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by Ben Williams

Green Gondola logo Australia is joining climate action leaders such as New Zealand and the European Union by unveiling a nationwide plan to tax CO2 emissions at $23 per metric ton.

With an economy significantly reliant on extraction industries, and the nation as a whole overly dependent on abundant coal reserves, Australia is one of the world’s largest per capita polluters.

The tax will be introduced July 1, 2012, and is applied only to the largest polluters.  But a market-based trading scheme is expected to be introduced as early as 2015 to replace the tax, enabling a carbon exchange similar to the model being piloted by the Green Gondola Campaign.

11 July, 2011 /

Buddy Guy, B&B, 2009
Buddy Guy, 2009 B & B

The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival single day tickets went on sale Friday, July 1st at 10am (MST). Every September, the bands, the fans, and the barrels of beer roll into Telluride Town Park for the annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. The Festival is a three-day celebration of live blues, funk, rock, gospel and soul performances, hosting over 20 nationally touring bands, and over 50 of the best microbreweries in the country.
 
 
The 18th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival lineup is complete, featuring headliners Willie Nelson, The Flaming Lips, and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Additional performances include The Robert Cray Band, Zappa Plays Zappa, moe., Marcia Ball, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Mavis Staples, Anders Osborne, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and many more.

10 July, 2011 /

by Ben Williams

Blues&BrewsWEB Thanks go to SBG Productions, Inc., for sponsoring a gondola cabin as part of the Green Gondola Campaign.  We’re one step closer to beginning installation of our first array: to be installed on the Station Mountain Village roof.

SBG Productions, who gives us the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival each year, joins the ranks of EcoSpaces Green Building Solutions, Colorado Buffalo Salt, 221 South Oak Street Bistro, Nevasca Realty, and BootDoctors: local businesses who care enough about our sustainable future to sponsor a cabin as part of the Green Gondola Campaign. 

08 July, 2011 /

Double-points weekend in all disciplines + free lift ticket for competitors

MainHeaderLogo July marks the return of Full Tilt in Telluride, part of the 2011 Mountain States Cup Series, the largest full-discipline (endurance and gravity) race series in the United States. Mountain Village is not only amped to be stop number six – July 8 through July 10 – but also host of the Colorado State Championships and double-points weekend. For this year’s Full Tilt weekend, the various race disciplines include cross-country, short track, downhill, super-D, and mountain-cross.

“The Town of Mountain Village and the Mountain States Cup Series (MSC) have aligned with Momentum Trail Concepts to bring a world class mountain-cross course to Full Tilt in Telluride,” said MSC Race Director Keith Darner. “Under the direction of Steve Wentz and Matt Thompson, Momentum Trail have helped design and build one of their patented and amazingly fun mountain-cross courses. Having such a course sets Full Tilt apart from the other stops in the series, and the locale of it will allow spectators the opportunity to get up close and personal with the riders.” 

06 July, 2011 /

Painting, Telluride Valley The First Thursday Art Walk is a celebration of the arts in downtown Telluride for art lovers, community and friends.  A dozen venues open their doors from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. to introduce their new exhibitions and artists.  Restaurants feature Art Walk specials.

New for Summer 2011, select venues extend their open hours and welcome children and their families for a special Kids Walk. A treasure map provides a self-guided tour and simple activities that teach basic principles of art through observation. Key venues offer hands on activities.

July Art Walk 2011 shows include:

06 July, 2011 /

by Jim Bedford

Bad-Teacher-Thumbnail Super-8-Thumbnail The Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride shows movies all year long and screens two films this coming week.

Friday through Thursday, July 8-14, SUPER 8 continues at the Nugget in the best tradition of Steven Spielberg movies, sort of an E.T. meets meets CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. Wonderment abounds!

Also playing all week is Cameron Diaz in BAD TEACHER, showing Justin Timberlake and every student she has that she just doesn't give a F. Very funny and irreverent.

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

06 July, 2011 /

By Elisabeth Gick

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What makes the Compassion Festival a festival rather than a conference or symposium? The short answer is that a festival is more fun than a conference. There is art, there is food, there are things to look at, touch, hear, smell and taste.

The Compassion Festival, to be hosted this coming weekend by the Telluride Institute, may not have all those tempting ingredients, but a good number of them.

05 July, 2011 /

By David Feela

For decades, when summer melons rolled into the produce aisle, my mouth would water and I’d buy the biggest one. Unfortunately, not every watermelon is endowed with inalienable perfection, and I have carted home quite a few duds. Until I met Margaret in the produce aisle.

If this sounds like a soap opera, it’s because I had humongous twin melons strapped in the child seat of my cart. That’s when I saw Margaret. We slowed our carts, paused, and exchanged warm greetings. She had a single watermelon about the size of a soccer ball, a dark and glossy green one that reminded me of unripe fruit.

“Are you going to buy both of those?” Margaret asked me.

03 July, 2011 /

By Laura A. Cattell, PA-C

Ed. note: It's the Fourth of July, with local crowds on Telluride's Main Street soaking in the fun – and, if the weather gods are on our side – the sun. Sunscreens should be as much a part of the celebration as flags, fireworks and BBQ. This first installment of the Telluride Medical Center's new series, "To Your Health: Medical News You Can  Use" is all about sunscreens. This first post was created by Laura A Cattell, certified physician's assistant, Telluride Medical Center. You will meet the rest of the doctors, including the visiting doctors, as "To Your Health" unfolds. Look for the column every other Monday.

Dr. Laura Sunscreens remain the mainstay of a sun protection regimen as we enjoy all the amazing outdoor activities the Telluride region has to offer. Now picking a good safe sunscreen just got easier.

The FDA recently announced new rules for labeling of sunscreens and issued the following statement:

“Sunscreen ingredients are safe, and the benefits of regular sunscreen use far outweigh any potential risks.”

03 July, 2011 /

Brazilian musician to curate special program of films for the four-day Festival

Caetano+Veloso+126751636_f537753b33_o Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., is proud to announce its 2011 Guest Director, Caetano Veloso. The beloved artist has been invited to select a series of films to present at the 38th Telluride Film Festival.  The Guest Director program is sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
 
Festival directors Tom Luddy, Gary Meyer and Julie Huntsinger annually select one of the world’s great film enthusiasts to join them in the creation of the Festival’s program lineup. The Guest Director serves as a key collaborator in the Festival’s programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride.

 

03 July, 2011 /