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Guess who's coming to Telluride?  The answer is the word-famous Harlem Ambassadors.

Now guess why.

Last year, the Telluride-based One to One San Miguel Mentoring Program showed that it has what it takes to ride tough times: a healthy helping of imagination.

The creative non-profit earned its share of the (shrinking) pie by hosting the region's first ever Top Chef event. The community response was over the top: The Peaks Resort & Spa in Mountain Village, the event venue, was packed to the rafters with crowds of people partying hardy for a good cause.

25 February, 2011 /

[click "Play", Susan speaks with Devin McCarthy and Charlotte Delpit about the Student Show]

 

 

Charlotte & Devin If she has said it once, Telluride AIDS Benefit board member/teacher Sandy McLaughlin has said it a dozen times: the action on the catwalk is not the primary reason the Benefit produces a Student Fashion Show. Read between the lines– clothing and otherwise.

For the Telluride AIDS Benefit, the big idea behind the clothes, the choreography, and the music is that  the pandemic persists largely unabated. The tenacity of the virus drives the need for  prevention education to keep everyone safe and raising money to support the Telluride AIDS Benefit's beneficiaries – The Western Colorado AIDS Project, Children's Hospital Immunodeficiency Project, Brother Jeff's Health Initiative, Manzini Youth Care Project, and the Ethiopian Family Fund – who in turn support those living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

The co-directors of the 2011 Student Fashion Show, February 24, 6 p.m., The Palm, are Charlotte Delpit and Devin McCarthy, two of Telluride's best and brightest teens. Both are also in TAB's (sold out) adult fashion show, Thursday, March 3, and Saturday, March 5.

21 February, 2011 /
[click "Play", Susan interviews David Hollander]

Copy_of_winter From the get-go, founder/director Aubrey Hackman aimed high, starting with the instructors she has invited to her Telluride Yoga Festival. Though every one had a national, even international reputation, the roster did not include celebrity yogis, brands unto themselves, with book deals, fashion lines, and studio franchises. They were individuals like herself who walked their talk: scholars, not pretzels, deep students and scholars of a transformative tradition with roots dating back nearly 5,000 years.
One of them was David Hollander.

Now David, who returns to the 4th annual Telluride Yoga Festival this summer ( July 14– July 1),  joins Aubrey to help launch the first Telluride Yoga Festival in Winter. The event takes place Thursday, March 10 – Sunday, March 13 at The Peaks Resort and includes six yoga classes, morning meditation and evening kirtan, plus full access to The Peaks Spa and Fitness Center, a 21,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility.

20 February, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Erik Dalton's conversation with Susan]

 

TLT-5-Carbon In this cyber age, man and machine are more closely aligned than at any time in history. According to Erik Dalton of Telluride's Jagged Edge, the ongoing trend in outdoor gear suggests a close and personal relationship with a Lotus Elise: fast and light.

Over the last few years, the push for lighter and faster gear that is still durable enough to use and abuse has been driven by consumers. Backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, trail running or winter camping, consumers have said they want to be able to go farther with less or lighter gear, allowing everyone to enjoy the journey rather than worry about the weight on their backs.

18 February, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Susan's conversation with Ashley Deppen]   This week, Telluride's Two Skirts is focused on a guy from Los Angeles and his tops for Spring. Designer James Perse was born in Los Angeles in 1972. His childhood was split between the...

18 February, 2011 /

"What are those on your feet?" I'd been getting the question constantly since leaving Telluride. "Those" are Vibram's FiveFingers, my favorite footwear, and not because of the attention they attract. I talked to nurses, a father whose son was intrigued, strangers on the street. "Can...

17 February, 2011 /

by Lisa Barlow

Oysters It’s Valentine’s Day and while you may be content to buy your love a pretty box of chocolates, there are a host of other foods that can convey your message more effectively.

Since ancient times clever cooks have concocted seductive recipes to tempt their paramours and the list of edible aphrodisiacs they have come up with is long and varied. Some foods merely look suggestive. Others have been clinically proven to help get the job done.

In the first category, bananas top the list. Mae West’s famous query says it all: Is that a banana in your pocket …or are you happy to see me? Asparagus and carrots, like figs and cherries, also arouse some fertile imaginations. But then just about anything can excite some folks. In her book Aphrodite, A Memoir of the Senses, Author Isabel Allende says she tested her recipes on friends over 40 “since even a cup of chamomile turns on the young.”

13 February, 2011 /

The team negotiates with the village of Jomsom in Nepal only to find thier world of oppurtunity getting smaller. Ben Clark devises a plan, unwilling to give up. Follow Clark and teammate Jon Miller as they share the experience reviewing the film footage and often...

12 February, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear this week's conversation with Ashley Deppen]   Color associations may vary within a culture at different periods and between cultures across the globe. But the facts are indisputable: colors convey emotions. Telluride is a colorful town. So and so is...

10 February, 2011 /