June 2015

We’d been looking for a way to get on a rafting trip for a while. A raft, with its ample space for food and gear, seemed like the perfect way to get into the wilderness with kids. Enough space to carry everything we’d need. And...

Don't miss this Town Talk on the defense applications of new, innovative research in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) from the 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Award Winner Omar Farha, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University. Tuesday, June 16, 6 p.m., Free, at Telluride Mountain Village Conference Center. Hosted by...

“Rhiannon’s last trip to Bluegrass (as a co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops in 2010) was a revelation, and today her star continues to rise thanks to a brilliant solo album, collaborations with T Bone Burnett, Marcus Mumford, and Elvis Costello, and an undeniable voice...

TMVOA Announces the 2015 Sunset Concert Series Featuring Orgone, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, The Delta Saints, The Brothers Comatose, and more. Wednesdays, June 24 - August 19, Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village. Starting Wednesday, June 24, the Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association (TMVOA) will host another season of nationally touring...

Please scroll down to bottom of story to eavesdrop on my interview with violinist Maria Bachmann of the Trio Solisti. Maria, a bravura performer is also artistic director of the upcoming Telluride Musicfest.  [caption id="attachment_51272" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Maria Bachmann & the Trio Solisti, the heart of...

Please scroll down to bottom of story about Sharon White and the White-Cooder-Skaggs Trio to hear an interview with Sharon White. As a member of the beloved country-gospel family band known as The Whites, Sharon White (guitar, vocals) was just a kid when she began performing...

June 11 to 18, 2015  Visible planets: Morning: Mercury  Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Here we are, the middle of June, with summer solstice rapidly approaching. Yesterday it rained cats and dogs, water everywhere. A little natural-flow pond appeared in our yard around our healthiest aspen tree,...

The 42nd Telluride Film Festival presented by National Film Preserve LTD., proudly announces illustrator Laurent Durieux as its 2015 poster artist. Telluride Film Festival’s prestigious annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and critics takes place every Labor Day weekend in the picturesque...

We are just unleashing a very cool new expanded foster initiative here at Second Chance. It’s called the Adoption Ambassador Program, which is even better than fostering because you get to take on finding and approving your foster furball’s forever home! As an Adoption Ambassador, you get the...