June 2015

If the red rock canyons of the Telluride region remind you of a Martian landscape, come meet a man whose lifelong work as a rocket scientist is one of the reasons we’re so familiar with the crags and cracks of that dusty, red planet. [caption id="attachment_51794"...

Old idea. New blood. [caption id="attachment_51731" align="aligncenter" width="496"] Tira Pacheco, Colorado Avenue[/caption] Eugene Boudin was one of the more adventurous 19th-century painters, known primarily for his beach scenes and seascapes of northern France and luminous skies. One of Boudin's students was a young painter named Claude Monet,...

Dear Pet Column, I have been watching a feral cat living in my neighborhood. He doesn’t seem to bother anyone, but I would rather he was being taken care of it. Can I trap the cat and bring it to the Second Chance shelter? Sincerely, Feral Friend [caption id="attachment_51724" align="aligncenter" width="600"]...

Mountain Munchkins Child Care & Preschool hosts the eighth annual Touch-A-Truck, a kid-centric fundraising event at which children can touch, climb, explore, and sit in the driver’s seat of a variety of vehicles: service vehicles, work equipment, fire trucks, and police cars. Open to the public and organized...

Say cheese! And if you are clued in, your next words would be “Max McCalman.” The man is a Really Big Cheese in the international world of Food & Beverages. [caption id="attachment_51599" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Max McCalman[/caption] In fact, McCalman and cheese go together like, well, wine and cheese...

Thinking about a trip to South America for the fall shoulder season? Seeking an exotic address for a corporate get-together? Perhaps Brazil, one of the world’s most captivating places in the world, a vibrant country of white-sand beaches, pristine rain forests and wild, rhythmic metropolises, sleepy...

In conjunction with the 2015 annual exhibit: Forces of Nature: Telluride's Prehistoric Journey, the Telluride Historical Museum presents a series of free monthly lectures featuring experts in the local and regional natural history of Telluride, as follows: “The Electric Edge of Academe: The Saga of Lucien L....

TAB gives away $120,000 to 8 beneficiary organizations in 2015. The Telluride AIDS Benefit gave away $120,000 to eight AIDS treatment and prevention groups in Colorado, Utah, and Africa last week, marking an incredibly successful year for the benefit. “TAB and the community of Telluride have provided over...

Don't miss the tribute to Stephen Berry, co-founder of TSRC (Telluride Science Research Center) and chemistry professor at University of Chicago, given by a former PhD student of his, John Tully. There will be a slideshow of early pictures forming TSRC, an overview on the...