TELLURIDE FILM FEST: TRIBUTEES & SPECIAL MEDALLION
Every year since the event got off the ground in 1974, The Telluride Film Festival, known locally as The SHOW, pays tribute to artists whose contributions resonate throughout the m
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TELLURIDE FOUNDATION MOURNS LOSS OF NEIL ARMSTRONG
With the death of Neil Alden Armstrong on Saturday, August 25, 2012, Telluride lost a friend and our country, a true hero. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon duri
TELLURIDE FILM FEST: THE GIVEBACK
“Nosferatu,” (1922). “Dracula” (1931). “Cat People,” (1942). “Horror of Dracula,” (1958). “The Innocents,” (1961). And m
KOTO’s THE RIDE: THE WOOD BROTHERS
Editor’s Note: KOTOfm and Big Head Todd & The Monsters co-host Telluride’s inaugural Ride Festival. The monster musical event takes place this weekend, Saturday, Au
TELLURIDE MUSEUM: FIRESIDE CHAT AT THE PEAKS
It’s not often a woman ends up married to her son-in-law. But Lizzy Knight, the first pioneer woman of the Disappointment Valley, was no stranger to the strange. Wednesday an
RATELIFF IN TELLURIDE FOR KOTO’S RIDE FESTIVAL
Our money is riding on The Ride. KOTO’s inaugural Ride Festival happens the weekend of the Denver finish of the Big Ride, the USA Pro Cycling event, Saturday, August 25 (star
USA PRO CYCLING CHALLENGE KICKS OFF IN DURANGO
You’d have to live in a box (not a box canyon) if you live in/have an interest in Telluride and don’t know that the 2012 edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge begins
SUMMER SUNDAY: HOW TO BECOME A CYCLING FAN
There are lots of reasons to love the USA Pro Cycling Challenge — the most prominent being that many of us won’t be able to work on Monday because of the road closures. My
TELLURIDE BLUES & BREWS FEST SELLING OUT FAST
Saturday Single Day tickets are now SOLD OUT, with limited quantities of 3-day passes, and Friday and Sunday Single Day passes available. Sunday tickets are $65 each, Friday ticket
ETHNOBOTANIST KATHLEEN HARRISON AT SROOMFEST 2012
“Being in nature is an opportunity to cultivate the child-eyes, the child-mind that neither knows nor presumes to know,” Kathleen Harris The quote by Kathleen Harrison
TELLURIDE CHAMBER MUSIC FEST HITS HIGH NOTE WITH NEFF
Forget Russia. The final concert for the 39th annual Telluride Chamber Music Festival, a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. on August 19, hits a high note when mezzo-soprano Erin Neff sings
JENKINS TO SPEAK AT TELLURIDE MUSHROOM FEST
Five more months and then? With over 20 years defining and debating the issues, John Major Jenkins is best known for his works as a researcher and author that theorize certain astr
BIG HEAD TODD HEADLINES AT KOTO RIDE FESTIVAL
Three words that instantly brighten up any dark associations with the Colorado town named “Columbine”: Former Columbine locals, Big Head Todd. Over nearly three decades
LIBRARY COOK-OFF & MORE AT MUSHROOM FESTIVAL
In the context of the Telluride Shroomfest, the world wide web takes on a whole other meaning: we are talking about mycelium, the sentient cobweb-like web of cells, which, in just
TRAINING FOR NEW SCREEN WRITERS
Woody Allen won three times out of 15 nominations, the most times in the category. Francis Ford Coppola (1970) and Sofia Coppola (2003) are the only father-daughter pair to win. Jo
MAN WITH A PLAN: COTTER AT SHROOMFEST 2012
 “I am very outspoken about my environmental activism and concern for the planet. My expertise is in cultivating fungi and looking for exciting new applications that everyo
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE: TELLURIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
It’s sensory overload of the very best kind: the robust pairing of culinary and visual arts happening under one celestial roof. The Telluride Festival of the Arts takes place
TELLURIDE ARTS: TWENTY (BY) TELLURIDE, 8/13
Twenty(by)Telluride is a fun and creative gathering produced by Telluride Arts and held throughout the year at venues around town and in Mountain Village. Twenty(by)Telluride is de
TELLURIDE BLUES & BREWS: OVERVIEW
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is synonymous with its founder, impresario Steve Gumble. His event is the first of its kind in the country, combining as it does micro-brew
FULL TILT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, TELLURIDE
High-speed, adrenaline-fueled, endurance-seeking mountain biking is synonymous with Full Tilt in Telluride, a tried-and-true race hosted by the Town of Mountain Village. In its fif
FIRESIDE CHAT ILLUMINATES COLORADO RAILROADING
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad first debuted its Ridgway to Rico route in September of 1891. The event was recorded by a local newspaper and the account was later reprinted in th
CHAMBER MUSIC FEST KICKS OFF THURSDAY
Editor’s Note: Telluride Chamber Music Festival launches with the ever-popular painted violin series, including works by Elaine Fischer, Ellen Brody, Cindy Sampson, David Bra
SINGLE DAY BLUES & BREWS TIX GOING FAST
You snooze, you lose Tickets are going fast for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Only a limited number of Single Day passes remain for Friday and Sunday, with
MAJOR NEWS FROM TELLURIDE FOUND.
Board selects Citizen of the Year, elects 3 new board members, approves 3 special initiative grants The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors recently bi-annual meeting produ