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...
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.
Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel is working with a two year old German Shorthair female. He has spent some time with this young dog, gaining her confidence. This shows up in this video as she is constantly paying attention to Ted,...
Thursday night, August 5, 2010, the Sheridan Opera House was the scene for a real Telluride event: a party celebrating thirty years of the Telluride Academy. The cocktail hour before the "Follies" was a roar of friends greeting friends, and the show upstairs...
The history of The Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities is the modern history of our town, from the tie-dyed days of hippies and falling down shacks to robust resort packed with ski bums, entrepreneurs, and ex-CEOs, living in hot-and-cold running condos and restored Victorians.
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.
Telluride Jazz Celebration impresario Paul Machado is a champion of diversity. The line-up for the 2010 musical happening, More Than Jazz, may be his most imaginative and wide-ranging to date, moving across the cultural spectrum from Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks to Chuchito Valdez. The Guest of Honor is the 80-yer-old legend, bebop piano/bandleader/arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi, but the 30-year-old pianist Hiromi performs with Stanley Clarke. Another relative youngster in this crowd is also a rising star, singer-songwriter-guitarist Raul Midon.
Midon is on the Telluride Jazz Celebration schedule Friday night at The Nugget, Saturday afternoon on the Toshiko Akiyoshi Town Park Stage and Sunday for a late show at The Nugget again.
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.)
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.
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.
