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[Click "Play" to hear Eileen and Steve Spitz chat about food, lifestyle and recipes.]

Steve Spitz The stage is set for the sixth annual Telluride Festival of the Arts, which will take place in Telluride's Mountain Village, August 13th, through the 16th.  This festival is all about gourmet food, awe-inspiring art and outstanding musical entertainment.

The incredible line-up includes celebrity chefs, such as Steve Spitz, who hosts “Living Better with Steve Spitz,” in its fifth year of national syndication, and host of the upcoming “Live With Steve Spitz,” a celebrity-based lifestyle program which launches this fall on syndicated national TV. Not to be missed is the gallery of nationally and regionally recognized artists along with a free performance by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Osborne at the Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village. 

Steve Spitz will take center stage in Telluride’s Mountain Village on Friday, August 14th, with his “From Dirt to Delicious: Sustainable Food & Wine” demonstration, discussion, and tasting. 

You won’t want to miss this exciting one hour presentation from 3pm to 4pm.  Tickets are $50 and on sale at www.tellurideticket.com  See the end of this post for the exact recipes Steve Spitz will be presenting at his Telluride Festival of the Arts guest appearance.

12 August, 2009 /

TFA09Poster The sixth annual Telluride Festival of the Arts will take place in Telluride's Mountain Village, August 13th, through the 16th.   If you are passionate about food, art and entertainment, you will revel in the line-up of celebrity chefs, national and regionally recognized artists as well as a enjoy a Friday night Sunset Concert performance with the soulful sounds of critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Joan Osborne. 

The Plazas in Mountain Village will become a strolling gallery of fine art throughout the Telluride Festival of the Arts weekend, featuring the work of more than 40 artists presenting work from various media, including: ceramics, digital art, drawing, fiber, glass, graphics and printmaking, jewelry, metal-works, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and wood.

11 August, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Eileen's interview with Tripp Adams]

6a00e553ed7fe18833011571f9503c970b-120wi The Colorado Association of Ski Towns Reusable Bag Challenge numbers are in from July and Basalt leads the challenge with the most recycled bags used per capita of any other participating town. Telluride and Mountain Village are in 9th place.  More than 30 communities have been striving to kick the plastic bag habit since March 1st by having people bring their own bag or a recycled bag to shop with.  Combined, the communities involved in the CAST Challenge so far have  eliminated the use of 2,408,055 single-use plastic bags since March.  The challenge ends September 1st.  The winning town will receive a $10,000 grant from sponsor Alpine Bank and PCL Construction to install a solar panel system at a public school for the winning community.  Independent Power Systems will install the panels for free.

10 August, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Eileen's interview with historian Rudy Davison]

4712006 The Telluride Historical Museum will host "Hike into History", Saturday, August 7th" with local historian Rudy Davison guiding a free hike to the Mayflower Mine in Gray's Basin.  The Mayflower Mine sits at 11,953 ft in Gray's Basin, directly to the right of Ingram's Peak looking up from Telluride.  The mine was founded by prospectors in the 1890s.  At one point a tramway was built into Gray's Basin to transport the ore from the Mayflower Mine to below the tailings pile across from the Lone Tree Cemetery in Telluride.  It is said to have been the longest aerial tram built in the Telluride area.

Guide Rudy Davison splits his time between Telluride and Durango these days, and is currently part owner of Silver Star Property Management, www.sansophia.com, located on Colorado Avenue in Telluride.  From 1975 until 1981 he published the Telluride Times newspaper and afterward became part owner of Telluride Travel Connection. Davison was a long time member of the town planning and zoning committee and HARC, (Historic & Architectural Review Commission).

06 August, 2009 /
[click to hear Eileen speak with author Howard Greager]


“COWBOY TALES OF A WEST END COWBOY”

Show_image_in_imgtag The Telluride Historical Museum's Fireside Chat series continues this Thursday, August 6, at the Fire Pit in Telluride's Mountain Village with "Cowboy Tales of a West End Cowboy", featuring guest speaker and author, Howard Greager.  Greager was born into a cowboy family and continued the tradition for a good portion of his life. 

Howard Greager was a cowpuncher in many western states but his home has always been on the western slope.  In his travels as a cowboy he met many a character and his stories are both funny and poignant. 

05 August, 2009 /

[click "Play" to hear Eileen's conversation with Kristen Bertuglia, Town of Vail] August is the final month of competition for more than 30 communities who have been participating in the Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) Reusable Bag Challenge.  Organizers in each community have...

02 August, 2009 /

DSC_0034  The Women's and Men's choruses of the Telluride Choral Society will be performing an eclectic collection of choral music entitled "A Stream of Consciousness" at Christ Church. The final performance is Sunday afternoon, August 2nd at 3pm.  There will be something for everyone to enjoy in this hour and 15 minute concert, from Prairie Women to Drunken Sailors, from Schubert to Broadway and much more. Dr. David Lingle will be conducting and Bobby Shaffer will accompany on the piano.

Dr. Lingle did not have a particular theme in mind when he set the repertoire for this concert, he simply picked literature he liked.  Those selections in combination with suggestions from several chorus members shaped the literature.  Originally a women's ensemble was planned, but a men's group emerged, and additional songs were added to round out the program.  "Several of the women's pieces that are just plain gorgeous." stated Lingle. "Specifically the Lauridsen setting of the Rilke poem, Dirait-on, the Pablo Caslas, Nigra Sum, and the Erb arrangement of Shenandoah are beautifully constucted with rich Romantic Style period harmonies."  he continued.  Molly Fast will sing all four parts from "The Erlking", Schubert's setting of the epic poem by Goethe, and Sharon Sharp will demonstrate her incredible vocal range when performing the first Coloratura aria from the Pirates of Penzance.

01 August, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Eileen's interview with CAST's Joyce Burford]

Bagmonster_logo2 More than 30 western mountain towns, including Telluride, have been participating in the Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) Reusable Bag Challenge since March 1st.  In Grand County, the towns of Winter Park, Fraser and Granby are participating together. 

This is a friendly competition between the ski towns to see which community uses the most reusable bags in a six month period.  Organizers have collaborated with local businesses and grocery stores in an effort to kick the bag habit.  In Grand County, more that 90,000 bags have been tallied to date with over 12,000 people exposed to the challenge county wide.

26 July, 2009 /

[click "Play" to hear Eileen's conversation with Emma Hill Telluride's Sheridan Opera House will host rising folk star Emma Hill and her Gentleman Callers tonight, Saturday July 18th at at 7pm.  Hill was born in a small Alaskan village with virtually no cultural influences. For...

18 July, 2009 /