Foundation Noted as Most Active Grant Maker Among Peers [caption id="attachment_22662" align="alignright" width="300"] Telluride Foundation sign by metal artist Lisa Issenberg[/caption] According to a 2011 Columbus Survey of 252 community foundations nationwide, the Telluride Foundation ranked as 4th most active grant maker as a percent of asset...
[caption id="attachment_22626" align="alignleft" width="209"] Bruvel's Flow Head[/caption] Hot on the heels of the RNC then the DNC, this particular Labor Day weekend the Telluride Film Festival provides a much needed escape from the vitriol and the noise. But where to go when as good as it...
[caption id="attachment_22557" align="alignright" width="225"] Telluride Film Fest 2012 poster by Dave Eggers[/caption] Lights! Camera! Action! The 39th annual Telluride Film Festival officially begins with the start of Labor Day weekend, Friday, 8/31 – Monday, 9/3,when the legacy of Georges Melies parades all over town. For those unfamiliar about...
[caption id="attachment_22631" align="alignright" width="300"] Examples of work by Painting Academy teachers[/caption] The historic Telluride train Depot has housed many a business and organization over the years, but it truly came to life when the Ah Haa School for the Arts took up residence there in 2006....
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranks fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
Sidewalk Signings during Film Fest … an annual tradition! [caption id="attachment_22538" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ken Burns, filmmaker & author[/caption] What do a kick-ass director, the dust bowl, an ex-pat dog in Paris, and two criminal cases that captured the American psyche have in common? They are the lineup...
[caption id="attachment_22544" align="alignleft" width="300"] Landscape by Margaret Hixon-Griffith[/caption] Gallery 81435 hosts an artists' reception Thursday, August 30, 5-8pm. Come meet the artists and enjoy the last days of our August exhibit featuring texture, shape and color. Colorful landscapes in oils by Margaret Hixon-Griffith will be featured on...
[caption id="attachment_22470" align="alignleft" width="236"] Leni Riefenstahl[/caption] The choice was somewhat controversial, but 39 years ago in 1974, the year the Telluride Film Festival opened for business, Leni Riefenstahl (1902 – 2003), was among the original tributees. (The other two were Gloria Swanson and Francis Ford Coppola.) Telluride...
Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach...
[caption id="attachment_22301" align="alignright" width="200"] Barb Brattin, director, Wilkinson Public LIbrary (and Finn)[/caption] Editor's note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson...
