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Editor's note: The 31st annual Telluride Shroomfest takes place next weekend. For an overview by Grand Poobah Art Goodtimes, follow this link.

Into the woods. It's a ritual this time of year in the Telluride region, where knives are drawn and the normally warm and chatty locals turn stone cold and stare blankly when asked one simple question: "Where do you hunt?" In Telluride, shrooming is a competitive sport.

And Josh Klein is no exception to the rule. When the subject is mushrooms, his bottom line is "Don't ask. Won't tell." Which gets really tricky when part of Josh's job is arranging special events such as fungi forages for guests and friends of his employer, the top drawer Hotel Madeline in Mountain Village.

14 August, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Art Goodtimes]

 

 

Mushroomposter "The mushrooms have two strange properties: the one that they yield so delicious a meat; the other that they come up so hastily, as in a night, and yet they are unsown," Francis Bacon, "Naturall Histories, 1624.

In Telluridespeak, the event is known as "Shroomfest." The 31st annual Shroomfest, aka Telluride Mushroom Festival  – billed as  "nation's oldest mycological conference exploring all things fungal & enthogenic" – happens next weekend, Thursday, August 18– Sunday, August 21.

Gary Lincoff of the New York Botanical Garden is the keynote speaker for the 2011 Telluride Shroomfest and one of the leading mycologists in the world. Specifically he plans to explore subjects such as Mushroom Identification: How to Do It and Live to Tell About It and The Philosopher’s Stone, or How Mushrooms Can Save You Thousands of Dollars in Therapy and Free You from the Prison of Time and Space  as well as lead forays, identification slide shows and ID workshops.

12 August, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Terry Adams]

 

TFA2011_eBlast It is the ultimate pairing. The Telluride Festival of the Arts is an annual weekend-long celebration of both the visual and culinary arts. The unique event, produced by the Cherry Creek Arts Festival and sponsored by The Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, welcomes over 5,000 locals visitors to Mountain Village Friday, August 12 (starts a noon) –  Sunday, August 14, 2011 (ends at 3 p.m)

The signature event of The Telluride Festival of the Arts is the Grand Tasting, a wine and food event offering a unique opportunity to taste regional and national culinary delights from 15 different culinary partners and wineries and several breweries. The events, which takes place Saturday, August 13, 5:30 – 8 p.m., fills the plazas of Telluride's Mountain Village.

10 August, 2011 /

 

Wine Tasting and Top Chef 2010 204

By J James McTigue

“Last year was the inaugural year of the One to One Top Chef event and the community rallied behind the cause." Rick Fusting, One to One board President, said of the non-profit organization’s annual event and fundraiser.  “And it turned out everyone had a great time, but this year we want to make it that much better.”

This year’s Top Chef event is happening on Friday August 12th from 5 pm to 9 pm at the Peaks Resort and Spa.  The event pits four chefs against each other in a friendly cooking competition loosely modeled after reality TV competitions like Iron Chef and Hell’s Kitchen.

08 August, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Kristin Taylor]

 

Kristin & Albert Here's what the Telluride Yoga Center does not offer: hip-hop yoga or yoga for dogs. (Yep, those variations on the theme are out there, along with circus yoga, acrobatic yoga, even Christian yoga, also not on the schedule.) Otherwise, Telluride's original yoga studio, located at 201 West Colorado Avenue, Suite 200, in the historic Nugget Building, offers something for everyone.

And that means you. Even if you are not young and buff. Even if you can't bend like pretzel. Even if you have nagging injuries. Even if you you are a jock who gets plenty of exercise. Maybe especially if you are a jock who gets plenty of exercise, but has no clue how to breath or simply need to chill out. My teacher, Gary Kraftsow, of the American Viniyoga Institute, once defined yoga at the level of asana (postures) as "flossing for the spine." What could be more basic than spine health.

07 August, 2011 /

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The eighth annual Riverfront Park Fashion Show brings some of fashion’s best and brightest to Denver’s Riverfront neighborhood. The theme is “Classic” but don’t expect to see your mother’s flat knit and pearls strutting down the catwalk.  This year the “Crack Pack” is sure to have fashion addicts hooked on the edgy, youthful looks that define classic in a fresh new way.  

06 August, 2011 /

Hat Fashion Friday is all Telluride's Two Skirts spotting trends and highlighting designers worth noting, then bringing it all down to a local level. This week fashionista Ashley Deppen focuses on Mischa Lampert.

Alright already. I don't want to wish away the summer either, but Lampert's chunky wool hats are special: hand knit wool head gear that act like winter armor, but also have great style. Her Sailor Fur number with its slightly conical shape makes you look like a character out of "Lord of the Rings." And I mean that in the very cute elfin sense. The earflaps on the Nolita model insulate you from the cold – and the world.

05 August, 2011 /

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Celebrity chef Susanna Hoffman, "Adventures in Greek Cooking"
 
Books&cooks_AUGUST Disasters in the kitchen? A regular happening in homes from coast to coast. But "disasters" and "kitchen" combine perfectly, with no muss or fuss, in the life of Telluride local anthropologist and cookbook author, Dr. Susanna Hoffman.
 
Susanna, a University of California (Berkeley) PhD, regularly consults worldwide on disaster issues. Her latest book on that subject is Catastrophe & Culture.
 
But on Tuesday, August 2, noon, Susanna trades her hard hat for her tocque for a special segment of Chefbud's Books & Cooks at Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library. The menu: Grape leaf, Feta and Cream Cheese dip with Pita Chips, Mushroom and Retsina Wine Filo Pie and Yogurt Cake with Lemon Ouzo Syrup.
 

31 July, 2011 /

By Ben Williams

Ford_ka I’m back in the UK for my sister’s wedding, and although it’s only been three years since my last visit,there are many signs that things here are moving into the 21st Century.

On a trip to visit my Grandma we were driving through a small village called Crick, and there in the fields were two immense 2 MW wind turbines ponderously circling.  Everywhere small 70-miles-to-the-gallon cars bustle about the narrow streets.  On top of a block of flats in Leamington Spa, two pairs of 300 KW wind turbines spin rapidly away.

31 July, 2011 /