June 2017

We first met Dr. Haley Perlus at the Telluride WOW Festival. We asked if she would share her pearls with out readers. Haley’s advice tends to apply equally to sports - and to life in general. This week, the sport and exercise psychology expert shares Amy Cuddy's research on...

“The (Boot)Doctor is in the House” is a series from beloved Telluride retailer BootDoctors, The subject is  mountain lore and stories in which the good guys always bag summits. The Big Idea is to share the power of mountain life: style, gear, community and community outreach, and adventures...

Fens are minerotrophic peatlands, usually fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater or put simply, one of the main types of wetland. The Telluride Institute’s newly formed Fen Advisory Project, Sheep Mountain Alliance and the San Migu.el Watershed Coalition have teamed up with Ah Haa School for the...

A Telluride local, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is an internationally recognized expert on treating clinical issues at the nexus of relationships and behavioral health. (Scroll down for more on Dr. Paul.) Recently Dr. Paul authored an opinion piece for the New York Daily News. In it, he discussed how we must stop...

Tickets to the 2017 Telluride Wine Festival here. Please scroll down towards the bottom of the story to watch a video interview with the somm to the stars, Christopher Sawyer. Note: the interview was done in 2016. Near the end, Chris talks about two 2016 events – which are not being repeated...

To support SPARK Latina Scholarship Fund, send donations to the Telluride Foundation, the fund manager. Mail to The Telluride Foundation, P.O. Box 4222. Last July, SPARKy Productions/Telluride Playwrights Festival made an announcement – which was really a promise. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Telluride Playwrights Festival would mount an original production devised and...

The Mountain Village comes alive this summer with the Sunset Concert Series every Wednesday night through mid-August as the Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association presents live music for its 18th annual Sunset Concert Series, June 21 – August 16. Attendance is free to all. Scroll down to listen...

Arts-based community development investment for Telluride, Colorado: Telluride Arts is one of 89 National Endowment for the Arts "Our Town" projects selected nationwide. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced 89 awards totaling $6.89 million supporting projects across the nation through the NEA’s Our...

Mountain Munchkins Child Care and Preschool hosts the 10th annual Touch-A-Truck, a kid-centric fundraising event which allows children to touch, climb, explore, and sit in the driver’s seat of a variety of riding machines with four wheels: service vehicles, work equipment, fire trucks, and police cars. Open to the public...

Telluride’s Pinhead Institute offers range of STEM camps throughout the summer season.   [caption id="attachment_66602" align="aligncenter" width="450"] A student engrossed in (This Is Not) Math Camp.[/caption]   Summer is upon us and things are heating up at the Pinhead Institute. This season, the nonprofit is offering exciting new and tried-and-true STEM camps...