August 2014

The whole town is invited when hundreds of enthusiasts here for the Telluride Mushroom Festival get to honor their leader, Art Goodtimes, with a 30-minute live program on stage at the Palm Theater. Art, known as “Shroompa” to Mushroom Festival regulars, is turning 69. Pamela Zoline, founder of...

August 14 to 21, 2014      Visible planets: Morning: Venus, Jupiter       Evening: Mars, Saturn This week we have the awesome opportunity to view giant planet Jupiter and sister-to-earth planet Venus come together in a super-tight conjunction in the predawn eastern sky. This unusually close pairing of...

[caption id="attachment_44302" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Diamond Dallas Page, a former W.W.E. wrestler, leading a yoga session in his home outside Atlanta. Credit Amy Lombard for The New York Times[/caption] Here is an inspiring article by Alex French about the debilitating toll that professional wrestling has taken on...

The 2014 Community Grant Applications are now available on line, and are due Monday, October 27th at 5 p.m.   Please go to the Telluride Foundation’s website, Community Grants Page, for everything you need to complete a 2014 application, including: 1)  2014 Grant Guidelines 2)  Link to electronic 2014 Grant...

As one of the founders of RE:Treat, a yoga-inpired lifestyle adventure company, I do concur with this article's author that "yoga is not a one-size-fits-all activity."  Here are several excerpts from Erica Bray's look a variety of retreats for varying yoga personalities. It’s easier than ever...

Believe it or not, there is actually a chapter in most Veterinary Internal Medicine books that is entitled "HBC -- for Hit By Car." As a profession, we refer to it like a major disease: Osteosarcoma, Congestive Heart Failure, Hit By Car. These are conditions that...

Fundraiser takes place Thursday September 11, 2014. On Thursday, September 11, 2014 the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program will host their 16th Annual Bob Miller Memorial Golf Classic. This tournament will take place at the Telluride Ski and Golf Club in Mountain Village with proceeds benefiting the...

All proceeds from One to One’s Top Chef event this Friday go to support unique mentoring programs in the region. Presented by Alpine Bank. Get your tickets here or call 970-728-0885. Twenty years ago, in 1994, the One to One Mentoring Program started working with just...