May 2015

Telluride’s one and only public library is turning 40 and we are celebrating!  To honor the 40th anniversary of the Wilkinson Public Library, on Friday, May 29, 7 p.m., the Telluride community is invited to AFTER HOURS IN THE STACKS. The celebration features drinks and appetizers, interactive theater by Telluride Theater;...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation kicks off its 2015 summer season with the 24th annual Wild West Fest, which runs June 1-7.   Monday, June 1, 36 under-served youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will come to Telluride from Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Denver,...

Pedal power. Or how  bikes are changing the world one stroke at a time. That was one of a number of leitmotifs at Telluride Mountainfilm, where right out of the gate at Symposium, a young woman nearly stole the show with the teaser for her work-in-process, but soon-to-be feature-length documentary,...

I have learned, through painful experience, never to dismantle The Creation too soon. So it sits there, in the center of the living room, or on a bedroom floor, this giant ball of detritus: broken pieces of toys, blankets, stuffed animals, miscellaneous Legos, drawings, and...

ZZ Top, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, Gregg Allman, John Hiatt & The Combo, Taj Mahal Trio, Anders Osborne, Blackberry Smoke, The Revivalists, Otis Taylor’s Hey Joe Opus, Rich Robinson and more. Tickets/passes here. Event takes place September 18 – 20 in Telluride. The 22nd annual artist lineup...

May 21 to 28, 2015   Visible planets: Morning: none   Evening: Venus, Jupiter Already I see the fallout of a late-degree Taurus New Moon [May 17th @ 10:13pm MDT], followed quickly by the station retrograde of Mercury in mid-degree Gemini [May 18th @ 7:50pm], both of which...

SBDC, West Central Region 10 Small Business Development Center, expands into San Miguel County, offer free access to business consultants Due to an increase in demand and support from the Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA), an initiative of the Telluride Foundation, and the towns of Mountain Village and Telluride,...

Memorial Day is a federal holiday, first first widely observed May 1868. The celebration commemorated the sacrifices of soldiers during the Civil War. Following the proclamation, participants decorated graves of more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers. In years since World War I, the day has become a celebration...

The stunning new documentary feature film UNBRANDED –  from director/veteran cinematographer Phillip Baribeau and a team including executive producer Cindy Meehl, the director of the acclaimed Oscar-shortlisted documentary BUCK – has its U.S. premiere at Telluride Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado Saturday, May 23, and Sunday,...