July 2012

The 36th Annual Telluride Jazz Celebration/Festival and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization are pleased to announce the first “Special Musical Partnership for Care." Telluride Jazz is among the seven music festivals across the country selected to help educate the general public on the benefits of...

July 12 to 19, 2012      Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Mars and Saturn Last Sunday I watched Ziggy Marley perform at the annual KOTO DooDah in the Telluride Town Park. When we left our house in the West End that afternoon, the sky...

Editor’s note: For those who may not have known the story, we introduced Indian Ridge Farm & Bakery   several weeks ago with a recipe from Barclay Daryani, co-owner. You can say “hi” to Barclay and husband Tony every Friday at the Indian Ridge stand...

Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...

The Fourth of July is now past, but “sparklers” are still going strong for the rest of the summer. I’m talking about sparkling tops: sequins for summer. Historically strippers, shriners and gypsies have favored them. Among the general public, they have been relegated to the Christmas...

The new face of Telluride TV is not just pretty. Executive director Katie Karow is hell bent and determined to re-establish the public access station, the smallest in the country, as a go-to media platform in the region. And she is making fast tracks in...

At least a dozen words in this cloud describe pretty much the same thing: a feeling human beings have for one another, especially when they see someone else in need. And that is a really good sign! The feeling must be almost as important to...

Editor's note: From "Darkness to Light" arrived on my doorstep about a month ago, courtesy of a former classmate at Gary Kraftsow's Viniyoga teacher training program in 2008, Trish Elting. Early for Christmas but perfect time in the roll-up to Telluride Yoga Festival, this weekend,...

The flowers that bloomed in the spring – tra la – are covering the walls this summer, when the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art presents its first ever group show of floral paintings, featuring Mark English, Robert Weatherford, and Karen Kokjer Wilcox. The exhibition of...

Ever been mesmerized by a painting but wished you knew where the artist's inspiration came from? Perhaps it was a piece of jewelry that puzzled you with its intricate form. Wonder no more! Thursday July 19, 5 – 7 p.m., the Ah Haa School for the...