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by Jim Bedford

Captain-america-retro-movie-poster Jamie+Foxx+Horrible+Bosses The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two new films this coming week.

Friday through Thursday, Aug 12-18, in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG13), during World War II, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.

Also all week, in HORRIBLE BOSSES (R), three friends (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis) conspire to murder their awful bosses (including Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston), something we've all wanted to do sometime. Yes, it's a comedy.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movie times.

by  Jane Minarovic   Over the years, the Mudd Butts Mystery Theatre Troupe has grown from a small, all-girl cast at the Nugget Theatre, to a cast of 28 boys and girls who perform at the  state-of-the-art Michael D. Palm Theatre for the Performing Arts. ...

 

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By J James McTigue

“Last year was the inaugural year of the One to One Top Chef event and the community rallied behind the cause." Rick Fusting, One to One board President, said of the non-profit organization’s annual event and fundraiser.  “And it turned out everyone had a great time, but this year we want to make it that much better.”

This year’s Top Chef event is happening on Friday August 12th from 5 pm to 9 pm at the Peaks Resort and Spa.  The event pits four chefs against each other in a friendly cooking competition loosely modeled after reality TV competitions like Iron Chef and Hell’s Kitchen.

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The eighth annual Riverfront Park Fashion Show brings some of fashion’s best and brightest to Denver’s Riverfront neighborhood. The theme is “Classic” but don’t expect to see your mother’s flat knit and pearls strutting down the catwalk.  This year the “Crack Pack” is sure to have fashion addicts hooked on the edgy, youthful looks that define classic in a fresh new way.  

By Kris Holstrom

The FLASH! BANG! of lightning and thunder strike again on Tomten Farm. The monsoons began just after the 4th of July and have held steady. It’s a blessing and a curse in our region. Blessings after a dry June – the garden, the forest, the meadows, the mushrooms and wildflowers are lush and lovely. The curse in human terms - inconvenience and danger of mudslides, heavy hail and pounding rains that can devastate vegetables and vegetation alike – and make an oil-pan scraping roller coaster ride out of our driveway.

Water catchment is a major theme on Tomten Farm this summer. Our big greenhouse is now home to an awesome 3,800 gallon tank that will soon begin to fill with the abundance of moisture hitting the greenhouse roof. Catchment is now legal in Colorado with the proper permit. We can harvest and store water for the dry times – and that tank could come in handy should fire ever be an issue.

by Cicily Janus

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Editor's note: Susan Gatschet-Reese is a dear friend, recently been let go by KUVO. We met at the Telluride Jazz Celebration, – coming up this weekend in Telluride – where we vowed to deepen our friendship by heading out for evenings of music together in Denver, Telluride Inside... and Out's second home. When we walked into Dazzle, perhaps  the premiere jazz venue in the city, with Susan the waters parted. Clint and I were treated like royalty because we were part of Susan's crowd. The respect for her in the jazz world was always palpable. We met Cicily Janus and Jim Bailey, two of Susan's friends and advocates, through TIO. Cicily has agreed to contribute to Telluride Inside.... and Out, beginning with this story in support of our friend and a friend of jazz.

 

For close to 35 years, thousands have gathered in the middle of the mountainous paradise known as Telluride to hear the very best of the best in the jazz community perform at the Telluride Jazz Celebration. For many of those years, the Denver-based radio station KUVO has been a mainstay sponsor and event MC. But this year, KUVO , instead of leaving a mark on the stage, will only be leaving a hole: their most notable on-air voice, Susan Gatschet-Reese, who has MC'd Telluride for the previous 16 years, was recently "let go" from the station. Although her absence at the Festival this year is not entirely due to her release at KUVO, this is a loss the jazz community should take note of.

by Jim Bedford

Movieinfo2011-com--harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2---Photo-2 Disney-winnie-the-poo-movie-2010-01-copy The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two films this coming week.

Friday through Thursday, Aug 5-11, in Disney's new WINNIE THE POOH (2011), Eyeore has lost his tail, and Winnie the Pooh and his friends hold a contest to get him a new one.

Continuing all week is also HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Part 2, where the fabulous eight movie series of J.K. Rowling's not-just-for-kids books comes to an end -- and a beginning. Long live Harry Potter!

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews, and below for movie times.

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By Ben Williams

Ford_ka I’m back in the UK for my sister’s wedding, and although it’s only been three years since my last visit,there are many signs that things here are moving into the 21st Century.

On a trip to visit my Grandma we were driving through a small village called Crick, and there in the fields were two immense 2 MW wind turbines ponderously circling.  Everywhere small 70-miles-to-the-gallon cars bustle about the narrow streets.  On top of a block of flats in Leamington Spa, two pairs of 300 KW wind turbines spin rapidly away.