Events

The Telluride Playwrights Festival, July 9 – July 15, brings playwrights, directors and actors to town from all over to workshop new works. Main Stage reading for the 2012 Festival include: "Chez Rikers" is a new comedy by Charles Leipart in which a well-to-do couple find themselves...

Free performances every Wednesday, Sunset Plaza, Mountain Village, 7/11 – 8/29 The Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association invites everyone to another season of outstanding music on the Sunset Concert Series stage. In its 13th year, the series brings an impressive lineup to the Telluride region, a mix of...

In 1996, a young comedian came to town to perform at the Sheridan Opera House. On opening night, the house was a perfectly respectable two-thirds full. Within 24 hours, however, after the buzz hit the street: writer and actor Bob Dubac (and his one-man show,...

Telluride Compassion Festival welcomes Dr. James Doty Dan Buettner was one of the many charismatic presenters at Mountainfilm in Telluride 2012. Buettner spoke twice at the event based on findings summed up in his two books: "The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People...

A message of peace, love and freedom David “Ziggy” Marley is bringing his message of peace, love and freedom to Telluride. KOTO-FM, Telluride’s community radio station, hosts the reggae-pop star in Town Park this Sunday, July 8. Ziggy, the eldest child of reggae legend Bob Marley, learned...

I became a Viniyoga instructor because of a teacher I was blessed to practice with privately for 12 years. Meet River Cummings, one of the most inspiring yoga instructors I have ever known in over 20 years of dedicated practice. River Cummings is one of the...

Reception 6:30 p.m. Films & guest presentations 7:30 p.m. Also breakfast talks, one Friday morning at Hotel Madeline. Mountainfilm in Telluride: the 34th annual event may have ended with the close of Memorial Weekend, but the beat goes on. Its mission – "To educate and inspire...

Telluride event highest level conference ever held on the science of compassion For the third year, the Telluride Institute and Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, (CCARE), join forces to investigate the science and global potential of compassion, altruism and meditation. The background...

SaddleUp! Foundation is heading full gallop for their second annual fundraiser, The Denver Suitcase Party. The event takes place Friday, August 17.  Last year’s bash was a hoot with guests bringing their bags packed on the chance they would win the Grand Prize and be...

Registration is still open for the Telluride Foundation's 2nd annual Fourth of July foot race, but this is definitely a case of you snooze, you lose. Capacity is 300. As of today, over 100 slots are already booked. The Telluride Foundation's Rundola is an uphill footrace...