Whether Summer, Winter, Autumn or Spring,
there is always something going on in Telluride.January Calendar of Events - Courtesy of KOTO
Registration is Now Open for the University Centers of the San Miguel Spring Term 2007. From Spanish Communications to World Literature and Psychology to Child Development, there’s a class for you ! Contact the University Centers at 369-5255 or visit the website at
www.ucsanmiguel.org for information and schedules. Or just drop by the UCSM office at 224 E. Colorado Avenue.
A memorial service for Larry Kozey will be held today at the Norwood Baptist Church (1472 Spruce) at 1 PM. Friends & family will be welcome to share their thoughts, memories, and stories. A potluck will follow.
The Nugget theatre will screen Rocky Balboa at 6 PM (102 min., rated PG). Apocalypto will screen tonight at 8 PM (138 min., rated R).
"Who’s Afraid of Classical Music ? " Taking place on Tuesdays at 6 PM in the Wilkinson Public Library’s Program Room, and these presentations will run through March 27th. Join pianist, and local musicologist, Tom White to explore the themes of classical music.
A Ski Science Workshop will be held this evening, (and repeated Monday Feb. 5), at 6 PM in the Wilkisnon Public Library’s Program Room. Join Telluride Ski and Golf’s Nick Herrin and Kim Hewson—a professional orthopedic surgeon turned ski instructor—as they present the physics of skiing, biomechanics, and the science of making the best turns.
TCTV channel 12 will air the Mountain Village presentation of Theresa Andersson in Concert , tonight at 7 PM.
Free avalanche beacon practice sessions will be held today & tomorrow. The session for today will take place at 4:30 PM, and on Wednesday at 9 AM & at noon. All sessions take place at the base of Lift 7, and will last an hour & a half.
Green Mountain Grass will be performing live bluegrass music this evening at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon.
A Seedling Tree Workshop will be held this evening at 7 PM at the Placerville Fire Station. They will be giving away tree books and free site visits. Presentations will be giving on how to plant for windbreaks, erosion, and wildlife habitat.
Mountain Village and Good Morning America Invite You to be on TV! They will be filming on Wednesday from 10:30 until 11:30 AM at the base of Chair 4, and will be filming live on Thursday from 5:45 until 7 AM at the Heritage Plaza. On Thursday free breakfast will be provided, and there will be a raffle for prizes including jackets, lift tickets, mountain quail,
hot waxes, and much more.
Diana Marshall will hold her "Stretch for a Cause" yoga class to benefit the San Miguel Resource Center, Thursdays in January, from noon until 1 PM at the community room in the old library. All levels welcome.
The Fly Me To The Moon Saloon will have DJ Drew spinning the tunes on Thursday evening.
There will be an opening reception for Liz Lance's solo show of black and white photography on Friday, from 6 to 9 PM at Gallerie Framing, on 217 W. Colorado. This show features all new work from Liz's most recent travels to Nepal. The show runs through February 8th. For more info, call 369 - 4475.
The Mtn. Village Snowfest kicks off this year with the Snowmobile Stuntshow on Friday at 6:30 PM in Mountain Village. There will also be a torchlight parade & a fireworks display.
The Fly Me To The Moon Saloon will have DJ Darrel spinning the tunes on Friday evening.
There will be a free apres ski concert featuring Rosehill Drive on Saturday the 13th at 2:30 PM, at the Heritage Plaza. Later that evening The Rico Blues Project will hold a free concert at The Giggling Elk, also known as the Pizza Place, at 5:30 PM.
The Fly Me To The Moon Saloon will have Rose Hill Dr in concert on Saturday evening at midnight.
Auditions are coming up soon for the Repertory Theater's production of "Suddenly Last Summer". 7 actors are needed. 2 men and 5 women of a variety of ages. For a reading you do not need to memorize lines and rehearsals are about 5 days long between January 22nd and the 26th. Performances are on January 27th and 28th. Auditions will be held on
Saturday the 13th, at the Wilkinson Library from 10 until 11:30 AM. For an appointment and more information call Robin at (831) 236-7825. Scripts are available NOW for review at the Resource Desk in the Wilkinson Library.
