Get TIO in your Inbox!

July 2010

[click "Play" to hear Eugene Wowk's conversation with Susan]

WDimage Integrated Design Workshop #3, "Practical Applications of Tools & Methods,” takes place Friday, July 30, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library Program Room, 100 W. Pacific Ave. The event is hosted by The New Community Coalition (TNCC), with support from the Governor’s Energy Office ENERGY STAR New Homes grant program. Guest presenters are James Pittman, a whole systems designer, consultant, and educator, and Eugene Wowk, architect and owner of Wowk Design, LLC.

"Practical Applications of Tools & Methods” targets anyone with a voice in the design phase of buildings, especially in high altitude (cold, dry climate) environments.  Previous training is not required and “newbies” are welcome to attend. Architects, engineers, designers, general contractors, owners, interior designers, tradesmen, and building & planning department staff are encouraged to participate. Attendance at previous talks is not a prerequisite.
26 July, 2010 /

Gina and the ladies, Lizard Head It's been a busy week in Telluride, capped by a get-together among friends last night: good food, good wine, good conversation. As a result, Susan and I slept in a bit this morning. I was just getting ready to take Gina the Dog out for her morning walk. Susan, checking email: "Susan Dalton wants to know if we want to join her and Bettie Hastings for a hike up at Lizard Head. Maybe see if we can find some early mushrooms?"

Sounded better than whatever I had in mind, so I agreed. There was still time to get Gina out for a short walk, and start the Sunday morning chores. Soon Susan picked us up, then stopped to get Bettie, and in a few more minutes we were out of the car at the Cross Mountain trailhead, and on our way, Gina the Dog happy to be leading the pack.

25 July, 2010 /
[click "Play" for Susan's interview with Dan Hicks]

Panama_dan_sm Telluride Jazz Celebration impresario Paul Machado likes to push the jazz envelope, often inviting guests whose music, is not, strictly speaking "jazz." That is unless you define jazz as a labyrinth of styles, sounds and rhythms summed up in a one syllable word.

Check the schedule on the first full day of sounds, Friday, August 6. Machado features Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks in the 4 p.m. slot. The hodgepodge of genres Hicks melds into his own signature sound includes outlaw swing, folk, country, Django, blues, rock, and okay, jazz, a brew he himself has been known to describe as "folk jazz." Ok, the hipster is in by a nose.
25 July, 2010 /
[click "Play", Jackie talks to Susan]

[click "Play" to hear Jackie Ryan's "Doozy"]

JackieWhiteBlouse-Doozy2thm The sun will shine on the 34th annual Telluride Jazz Celebration – at least when vocalist Jackie Ryan steps onstage.

Jackie Ryan is widely regarded in inner circles of buffs and critics as one of the premier jazz singers out of North America, but one the general public is not well aware of. This despite reviews peppered with superlatives touting her "extravagant" range, both emotional and stylistic, her "sweeping vocal powers" laced with passion, her "savvy" vocalizing, her "magnetic" stage presence.
24 July, 2010 /

July 22 to 29, 2010   Visible Planets: Morning: Jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn

Summer Eclipse Cycles, Lion-Hearted Love and Evolutionary Fellowship

Michael_jackson_casanova_in_concert On Sunday, July 25th @ 7:37 p.m. MDT, the July 11th New Moon solar eclipse cycle comes to fruition in the opposition aspect of a Full Moon. This lunation takes place in the Leo/Aquarius polarity @ 03º00’ and therefore packs plenty of power when it comes to matters of the heart.

Last year – just like this year - our summer eclipses occurred in the Cancer/Capricorn polarity, focusing on the issues of Mother/Father/child, home and family, nurturing, dependence, control and/or authority. We experienced and examined the life and death of pop icon Michael Jackson in all its glory, sorrow, success and failure. Collectively, we moved through the drama and tragedy of a creative child prodigy, a puer eternus that imagined himself forever young, danced like no others and continually delivered breathtaking, breakthrough performances that rocked the world. No matter what we thought of Jacko and his weird, avant-garde lifestyle, his story touched our souls.
23 July, 2010 /
[click "Play", Rachel Loomis-Lee and Lauren Metzger speak to Susan]

Artopia_sponsors_web Taken from a book of that name written by Sir Thomas More in 1516, "Utopia" defines an ideal society. Like Shangri-La – or Telluride.

The theme of the Ah Haa School for the Arts' 18th annual auction is ARTopia, suggesting an ideal place, the school, within an ideal place, Telluride. Ah Haa is a place where dreams are born and personal epiphanies acquire weight and shape as people of all ages channel their inner Leonardo.

This annual fundraiser is a happening: the high voltage live and silent auctions feature over 200 items of original art, services and trips, all donated by the region’s artists, businesses and supporters of Ah Haa and local celebrities. Former Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kruetzmann put his psychedelic stamp on a pair of Wagner Skis. (Talk about gilding the lily.)

23 July, 2010 /
[click "Play" for Susan's weekly conversation with Kristin Holbrook]

Image001 They're boxy. And they are big. In the fashion trend sense.Telluride Inside... and Out's fashion expert Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts is talking about the small satchel. So move over large totes and hobos. Make way for the boxy, flap silhouette with the ultra long strap, petite purses that suggest a modern edge and ladylike elegance.


Hands-free carry-(mostly)-alls are great for the woman on the go and more than their big sisters, they work as accessories, adding just a touch of je ne sais quoi to any wardrobe, day or night.

23 July, 2010 /