[double click to view in larger format]Telluride Adaptive Sports Program furnished volunteers to man the aid station at Lizard Head Pass on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 in support of the Colorado Peace Ride.The first riders left the soccer field at Lawson Hill around 7:00 am,...
A trifecta of the arts is taking place August 13th through the 16th in Mountain Village as Telluride celebrates it 2009 Festival of the Arts with a fabulous line up of food & wine, art and music. Top celebrated chefs will be on hand to showcase and demonstrate their culinary expertise. A gallery of more than 40 artists with national and regional acclaim will exhibit and sell their work throughout the weekend. Grammy nominated and multi-platinum artist, Joan Osborne will perform in a free live concert at the Sunset Stage on Friday the 14th.A highlight to Telluride’s Festival of the Arts is the ‘Celebrating the Arts ’ Celebrity Chef Dinner. Kenny Gilbert is executive chef of Telluride's five star ultra-luxury resort, Capella Telluride, and is one of the culinary experts taking part in the weekend festivities. Gilbert's celebrated international cuisine is showcased in all three of Capella's dining rooms including the fine dining restaurant Onyx, the casual Gray Jay Cafe and the popular Suede Bar.
The stage is set for the sixth annual Telluride Festival of the Arts, which will take place in Telluride's Mountain Village, August 13th, through the 16th. This festival is all about gourmet food, awe-inspiring art and outstanding musical entertainment.
The incredible line-up includes celebrity chefs, such as Steve Spitz, who hosts “Living Better with Steve Spitz,” in its fifth year of national syndication, and host of the upcoming “Live With Steve Spitz,” a celebrity-based lifestyle program which launches this fall on syndicated national TV. Not to be missed is the gallery of nationally and regionally recognized artists along with a free performance by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Osborne at the Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village.
Steve Spitz will take center stage in Telluride’s Mountain Village on Friday, August 14th, with his “From Dirt to Delicious: Sustainable Food & Wine” demonstration, discussion, and tasting.
You won’t want to miss this exciting one hour presentation from 3pm to 4pm. Tickets are $50 and on sale at www.tellurideticket.com See the end of this post for the exact recipes Steve Spitz will be presenting at his Telluride Festival of the Arts guest appearance.
Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library was the host and location for a community barbecue on Friday, August 7, 2009. The occasion was to celebrate the Library's selection as a National Five Star Library.Program director, Scott Doser told me food had been ordered for 300, but Telluride...
Telluride author and historian, Rudy Davison met a group of nearly twenty locals and visitors early Saturday morning, August 8, at the Telluride Historical Museum. Davison led us up past the Bridal Veil power plant and up into Gray's Basin for a look at,...
[click "Play" to hear Kristin Holbrook on "boyfriend jeans"] We've all been there, alone or in a dressing room filled with women shoehorning their way into jeans that are way too tight. Ready to exhale? Telluride Inside...
John Cooley of Rivendell Farm and Pat Frazier of Peace & Plenty Farm are two of the popular regulars at the Telluride Farmers' Market, every Friday, June – October, 10:30 – 4 p.m.Rivendell is located on the Gunnison River one mile from Austin, CO. on At 5,000-foot elevation, John is able to get a jump on the season. The soil on the farm is sandy loam, best for growing root crops, especially potatoes.
Peace & Plenty is located on Redlands Mesa at an elevation of 6800 feet. The 1800-foot difference, means the companion farm lends itself to cooler crops and different harvest dates.
The Telluride Historical Museum will host "Hike into History", Saturday, August 7th" with local historian Rudy Davison guiding a free hike to the Mayflower Mine in Gray's Basin. The Mayflower Mine sits at 11,953 ft in Gray's Basin, directly to the right of Ingram's Peak looking up from Telluride. The mine was founded by prospectors in the 1890s. At one point a tramway was built into Gray's Basin to transport the ore from the Mayflower Mine to below the tailings pile across from the Lone Tree Cemetery in Telluride. It is said to have been the longest aerial tram built in the Telluride area.
Guide Rudy Davison splits his time between Telluride and Durango these days, and is currently part owner of Silver Star Property Management, www.sansophia.com, located on Colorado Avenue in Telluride. From 1975 until 1981 he published the Telluride Times newspaper and afterward became part owner of Telluride Travel Connection. Davison was a long time member of the town planning and zoning committee and HARC, (Historic & Architectural Review Commission).
Artist Susan X. Billings of mangoworkshops.com, an umbrella for artful travel, in conjunction with Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts, is offering a Bali Workshop that combines art, yoga, and Indonesian cooking, September 25 – October 2, in a tropical island setting.
Billings is the kind of protean talent who is out there to prove that all of life is art. A glimpse at one of her mixed media images tells the whole story: the work has nothing to do with '"isms" du jour or with art historians' creaky theories. It has everything to do with being an original, with a big soul and a richness of spirit.
High Wire Ranch is one of about 40 vendors who travel up to a 100 miles to sell their products every Friday, June – October, 10:30a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Telluride Farmers' Market.
High Wire is located 53 miles southeast of Grand Junction on Redlands Mesa, where owners Dave and Sue Whittlesey oversee a head of over 200 bison and elk.
Eating Well magazine featured High Wire Ranch in its March/April 2007. Sunset covered the ranch in its February 2008 issue, as did a PBS series on America's heartland. (The article and video is available online at the America's Heartland website.)