Volunteers are needed for the SnowFest Snowshoe Scramble, a 5 & 10 kilometer evening snowshoe race on the ski area. It takes place on Saturday the 13th from about 4 until 8 PM. We also need a few people at Noon to help with Registration. Call 728-7432 to sign up or for more information Volunteers receive free lift tickets in exchange for their time and free dinner.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center, with the support of the Telluride Mt. Club, is having a fundraiser at the Cornerhouse Grille on Saturday the 13th, from 6 until 9 PM. There will be a raffle for a backcountry ski package and a silent auction with plenty of gear
and local gifts!
The Ah Haa School also offers Open Studio Figure Drawing on Mondays from 6:30 until 8:30 PM during the month of January. Each session is $15 and includes an easel. Please bring your own supplies. We are also seeking models ($25/per hour) for these sessions. Interested participants may contact Ah Haa at 728-3886.
The San Miguel Resource Center is seeking volunteers for their Winter Advocate Training. Training will take place Monday the 15th through the 31st, on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 until 9 PM. There will be an orientation night at the Community Room of the Old Library from 6 until 7 PM on Wednesday January 10th. For more info or to register
please call 728-5842 ext. three pound.
The Ah Haa School is calling all local and regional artists to create pieces for their upcoming winter exhibition, H2O, Water in All Forms. This exhibition will explore how water, and it’s absence, affect life in our high desert region. Deadline for art submission is Monday the 15th with the show opening on January 18th. Please contact the Ah Haa School at 728-3886 if you have any questions or are interested in participating.
Please join friends and family of Charlie Fowler and Chris Boskoff in a celebration of their adventurous lives on Monday the 15th at the Sheridan Opera House at 6 PM. Expect a meal with wine, a visual presentation, a cash bar, an open mike, and lots of hugs. If you would like to send a picture for the show or a brief story about either Charlie or Chris to be
posted in an album for the families, please send it to daiva@mountainfilm.org by Wednesday the 10th.
KOTO's Community Advisory Board will meet on Monday January 15th at 5:30 PM, in the upstairs lobby at KOTO. The public is invited to attend to express their views on KOTO's programming.
The San Miguel Educational Fund (SMEF), the governing body of your community radio station KOTO, will hold their next monthly meeting on Tuesday January 16th, at 5:30 PM, in the Telluride Room of the Wilkinson Library. The public is invited to attend. Public opinion is always taken first, so you do not have to sit through the entire meeting.
The Ah Haa School is now accepting registrations for the following upcoming classes: "Open Figure Drawing" begins on January 8th. "Beginning/Intermediate Wheel Throwing", "After School Hand-Building & Wheel Throwing" for 6th – 8th Grades, and "Painting from
Within" all begin on January 16th. "Beginning Blacksmithing with Jon Hubbard", & "Preparing for the AIDS Benefit Fashion Show", with Kathleen Morgan both start on January 20th. "Beginning Spanish", with Jacey DePriest starts on January 22nd. "The Hollow Constructed Ring", with Hilary Douglass begins on January 23rd. "High Altitude Baking" starts on January 24th. "Kindermusik" for newborns to kids ages 3 years
begins on January 24th. "Metal Arts 101" with Lisa Issenberg starts on January 29th. "Child/Parent Yoga" with Molly Brown for infants - 5 years of age begins on January 30th. To register, or for more information call the school at 728-3886.
Auditions for the Repertory Theater's production of "Chicago" will take place on Saturday the 20th & Sunday the 21st, at the Telluride Elementary School Cafeteria. Men and women of all ages are needed. Each person who would like to audition should be prepared to dance/move, should prepare a 1 minute monologue or story to act out and 16 bars of
music (please bring your music- we will have an accompanist). For an audition appointment and more information call Robin at (831) 236-7825
Don't let your Christmas tree, garland, & wreaths go to the landfill. Remove all of the trimmings and tinsel and take them to the tree collection and recycling site at Lawson Hill, located between the Conoco station and Alpine Lumber. Trees will be shredded. Have a need for wood chips? Call 728-2177. The tree collection site will be open through Monday
the 22nd.
