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[click "Play", Pip talks about what to wear to the "Fling"]

 

IMG_0820 Fashion Friday is a regular weekly column identifying fashion trends and translating them into Telluride style with help from our fabulous fashionistas at Two Skirts. This week, however, is an exception.

Two Skirts owner, Kristin Holbrook, is a longtime supporter of the San Miguel Resource Center, the Telluride's region's only nonprofit working with victims of the the grave challenges of interpersonal violence. On Saturday, February 5, Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m.. the Resource Center hosts its only major public fundraiser. The 2011 theme is "Heroes and Villains," and there are prizes for best costume.

In support of the event, one of the best parties of the winter season, Kristin and Ashley Deppen have turned over their regular Fashion Friday interview to our town's vintage/costume queen, Pip Kenworthy of Pip's Fine & Funky Consignments,100 West Colorado (downstairs from Overland).

03 February, 2011 /

 Whoever said "You can't have it all," never met Telluride local Amy Boebel, who is into building things – a family (she is the mother of two successful young adults) and businesses (see below)  – sometimes from building materials (ditto).

Amy's resume suggests her appetite for challenging situations began well before Telluride and rock and ice-climbing, twin passions. Successful careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors range widely from managing director of The Maryland Ballet to founding partner, MarketTech, software to facilitate trading commodities. Amy is now board chair of the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities, the non-profit which founded and hosts the town's monthly First Thursday Art Walk, when Telluride's  art venues and stores stay open late until 8 p.m. to strut their stuff.

This Thursday, February 3, the Stronghouse Studios , 283 South Fir, features a show of Boebel's latest work, "Lost For Words," a collection of female icons, sculpted out of lath and wire, tulle, nails and tarp, covered in paper, maps, words, and phrases. The event is part of Art Walk and includes an artist's reception with chocolate and champagne from 5 - 8 p.m.

02 February, 2011 /

D300 Passing Through 2m It's getting to be a habit with Telluride locals – and that's a good thing. We are talking about the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities' First Thursday Art Walk, a stroll about town that showcases our fine arts scene. Galleries and other arts venues, located in and around Colorado Avenue (Main Street), plus retail stores, stay open late until 8 p.m.

New to Art Walk 2011, many local restaurants offer Art Walk Specials, including The Cosmopolitan, La Cocina de Luz, La Marmotte, The Llama, The New Sheridan Chop House, and Pescado.

Free Art Walk brochures, available at any participating venue (and our hotels and coffee shops), offer a self-guided map of the participating establishments which include:

02 February, 2011 /

 This long weekend, Friday – Monday, February 4 – February 7, 6 p.m.,Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation's Young People's Theater company presents an encore performance of the 1930s period masterpiece, "Anything Goes."

With this her latest production of the Cole Porter hit, director Jen Julia is clearly playing a game of "Can You Top (Hat) This?"

Back in 2002, Jen's original adaptation of the Broadway musical hit was, well, "a Picasso painting, a Bendel's bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, Mickey Mouse." The best. It too featured an abundantly talented group of 30 local teens, 9th – 12th graders, singing, dancing and jiving. And yet, of the 2011 incarnation of "Anything Goes," Jen exclaims:

31 January, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Alyssa Gitto Saunders]

 

Fling It does not matter where. (No, the Telluride region is not immune.) It doesn't matter who. Sexual assault and domestic violence ignore cultural boundaries, race, even gender, although women are more often victims than men. The fact is the twin horrors are equal opportunity offenders.

Almost 20 years ago, in 1992, a group of locals formed the Telluride-based San Miguel Resource Center (then Tomboy House) as a non-profit victim services agency dealing with interpersonal violence. By 1994, Tomboy House had established a 24-hour hotline to help victims through crisis intervention, information, and referrals. Today, the San Miguel Resource Center's menu of programs in English and Spanish includes advocacy to help clients with court services, employers, housing, transportation and community services, and using the unrestricted funds raised at the Chocolate Lovers Fling, awareness/outreach to educate local children and adults about violence and positive alternatives.

31 January, 2011 /

 Telluride's Palm Theatre venue for Ailey II, Thursday, February 3

“The entire company looks terrific. Clearly, the future is theirs.” The New York Times

In Telluride, if I say "Revelation," you say, "Bowl." It's all about high-alpine powder surrounded by 13,000-foot+ peaks. Mostly right – just not this time. This time "Revelations" refers to a peak dance experience, a jubilant, soul-stirring suite that is easily one of the most uplifting ballets in the modern dance repertoire.

"Revelations" is a tribute to the cultural heritage of African Americans and to the genius of a man named Alvin Ailey, Jr. (1931 – 1989). Ailey, an African American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer, founded the world-famous Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, one of our country's boldest and most exciting troupes.

29 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Glenn Randall talks about his photo workshop]

 

Glenn_winter1 Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts offers a Winter Landscape Photography workshop Friday – Sunday,  March 25 – March 27. The course instructor is Visiting Artist Glenn Randall.

Randall has enjoyed a 31-year career as a freelance photographer and writer. For the past 17 years, he has specialized in Colorado wilderness landscapes. Randall has accumulated nearly 1,000 photo credits, including 67 magazine covers. He has sold more than 10,000 prints, and is a regular contributor to Outdoor Photographer magazine.

25 January, 2011 /

kicker: Mountainfilm in Telluride opens the week with Monday screenings

Gallery4_sm Mountainfilm in Telluride is sometimes in Telluride and only sometimes in May. Mountainfilm on Tour conducts programs around the country throughout the year. There were recent Mountainfilm special events in Aspen and at New York's Lincoln Center. This week, it's Mountainfilm in Telluride at the five-star Wilkinson Public Library. The FREE program is scheduled for Monday, January 24. Doors at 5 :30 p.m. and films at 6 p.m.

The program for Mountainfilm in Telluride at the Wilkinson Public LIbrary is as follows:

23 January, 2011 /

IMG_8638 CoolSculpt night peacocks CoolSculpt 2011 in Mountain Village was a fantastic event with the four sculpting teams putting forth inspirational and creative efforts.

Sculptures were presented throughout the Mountain Village core areas: Heritage Plaza, near the bottom of Chair 4, and at the top of Chair 1 Meadows Run in the Sunset Plaza. New for this year was judging by Ben Rand. Ben is the 2010 Gold Medalist at the Olympic Ice Art World Championships. He judged remotely based on images because he was busy developing and testing new sculpture concepts for an extensive competition tour.

1st Place went to “Love Fear,” sculpted by The Telluride Mountain School Middle and High school art classes. The prize:  $750.  Sponsored by Wells Fargo.

21 January, 2011 /