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Author: Susan Viebrock

[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Alyssa Gitto Saunders]

 

Fling It does not matter where. (No, the Telluride region is not immune.) It doesn't matter who. Sexual assault and domestic violence ignore cultural boundaries, race, even gender, although women are more often victims than men. The fact is the twin horrors are equal opportunity offenders.

Almost 20 years ago, in 1992, a group of locals formed the Telluride-based San Miguel Resource Center (then Tomboy House) as a non-profit victim services agency dealing with interpersonal violence. By 1994, Tomboy House had established a 24-hour hotline to help victims through crisis intervention, information, and referrals. Today, the San Miguel Resource Center's menu of programs in English and Spanish includes advocacy to help clients with court services, employers, housing, transportation and community services, and using the unrestricted funds raised at the Chocolate Lovers Fling, awareness/outreach to educate local children and adults about violence and positive alternatives.

31 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Lawrence de Bivort discusses current Middle East affairs with Susan]

 

 

Lawrie & Sus Outside the Telluride bubble, the New Year came in with a bang. Waves of unrest that began in Tunisia and spread to Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen suggest the old order from might be ending.

In response to these seismic shifts in the global landscape,Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library invited long-time (20 years) Telluride local Lawrence de Bivort to share his perspective on the Middle East. It is an opportunity for Telluride locals and guests to hear from the horse's mouth: in a career spanning 40 years+  years, de Bivort has worked as a consultant and policy maker on the Middle East to the Beltway, including to the White House, where he currently advises on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

De Bivort's talk, "What in the World is going on in the Middle East?," takes place Tuesday, February 1, 6 – 8 p.m. in the Library's hyperactive Program Room. Among the timely questions de Bivort plans to address:

30 January, 2011 /

 Telluride's Palm Theatre venue for Ailey II, Thursday, February 3

“The entire company looks terrific. Clearly, the future is theirs.” The New York Times

In Telluride, if I say "Revelation," you say, "Bowl." It's all about high-alpine powder surrounded by 13,000-foot+ peaks. Mostly right – just not this time. This time "Revelations" refers to a peak dance experience, a jubilant, soul-stirring suite that is easily one of the most uplifting ballets in the modern dance repertoire.

"Revelations" is a tribute to the cultural heritage of African Americans and to the genius of a man named Alvin Ailey, Jr. (1931 – 1989). Ailey, an African American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer, founded the world-famous Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, one of our country's boldest and most exciting troupes.

29 January, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Ashley Deppen talk about Cynthia Vincent's designs] Last week it was cashmere queen Minnie Rose. This week for Fashion Friday, Telluride's Two Skirts is focusing on accessories by Los Angeles designer Cynthia Vincent: her 2011 line of Spring shoes...

27 January, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear SMRC's Melanie Montoya speak with Susan]

 

Chocolate palms For most of us, Telluride is a corner of heaven. For some, however, there's trouble in paradise. These people, the ones in toxic relationships, are the ones the San Miguel Resource Center opens its doors and hearts to, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The San Miguel Resource Center is the Telluride region's only entity, public or private, in the business of helping others help themselves. Its mission: put itself out of business by ending interpersonal violence in our extended community. The Resource Center accomplishes its objectives through its advocacy center based in town, prevention education in the schools and key pockets of our community, and a menu of other bi-lingual support services.

On Saturday night, February 5, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m., Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village, the Resource Center holds its only major public fundraiser, The Chocolate Lovers Fling. This year's theme: "Heroes and Villains." Supporting the Resource Center means people who are in pain or have been wronged in the extreme – experts define abuse as going from a vague feeling something is wrong to battering or worse – can one day learn to picture a past hurt without dwelling on the negative emotions associated with disturbing memories. One day, their hearts can heal.

25 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Glenn Randall talks about his photo workshop]

 

Glenn_winter1 Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts offers a Winter Landscape Photography workshop Friday – Sunday,  March 25 – March 27. The course instructor is Visiting Artist Glenn Randall.

Randall has enjoyed a 31-year career as a freelance photographer and writer. For the past 17 years, he has specialized in Colorado wilderness landscapes. Randall has accumulated nearly 1,000 photo credits, including 67 magazine covers. He has sold more than 10,000 prints, and is a regular contributor to Outdoor Photographer magazine.

25 January, 2011 /

kicker: Mountainfilm in Telluride opens the week with Monday screenings

Gallery4_sm Mountainfilm in Telluride is sometimes in Telluride and only sometimes in May. Mountainfilm on Tour conducts programs around the country throughout the year. There were recent Mountainfilm special events in Aspen and at New York's Lincoln Center. This week, it's Mountainfilm in Telluride at the five-star Wilkinson Public Library. The FREE program is scheduled for Monday, January 24. Doors at 5 :30 p.m. and films at 6 p.m.

The program for Mountainfilm in Telluride at the Wilkinson Public LIbrary is as follows:

23 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Todd Altschuler talks about Telluride Jazz Celebration events]


kicker: Streaming Toubab Krewe 1/25

Tk2 Jazz is a uniquely American musical idiom that has no reason – or season. To prove the point, the Telluride Jazz Celebration plans to celebrate year 'round, not just over one memorable August weekend.

Starting on Tuesday, January 25, 10 p.m., the Telluride Jazz Celebration presents Live from the Llama webcasts, concerts designed to give music lovers around the globe a chance to enjoy sounds emanating from our box canyon. The first featured group is Toubab Krewe.

20 January, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Ashley Deppen talk about Minnie Rose]   According to our fashionistas at Telluride's Two Skirts, a Rose by any other name – would not be a style leader in cashmere. For this week's Fashion Friday, Ashley Deppen is talking about...

20 January, 2011 /