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Sunday flag I’ve been a fan of the Telluride Blues & Brews Festivals for years. I’ve actually watched the event morph from a few tasting tents on Colorado Avenue to a full-blown, internationally renowned music festival with some of the best musicians on the planet, fabulous microbrews and a venue that simply blows the socks off most other blues festivals - outside of New Orleans, that is. And the 2010 TB&BF was no exception. It was, in fact, one of the best ever.

  Graced with magnificent, cerulean blue skies, mountainsides of glowing, golden aspen and temperatures in the 80’s, the stage was set for a weekend of stellar performance, outrageous weather and ecstatic experience.  Thursday evening opened the festivities with a free sunset concert at the Mountain Village Plaza featuring the Gold Kings – a talented local band of “brothers” – followed by on-the-rise British blues guitarist Matt Schofield – wow!

23 September, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Tony Forrest's conversation with Susan]

Fall Tilt Poster 8 As aspen trees blanket Telluride's mountains in gold, the big question is who wins the gold (a cash purse) at the second annual Fall Tilt in the Mountain Village.

Fall Tilt marks the last Yee! Haw! of the summer season for gonzo bikers eager to test their skills on a blistering downhill course. The event takes places Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25  in the Mountain Village Bike Park, four adjacent downhill trails that are to be used simultaneously for the race from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Terrain varies from rocky and technical riding on the World Cup course to flowing and slower riding on the "recovery" trail. (The rider gets to name his or her poison.) To keep the course safe for riders and spectators alike, the race course is taped and marked, closed to the general public and patrolled.Tech support tents and support staff will be available near the vicinity of the finish line; riders are responsible for their own repair and equipment replacement.
23 September, 2010 /

by Lauren Metzger
Ah Haa School for the Arts

Massage  Pardon the pun but I could not resist. Yes. The 500 Hour Massage Therapy Certification program is back at the Ah Haa School for the Arts this fall. The Connecting Point School of Massage will be starting this unsurpassed hands-on experience October 18th and it will run through April 6th. What a great way to spend your winter!

Comprised of Swedish and advanced massage techniques, anatomy and physiology, business and ethics, the program offers a variety of healing modalities, such as Reiki, Reflexology, Aromatherapy and Spa Therapies. The objective of this 500-Hour Massage Therapy Certificate Program is to teach students how to become dynamic, effective and successful massage therapists. Which all of us massage lovers will thank you for. Listen to Susan Viebrock's interview with the Connecting Point's Caycee Ames for more details on this program, which is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for entrance to the national exam for massage certification.

21 September, 2010 /
Carrera If any of you happened to see an outrageous vintage sports car – or two or ten or twenty - cruising over Dallas Divide last Tuesday, you were witnessing the running of the 2010 Colorado Grand, a 1,000 mile, five-day driving tour of pre-1961 sports cars that takes place each year during the third week of September and journeys over some of Colorado’s most spectacular mountain passes and scenic byways.

Since its inception in 1989, the Colorado Grand has generated more than $2.8 million via donations and auctions for Colorado charities, local organizations and foundations, as well as set up college assistant funds for students in Hotchkiss, Paonia, Ridgway and Salida.
15 September, 2010 /

The 2010 running of the Imogene Pass Run was today, Saturday, September 11. The annual footrace starts in Ouray, CO, at an elevation of 7810', continues over 13,114' Imogene Pass and down to Telluride at 8750'. The distance is 17.1 miles. I haven't done...

11 September, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Ashley Deppen on Fluxus]

Image002 It's back to the future as Telluride Inside...and Out's Ashley Deppen of Two Skirts focuses on Fluxus.

Fluxus, the movement, emerged in New York in the 1960s, with the cultural revolution in full swing. Fluxus, which comes from the Latin for "flow," encompassed a melange of Dada, Bauhaus and Zen, dance, painting, music and more. The movement centered on the actions and opinions of the artist, not his or her output, and presumed all artistic disciplines and media could be combined to create something greater (read edgier) than the sum of its parts.

Fluxus presaged avant-garde developments of the past 40 years. Yoko Ono was its best known artist. Fluxus has endured since the 1960s not so much as a movement, rather as a sensibility that fuses radical social attitudes with evolving aesthetic practices.
09 September, 2010 /

The Telluride Historical Museum informed TIO about this 4 wheel drive tour some time back. I apologize for just getting to it now. Rudy Davison, author, newspaper editor, historian, is leading what should be a very interesting three day 4-wheeling trip on September 10,...

09 September, 2010 /

Telluride Adaptive Sports Program has two major fundraisers each year: "Going Country at the Opera" in the Winter, and "The Bob Miller Golf Classic" in the Summer. The Golf Classic, now in its twelfth year, is Thursday, September 16, 2010. You can participate...

07 September, 2010 /

[click "Play" for Ashley Deppen's take on sequins] The Telluride Film Festival brings sparkle aplenty to town. The number of stars on Telluride's streets and silver screens rival the glow dome in the sky. But the razzle dazzle does not...

02 September, 2010 /