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Summer in Telluride is a busy time. Hard on the heels of the Telluride Jazz Celebration (going on this weekend, August 5-8) is two days of good Phish-ing. There is a lot of excitement around Telluride for the Phish concerts, but the excitement...

08 August, 2010 /
[click "Play" for an interview with several Mudd Butts principals]

Mudd Butt Poster 2010 The Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts is a four-week theater intensive covering all aspects of what it takes to make a play happen. Through the Mudd Butts, kids aged 10 – 14 get to explore theater games, script and songwriting, improvisation, dance, voice, even marketing. But that's only what's described in the Academy's brochure.

Read between the lines and it becomes clear the young people fortunate enough to participate in the Mudd Butts wind up acquiring invaluable and indelible life tools. Kids meet their inner artist while developing confidence and discovering ways to laugh at themselves and navigate the mine field of group dynamics. What the directors are after is broadening kids' horizons about social, political and environmental issues. Through the Mudd Butts experience, kids travel from a local address on to the world stage. (Literally at times. There is a Mudd Butts International program.)
07 August, 2010 /
[click "Play", Susan speaks with Jim Bedford]

2005-01-178a Thursday, August 5, the Telluride Historical Museum's next Fireside Chat asks the question: "What Came First the KOTO or the Community Radio?" The talk features the two guys with the answer: Jim Bedford and Jerry Greene. Ben Kerr is moderator. The event takes place at the firepit in the Mountain Village and is FREE to the general public.


FM and AM radio dials are crowded with commercial stations, offering not very much worthwhile around the clock, an incessant roar of rock, C & W, lots of “oldies,” inane talk and harsh rap. There are a couple of thousand public radio stations, but only a few like KOTO with no commercials or commercial underwriting whatsoever. KOTO’s history is the history of Telluride, from love child to respectable citizen. It all began with Bedford, at the time, a long-haired visionary. (jThe haircut is different today, a whole lot shorter. The visionary bit still holds true.)
04 August, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Susan's interview with Sally Lake]

PB-382LR The Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities created the First Thursday Art Walk to support the town's talent pool of fine artists, local galleries and the retail scene. For the Art Walk, stores stay open late until 8 p.m. ( For a list of what's happening around Telluride for the August Art Walk and a map of participating venues, go to the TCAH website.)

One of the stops on the monthly walkabout is the Lustre Gallery, 171 South Pine Street. On Thursday, August 5, Lustre lives up to its name. The artisan's gallery/retail outlet will be ablaze with light radiating from precious gems and metals in four different and distinct collections: Masriera, art nouveau jewelry from Barcelona fashioned from original 19th-century molds; Bagues, contemporary jewelry from Barcelona; Judy Evans bridal jewelry; and the Philip Zahm collection, featuring colored gemstones. The Judy Evans and Philip Zahm collections are showcased at Lustre for three days only, August 5 – August 7.
03 August, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's interview with David Miller]

GreenTeamLogo Since 2d Quarter 2009, Alpine Bank has been powered by 100% renewable “green” electric power at all locations, including Telluride. Also in 2009, Alpine Bank in Telluride was awarded LEED-CI Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Alpine Banks in Telluride, Durango, Summit County, Steamboat, Vail/Eagle Valley, and the Roaring Fork Valley participated in the Colorado Association of Ski Towns CAST Plastic Bag Challenge. Alpine Bank donated $5,000 for solar panel installation to a local school that would be chosen in the town of the Challenge winner. In February 2010, Alpine Bank in Ridgway became the third Alpine Bank facility awarded LEED Silver building certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Put the words "green" and "bank" in one sentence and the reference is clear: we are talking about money. Alpine Bank, however, is a leader statewide in championing better stewardship of environmental resources. "Green" and "bank" may rhyme with "sustainability."
03 August, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear an interview with Wendy Brooks and Elain Demas]

ATT00028 The Telluride Academy, shorthand for an aggregate of enrichment activities for young people, celebrates 30 years in business with a series of events, including "The Follies," August 5 @ 7 p.m. for hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and silent auction. Show time is 8 p.m. The event takes place at the Sheridan Opera House.

Among those scheduled to hit the boards Thursday night:  Megan McManemin, Pam Shiffrin, Missy Balthrope, Sue Groner, Marcia Northrup, Mike Apt and Mike Knight, pictured here.

03 August, 2010 /
[click "Play" for Trevor Tice's interview with Susan]

Trevor1 Causes for celebration are few and far between these days, but Telluride has two great reasons to raise a glass.

Reason #1: The 34th annual Telluride Jazz Celebration.

The Telluride Jazz Celebration is a long weekend dedicated to celebrating the only indigenous American musical form to have exerted an influence on musical development throughout the Western world. The event takes place August 5 – August 8 in Town Park and venues throughout town.

Reason #2: Trevor Tice. (And the Telluride Jazz Celebration)

02 August, 2010 /
Fresh off the Bench - New Styles from GURHAN Tuesday, August 3, 1:30– 6 p.m., Telluride's Lustre Gallery, 171 South Pine, hosts a trunk show featuring the newest collection of Gurhan bling, his 4/24K gold line.

4/24K underlines Gurhan's tropism for the past. This time, the craftsman is using an early Ottoman alloy containing four karats of gold and combines it with his signature pure 24 karat gold.
01 August, 2010 /