Old Events

by Beth Roberts On Christmas Day, 1908, Harriet Fish Backus, later known as the "Tomboy Bride," awoke to a gift that would certainly turn the most modern San Juan citizen Christmas-colored with envy: “sparkling diamonds.” But these "diamonds" did not come in the usual small package...

To hear folks tell it, the holidays sounds like a segment of "Survivor." People use terms such as "endurance" and "survival" to describe the run-up to season, but not in Mountain Village, where the focus is where it should be, on family. Mountain Village is now...

Twinkling lights grace every store window, the crisp tang of fresh evergreen delights the senses, the worshipful glow of candles on the Menorah gather the faithful, and lifted voices in holiday choirs stir the heart. The holidays always dish up the fondest memories whether it's...

The film rates an average 8 on a scale of 10 on Rotten Tomatoes. "Big Deal on Madonna Street," (1958, 106 minutes), is the pick by Telluride Film Festival's Gary Meyer for the next gathering of Cinematheque, a film club and collaboration between the Film...

There are great benefits to being this sort of friends. (Mind out of the gutter. Not that kind.) These are the Friends of the Library, a nonprofit established to assist San Miguel County Public Library District and specifically Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library by promoting...

Golly gee whiz. You missed Black Friday. And you passed on Cyber Monday when, as reported in the Huffington Post, other more enterprising shoppers were able to score hot deals on red-soled Christina Louboutin fuchsia platform pumps for the low low price of only $1,199.99...

Memorial service for J. Michael Brown Saturday afternoon, November 12, 2011, the Telluride community gathered, filled the Palm Theatre, to honor and say goodbye to our friend, J. Michael Brown, who died in late October. Listening to so many whose lives were touched by Michael's generosity, speaking...

  "Sticky Fingers? A treat for sure: Karl Denson at KOTO-fm's Halloween Bash in Telluride

Guess who Karl Denson (of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, KDTU) along with special guest Anders Osborne will be impersonating for their brief but undoubtedly memorable appearance in Telluride over Halloween weekend. KDTU and Osborne will be performing a soulful rendering of Rolling Stones landmark album Sticky Fingers in its entirety.

The no-miss event takes place Saturday, October 29. The concert is a benefit for Telluride's one and only community radio, KOTO-fm, in celebration of  the station's 36th annual Halloween Bash. Doors at 8 p.m. Showtime is 9 p.m., Hanley Pavilion, Telluride Town Park.

Coming up at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts: Mixed Media Mosaics with instructor Flair Robinson.

Flair is a self-taught mosaic and assemblage artist, who works primarily with hand-cut ceramic tile, glass, and recycled junk. She is first and foremost a colorist, fascinated by the kaleidoscopic combinations of color made possible by her medium. Flair constantly seeks new and different variations on the theme of color mixing and finds inspiration in vintage advertising, old road-side signs and attractions, carnival games and fabric. Her all-time high is taking bits and pieces of nothing and turning them into something.