The Wilkinson Public Library will hold a free screening of the film "The War Tapes", on Monday the 22nd, at 6 PM in the Program Room. This film was shot directly by National Guard troops equipped with camcorders on the front in Iraq. Contains extreme, mature images. Not for children.
A First Aid & Adult CPR class will be held at the Telluride Elementary School, on Wednesday the 24th, from 5:30 until 10 PM. To enroll, call Peter at 729-0081.
In conjunction with the Telluride Writer's Guild, the Wilkinson Library will host a slide show by highly acclaimed author, Craig Childs, who is often compared to Edward Abby and Barry Lopez. He has recently returned from a 5 year trek across the sand dune sea in northern
Mexico and brings with him images that capture the merest glimpse of this desolate landscape. Tuesday the 29th at 6 PM in the Program room of the library.
Bingo at the Elks Club on Wednesday the 30th. Win prizes and cash. Kids play at 6 PM and adults play at 8 PM. Bar and snacks available.
The San Miguel County Historical Commission invites the community to visit their exhibit which includes information and photographs of historic preservation projects in San Miguel County, including the County Courthouse, Trout Lake Trestle, and Lewis Mill, in the Telluride Room at the Wilkinson Library. The exhibit will be in place until the end of
January.
The one, the only, KOTO LIP SYNC happens Friday February 9th at the Sheridan Opera House. It’s time to get your act together ! $100. for 3rd place, $200 for 2nd and $300 for 1st place!!! It’s free to enter your act, but space is limited. Call 728-8100 to enter your act or to volunteer now. Tickets for Lip Sync go on sale at KOTO on January 17th. They are
$27.
Pat Methany comes to the Avalon Theatre in Grand Junction, March 15th. 243-8497.
The Telluride Repertory Theater is holding a fund-raiser raffle. 500 tickets will be sold to win a Gem Electric Car. Tickets are $100, call 728-4539.
www.ucsanmiguel.org for information and schedules. Or just drop by the UCSM office at 224 E. Colorado Avenue.
A memorial service for Larry Kozey will be held today at the Norwood Baptist Church (1472 Spruce) at 1 PM. Friends & family will be welcome to share their thoughts, memories, and stories. A potluck will follow.
The Nugget theatre will screen Rocky Balboa at 6 PM (102 min., rated PG). Apocalypto will screen tonight at 8 PM (138 min., rated R).
"Who’s Afraid of Classical Music ? " Taking place on Tuesdays at 6 PM in the Wilkinson Public Library’s Program Room, and these presentations will run through March 27th. Join pianist, and local musicologist, Tom White to explore the themes of classical music.
A Ski Science Workshop will be held this evening, (and repeated Monday Feb. 5), at 6 PM in the Wilkisnon Public Library’s Program Room. Join Telluride Ski and Golf’s Nick Herrin and Kim Hewson—a professional orthopedic surgeon turned ski instructor—as they present the physics of skiing, biomechanics, and the science of making the best turns.
TCTV channel 12 will air the Mountain Village presentation of Theresa Andersson in Concert , tonight at 7 PM.
Free avalanche beacon practice sessions will be held today & tomorrow. The session for today will take place at 4:30 PM, and on Wednesday at 9 AM & at noon. All sessions take place at the base of Lift 7, and will last an hour & a half.
Green Mountain Grass will be performing live bluegrass music this evening at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon.
A Seedling Tree Workshop will be held this evening at 7 PM at the Placerville Fire Station. They will be giving away tree books and free site visits. Presentations will be giving on how to plant for windbreaks, erosion, and wildlife habitat.
