February 2015

Tickets on sale now for May 29 & May 30 installment of Blues & Brews adventure. [caption id="attachment_48343" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Where the living is easy - and bluesy.[/caption] The Durango Blues Train returns Friday and Saturday, May 29 and May 30, two unforgettable evenings of music aboard...

Telluride is oh so health conscious. Here, the word “organic” rhymes with “duh.” Going green goes without saying. But do we really know what the label “organic” means?  Emma Loewe is a senior at Duke University where she studies Environmental Science, English and Visual Media. She loves being...

The Telluride Arts District is now accepting applications for the Small Grants for Artists. Funding for individual artist’s projects, professional development, and artist-to-artist workshops. Small grants support the innovation, creativity and professional development of individual artists living in the Telluride region. The small grants program is generously...

Beyond the Groove Productions presents Lettuce, with opening act Break Science, Club Red in Mountain Village, Friday & Saturday February 13 & 14. Doors, 7:30 p.m.; show time, 8 p.m. Club Red debuted with a sold-out show earlier this year and transforms the Telluride Conference Center into an...

Measles is the new epidemic du jour and AIDS? Oh so yesterday. Only not so much. For one thing, there is still no cure. And that is why the Telluride AIDS Benefit continues to wave its “ Fight.Fund.Educate” banner on high. TAB’s week of awareness education and fundraising to help support...

Six-week courses for children and adults begin Monday February 9 Pinhead Institute headquarters will be buzzing this winter as the local non-profit offers more classes than ever before with a full calendar of six-week courses designed to get both kids and adults excited about science, technology,...

Colorado children have lowest vaccination rate in U.S. [caption id="attachment_20793" align="aligncenter" width="156"] Dr. Sharon Grundy. Medical Director of Primary Care, Telluride Medical Center[/caption] Colorado kindergartners have the lowest vaccination rate for measles in the U.S., an unsettling distinction that has providers at the Telluride Medical Center (TMC)...

February 5 to 12, 2015  Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn   Evening: Venus, Mars The last week of Mercury retrograde is upon us and I can already feel the ruminating energy of directional planetary change. The snow has melted down here in the wild West End –...

The 16th annual Telluride Comedy Fest, Thursday, February 12 – Sunday, February 15, 8 p.m. nightly. New this year: LATE NIGHT FRIDAY SHOW, 11 p.m. ($30). All other tickets, $35/$40 (plus fees). Love is no laughing matter, except in Telluride, where comedy wraps around the Big Day,...

Double your giving! A local family foundation has gratiously challenged the nonprofit with a $20,000 match for the 2015 Chocolate Lover’s Fling. Scroll to bottom of post for links to donate and make an even bigger difference. [caption id="attachment_48187" align="aligncenter" width="600"] San Miguel Resource Center, the team[/caption] Can you...