Ouray high school senior Julia Vann named Neil Armstrong Scholarship Recipient [caption id="attachment_51191" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Julia Vann[/caption] The end of the school year highlights a generous number of scholarships awarded by the Telluride Foundation to Telluride, Norwood, Nucla and Ouray high school students. Scholarships this year included a...
What: The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents a night of New Orleans Jazz with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band When: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 8:30 p.m. (doors at 8 p.m.) Where: Sheridan Opera House, 110 North Oak Street, Telluride, Colo. Ticket Info: Tickets are $35 general admission floor ($40 day...
The "Wild Boar" will be at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art. “To me, the boar represents our completely grounded, muscular, tough personality manifestation. Great for being a successful hard-charger in life,” says artist Robert Weatherford. [caption id="attachment_51094" align="aligncenter" width="511"] "Wild Boar," Robert Weatherford[/caption] Robert’s other paintings, a new...
Here’s the dirt on dirt. Or Dyrt. [caption id="attachment_51057" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goose Lake Camgpround, WA[/caption] Dirt (or soil) isn’t just a mix of clay, sand, and humus that lies over bedrock. It isn’t simply dust, grime, or filth either. For archaeologists, dirt—or the layers of sediment they call “stratigraphy”— is...
Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library – Summer Series. This Monday’s Cinematheque welcomes a very special guest - Glory Fioramonti, Susan Sarandon's stunt double in “Thelma & Louise." The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are thrilled to present THELMA AND LOUISE (1991, 106...
Event takes place Thursday, June 4, 2015, 4-6 p.m., FREE in Elks Park For the past 24 years, the Sheridan Arts Foundation kicks off the summer with the Wild West Fest bringing 30-50 underserved youth from all over the country to Telluride for a week of...
Jill Burkey of Grand Junction received the $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize for her poem, “Beginning Mind,” at a ceremony May 16, 2015, during the Talking Gourds poetry program segment of the Telluride Literary Arts Festival. [caption id="attachment_51009" align="aligncenter" width="384"] Jill Burkey, winner, Mark Fischer Poetry...
Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer of Placerville, Telluride, was named the third Poet Laureate of the Western Slope during the Talking Gourds Poetry Performances Saturday, May 16, 2015, at the Ah Haa School of the Arts during the Second Telluride Literary Arts Festival (LitFest). Emeritus Laureate...
Telluride’s one and only public library is turning 40 and we are celebrating! To honor the 40th anniversary of the Wilkinson Public Library, on Friday, May 29, 7 p.m., the Telluride community is invited to AFTER HOURS IN THE STACKS. The celebration features drinks and appetizers, interactive theater by Telluride Theater;...
Memorial Day is a federal holiday, first first widely observed May 1868. The celebration commemorated the sacrifices of soldiers during the Civil War. Following the proclamation, participants decorated graves of more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers. In years since World War I, the day has become a celebration...
