Editor's Note: KOTOfm and Big Head Todd & The Monsters co-host Telluride's inaugural Ride Festival. The monster musical event takes place this weekend, Saturday, August 25 (around noon) – Sunday, August 26 (around 10 p.m.) and features Big Head Todd, Ben Harper, Los Lobos, JJ...
The US Pro Cycling challenge blasted through Telluride on Monday, August 20, fast, furious and really fun.We here at EcoAction Partners did our best to help out with our usual compost/recycling and trash efforts. Three of us (thank you volunteers from our board!) worked the VIP...
[caption id="attachment_22301" align="alignright" width="200"] Barb Brattin, director, Wilkinson Public LIbrary (and Finn)[/caption] 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...
In Tuesday's Stage 2 race from Montrose to Mt. Crested Butte, Tejay van Garderen of BMC Racing Team gained a stage win and the overall lead. From Nicole Okoneski's Stage 2 recap: "An early break of about 30 riders wouldn’t stick, but did lead to a...
[caption id="attachment_22308" align="alignright" width="294"] Marsha Bankston as Lizzy Knight[/caption] It's not often a woman ends up married to her son-in-law. But Lizzy Knight, the first pioneer woman of the Disappointment Valley, was no stranger to the strange. Wednesday and Thursday, August 22 and August 23, the Telluride...
“If this were 1971, these gentleman would be the biggest band in the world. It may be a disservice to such outfits as the Allman Brothers and Led Zeppelin, who actually held such titles in that age, but after seeing the Allstars live, there's really...
Stage 1 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was an exciting one for me: I had never been right on the course for a major cycling event. Today changed all that. I read Emily Brendler Shoff's post about Lizard Head Cycling Guides' option to view the...
If you weren’t a cycling fan and you were in Telluride Monday August 19th, chances are that you are one now. Locals and visitors alike lined Main Street to watch the world’s best cyclists battle 10,000 feet mountain passes, intermittent rain showers and each other over...
Our money is riding on The Ride. KOTO's inaugural Ride Festival happens the weekend of the Denver finish of the Big Ride, the USA Pro Cycling event, Saturday, August 25 (starting at noon) – Sunday, August 26 (ending at 10 p.m.) (The Telluride leg –Stage #1– is...
He is not one to parade and peacock around. He simply gets the job done. And he's cool. I am talking about Scott Doser. [caption id="attachment_22045" align="alignright" width="240"] Scott Doser (left) & friend[/caption] Yes, "Scott from the Library" Doser, who came on the scene when Telluride's consistently...
