcohol is allowed. Backpacks are checked at the Gorrono Ranch entrance. Wristbands are issued for alcohol purchases for those over 21 years of age and PROPER ID IS REQUIRED.

03 April, 2010 /

by Tracy Shaffer

Holly If you’ve ever met Holly Kylberg or seen the magnificent D & F Clock Tower on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver, you’d instantly know they belong together. Statuesque and beautiful, these icons represent the great spirit of Denver, past, present and future. 

The Italian Renaissance style clock tower was built in 1911, modeled after the famous Campanile of the St. Mark’s Basilica. Once the tallest structure west of the Mississippi at a whopping 393 feet, it was a gorgeous compliment to the prestigious Daniels & Fisher department store in the bustling downtown of turn-of-the-century Denver. It has seen its share of change over the past century, and so has Kylberg in a much shorter span.

03 April, 2010 /

Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel sits at an elevation of about 6000 feet, nearly half a mile lower than Telluride. So the winters there are typically a little milder than up here in the high country. But there was still enough snow last month...

03 April, 2010 /

According to the calendar we're two weeks into Spring, but here in the high country, here in Telluride Winter has a way of hanging on. Calendar be damned. On an errand this morning, walking east on Gregory, armed with only my iPhone for a...

02 April, 2010 /




STREET DANCE 10 The things these two Telluride bands share are really big ones. I am talking about amps.

The cross-dressing Ralph Dinosaur and his Fabulous Volcanoes headline Telluride KOTO radio's end-of-season FREE street dance/costume contest, tomorrow, Friday, April 2, 3 – 8 p.m.

"There is nothing in the world like a Telluride party," said KOTO's special event queen jumpin' jan (zink), quoting  Ralph from his original "Telluride Stomp."

And now for something completely different. This year, at this party, for the very first time, Telluride's favorite dragster shares the stage with a sizzling hot opening act, performers who might be coaxed into dresses for high school reunions, weddings, and funerals: the town's favorite all-women rock 'n roll band, The 525s.
02 April, 2010 /

IMG_0714 IMG_0713 Telluride is hosting around 250 airline personnel, members of the North American Airline Ski Federation (NAASF)  this week, March 28- April 2. Telluride Inside... and Out spoke last week with Telluride coordinator Demian Brooks who provided an event overview. Dem is a pilot with Delta Airlines and a Telluride local. The schedule for the week included race training, races for both experienced (A Racers) and newby racers (B Racers), parties, barbeques, dinners, and connections with old friends.

02 April, 2010 /
April 1 to 8, 2010

Visible Planets: Morning: Jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn
Icons Topple and Ivory Towers Tumble

StPeter-Apos The last two weeks – from the late degree Pisces New Moon on Mar. 15th to the Aries/Libra Full Moon of Mar. 29th, we have been rocked with scandalous news, accusations and testimonies from a variety of sources on a variety of subjects – all of them having to with either sex, violence, abuse or good-old-fashioned outrage. We have seen iconic figures and institutions topple from pedestals and ivory towers tumble to ground zero, where they must fight to survive. Special interest groups spout vehemence and angry politicians rally the disgruntled.

Jesse James, Tiger Woods, the Vatican, “Christian” militia, Russian [female!] terrorists, angry Tea-baggers, and shouts of Hell-no-you-can’t! are just a few examples of the collective angst. We have burst the dreamy, idealistic Pisces bubble and shot in to the rough-and-ready spring of Aries and “attention me”. It’s basically every man – and woman – for himself/herself. The elements reduce the agenda to instinct and intuition, survival and me-first action.
02 April, 2010 /
[To hear Adrienne Lent's conversation with Susan click "Play"]

Telluride's First Thursday Art Walk is a blast.

_MG_4657 The first Thursday of every month – April Fool's Day is the last of the winter season – the Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities organizes a walkabout to showcase the town's fine art scene. Art venues and retail shops stay open late until 8 p.m.

A relatively new must-visit in the line of march, is Amy Boebel's Sapsucker Studios, 299 South Spruce.

In case you were wondering, Sapsuckers Studios got its name from a dead bird owner/artist Amy Boebel found stiffening outside the door of her studio space before she turned it into a gallery.

01 April, 2010 /