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Author: Susan Viebrock

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Telluride is one place where going to the dogs is a good thing. (Young Russian directors in town for the Telluride Film Festival remarked in their interview about "dog heaven," saying pets here look like their people.) Second Chance Humane Society rescues hundreds of homeless pets each year, many of which have become beloved Telluride pets.

To show their deep appreciation to the residents of Ouray and San Miguel counties for 15 years of undying support, Second Chance is throwing a party – actually two parties. The first big event is in Telluride, Saturday, September 26, in Elks Park. The second hoorah is Sunday, September 27, in Ridgway's Town Park, home to Second Chance's shelter. Both celebrations take place 3 – 5 p.m.

24 September, 2009 /
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On Friday, September 25, 8:30 – 5 p.m.,  at Telluride's Rebekah Hall, The New Community Coalition along with the  San Juan Citizens Alliance, San Miguel Whitewater Association, Telluride Institute, and the Water Information Program co-sponsor an all-day seminar, "Water 101." Representatives from the federal, state and local water agencies are on hand to outline the basics. The keynote speaker, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs, tackles the big question of the day: Is water the new oil? 


No doubt about it, the Colorado River, the life vein of the Southwestern U.S., is, well, in hot water.

23 September, 2009 /

Every season, Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts seasons its schedule of classes with high profile visiting artists. This fall, October 2 – 4, photographer Bill Ellzey teaches an intensive. The workshop is designed to help digital photographers focus on the Telluride...

23 September, 2009 /

Telluride locals, Amy Jean Boebel and Sue Hobby are on the way to New Zealand. The sculptor and the fiber artist recycled and fashioned garments from aluminum steel that were accepted into WOW, the World of Wearable Art Awards Show, the most prestigious event on...

22 September, 2009 /
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Over Labor Day weekend, Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station" enjoyed an auspicious world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.

At the heart of the soaring biopic is a conundrum: author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer) struggle in the last years of his life to balance fame and fortune with a commitment to a life devoid of material possessions. Weighing in for privilege is Tolstoy's wife of 48 years (and 13 children) Sofya (Helen Mirren). Her opponent in the debate is proto-Communist Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), head of the Tolstoyan movement, a quasi political cult, which advocates pacifism, social equality, vegetarianism, and celibacy. The referee in the pitched battle is Tolstoy's secretary, Valentin Bulgakov, (James McAvoy).

21 September, 2009 /
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Let's begin this week's dog training chapter on Telluride Inside... and Out with some basic definitions.

Golden: An adjective defining anything made of the precious mineral, or slang for a great something or other, as in "a golden opportunity."

19 September, 2009 /
One of the truly great rock voices of all time agreed to be the closer opening day, Friday, September 18, of Steve Gumble's 16th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. And why not be neighborly? The enduring gravel-throated super star, Joe Cocker, lives just up the road a piece in Crawford, Colorado.


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18 September, 2009 /