Mountain Village and Good Morning America Invite You to be on TV! They will be filming on Wednesday from 10:30 until 11:30 AM at the base of Chair 4, and will be filming live on Thursday from 5:45 until 7 AM at the Heritage Plaza. On Thursday free breakfast will be provided, and there will be a raffle for prizes including jackets, lift tickets, mountain quail,
hot waxes, and much more.
Diana Marshall will hold her "Stretch for a Cause" yoga class to benefit the San Miguel Resource Center, Thursdays in January, from noon until 1 PM at the community room in the old library. All levels welcome.
The Fly Me To The Moon Saloon will have DJ Drew spinning the tunes on Thursday evening.
There will be an opening reception for Liz Lance's solo show of black and white photography on Friday, from 6 to 9 PM at Gallerie Framing, on 217 W. Colorado. This show features all new work from Liz's most recent travels to Nepal. The show runs through February 8th. For more info, call 369 - 4475.
The Mtn. Village Snowfest kicks off this year with the Snowmobile Stuntshow on Friday at 6:30 PM in Mountain Village. There will also be a torchlight parade & a fireworks display.
The Fly Me To The Moon Saloon will have DJ Darrel spinning the tunes on Friday evening.
There will be a free apres ski concert featuring Rosehill Drive on Saturday the 13th at 2:30 PM, at the Heritage Plaza. Later that evening The Rico Blues Project will hold a free concert at The Giggling Elk, also known as the Pizza Place, at 5:30 PM.
The Fly Me To The Moon Saloon will have Rose Hill Dr in concert on Saturday evening at midnight.
Auditions are coming up soon for the Repertory Theater's production of "Suddenly Last Summer". 7 actors are needed. 2 men and 5 women of a variety of ages. For a reading you do not need to memorize lines and rehearsals are about 5 days long between January 22nd and the 26th. Performances are on January 27th and 28th. Auditions will be held on
Saturday the 13th, at the Wilkinson Library from 10 until 11:30 AM. For an appointment and more information call Robin at (831) 236-7825. Scripts are available NOW for review at the Resource Desk in the Wilkinson Library.
Volunteers are needed for the SnowFest Snowshoe Scramble, a 5 & 10 kilometer evening snowshoe race on the ski area. It takes place on Saturday the 13th from about 4 until 8 PM. We also need a few people at Noon to help with Registration. Call 728-7432 to sign up or for more information Volunteers receive free lift tickets in exchange for their time and free dinner.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center, with the support of the Telluride Mt. Club, is having a fundraiser at the Cornerhouse Grille on Saturday the 13th, from 6 until 9 PM. There will be a raffle for a backcountry ski package and a silent auction with plenty of gear
and local gifts!
The Ah Haa School also offers Open Studio Figure Drawing on Mondays from 6:30 until 8:30 PM during the month of January. Each session is $15 and includes an easel. Please bring your own supplies. We are also seeking models ($25/per hour) for these sessions. Interested participants may contact Ah Haa at 728-3886.
The San Miguel Resource Center is seeking volunteers for their Winter Advocate Training. Training will take place Monday the 15th through the 31st, on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 until 9 PM. There will be an orientation night at the Community Room of the Old Library from 6 until 7 PM on Wednesday January 10th. For more info or to register
please call 728-5842 ext. three pound.
The Ah Haa School is calling all local and regional artists to create pieces for their upcoming winter exhibition, H2O, Water in All Forms. This exhibition will explore how water, and it’s absence, affect life in our high desert region. Deadline for art submission is Monday the 15th with the show opening on January 18th. Please contact the Ah Haa School at 728-3886 if you have any questions or are interested in participating.
Please join friends and family of Charlie Fowler and Chris Boskoff in a celebration of their adventurous lives on Monday the 15th at the Sheridan Opera House at 6 PM. Expect a meal with wine, a visual presentation, a cash bar, an open mike, and lots of hugs. If you would like to send a picture for the show or a brief story about either Charlie or Chris to be
posted in an album for the families, please send it to daiva@mountainfilm.org by Wednesday the 10th.
