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28 May Burkey Wins $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize
Jill Burkey of Grand Junction received the $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize for her poem, “Beginning Mind,” at a ceremony May 16, 2015, during the Talking Gourds poetry program segment of the Telluride Literary Arts Festival. Mark’s widow, Elaine Fischer presented the award at Arroyo...
28 May Trommer Named Western Slope Poet Laureate
Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer of Placerville, Telluride, was named the third Poet Laureate of the Western Slope during the Talking Gourds Poetry Performances Saturday, May 16, 2015, at the Ah Haa School of the Arts during the Second Telluride Literary Arts Festival (LitFest). Emeritus...
28 May Second Chance: Safe Pet Snuggling
Many of my clients have close, loving relationships with their pets: they play, wrestle and even sleep with them. (Yes, I’m guilty too, my husband can barely fit in the king-sized bed after all the dogs get in…). But that kind of closeness raises health...
27 May 24th Annual Wild West Fest, Overview
The Sheridan Arts Foundation kicks off its 2015 summer season with the 24th annual Wild West Fest, which runs June 1-7. Monday, June 1, 36 under-served youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will come to Telluride from Atlanta, GA; Des Moines,...
25 May Mountainfilm 2015: Festival Awards
Sing along with me: “The party’s over. It’s time to call it a day…” While it rained all Mountainfilm/Memorial weekend, director David Holbrooke and his team put together a gnar program, so the spirits of the crowd remained undampened – particularly those of the lucky winners, applauded by a...
22 May Small Biz Development Center
SBDC, West Central Region 10 Small Business Development Center, expands into San Miguel County, offer free access to business consultants Due to an increase in demand and support from the Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA), an initiative of the Telluride Foundation, and the towns of Mountain Village and...
20 May Mountainfilm: “Unbranded” Premieres
The stunning new documentary feature film UNBRANDED – from director/veteran cinematographer Phillip Baribeau and a team including executive producer Cindy Meehl, the director of the acclaimed Oscar-shortlisted documentary BUCK – has its U.S. premiere at Telluride Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado Saturday, May 23, and Sunday,...
20 May Mountainfilm: “I Am Able”
Jacob and Isaac Seigel-Boettner’s “I Am Able” screens at Mountainfilm on Saturday, May 23, The Nugget, 5:45 p.m.; Sunday, May 24, twice: Telluride Library, 9:15 a.m., part of Mountainfilm on Tour and Mountainfilm for Students presentation and Masons Hall, 6:45 p.m. Full Mountainfilmschedule here. See...