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[click "Play" to hear Lauren Metzger speak about the Ah Haa programs]


Rediscover_clay Rediscover "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist," said Einstein in "The Human Side."


Got the urge? Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts dedicated the month of March to rediscovering your inner Picasso. Rediscover Art Month began with "Put Your Hands in It: Clay with Jacey DePriest." Next up was "Copper & Steel Forging with Jon Hubbard," for those who opted to channel their inner Rosie (or Ross) the Riveter.
22 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Barb Brattin]

4443549983_b7e8185973 Telluride is not just any town, and the town's Wilkinson Public Library is not just any library. Proof positive is the fact our Library just won a five-star rating for the second year in a row, placing it in the top one percent of public libraries in the entire country. And to think,the present-day 20,000-square-foot Library located at the corner of Pine & Pacific nearly wasn’t built. After a recount, the referendum to green-light the project passed by a margin of only two votes. The new building opened August 2000.

Five-star restaurants. Five-star hotels. We have seen them in the guide books, maybe been lucky enough to enjoy the luxury of a visit to such a place. But a five-star library. What's that all about? 
21 March, 2010 /

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Renee Wilson

The Library Journal's five-star award to Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library means the world to director Barb Brattin and her hardworking staff of 30 – and FREE events all week to the members of the extended Telluride community. Two of those events involve the abundantly talented (and extraordinarily beautiful) Renee Wilson, one of the stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Ray" about the life of Ray Charles. Wilson is a multi-talented entertainer-turned-filmmaker.

Monday, March 22, 6 p.m.: A screening of Renee Wilson's "Crepe Covered Sidewalks," with the filmmaker in attendance.

The documentary tells the larger story of post-Katrina New Orleans through the window of Wilson's family, chronicling the powerful forces shaping the city’s altered landscape. In the end, "Crepe Covered Sidewalks" is an intimate, moving story of love, loss, and rebirth as told by an insider.

Crepe Covered Sidewalks (CCS)Film: www.crepecoveredsidewalks.com.

21 March, 2010 /

In Telluride, in fact throughout San MIguel County, the 2010 Census is still hiring – and offering great pay for the work to start immediately. Wages start at $15/hour and include 50 cents/mile. Once hired, you will be paid for training and work locally. For...

20 March, 2010 /

Telluride is populated by winners from all walks of life: skiers, bikers, artists, writers. Now the town itself takes home the gold.

The Telluride Council for Arts and Humanities, Town of Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser and The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art invite the community to celebrate Telluride's Governor's Award. The event takes place on Saturday, March 20, 6 – 7 p.m. at The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, with wine tastings by The Wine Mine and chocolate treats from Telluride Truffle, special performances, collages celebrating Telluride’s art organizations, and the presentation of The Governor’s Art Award.

The following is an excerpt from the State of Colorado's press release about the award.

19 March, 2010 /
 
Silk2 East meets West at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts later this month, Monday – Wednesday, March 29 – 31, 6 – 9 p.m., when Kathy Green teaches "Simply Shibori/Simply Fun."

Shibori is a cloth resist-dyeing technique that may include binding, stitching, folding, twisting, or compressing to create dye patterns on silk in Japan since the eighth century. Western civilization does not have an exact word equivalent to encompass all the techniques of shibori. The closest we get is tie-dye, but the term (and technique) simply covers the binding method of dyeing known as bound-resist.
17 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" for Susan's conversation with the Singing Chef]

Andy-isle-wight What do you get when you cross Mario Batali with Mario Lanza? Dinner theater in Telluride featuring The Singing Chef, Andy LoRusso. In the high stakes super star chefs sweepstakes, LoRusso is sure to bag the talent segment.


Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House is throwing a party for itself on Friday, March 19. The fun-raiser starts at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails. A cooking show and four-course Italian dinner follows, orchestrated by the guest of honor and prepared by Telluride's The Butcher and The Baker. The evening ends with a live auction and dancing to burn some of the calories – and a hole in your wallet for a popular cause.
16 March, 2010 /
You snooze, you lose. The winter programming at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library continues to rock – shamrock this week.

St. Patrick's Day, Wednesday, March 17, noon:

Irish-shamrock-5-1 Irish Literary traditions at the Library. Readers and listeners alike are encouraged to make their way upstairs to the Telluride Room at noon to enjoy tea, biscuits and selections from  a literary menu, including Yeats, Joyce, Heaney, and any favorite songs or poems anyone wishes to bring as we gather to appreciate Irish literature.

Wednesday, March 17, 6 p.m.:

The Wilkinson Café presents “Birdie Brown, Kat Snip and Nathan" for an evening of free acoustic music, coffees, teas and cookies.
16 March, 2010 /

Shawn Colvin Flyer Join the executive director Lanie Demas and the Telluride Academy on March 18 for an apres-ski fundraiser at The Ridge Club, at the Gondola stop next to Allred's in the Mountain Village, featuring singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin.

Colvin is known for slow-release works of craft and catharisis. In the 19 years since the release of her debut album, Colvin has won three Grammys, released eight albums, and toured non-stop internationally. Her songs have been featured in major motion pictures, and she has shared the stage with iconic artists from Jackson Browne to Bonnie Raitt , Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett. The combined sales of Colvin's albums total more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. alone.

15 March, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Scott Doser speaking with Susan]

Phenomenal Women's Week, an annual initiative of the San Miguel Resource Center, continues with a screening of "America the Beautiful" in the Program Room of the Wilkinson Public Library. The event takes place March 12, starting at 5 p.m. A panel discussion follows the controversial documentary.

According to an Economist  survey on beauty, medieval noblewomen swallowed arsenic and dabbed on the blood of bats to improve their complexions. Forget bleaching agents, women in 18th-century America coveted the urine of young boys to erase freckles. Cher was by far not the first: Victorian women removed ribs to give themselves waspish waistlines. The desire to be conventionally beautiful dates back to the dawn of civilization.
12 March, 2010 /