Events

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...

In August, anthropologist, cookbook author and celebrity chef Dr. Susanna Hoffman played to a packed house when she was featured in a special segment of Chef Bud's popular Books & Cooks series at Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library. On the menu, were taste treats such...

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.
 

Ben Stookesberry is a 33-years-old gonzo kayaker, who makes his home in Chico, CA. Ben was baptized into Mountainfilm in Telluride's extended family of adventurers when the film he directed, "Kadoma," premiered at the festival in May. Festival director David Holbrooke chose to feature "Kadoma" when Mountainfilm on Tour headlines at the Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, this weekend, Friday, October 21 – Sunday, October 23.