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17 Aug Telluride Museum: “An Evening with Ken Burns”
“(Ken) Burns is not only the greatest documentarian of the day, but also the most influential filmmaker period. That includes feature filmmakers like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. I say that because Burns not only turned millions of persons onto history with his films, he...
16 Aug Telluride Mushroom Fest: A Birthday Salute to Art Goodtimes!
The whole town is invited when hundreds of enthusiasts here for the Telluride Mushroom Festival get to honor their leader, Art Goodtimes, with a 30-minute live program on stage at the Palm Theater. Art, known as “Shroompa” to Mushroom Festival regulars, is turning 69. Pamela Zoline, founder...
15 Aug Outlaw Reflections: Looking Ahead to Telluride’s Raunchy Past
Editor’s note: I am reminded of the man every day. A talented sculptor, one of his mobiles sits on the coffee table in our living room. But I had not seen or heard from Oleh Lysiak for over 20 years. Ah, the wonders of social media. We rediscovered each...
15 Aug The Rise of Beefcake Yoga
Here is an inspiring article by Alex French about the debilitating toll that professional wrestling has taken on many of its participants and one man’s crusade to help these people heal with a hybrid of Ashtanga, Yoga. A horde of screaming middle-aged wrestling fans gathered one Saturday...
13 Aug Telluride Theatre: “Bread & Circus,” An Insider Lifts the Curtain
“Visionaries, leaders, heroes—those close to the edge of neuroticism—have moved out of the society that would have protected them, and into the dark forest, into the world of fire, of original experience…The courage to face the trials and to bring a whole new body of...
13 Aug Second Chance: Hit by a Car
Believe it or not, there is actually a chapter in most Veterinary Internal Medicine books that is entitled “HBC — for Hit By Car.” As a profession, we refer to it like a major disease: Osteosarcoma, Congestive Heart Failure, Hit By Car. These are conditions...
12 Aug One to One Mentoring: Top Chef Competition Friday
All proceeds from One to One’s Top Chef event this Friday go to support unique mentoring programs in the region. Presented by Alpine Bank. Get your tickets here or call 970-728-0885. Twenty years ago, in 1994, the One to One Mentoring Program started working with...
12 Aug Telluride Mushroom Fest: Serious Science at Fun Party
The 33rd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Saturday, August 16 –Tuesday, August 19, focuses on four main tracks within mycology: Culinary, Medicinal, Entheogenic, and Mycoremediation. “When you see hundreds of festival participants dressed as mushrooms in our epic annual costume parade, you’ll have no idea that serious...