20 Feb Telluride AIDS Benefit: Schedule of Events & More!
The Telluride AIDS Benefit (TAB) is a nonprofit whose mission is to fight HIV/AIDS by heightening awareness across demographics and generating financial support for educational programs and client care from the Western Slope to Subsaharan Africa.
TAB week launched with the highly successful Student Fashion Show and continues into TAB Fashion Week, which culminates with the Gala Fashion Show on 2/24. Check out the full schedule below.
Click here for tickets to one of the shows.
Can’t attend? Click here to donate to the cause.
Click here to volunteer.
Click here to learn about the beneficiaries TAB helps to support big time.
Let’s talk pandemics.
No, not that one.
Not Covid-19.
Let’s talk about the other pandemic, the one that has since dropped from the headlines; red ribbons off lapels. The one that has been enmeshed in the fabric of our global community since 1981.
Back then, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a report about “five young, previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles” suffering from strange infections that had already killed two of them. Throughout that summer, doctors across the United States trumpeted similar cases of “GRID” (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency).
From the get-go and since, AIDS victims and their families have flocked like moths to flames of hope – a miracle cure whispered here; a sudden recovery talked about there. The silver bullet everyone is seeking, however, is the still-elusive vaccine.
At the same time, as people have watched friends cut down in the prime of life, they have tried to make sense of the scourge by channeling their experience into ways to help. The Telluride AIDS Benefit evolved from that impetus.
In 1994, the fledgling event was all about helping a local and friend, Robert Presley, battle the disease and pay his mounting medical bills. But what Presley wanted was to help others who faced with the same challenges he faced.
Presley died in 1997 from causes related to HIV/AIDs, but his selfless wish came true: the nonprofit he inspired, TAB, helps individuals and families dealing with HIV/AIDS on the Front Range all the way to sub-Saharan Africa through a growing list of beneficiaries. They all use these funds to support AIDS services for individuals and families alike in large part because, unlike HIV/AIDS money that originates from government programs or larger foundations, TAB funds are distributed with no strings attached.
TAB’s goal (aligned with global organizations) is ZERO new infections in the state of Colorado, across the country, and around the world is reached. TAB (and other AIDS crusaders) believe that goal is attainable by 2030.
Since its inception TAB’s mission has remained unchanged: Fight. Fund. Educate.
The schedule for TAB 2024 follows:
FREE HIV TESTING + SWAG BAG GIVEAWAY
FEBRUARY 15 – MARCH 9 • While Supplies Last • 9AM – 5PM
Free and confidential HIV tests and cute totes to boot! Win win!
Sunshine Pharmacy
SHOP AT SLATE GRAY GALLERY & SUPPORT TAB
FEBRUARY 17 – 24. Slate Gray Gallery – 10% of artwork sale proceeds go to TAB
Slate Gray Gallery is excited to feature a new artist in the gallery for the month of February: Hooey Mountain. Check out a selection of prints from her “Skier Series” available, framed and unframed. Shop the exhibition during Fashion Week and benefit TAB. Win Win!
FASHION POP-UP AT HOTEL MADELINE
Featuring: Ray Luxury Americana Neckwear, Any Old Iron, Minnie Lane, Laura Citron, Julia Clancey
FEBRUARY 18 – 25 • 10AM – 6PM • FREE ENTRY • 15% of proceeds go to TAB
Shop til you drop, meet the designers and get dressed for the fashion show!
Pilates Studio at Hotel Madeline
MATTIOLI JEWELRY SHOW
FEBRUARY 21 • 3-7PM
Opening Night Reception at Bella Fine Goods / AZADI Fine Rugs
View invitation https://www.flipsnack.com/azadi/mattioli-invite-tab/full-view.html
FEBRUARY 22 – 24 • 10-6PM
Nightly at the TAB Gala – 10% of Proceeds go to TAB
THURSDAY SNEAK PEEK FASHION SHOW
FEBRUARY 22 • Doors + DJ 6:30PM • Show 8PM • BUY TICKETS
Telluride’s internationally recognized theatrical fashion show described as NY Fashion Week meets Cirque du Soleil.
Telluride Conference Center
BORRIS POWELL + ALAN GONZALEZ NIGHTLY GALA POP-UP
FEBRUARY 23 – 25 • 6PM – 8PM • Nightly at the Gala
10% of Proceeds go to TAB
Borris and Alan are ON SITE to show you their latest designs, and have even been known to dress a guest or two!
Telluride Conference Center
FRIDAY GALA FASHION SHOW
FEBRUARY 23 • Doors + DJ 6:30PM • Show 8PM • BUY TICKETS
Telluride’s internationally recognized theatrical fashion show described as NY Fashion Week meets Cirque du Soleil.
Telluride Conference Center
TITO’S MODELS + PARTNERS POOL PARTY + BRUNCH
FEBRUARY 24 • 11AM – 1PM • FREE ENTRY.
Join TAB at Mountain Lodge Telluride for our annual complimentary brunch! Rub shoulders with fabulous models and connect with frontline partner organization representatives from all over Colorado. Enjoy Tito’s Bloody Marys, delightful brunch offerings, and take a dip in the heated outdoor pool! Discover more about TAB’s mission from those served.
Mountain Lodge Telluride
GAY SKI WEEK KICK-OF F FEBRUARY 24
Gay Ski Week kicks off with the Saturday Gala Fashion Show!
Mountain Village + Telluride Venues
MEET THE DESIGNERS PATRON PARTY
FEBRUARY 24 • 6PM • Double Diamond Ticket Holders • BUY TICKETS
Hotel Madeline Timber Room + Bar
SATURDAY GALA FASHION SHOW
FEBRUARY 24 • Doors + DJ 6:30PM • Show 8PM • BUY TICKETS
Telluride’s internationally recognized theatrical fashion show described as NY Fashion Week meets Cirque du Soleil.
Telluride Conference Center
FASHION AFTER DARK DANCE PARTY W/ DJ TJADE
FEBRUARY 24 • 10:30PM – 2AM • TICKETS
Join the fashion week celebration with models, designers, and fashion week guests. Expect dancing, lasers, gogo dancers, and more dance-filled excitement!
Sheridan Opera House
FASHION POP-UP by FLYING HATTER+ JULY FIVE
FEBRUARY 25 • 10-3PM
Sheridan Opera House SHOW Bar – 15% of proceeds go to TAB
Sunday, Funday! Fashion Pop-Up with Flying Hatter, July Five. Stop by after weekend brunch and shop in support of TAB!
TAB DESIGNER SAMPLE SALE + WEARABLE ART DISPLAY
FEBRUARY 26 • 10AM – 6PM • FREE ENTRY
Shop til you drop on all the runway fashion from Telluride Fashion Week!
Note: Wearable art also on sale.
Ah Haa School for the Arts
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