Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel has been doing a series on different dog breeds as he has "guests" at the ranch. This week we get to watch Molly, a Newfie, at Cottonwood, and hear Ted's description...
Announcing: 2011 Winter Puppet Program for San Miguel County Elementary Schools:
Paddy the Paleontologist with his library
The Watershed Education Program Puppet Theater of the Telluride Institute is entering its 4th season with exciting new additions to its repertoire. We have been rehearsing, working on our stage, and making some new puppets such as "Paddy the Paleontologist" who tells the story of the dinosaur bones recently discovered on Norwood Hill. The puppeteers include Ashley Boling, Sally Davis, Jeb Berrier, Laurie Lundquist, and Colin Sullivan. Buff Hooper has been working behind the scenes with Sally and Laurie on props and puppets. We will be performing up and down the watershed in various schools and libraries with the goal of educating and entertaining. It will be lots of fun!
The basic concepts of watershed awareness are introduced in simple ways that form a foundation for childrens’ later participation in our Watershed Education Program (WEP). The real stars of these shows are the animals and insects of the watershed. When you come to a show you are likely to meet a bear, a coyote, a beaver, a cricket, an eagle, and even a mosquito! All of these wild creatures have a point of view; we can learn a lot by listening to them interact. The dynamics of our watershed are rich and complex. It is good to hear about this place from the horse's mouth… and the dog's bark and the cricket's chirp…!
Our fun filled puppet shows for the 2011 season include :
[click "Play" to hear SMRC's Melanie Montoya speak with Susan]
For most of us, Telluride is a corner of heaven. For some, however, there's trouble in paradise. These people, the ones in toxic relationships, are the ones the San Miguel Resource Center opens its doors and hearts to, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The San Miguel Resource Center is the Telluride region's only entity, public or private, in the business of helping others help themselves. Its mission: put itself out of business by ending interpersonal violence in our extended community. The Resource Center accomplishes its objectives through its advocacy center based in town, prevention education in the schools and key pockets of our community, and a menu of other bi-lingual support services.
On Saturday night, February 5, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m., Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village, the Resource Center holds its only major public fundraiser, The Chocolate Lovers Fling. This year's theme: "Heroes and Villains." Supporting the Resource Center means people who are in pain or have been wronged in the extreme – experts define abuse as going from a vague feeling something is wrong to battering or worse – can one day learn to picture a past hurt without dwelling on the negative emotions associated with disturbing memories. One day, their hearts can heal.
Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts offers a Winter Landscape Photography workshop Friday – Sunday, March 25 – March 27. The course instructor is Visiting Artist Glenn Randall.
Randall has enjoyed a 31-year career as a freelance photographer and writer. For the past 17 years, he has specialized in Colorado wilderness landscapes. Randall has accumulated nearly 1,000 photo credits, including 67 magazine covers. He has sold more than 10,000 prints, and is a regular contributor to Outdoor Photographer magazine.
Forget your old ideas about wheelchair-bound people: Telluride Adaptive Sports Program's education and development manager, Sylvie Fadrhonc gets around in her chair and on the mountain in her monoski, and you will run to keep up with her. Seriously.
Besides her work with Telluride Adaptive Sports and her budding career as a monoski racer, Sylvie is now a published author, having the cover story in the January issue of Sports 'n Spokes.
Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (TASP) continues to serve regional school kids, locals and visiting folks with disabilities. However, the level has been kicked up a notch or two, pushing the boundaries of what is possible for higher level athletes who just happen to have disabilities. Under the guidance of TASP program director Tim McGough, participants in the Expand Your Horizons Ski Camp (this year January 30- February 4) can experience the hike-to terrain at Telluride, and even ski with Helitrax, Telluride's helicopter skiing service.
kicker: Mountainfilm in Telluride opens the week with Monday screenings
Mountainfilm in Telluride is sometimes in Telluride and only sometimes in May. Mountainfilm on Tour conducts programs around the country throughout the year. There were recent Mountainfilm special events in Aspen and at New York's Lincoln Center. This week, it's Mountainfilm in Telluride at the five-star Wilkinson Public Library. The FREE program is scheduled for Monday, January 24. Doors at 5 :30 p.m. and films at 6 p.m.
The program for Mountainfilm in Telluride at the Wilkinson Public LIbrary is as follows:
The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors met Thursday, December 29 for its bi-annual meeting. Highlights of the meeting included approving $1,000,940 in Community Grants to community and nonprofit organizations and four new donors were elected to serve on the Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors. The newest members include: the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong; along with Alpine Bank Regional President, Andrew Karow; Telluride Sport’s Scott Leigh; and nonprofit activist Megan McManemin.
“The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors has a diverse range of knowledge, talent and experience that helps us serve the unique character and needs in the Telluride community,” said Joanne Corzine-Brown, co-chair of the Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to welcome the insight, experience and commitment to the community that each of these new Board Members will bring to the Telluride Foundation.”
Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel is back this week with a training video. Any question why Cottonwood is home-away-from-home for Gina the Dog is answered here: Ted shows patience and the willingness to take the...
CoolSculpt 2011 in Mountain Village was a fantastic event with the four sculpting teams putting forth inspirational and creative efforts.
Sculptures were presented throughout the Mountain Village core areas: Heritage Plaza, near the bottom of Chair 4, and at the top of Chair 1 Meadows Run in the Sunset Plaza. New for this year was judging by Ben Rand. Ben is the 2010 Gold Medalist at the Olympic Ice Art World Championships. He judged remotely based on images because he was busy developing and testing new sculpture concepts for an extensive competition tour.
1st Place went to “Love Fear,” sculpted by The Telluride Mountain School Middle and High school art classes. The prize: $750. Sponsored by Wells Fargo.
kicker: "...Babe on Acid...," New York Times
On Thursday, January 20, the Telluride Historical Museum presents "Scrapple," with co-writer/director Chris Hanson. The screening complements the Museum's winter exhibit: "The 1970s: Makin' It Work." A wine and cheese reception takes place at The Museum, 6 – 8 p.m. (ish), followed by a screening at The Nugget at 8:30 p.m.
In 1998, the guest list for Mountainfilm in Telluride included new kid on the block, ethnobotanist/author Wade Davis, as well as photographer Galen Rowell. Among the featured films were "Puma: Lion of the Andes," "Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La," "Windhorse" – and "Scrapple."