KOTO's Community Advisory Board will meet on Monday January 15th at 5:30 PM, in the upstairs lobby at KOTO. The public is invited to attend to express their views on KOTO's programming.
The San Miguel Educational Fund (SMEF), the governing body of your community radio station KOTO, will hold their next monthly meeting on Tuesday January 16th, at 5:30 PM, in the Telluride Room of the Wilkinson Library. The public is invited to attend. Public opinion is always taken first, so you do not have to sit through the entire meeting.
The Ah Haa School is now accepting registrations for the following upcoming classes: "Open Figure Drawing" begins on January 8th. "Beginning/Intermediate Wheel Throwing", "After School Hand-Building & Wheel Throwing" for 6th – 8th Grades, and "Painting from
Within" all begin on January 16th. "Beginning Blacksmithing with Jon Hubbard", & "Preparing for the AIDS Benefit Fashion Show", with Kathleen Morgan both start on January 20th. "Beginning Spanish", with Jacey DePriest starts on January 22nd. "The Hollow Constructed Ring", with Hilary Douglass begins on January 23rd. "High Altitude Baking" starts on January 24th. "Kindermusik" for newborns to kids ages 3 years
begins on January 24th. "Metal Arts 101" with Lisa Issenberg starts on January 29th. "Child/Parent Yoga" with Molly Brown for infants - 5 years of age begins on January 30th. To register, or for more information call the school at 728-3886.
Auditions for the Repertory Theater's production of "Chicago" will take place on Saturday the 20th & Sunday the 21st, at the Telluride Elementary School Cafeteria. Men and women of all ages are needed. Each person who would like to audition should be prepared to dance/move, should prepare a 1 minute monologue or story to act out and 16 bars of
music (please bring your music- we will have an accompanist). For an audition appointment and more information call Robin at (831) 236-7825
Don't let your Christmas tree, garland, & wreaths go to the landfill. Remove all of the trimmings and tinsel and take them to the tree collection and recycling site at Lawson Hill, located between the Conoco station and Alpine Lumber. Trees will be shredded. Have a need for wood chips? Call 728-2177. The tree collection site will be open through Monday
the 22nd.
The Wilkinson Public Library will hold a free screening of the film "The War Tapes", on Monday the 22nd, at 6 PM in the Program Room. This film was shot directly by National Guard troops equipped with camcorders on the front in Iraq. Contains extreme, mature images. Not for children.
A First Aid & Adult CPR class will be held at the Telluride Elementary School, on Wednesday the 24th, from 5:30 until 10 PM. To enroll, call Peter at 729-0081.
In conjunction with the Telluride Writer's Guild, the Wilkinson Library will host a slide show by highly acclaimed author, Craig Childs, who is often compared to Edward Abby and Barry Lopez. He has recently returned from a 5 year trek across the sand dune sea in northern
Mexico and brings with him images that capture the merest glimpse of this desolate landscape. Tuesday the 29th at 6 PM in the Program room of the library.
Bingo at the Elks Club on Wednesday the 30th. Win prizes and cash. Kids play at 6 PM and adults play at 8 PM. Bar and snacks available.
The San Miguel County Historical Commission invites the community to visit their exhibit which includes information and photographs of historic preservation projects in San Miguel County, including the County Courthouse, Trout Lake Trestle, and Lewis Mill, in the Telluride Room at the Wilkinson Library. The exhibit will be in place until the end of
January.
The one, the only, KOTO LIP SYNC happens Friday February 9th at the Sheridan Opera House. It’s time to get your act together ! $100. for 3rd place, $200 for 2nd and $300 for 1st place!!! It’s free to enter your act, but space is limited. Call 728-8100 to enter your act or to volunteer now. Tickets for Lip Sync go on sale at KOTO on January 17th. They are
$27.
Pat Methany comes to the Avalon Theatre in Grand Junction, March 15th. 243-8497.
The Telluride Repertory Theater is holding a fund-raiser raffle. 500 tickets will be sold to win a Gem Electric Car. Tickets are $100, call 728-4539.
