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[To hear Ken Haynes, green building consultant, click "Play"]

Next week, Wednesday, June 9 – Thursday, June 10, Telluride-based  The New Community Coalition and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation International offer a comprehensive and engaging building science and green building training session featuring Justin Wilson of Building Performance Solutions, a nationally renowned green and building science speaker/trainer.

In just one day at the Building Science and Green Building Seminar, attendees should gain a wealth of knowledge about green building, make new industry contacts, and heighten awareness of the latest building advances.
26 May, 2010 /

On Wednesday May 19, Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library opened a remote vending branch in Mountain Village, giving the community "uptown" access to books and DVDs. The Wilkinson Public Library Express is stocked with 20 rows of 16 DVDs and four books with items such as the current best selling hardback Every Last One by Anna Quindlen and the newly released film "Up in the Air." The $10,000 vending machine collection will rotate regularly between 32 books and 140 DVDs and is available to all library cardholders.

Operating the machine is simple: it works just like a typical vending machine. To choose a coveted selection, just swipe a library card. The remote library, located at the entrance of The Market at Mountain Village, is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and includes a depository for items checked out either from the vending machine or the library itself.

“Our  extended library community has been asking for more convenient service for a few years now, and we’re delighted to be able to provide a modern, convenient way to use a library without the bricks and mortar,” said Telluride library director Barbara Brattin. “The Wilkinson Public Library Express will be a great experiment to see if Mountain Village is ready to envision a more full service library facility in its community plan.”

24 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Kevin Swain discuss the ordinance]

Effective May 20, the Town of Mountain Village, Telluride's sister city, will vigorously enforce its amended Business License Program Ordinance. The changes to this piece of legislation, approved unanimously by Town Council last month, specifically address homeowners renting their properties and not remitting lodging taxes collected from renters.

The Council’s impetus for amending the Business License Program Ordinance is threefold: level the playing field for competing businesses that are already in compliance with the laws; generate much needed data useful for planning purposes; and capture the lodging taxes, which are then reinvested in the community.
21 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Mark Galbo's conversation with Susan]

N174399212347_8010 On Saturday, May 22, 7 – 10 p.m., Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House hosts a Spring Rock Concert featuring local talent from director Mark Galbo's Rock and Roll Academy.

An innovative, passionate and dedicated music educator – and life coach – Mark Galbo founded the Rock and Roll Academy is 2004 on the strongly held conviction that music is "instant community." The goal of his School within the School at Telluride's Mountain School and his after-school initiatives are the same: deliver an experiential music program that encourages team building, self-expression, personal transformation, and social responsibility. In a nutshell, Galbo's Academy has little to do with chest-beating, guitar smashing or priapic strutting and much more to do with teaching kids how to make positive choices in their lives. They learn fearlessness while finding mystery and having fun.
20 May, 2010 /

IMGP0406 It's Spring, the season of rebirth, renewal and regrowth – and a national ritual: Spring cleaning, a cyclical exercise that goes like this: out with the old, in with the inevitable new, which becomes old and, well, next Spring, if you can bear to part with it, goes out again. Which is why Lita, at the Town of Telluride's public works department, recognized the need for an annual event.

On Thursday May 20 – Saturday May 22, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Town of Telluride, in fact all of San MIguel County, is urged to roll up its sleeves to get rid of the flotsam and jetsom of our lives.

Bring the following to West Black Bear Road, near Public Works Facility.

19 May, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Janet Curry speak about MBSR]

StillPoint FlyerTELLURIDE (2) Telluride local Judy Kohin was the original director of the Ah Haa School for the Arts, a local institution in the business of promoting personal epiphanies, hence the name. Recently Judy shared an epiphany of her own with Telluride Inside... and Out following a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) she attended at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.


"It was an eight-week program that met once a week with a one-day retreat. The experience was very powerful, and I believe the techniques I learned helped me turn the corner with my illness."

17 May, 2010 /

37th_TFF_poster_final 2 The Telluride Film Festival (September 3-6, 2010), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., is pleased to announce Pixar Animation Studios’ Ralph Eggleston as the 37th Telluride Film Festival poster artist. Eggleston will lend his talent to create the Festival’s official poster. He will also create a second special edition poster to be unveiled closer to the big weekend.

Eggleston plans to attend the 37th Telluride Film Festival to present his poster designs to the public and hold a poster signing for Telluride Festival guests. The UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television plans a special reception to honor Eggleston at that time.

14 May, 2010 /
IMG_0497 Annie Clark, an Occupational Therapist and popular yoga instructor, heads the Telluride region's Autism and Behavioral Consultation Team (ABCT), designated a Model Autism Team by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). Her group 's mission is to develop increasingly comprehensive family support inside and outside the school systems in five districts: Ouray, Ridgway, Norwood, the West End and Telluride.

April was National Autism Month, so Clark was on the run non-stop. And she does not plan to stop any time soon.  On Saturday, May 15, Clark (and her pup Nala) are participating in the 2nd Annual West Slope Autism Walk in Montrose. The event begins at the Johnson Elementary School at 9:30 a.m.
13 May, 2010 /