On November 10, we received an email from Telluride Institute board prez Dan Collins, announcing Maggie Klinedinst would be executive director of the 2015 Telluride Mushroom Festival. Maggie, a festival regular, has for years worked at The Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmaceutical Research Unit, which takes conventional...
The whole town is invited when hundreds of enthusiasts here for the Telluride Mushroom Festival get to honor their leader, Art Goodtimes, with a 30-minute live program on stage at the Palm Theater. Art, known as “Shroompa” to Mushroom Festival regulars, is turning 69. Pamela Zoline, founder of...
The 33rd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Saturday, August 16 –Tuesday, August 19, focuses on four main tracks within mycology: Culinary, Medicinal, Entheogenic, and Mycoremediation. “When you see hundreds of festival participants dressed as mushrooms in our epic annual costume parade, you’ll have no idea that serious science...
Telluride Mushroom Festival conducts serious science during the world’s biggest mushroom party customized for every budget & schedule. Lots of options for day passes, single forays, and pre-festival workshops, etc. Buy tickets here. Below is a day-by -day reckoning of festival highlights. Friday, August 15: [caption id="attachment_44174" align="aligncenter" width="388"] Tradd...
The Telluride Mushroom offers multiple food adventures for all tastes and wallets and about five forays per day leaving at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Check the website for details. The Telluride Mushroom Festival, Friday, August 15 – Tuesday, August 19, bills itself as the...
Tradd Cotter is on a mission. On the face of it, a simple mission: "...
This week is all about wine and fine food as the 2014 Telluride Wine Festival gears up today for a full weekend of activities. But I couldn't resist sharing the new promo video that I saw floating around the internet for the 33rd Annual Telluride Mushroom...
Chef's Cook Off Street Party, Fungi Farm-to-Table Celebration, Myco-remediation Course The Telluride Mushroom Festival (TMF) kicks off its 32nd annual four-day festival this Thursday, August 15 and continues through Sunday August, 18. Telluride Mushroom Festival offers something for everyone: guided mushroom forays, presentations on cultivation, remediation, and...
[caption id="attachment_33986" align="alignright" width="187"] Maggie Klinedinst, a Mushroom Fest 2013 guest[/caption] Telluride Mushroom Festival (TMF) and the Telluride Institute are proud to announce the schedule the 32nd annual gathering, which takes place Thursday, August 15-Sunday, August 18, 2013. This year, the festival is focused on the...
Robert Rogers can best be described as “authentically fascinated.” At least those are the words his wife, Laurie Rogers, uses when it comes to his interest in plants and fungi. His students and friends might have another way of explaining his dedication to the natural world. “They think...
