January 2018

On Thursday, January 18, 7 p.m., at Christ Church, the Telluride Camerata invites the community and guests to enjoy an evening of chamber music, "Gems of Eastern Europe" features the works of Dvořák, Kodály, Martinů, and Ysaye. Violinists Ching-Yi Lin and Brandon Christenson and violist Andy Braddock are...

On Saturday, January 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., the Telluride Ski Resort joins BootDoctors, K2 Ski and Snowboard Alliance, and SheJumps  for the 5th Annual International Women’s Ski & Snowboard Day. Women from all around the world are invited to celebrate mountain living on and off...

This summer, the Telluride Ski Resort and The Peaks Resort & Spa is hosting a series of week-long wellness intensives – Live Longer Retreat –  to support your (recurring) New Year’s resolution to get healthy and live longer well. The program is led by Dr. Alan Safdi, a world-renowned internist and gastroenterologist...

The Telluride Regional Medical Center provides the highest quality, comprehensive Primary Care and exceptional Emergency/Trauma Services. Since 1978 – that's 40 years folks – the institution has evolved, however possible, right along with complex healthcare technologies and population growth – while remaining within the very...

Almost end of day and I had meant to post a memory of my dad, Chuck Viebrock, who would have been 107 years old today. In October, 2005, a few months before he died, I asked him if he'd like to drive down to the creek,...

The San Miguel Resource Center is the Telluride region's only nonprofit dedicated to victims of interpersonal violence, offering prevention education and treatment services to the greater Telluride community. On Thursday, January 17, 5:30 p.m., at its offices across the street from Smuggler's, (205 E. Colorado...

The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo addressed the subject of labor unions and asked: Should companies be required to negotiate with contractors' unions? She...

Reading the title of one of his latest Sunday Op Ed piece for The New York Times, you might be tempted to call him a cockeyed optimist, but renowned journalist-author Nicholas Kristof is a just a truth-teller. Read his "Why 2017 Was the Best Year...

The following fact-filled blog by John Gardner, CEO, Telluride Regional Medical Center, contains an appeal for well-earned support by the greater Telluride community. For nearly 40 years the Telluride Medical Center has occupied its current facility. Forty years! And while, since 1978, we have evolved, as much as...

Don't remember if we ever published a blog about toning our memory muscle. In the following story for The New York Times Henry Alford talks about which techniques for empowering the power of recall work. And which don't. Here in the valley of my mid-50s, I...