July 4 with David Feela: "The Watermelon Whisperer"
By David Feela For decades, when summer melons rolled into the produce aisle, my mouth would water and I’d buy the biggest one. Unfortunately, not every watermelon is endowed wit
Events
Darrell Scott returns to Telluride to perform in Mountain Village
[click “Play” to listen to Darrell Scott’s conversation with Susan] Sunset Concert series continues with Darrell Scott & Brothers in performance Guess
Caetano Veloso 2011 Telluride Film Festival Guest Director
Brazilian musician to curate special program of films for the four-day Festival Telluride Film Festival (September 2-5, 2011), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., is proud to
Marshall Noice at Telluride's Lustre Gallery on Sunday, July 3
Getting a jump on Telluride Art's upcoming First Thursday Art Walk, July 7, and at the tail end of the Sheridan Arts Foundation's Telluride Plein Air, an outdoor art show f
Your Ah Haa Moment: Julie Shelton Smith teaches portrait painting
[click “Play” to hear Susan’s conversation with Julie Shelton Smith] Her work suggests an affinity with British painter Lucien Freud. Julie Shelton Smith a
Telluride Institute News: Peter Gold — Connecting Tibetan Buddhism with Navajo Sacred Teaching
By Elisabeth Gick [click “Play” to listen to Elisabeth’s conversation with Peter Gold] Author/anthropologist Peter Gold is coming to the Telluride I
Plein Air on the Telluride Valley Floor
The plein air artists working around Telluride this week always bring me pleasure by showing their unique perspectives on this beautiful place we call home. This morning on our mor
Telluride Institute News: Clifford Saron – Meditation and the Mind
[click “Play” to hear Pamela Zoline’s interview with Clifford Saron] by Pamela Zoline Among the frontiers on which we, smart chimps or bruised angel
Sheridan Arts Foundation presents Telluride Plein Air all weekend
The 8th annual Sheridan Arts Foundation's Telluride Plein Air is a robust weekend of fine art and music, culminating over the Fourth of July weekend. The action begins&
Barbara Heinrich's sparkling spirals at Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, 7/1
[click “Play”, Susan speaks with Barbara Heinrich] Telluride Gallery of Fine Art jeweler Barbara Heinrich grew up on a farm in Heilbronn, Germany, the daughter o
Telluride Wine Festival: Bonanza for Wine, Spirit and Food Geeks
By J James McTigue I love geeks; therefore I love Telluride Wine Fest. This year’s 30th festival was full of wine geeks and foodies, all intent on enthusiastically sharing the in
DAM Marvelous Mud is Just That
By Tracy Shaffer The Denver Art Museum's current offering is a mud pie for the senses. With the most basic of themes, earth, this global exhibition brings together time and pla
"Playing for Real" screened during Telluride Musicfest at Library, 6/29
[click “Play” to hear Susan’s conversation with Josh Aronson and Adam Neiman] Now in its 9th season, the Telluride Musicfest adds two new events to its 201
Third annual River Festival in Ridgway, Saturday, 6/25
[click”Play” to hear Erik Dalton’s description of River Festival] Ridgway, Colorado, is so much more than a bedroom community for Telluride. The town is fa
Telluride Institiute News: Show a Little Compassion
By Dan Collins Does Telluride really need another festival in the middle of the summer? Probably not. Do we really need more compassion? More sharing and caring? Yes. Why? Because
Telluride Wine Fest: Erich Owen of Chop House co-hosts Thursday luncheon
[click “Play”, Chef Erich Owen talks with Susan] Since 2008, Erich Owen has worked as the Executive Chef of The Chop House at Telluride’s historic New Sher
Telluride Bluegrass Festival Echoes, "Gentle On My Mind"
By Jon Lovekin A Tom Boy Ride Preparing for a festival as grand as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival takes time. For many Festivarians, the week to 10 day experience is their one va
"Touch-a-Truck" at Mountain Village, 6/25
Silent auction and more added to the fourth Annual Touch-A-Truck Fundraiser Saturday, June 25. Mountain Munchkins Child Care and Preschool, operated by the Town of Mountain Village
A video poem for the day after Solstice
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer ed. note: Maybe it's my age- though I think of myself as a very positive person, living pretty much in the now, and though I love the light
Maria Bachmann talks about Telluride Musicfest 2011
[click “Play” to hear Maria Bachmann speak with Susan about the Musicfest program] There’s no judging this book by its cover. Although its cover is a thing
Days of wine and rosé: 30th annual Telluride Wine Fest, an overview
[click “Play” to hear Steve Swenson’s conversation with Susan] “I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food,” W.C. Fields One o
David Feela: "The Long View"
By David Feela ed. note: The Summer Solstice occurs on June 21, 2011, at 11:16 am, MDT. David Feela gives us a bittersweet memory of that moment in time we begin to contemplate tha
Telluride Musicfest announces 9th season program
Year after year, they hit it out of the ballpark. We are talking about key players of the Telluride Musicfest, now entering its 9th season, June 22 – July 3. Musicfest's arti
Beryl Bender Birch at Telluride Yoga Festival
[click "Play" to listen to Beryl's interview with Susan] Beryl Bender Birch is among the presenters at Aubrey Hackman's 4th annual Telluride Yoga F