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July 2011

[click "Play" to listen to Rachel Loomis Lee's description of this year's auction]

 

Ah Haa Auction Theme of 19th annual event based on Bond: "License to Create"

First there was Sean Connery. Now there's Jeb Berrier.

Jeb Berrier is Telluride's Bond. Never shaken, sure to stir as he hosts the 19th Annual Art Auction for Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts.

New this year, the auction begins Thursday, July 21, 5 – 7 p.m. Billed as an Intimate Live Auction of 4 Works of Art, the evening includes a reception with champagne and canapes, artist talks, the mini-auction,  music, and a  preview (and pre-bid) of Friday night's silent and live auction line-up. With "buy now" privileges for each of the 4 works, this is an evening not to be missed. (Admissions is $45 and includes entry into the Friday night event.)

09 July, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Sean Johnson's conversation with Susan]

 

Sean Johnson At Jazz Fest It was music to our ears to learn that Sean Johnson and his Wild Lotus Band will make an appearance at the 4th annual Telluride Yoga Festival. This summer, the event takes place Thursday – Sunday, July 14 – July 17.

Kirtan derives from the Sanskrit (the language of yoga) "kirtanam," meaning praise or eulogy. The term refers to devotional group singing of mantras, sounds charged with psychospiritual powers. It is a well-documented fact that prolonged and concentrated chanting of these sounds, even without a clear understanding of the literal meaning of the words, leads to positive alterations in consciousness.

09 July, 2011 /

by Ben Williams

Blues&BrewsWEB Thanks go to SBG Productions, Inc., for sponsoring a gondola cabin as part of the Green Gondola Campaign.  We’re one step closer to beginning installation of our first array: to be installed on the Station Mountain Village roof.

SBG Productions, who gives us the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival each year, joins the ranks of EcoSpaces Green Building Solutions, Colorado Buffalo Salt, 221 South Oak Street Bistro, Nevasca Realty, and BootDoctors: local businesses who care enough about our sustainable future to sponsor a cabin as part of the Green Gondola Campaign. 

08 July, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Keller Williams]

 

15TH ANNUAL KOTO DOO-DAH Getting tickets to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival can be sketchy at times: the recent 38th annual event sold out virtually overnight. Keller Williams and The Keels performed at the 37th Telluride Bluegrass in 2010. That set breathed new life into old classics, as the trio showcased their hit release "Thief."

Missed the show? It was a doozy, but you are in luck: You get a second chance when Keller and The Keels headline the 15th annual KOTO Doo-Dah, Saturday, July 9, 2011, starting at 4 p.m.

07 July, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Dana Slamp]

 

Yoga central park king pidgeon (2) Aubrey Hackman, visionary founder of the Telluride Yoga Festival, July 14 – July 17, describes guest presenter Dana Slamp as a "vinyasa and bhakti yoga teacher, who truly embodies the integration of physical asana with the beauty of chanting and the practice of devotional yoga."

Dana Slamp, ERYT, was introduced to Yoga while completing her M.F.A. at American Conservatory Theatre. She earned her teaching certification from Sonic Yoga in New York City and completed Prenatal Teacher Training with Gurmukh at Golden Bridge Yoga in 2008. Dana continues her studies with Sri Dharma Mittra.

07 July, 2011 /

July 7 to 14, 2011

Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury and Saturn

Magnificent, Magical Summer - la Tierra Madre y la Luna Diosa

Pink&gold clouds2 Summer is magnificent and magical. Long, hot days and warm, embracing evenings cast spells on those who dance in the forests and swim in the waters of Mother Nature’s bounty. Rollicking rivers and bubbling brooks cascade through mountain canyons, travel across meadows and follow the land-curves to irrigated fields and gardens of harvest. Some of the water flows to the sea, some of it quenches thirst and some of it simply evaporates. Towering cumulonimbus clouds rise above swaying green pastures and parched, golden grasses, exploding in rain, electric lightning and rumbling thunder. Sunsets paint the skies with pink and coral as turquoise twilight slowly turns to night.

07 July, 2011 /

You can see by looking at these two star charts from the Sky & Telescope website how much the Moon changes from day to day, night to night. It's fun to track our most intimate planetary companion across the backdrop of the fixed star...

07 July, 2011 /

Double-points weekend in all disciplines + free lift ticket for competitors

MainHeaderLogo July marks the return of Full Tilt in Telluride, part of the 2011 Mountain States Cup Series, the largest full-discipline (endurance and gravity) race series in the United States. Mountain Village is not only amped to be stop number six – July 8 through July 10 – but also host of the Colorado State Championships and double-points weekend. For this year’s Full Tilt weekend, the various race disciplines include cross-country, short track, downhill, super-D, and mountain-cross.

“The Town of Mountain Village and the Mountain States Cup Series (MSC) have aligned with Momentum Trail Concepts to bring a world class mountain-cross course to Full Tilt in Telluride,” said MSC Race Director Keith Darner. “Under the direction of Steve Wentz and Matt Thompson, Momentum Trail have helped design and build one of their patented and amazingly fun mountain-cross courses. Having such a course sets Full Tilt apart from the other stops in the series, and the locale of it will allow spectators the opportunity to get up close and personal with the riders.” 

06 July, 2011 /