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Author: Susan Viebrock

[Elisabeth Gick speaks to Jamyang Yeshi about "Shining Spirit", click "Play"]

Jamyang_Yeshi (editor's note: After publishing it was pointed out that this post was written by Elisabeth Gick. My apologies.)

Telluride and Tibet have more in common than alliteration. Mountain cultures nurture individuals unafraid to reach for the sky. They support shining spirits such as Jamyang Yeshi, the subject of a celluloid study, "Shining Spirit" by filmmaker Karen McDiarmid.

"Shining Spirit" is featured at the 32nd annual Mountainfilm in Telluride Festival. Jamyang is also scheduled to perform his music throughout the long weekend, May 28 – May 31, chock full of lectures (the all-day Moving Mountains Symposium on extinction is Friday), breakfast talks, art, music – and film – in support of endangered species, cultures, and ideas.

21 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Kevin Swain discuss the ordinance]

Effective May 20, the Town of Mountain Village, Telluride's sister city, will vigorously enforce its amended Business License Program Ordinance. The changes to this piece of legislation, approved unanimously by Town Council last month, specifically address homeowners renting their properties and not remitting lodging taxes collected from renters.

The Council’s impetus for amending the Business License Program Ordinance is threefold: level the playing field for competing businesses that are already in compliance with the laws; generate much needed data useful for planning purposes; and capture the lodging taxes, which are then reinvested in the community.
21 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Mark Galbo's conversation with Susan]

N174399212347_8010 On Saturday, May 22, 7 – 10 p.m., Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House hosts a Spring Rock Concert featuring local talent from director Mark Galbo's Rock and Roll Academy.

An innovative, passionate and dedicated music educator – and life coach – Mark Galbo founded the Rock and Roll Academy is 2004 on the strongly held conviction that music is "instant community." The goal of his School within the School at Telluride's Mountain School and his after-school initiatives are the same: deliver an experiential music program that encourages team building, self-expression, personal transformation, and social responsibility. In a nutshell, Galbo's Academy has little to do with chest-beating, guitar smashing or priapic strutting and much more to do with teaching kids how to make positive choices in their lives. They learn fearlessness while finding mystery and having fun.
20 May, 2010 /

IMGP0406 It's Spring, the season of rebirth, renewal and regrowth – and a national ritual: Spring cleaning, a cyclical exercise that goes like this: out with the old, in with the inevitable new, which becomes old and, well, next Spring, if you can bear to part with it, goes out again. Which is why Lita, at the Town of Telluride's public works department, recognized the need for an annual event.

On Thursday May 20 – Saturday May 22, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Town of Telluride, in fact all of San MIguel County, is urged to roll up its sleeves to get rid of the flotsam and jetsom of our lives.

Bring the following to West Black Bear Road, near Public Works Facility.

19 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Janet Curry speak about MBSR]

StillPoint FlyerTELLURIDE (2) Telluride local Judy Kohin was the original director of the Ah Haa School for the Arts, a local institution in the business of promoting personal epiphanies, hence the name. Recently Judy shared an epiphany of her own with Telluride Inside... and Out following a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) she attended at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.


"It was an eight-week program that met once a week with a one-day retreat. The experience was very powerful, and I believe the techniques I learned helped me turn the corner with my illness."

17 May, 2010 /

Don.poster Tuesday, May 18, 6:30 p.m., at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts, 300 South Townsend, book artist Don Glaister talks about his life and work: "From Pollock to Dylan—An Inside Look at a Book Artist's Evolution." The presentation culminates with Glaister's most recent project, a commissioned book of Bob Dylan’s songs. The talk, the second lecture of the spring semester, offers a glimpse at what goes on at the American Academy of Bookbinding, the lovechild of Ah Haa founder Daniel Tucker, a world-renowned book artist.

The American Academy of Bookbinding (AAB), a branch of the Ah Haa School for the Arts, recently opened for its spring semester of classes in the Old Stone Building on Willow Street. The newly remodeled studio is one of the best-equipped teaching binderies in the country. The classes offered attract students from all over world and are geared towards individuals interested in studying Fine Binding and Book Conservation. Starting this fall, the curriculum will expand to include simple bindings, artist books, and related subjects, creating more opportunities for local young people and adults to attend.

16 May, 2010 /

37th_TFF_poster_final 2 The Telluride Film Festival (September 3-6, 2010), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., is pleased to announce Pixar Animation Studios’ Ralph Eggleston as the 37th Telluride Film Festival poster artist. Eggleston will lend his talent to create the Festival’s official poster. He will also create a second special edition poster to be unveiled closer to the big weekend.

Eggleston plans to attend the 37th Telluride Film Festival to present his poster designs to the public and hold a poster signing for Telluride Festival guests. The UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television plans a special reception to honor Eggleston at that time.

14 May, 2010 /
IMG_0497 Annie Clark, an Occupational Therapist and popular yoga instructor, heads the Telluride region's Autism and Behavioral Consultation Team (ABCT), designated a Model Autism Team by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). Her group 's mission is to develop increasingly comprehensive family support inside and outside the school systems in five districts: Ouray, Ridgway, Norwood, the West End and Telluride.

April was National Autism Month, so Clark was on the run non-stop. And she does not plan to stop any time soon.  On Saturday, May 15, Clark (and her pup Nala) are participating in the 2nd Annual West Slope Autism Walk in Montrose. The event begins at the Johnson Elementary School at 9:30 a.m.
13 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Erika Gordon speak about Sunday at the Palm]

3rd.childrens.fest.11x17 Telluride Film Festival’s “Sunday at the Palm” presents 3rd Annual Children’s Film Fest: "Best of the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival." The celluloid celebration takes place at Telluride's Palm Theatre on Sunday, May 10, 4 p.m. The  program is FREE and the running time is just over an hour.

The SHOW is a compilation of shorts from the Chicago event, also referred to as the “Cannes for kids.”  Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun Times described the collection as “one of the greatest movie treasures.”  Titles include CONFECTION (USA, 4 min), DOMO-KUN AND THE EGG (Japan, 5 min), LUKA (Ireland, 3 min), THE MANTIS PARABLE (USA, 8 min), THE MAGIC LION (Canada, 7 min) plus other magical shorts. The films are appropriate for all ages.

13 May, 2010 /