August 2015

Colorado's Durango Blues Train returns Friday & Saturday, August 21 and & 22, 2015. Unique music experience presents two full bands, and four solo acts. Musicians perform in their own vintage coach, while passengers are free to sample each act by traveling from one coach to the next. Lineup features...

My Huff Post feed this morning included a short blog by Stephanie Marcus, Entertainment Editor. The subject: Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” which, as locals know– we hung with cast members, fed them in our restaurants, sacrificed virgins to the god of snow with them...

Starting in the mid-1990s, dance in Telluride rhymed with the name of former prima ballerina Valerie Madonia.  [caption id="attachment_53082" align="aligncenter" width="197"] Valerie Madonia[/caption] When we first met in the mid-1990s, I did not speak fluent ballet. And I am still not sure if a revoltarde is something...

Dr. Haley Perlus continues with weekly tips about ways to empower “Your Inner Athlete.” Discover how to use journal entries to enhance overall performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCr0eleX4rw   About Dr. Haley Perlus: The event wears its name like a glove: “WOW.”  The acronym is a perfect fit for Becca Tudor’s awesome Weekend...

Telluride Theatre SINGS! With a Pick-A-Prize Raffle, a fundraiser for Telluride Theatre. Paddle board from Jagged Edge is grand prize.  Friday, August 21, Telluride Theatre will hold a fundraiser at the Palm Theatre. The happening includes local singers and dancers theatricalizing a very famous album as well as...

We thank you to all who showed such tremendous enthusiasm and support for our 23rd annual Ah Haa art auction.   We were truly humbled by the outpouring of love and grateful for the opportunity to have hosted so many new and longstanding friends on such a beautiful summer...

The 42nd anual Telluride Chamber Music Festival concludes this weekend, with concerts at Christ Church and a closing with a dinner following Sunday matinee on August 16. Details here. Concert tickets, $25, here. In the early 1970s, Telluride was just beginning to pulse thanks to a chap from...

As an ex-New Yorker – not really, if you were born there, you are never really “ex” – I remain addicted to the New York Times. On August 2, the Sunday Styles section featured an article by Jeff Gordinier about Telluride Mountainfilm regular Dan Buettner: “My Dinner with Longevity...

Book the workshop with Maria Garrê here now. Single class is $45; early bird, $35. Full workshop, $179; early bird, $160. (Early bird ends August 15.) Please scroll down to bottom of this story to hear what Maria has to say about her life and...

The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates multiple uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures,...