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June 2015

Telluride Bluegrass has Festivarians. Mountainfilm has its tribe. Both have a laid-back come-to-the-neighborhood feel. And the Telluride Wine Festival? [caption id="attachment_51564" align="aligncenter" width="401"] Chef/restauranteur James Reaux[/caption] Is Wine Fest still all about a well-heeled fraternity of individuals who inhale audibly at the mere mention of Travaglini Gattinara Numerata Riserva...

20 June, 2015 /

He walks in the door, exhausted. He’s been working for more than nine hours on the construction site, lifting heavy things, and he’s covered in a layer of fine wood dust. He slumps into a chair and bends over slowly to unlace his work boots. “Daddy!...

20 June, 2015 /

According to history.com, during the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day...

19 June, 2015 /

June 18 to 25, 2015   Visible planets: Morning: Mercury  Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn It’s Summer Solstice and Bluegrass in Telluride. How often these two stellar events coincide with each other. And rightly so. The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is a premier event celebrating music, mountains and the...

19 June, 2015 /

The Telluride Medical Center and Fire Protection District simulate a mass casualty incident [caption id="attachment_20970" align="aligncenter" width="156"] Dr. Diana Koelliker, Medical Director of Emergency Services & Telluride EMS Director[/caption] Dr. Diana Koelliker, medical director of Emergency and Trauma Services of the Telluride Medical Center (TMC) hangs up...

19 June, 2015 /

A collaboration among Between the Covers Bookstore, Jagged Edge Mountain Gear, and Telluride Mountain Club starts Tuesday, June 23, Jagged Edge. Between the Covers Bookstore (BTC), Jagged Edge Mountain Gear, and Telluride Mountain Club (TMC) have collaborated on a new project: The Mountain Lit Author Series. Tor Anderson,...

18 June, 2015 /

During the dot.com 1990s, Telluride was on fire, its tie-dyed personality shifting to J. Crewish as real estate sales boomed. Back in the days when it seemed the music would never stop, Telluride Arts (then TCAH) threw a big community party, the infamous Beaux Arts Ball, a...

18 June, 2015 /

“Wine is the only thing that makes us happy as adults for no reason,” cartoonist Saul Steinberg In vino, some split decisions about the veritas? Used to be if you knew wines you knew about the turf issue. The grape world seemed to be divided between terroirists...

18 June, 2015 /

 "The teaching of art is the teaching of all things," William Ruskin [caption id="attachment_51430" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Paul Evans[/caption] No one knows better than cultural critic and art historian Paul Evans that “art” is imbedded in the word “heart.” And he’s back to once again deliver three more tautly...

18 June, 2015 /

Local organizations bring business services and programs to San Miguel County There is a lot that goes into starting, developing, and growing a business in rural San Miguel County, so local organizations offer a number of programs and services to help with this endeavor. To learn...

17 June, 2015 /