Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation and Erik Dalton of Jagged Edge present Warren Miller's epic feature-length ski/snowboard film "Dynasty," a film which looks at the past, present and future of the sports. Curtain goes up at the Opera House on December 23, 6:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m.
The World Cup in Telluride could be a life-changing event for snowboardcross racer Mick Dierdorff. Only 18, Mick is racing for the opportunity to become the first homegrown snowboarder from the town of Steamboat, Colorado, to make an Olympic team. Whatever happens today on the snow, Friday, December 18, however, Mick is already a winner.
[click "Play" and Kristin Holbrook will have you in her clutches] Telluride Inside...
"We Skied It" premier at Sheridan Opera House, December 17, 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM
In the 1970s, Telluride was just finding its ski legs, a baby ski resort beginning to pulse thanks very much to a chap from Beverly Hills called Joe Zoline. At the time, half of Main Street was still boarded up and lots of folks were beating a path out of town muttering darkly because Idarado had just closed for business. The historic Sheridan Opera House, now nearly restored to its full Victorian splendor, was a wreck, a camping ground for derelicts with broken glass and upturned mattresses everywhere. But what of life before Zoline, See Forever, Spiral Stairs, and Milk Run helped put Telluride on the map?
The Telluride Nordic Association is putting on a 2 kilometer sprint on Saturday, December 12, 2009. The start/finish is at Adams Ranch Road and Mountain Village Blvd in the Mountain Village. Registration begins at 11:30 am, and all abilities and ages are welcome to...
Earlier this week we published a video of a coyote hunting mice on Telluride's San Miguel valley floor. Our friend Don Mitchell sends us these photos of moose near his home in San Bernardo, at the foot of Lizard Head Pass. I don't...
[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook speak about one shoulder fashion] Telluride Inside...
Longtime Telluride locals referred to them as les deux Bertrands, the two Bertrands: Bertrand Lepel-Cointet, now deceased, worked the front of the house. Bertrand Marchal was the chef. Together, the two owners turned La Marmotte Restaurant into a local institution.
In Telluride we can get high speed internet. We can get home delivery of the New York Times. We can experience the most current movies and music (eg: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros last week). It's easy to think of this place...
[click "Play" for Kristin Holbrook's comments on bibs] Telluride Inside...
