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[click "Play", Susan talks with Meehan Fee about the "Fling"]

 

DSC_5621 Telluride's San Miguel Resource Center's Chocolate Lovers Fling, the non-profit's only major public fundraiser, takes place Saturday, February 5, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m., at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village. This year's theme: "Heroes and Villains."

Interesting challenge.

The paradigm of hero versus villain dates back to the split between God and the Devil, when the villain came to be defined as everything the hero is not, a model that is fast fading into the mists of time. Viewed through the lens of pop culture today, who is good and who is bad is about as clear as mud.

When James Bond first appeared on the silver screen in 1962 in "Dr. No," his license to kill gave him a kind of hip immorality, endowing the character with a cold-blooded ruthlessness quite antithetical to the Knight In Shining Armor do-gooder from days of yore. Think Dexter (now) versus Superman (then). Or the cast of reality TV's "Lost?" What we find on "Lost"  are very messed up would-be heroes, who mostly need to be saved from themselves.

03 February, 2011 /
[click "Play", Pip talks about what to wear to the "Fling"]

 

IMG_0820 Fashion Friday is a regular weekly column identifying fashion trends and translating them into Telluride style with help from our fabulous fashionistas at Two Skirts. This week, however, is an exception.

Two Skirts owner, Kristin Holbrook, is a longtime supporter of the San Miguel Resource Center, the Telluride's region's only nonprofit working with victims of the the grave challenges of interpersonal violence. On Saturday, February 5, Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m.. the Resource Center hosts its only major public fundraiser. The 2011 theme is "Heroes and Villains," and there are prizes for best costume.

In support of the event, one of the best parties of the winter season, Kristin and Ashley Deppen have turned over their regular Fashion Friday interview to our town's vintage/costume queen, Pip Kenworthy of Pip's Fine & Funky Consignments,100 West Colorado (downstairs from Overland).

03 February, 2011 /

 Whoever said "You can't have it all," never met Telluride local Amy Boebel, who is into building things – a family (she is the mother of two successful young adults) and businesses (see below)  – sometimes from building materials (ditto).

Amy's resume suggests her appetite for challenging situations began well before Telluride and rock and ice-climbing, twin passions. Successful careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors range widely from managing director of The Maryland Ballet to founding partner, MarketTech, software to facilitate trading commodities. Amy is now board chair of the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities, the non-profit which founded and hosts the town's monthly First Thursday Art Walk, when Telluride's  art venues and stores stay open late until 8 p.m. to strut their stuff.

This Thursday, February 3, the Stronghouse Studios , 283 South Fir, features a show of Boebel's latest work, "Lost For Words," a collection of female icons, sculpted out of lath and wire, tulle, nails and tarp, covered in paper, maps, words, and phrases. The event is part of Art Walk and includes an artist's reception with chocolate and champagne from 5 - 8 p.m.

02 February, 2011 /

D300 Passing Through 2m It's getting to be a habit with Telluride locals – and that's a good thing. We are talking about the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities' First Thursday Art Walk, a stroll about town that showcases our fine arts scene. Galleries and other arts venues, located in and around Colorado Avenue (Main Street), plus retail stores, stay open late until 8 p.m.

New to Art Walk 2011, many local restaurants offer Art Walk Specials, including The Cosmopolitan, La Cocina de Luz, La Marmotte, The Llama, The New Sheridan Chop House, and Pescado.

Free Art Walk brochures, available at any participating venue (and our hotels and coffee shops), offer a self-guided map of the participating establishments which include:

02 February, 2011 /

Longtime Telluride local Johnnnie Stevens is on a roll. His weekly Ski into History tours, every Monday, starting at 10 a.m. at The Peaks light up the phone lines at the Telluride Historical Museum, the tour sponsor. And now, national TV ramps up his...

02 February, 2011 /

The Telluride-based The New Community Coalition came roaring out of the gate in the New Year and is on a roll. The first Green Business Roundtable of 2011 launched the EcoAction Initiative, a local program tailored to engage individuals and small businesses in taking action...

01 February, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Alyssa Gitto Saunders]

 

Fling It does not matter where. (No, the Telluride region is not immune.) It doesn't matter who. Sexual assault and domestic violence ignore cultural boundaries, race, even gender, although women are more often victims than men. The fact is the twin horrors are equal opportunity offenders.

Almost 20 years ago, in 1992, a group of locals formed the Telluride-based San Miguel Resource Center (then Tomboy House) as a non-profit victim services agency dealing with interpersonal violence. By 1994, Tomboy House had established a 24-hour hotline to help victims through crisis intervention, information, and referrals. Today, the San Miguel Resource Center's menu of programs in English and Spanish includes advocacy to help clients with court services, employers, housing, transportation and community services, and using the unrestricted funds raised at the Chocolate Lovers Fling, awareness/outreach to educate local children and adults about violence and positive alternatives.

31 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Lawrence de Bivort discusses current Middle East affairs with Susan]

 

 

Lawrie & Sus Outside the Telluride bubble, the New Year came in with a bang. Waves of unrest that began in Tunisia and spread to Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen suggest the old order from might be ending.

In response to these seismic shifts in the global landscape,Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library invited long-time (20 years) Telluride local Lawrence de Bivort to share his perspective on the Middle East. It is an opportunity for Telluride locals and guests to hear from the horse's mouth: in a career spanning 40 years+  years, de Bivort has worked as a consultant and policy maker on the Middle East to the Beltway, including to the White House, where he currently advises on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

De Bivort's talk, "What in the World is going on in the Middle East?," takes place Tuesday, February 1, 6 – 8 p.m. in the Library's hyperactive Program Room. Among the timely questions de Bivort plans to address:

30 January, 2011 /