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Author: Susan Viebrock

[click "Play" to hear Adele Kaars-Sypesteyn]

TELLGALLERYsypesteyn_Candle 3 First Thursday Art Walk, February 4, 5 – 8 p.m., is a big night out on the town. Locals and guests meet and greet on the street as they check out Telluride's fine art and retail scenes. Venues are open late until 8 p.m.

The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art , 130 East Colorado Avenue, features the work of artist Adele Kaars-Sypesteyn , who paints images of aged and decrepit walls, floors and other architectural features of buildings marred – or enhanced? – by time. Repetition of forms, the visual marks of lives well lived, evoke a feeling of bygone days and the weathering of lived-in spaces. The power and physical beauty of Sypesteyn's abstractions and landscapes also suggest the artist holds some interesting views about the aging process in humans.
04 February, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to MD about his art]

Md_web The Telluride local known on the streets simply as "MD" is not what his handle suggests. Michael Patrick Doherty is an artist, this month the featured virtuoso at the Ah Haa School for the Arts. "Life on Telluride" officially opens tomorrow, February 4, for the First Thursday Art Walk., 5 - 8 p.m. in Ah Haa's Daniel Tucker Gallery.


03 February, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Kent Ford]

Kent_head_shot_color Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library teamed up with The New Community Coalition to kick off the 2010 Green Business Roundtable series.The first meeting takes place Friday, February 5, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. in the Program Room. Guest speakers are Kent Ford and Tracy Daniels of Durango's Green Business Roundtable and San Juan Citizens Alliance. The event is FREE. (Breakfast provided along with food for thought.)

Whitewater is an intriguing metaphor for these challenging times in the Telluride region. Who better than Ford to help us navigate to safe shores. Kent's unique background includes 20 years of international whitewater racing and coaching, combined with similar experience teaching recreational boating to all levels of paddlers. His dvds, videos and books on paddlesports have influenced the education of half a million paddle sports enthusiasts. Ford, a Durango resident, is also founder and coordinator of Durango's Green Business Roundtable, now in its seventh year. Like a civic club, the GBR takes on topic related to environmental sustainability, seeking to network, inspire, educate and make a difference. As a result of the efforts of the Roundtable, many Durango businesss stepped up their commitment to green ventures: recently Durango was rated  #12 community in the nation by EPA for Green Power purchasing.

03 February, 2010 /

Telluride's Palm Theatre brings live transmissions to local audiences from all over country and the world. On Feburary 4, 6 p.m., watch Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" an HD transmission on the Big Screen, live from the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul, MN.

For over 35 years, legions of fans have tuned in to Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" to be entertained by this armchair philosopher's low-key reflections, barbed insights, and trademark humor. Each week, "A Prairie Home Companion" is heard by more than four million listeners of every age, on more than 600 public radio stations across the country. One of them can be you. This broadcast features special guest Elvis Costello.(Walk in at 5:30 for a special peek behind the scenes and APHC trivia.)

03 February, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Melanie Montoya's conversation with Susan]

Telluride's San Miguel Resource Center hosts its 15th annual Chocolate Lovers' Fling Saturday, February 6, 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m., at the Telluride Conference Center. This year's theme: "The Love Boat," based on the eponymous ABC TV series (1977 –1986) about a ship's captain who moonlights as Cupid encouraging passengers to find romantic partners. The Fling is the SMRC's only major public fundraiser.


The San Miguel Resource Center and The Telluride AIDS Benefit fight a common misconception: Not in my backyard. In rebuttal, numbers from the Resource Center talk, muzzling the naysayers and providing hard reasons to support the non-profit's overriding objective: promote healthy, loving relationships  – that's why the Fling is scheduled so close to Valentine's Day – and put itself out of business by ending interpersonal violence in our greater community through education and support services.

02 February, 2010 /

Telluride local Ben Clark takes Telluride on the road every spring, doing what Telluriders often do: Get out there on the edge. This is the second post in a series linking to Ben's adventures in the Himalayas. View the website and check out the video...

02 February, 2010 /

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Chef Bud and Jenna Thomas

Telluride is always high. And we mean that in a good way. The town and its surrounding mountains range between 9,000 – 14,000 feet, great if you like skiing, hiking, parasailing, mountain biking, lots of sports, but challenging for basics such as breathing and cooking. Just ask "The Tomboy Bride," Harriet Backus.

In her memoir, Backus wrote  “'The Rocky Mountain Cook Book' became my guide, philosopher and daily companion.” One memorable Thanksgiving at their Tomboy cabin, the Backuses and friends sat down for what was sure to be the best meal of the year, only to find the bird still quite frozen.

01 February, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear about "Name that Tune" from Baerbel and Ashley]

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2009 Name that Tune winners

Telluride's KOTO Community Radio was populist way before populist became popular all over again, thanks to Tea Baggers bagging headlines and screaming for attention on behalf of The Man on the Street.


Telluride's KOTO  is one of only about a half dozen radio stations in the country that is of, for and by the people: the station accepts no commercial advertising or underwriting. Twenty percent of KOTO's revenues comes from grants and the rest, a whopping 80 percent, from community-based initiatives and donations.
31 January, 2010 /