Did you know that mushrooms are the richest non-animal food source of Vitamin D, and chanterelles, which grow in the Telluride region, are among the species containing the highest levels (also maitake and morel)? Plus they taste good. How good? The Telluride Mushroom Festival (TMF) is...
[caption id="attachment_33821" align="alignright" width="300"] Tradd Cotter[/caption] Political infighting, upheavals in the Mideast, fallen idols; all the brooding headlines don't change the fact that hope for the planet springs eternal – from the ground up. We are talking about mycelia and their fruit, mushrooms. Just ask winning...
[caption id="attachment_33790" align="alignright" width="300"] Mudd Butts, Initiation Day, with Zach and Jolie in the crowd.[/caption] Ask anyone who has ever attended the Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts Mystery Drama Troupe and they will tell you that theater is the ultimate learning tool – and not just because...
[caption id="attachment_33781" align="alignright" width="172"] Kathy Green's fantasy flowers on gold sarong batik on silk, Photo by Joe Skalsky[/caption] Shake your head in disbelief. Or clap your hands for joy. Makes no never mind. Telluride does indeed have one more festival, this one artfully woven into town's...
Research has shown that the single most important factor in a child's success is his or her connection to a caring adult. One to One San Miguel Mentoring Program targets at-risk youth in Telluride, Mountain Village, Norwood, Naturita, and Nucla, pairing them with mentors who...
They came. They performed. They conquered. We are talking about Roy Malan and Robin Sutherland of the Telluride Chamber Music Festival, the nonprofit the duo founded in 1974, the same year Telluride Bluegrass and Film Fests came into being. And that was just after Joe Zoline...
The Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis methods are complementary exercise methods that fall under one big umbrella, the Gyrotonic Expansion System. Both were developed by Juliu Horvath, an ethnic Hungarian and professional dancer from Romania. Horvath suffered a series of debilitating injuries during his dance career, and...
[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1987. For 16 years, Pat served as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. He is also an Iraq...
[caption id="attachment_33673" align="alignright" width="300"] Sally and Kim working with their cast and young team[/caption] Two classics, Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers (1844) and Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884), include direct references to the novel widely considered among the greatest works of fiction ever...
[caption id="attachment_33492" align="alignright" width="300"] New Orleans Suspects, by Jeffrey Dupuis[/caption] The usual suspects are in no way usual. Au contraire. These denizens of the Big Easy are musicians in a league of their own. The New Orleans Suspects perform at the Telluride Jazz Celebration on Sunday, August...
