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November 2010

[click "Play" to listen to Peter Decker's conversaton with Susan]

 

Savingthewest Saturday, November 27, 6 – 8 p.m, Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library and Between the Covers bookstore co-host a triple header: authors Peter Decker, Corinne Platt, and SarahLee Lawrence, each with a unique spin on the American West. The readings take place in the Program Room of the Library, followed by a meet-and-greet book signing.

In the comedy hit "City Slickers" about cowboys and mid-life crises, three disillusioned suits decide to participate in a cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado in order to "find themselves." All's well that ends well: the guys go home. What happens if they had chosen to stay is more or less Decker's tale of woe –  or whoa.

In "Saving the West," Decker revisits the theme of his non-fiction biography of Ouray County, "Old Fences, New Neighbors": the cultural clash between the all-hat-no-cattle urban ranchers and old-time "dirt-bags." (So named by the interlopers.)

26 November, 2010 /

by Ashley Deppen

Verdugo Jegging Telluride's Two Skirts is talking hybrids. Not the kind you drive on the road. The jeans kind.

Just as most of us have begun to warm up to the idea of a skinny jean, another jean comes along, skinnier, tighter, possibly better. Regarded by some as the most important fashion revolution of the 21st century, I believe the so-called Jegging is here to stay.

What exactly is a “Jegging” you might ask?  It is what happens when a super tight jean and a legging of denim spandex merge. The resulting garment has the fashionable look of a skinny jean and the comfort of your favorite pair of leggings.  Jeggings are hip and sexy and can be worn by almost all body types, and here’s how….

25 November, 2010 /

Telluride, Thanksgiving Day, 2010 There was a line to pick up my season's pass, and I spent some time filling out the paper work for one more season instructing for the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (my 12th year). There isn't much terrain open...

25 November, 2010 /

November 25 to December 2, 2010
Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Saturn  Evening: Mars and Jupiter

The Goodness, Gratitude and Grace of Thanksgiving

THX Angel Thanksgiving Day. A day to give thanks. A time to pause, slow down, take a look around and count our many blessings. It’s a day of feasting and abundance, a national holiday that honors the camaraderie between the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the European pilgrims who crossed the ocean in search of new life, freedom and prosperity. They arrived in a land of great resource and wild frontier, a land of mystery and magic, a place of magnificent beauty and bounty.  But they were unskilled and uneducated in the ways of survival in this land, and at the mercy of the native peoples who inhabited it. And then, by the grace of a divine force, good luck or a simple act of fate, the Native Americans embraced and assisted the immigrants. They showed them how to hunt wild game and harvest native plants. They showed them how to live and survive. They showed them how to thrive.

Thanksgiving is a holiday that is quintessentially Sagittarian. Its philanthropic essence and unbridled spirit of generosity resonates with the over-the-top grandiosity and big-hearted giving the Archer is famous for. It’s a time to share the wealth, focus on the positive, recognize the goodness in ourselves and others, cultivate attitudes of gratitude and simply have faith. Gracious and loving, hopeful and hearty, let us give thanks to our angels and keep our eyes to the skies. Happy Thanksgiving!

25 November, 2010 /

Megamind_smallfinal Thegirlwhokickedthehornetsnest_smallposter Telluride's Nugget Theatre holds over "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" (rated R) this week. Lisbeth Salander is back in the series by Stieg Larsson.

The early movie all week is "Megamind" (rated PG), an animated feature starring a brilliant failure of an arch villain. When he defeats his super-hero nemesis, chaos reigns.

For movietimes, see below. For reviews and trailers, see the Nugget website.

24 November, 2010 /

by Lisa Barlow

Jook1 Naturally I am excited about Thanksgiving dinner, but to be honest, like everyone else in my family, I am more excited about the leftovers. The mad scramble for the turkey carcass begins so early after the big meal that this year we are buying two turkeys and planning ahead.

We all agree there is nothing better the day after Thanksgiving than a fat turkey sandwich with stuffing and cranberry sauce on whole grain bread that’s been slathered with mayonnaise and sprinkled with salt and pepper. I like mine with a beer, preferably in front of the television, where the ensuing tryptophan coma can carry me into a nap.

24 November, 2010 /

By Kris Holstrom

IMG_4034 The Sunday Salon that began at my Tomten Farm on Hastings Mesa in Telluride is an informal gathering to share ideas and inspire actions to create the world we want and what we need to live “lightly, carefully, gracefully, ….”

The Salon idea has been fomenting for some time. What we need is not just another meeting, but a rather a meeting of the minds at a gathering. Something not necessarily associated with anyone's job or routines, but rather something that stirs passions and in stirring passions, stirs the pot. What is it exactly that we are burning to accomplish? What can't wait? And how can we make such things happen? Or perhaps our Sunday Salons are just a great opportunity to spend time with members of the community who may or may not be regular playmates or part of your workaday world.

23 November, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Erika Gordon]

 

Fly.away The Telluride Film Festival's Sunday at The Palm series continues this weekend with Carroll Ballard's ("The Black Stallion," "Never Cry Wolf') family classic "Fly Away Home" (1996).

"Fly Away Home" is based on the true story of William Lishman's and Joseph Duff's experiments on migrating birds. The pair provided real-life "imprinted" birds for the making of the film, as well as the aircraft, although release of "Fly Away Home" was delayed after a young girl, her father and flight instructor were killed at the controls of a similar small plane that crashed amid a highly publicized transcontinental flight attempt.

23 November, 2010 /

TGFA Twenty-five years ago in Telluride, development was in full swing and funk was becoming fashion when Will and Hilary Thompson opened Telluride Gallery of Fine Art at 130 East Colorado, Main Street. Will declared his mission from the get-go "We are in business to showcase the best art out there."

No qualifiers. Not the best art "for a small town," just the best. Period. At times that has come down to showing art for art's sake, for fun, not for profit, but the Thompsons did not seem to care. They were and are in it for the long haul. The response from the greater Telluride community has been overwhelming: many returning to town from off season breaks make the Gallery their first stop in town, just to check in with gallery director Baerbel Hacke and the other familiar faces on the staff to find out what's shaking.

22 November, 2010 /

by Eliot Brown, photos by Mary Sama-Brown

[ed. note: Many of us remain in Telluride, not only for all our immediate area offers, but also for the infinite variety just across the hill. Eliot & Mary sampled that variety this Fall. This is Part 1 of their journey.]

Image007 I was yearning for a road trip.  My 95 Porsche 911 C4S was needing some exercise, as she was still feeling young with only 28,000 miles.  My wife Mary and I agreed that it was time to leave the airplane home and take a vacation from our air charter business, MayaAir, and from our doggies, especially Trasea’s five thirty AM wake up call. We spent several weeks planning our journey, which over ten days would take us from Telluride to as far north as Chico, Montana and back home.

22 November, 2010 /