Commissioner Hilary Cooper resigns from San Miguel County board. New role with State of Colorado begins May 8. Go here for more on San Miguel County. [caption id="attachment_103479" align="alignnone" width="216"] Hilary Cooper[/caption] Commissioner Hilary Cooper announced she has accepted a job with the State of Colorado and is stepping...
If the walls of The Phoenix Bean could talk, you’d need more than one cup of coffee to hear the tale from the beginning. Suffice it to say, the building housing this elegantly funky coffee shop goes back to Telluride’s earliest days. Built in 1892 by L.L....
[caption id="attachment_45497" align="aligncenter" width="695"] Fall in Telluride from the Gondola[/caption] Telluride, Colorado. Formidable mountains ring the valley and the aspens are beginning their stunning flame-out in the late September heat. The little town bustles even in so-called off-season, alive with locals with a little less to...
This spring, there is more to look forward to than late-season snowstorms, thoughts of warm beaches, and camping in the desert. There is an explosion of art exhibits comprised of the work of the Telluride region’s youth contingent. Spring Youth Art exhibits will inject art...
I am so glad the folks at the Sheridan Opera House are throwing the three-night, four-band Telluride Tribute Fest, Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15. That’s right – all tribute bands! Why is it such a great notion? Because tribute bands are often every bit as good as the...
March shows at Ah Haa feature Goedele Vanhille and a Kenyan "Slum Art Slam" Telluride Arts' First Thursday Art Walk is a very good reason to go for a stroll. Galleries, eateries and art spaces celebrate artists and their work on the first Thursday of each...
Ah Haa Offers The Art of Story with Katie McDougall You’ve got a comfortable place to write, a great idea, a way with words and the gift of time. So why can’t that great novel just come spilling all over the page? Katie McDougall, an accomplished writer...
Telluride’s winter scenery has never been so luscious. The mounds of sparkling snow set against Colorado’s indescribably blue sky beg the artist’s rendering. Whether it’s sweeping, long mountain views, or one of Telluride’s quaint, Victorian-era homes snuggled under snow-capped roofs, renowned pastel artist, Bruce Gomez,...
[caption id="attachment_37875" align="alignright" width="225"] Cocoon, by Julie McNair, featured at Ah Haa's Regional Art Show[/caption] Jurist Amy Kimberly Will Choose Cash Prize Winners When the public views the Ah Haa School for the Arts’ latest exhibition, a collection of work from regional artists, most of the hard...
[caption id="attachment_37447" align="alignright" width="300"] Head for the Hills[/caption] The sounds of banjo notes cascading like Ingram Falls in June and the steady chuck-chuck of a mandolin, overlaid with shimmering harmonies is the sound of summer in Telluride. The valley’s biggest Gathering of the Tarp People, the...
