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Getting Ready for Sundance

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Marshall Fine, Film Festivals, God Bless America, Telluride, Spike Lee, Red Hook Summer, Sundance 2012, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Preview, The Sundance Diaries, Culture News
Marshall Fine

Seeing a movie without the slightest preconception of what you're going to see is the purest form of film-going, the place where excitement is born.

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Real Choices: Ranked Choice Voting Elections in 6 Cities

Rob Richie | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, St. Paul, Ranked Choice Voting, Instant Runoff Voting, Telluride, San Francisco, Portland Maine, Politics News
Rob Richie

This month many Americans had a chance to vote in state and local elections. FairVote was particularly focused on the first-ever use of ranked choice ...

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Denver Film Festival Preview, Part 1: Turn on the Leading Manpower

Michael Bialas | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Alexander Payne, Britta Erickson, Judy Greer, Michel Hazanavicius, James Cromwell, Denver Film Festival, Telluride, Michael Fassbender, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

George Clooney may be able to do a lot of things, but he isn't a song-and-dance man. That's unless you count his hokey hoedown and country croon as a member of the Soggy Bottom Boys in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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PHOTOS: $19.9 Million Pulitzer Mansion In Telluride

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Telluride Houses, Roxanne Pulitzer, Telluride, Tim Boberg, Slidepollajax, Telluride Real Estate, Colorado Real Estate, Pulitzer Mansion, Pulitzer Home for Sale, Expensive Colorado Houses, Denver News

Roxanne Pulitzer, former wife of newspaper magnate Herbert Pulitzer (yes, that Pulitzer), reached tabloid infamy in the mid-80s amid her divorce from ...

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WATCH: Hang Gliding Telluride In July

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Video, Telluride, Telluride Air Force, Telluride-Colorado, Hangliding Telluride, Telluride Hang Gliding Festival, Hang Gliding, Paragliding, Denver News

Ever wanted to go hang gliding? Us, too. Except we're chicken enough that the only way we'd 'hang' out is in front of our computer screens, watching ...

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Get Out: 7 Denver Day Trips Worth Your Cash

| Sheri L. Thompson | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Glenwood Springs, Best of Denver, Breckenridge, Denver Travel, Telluride, Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, Destinations, US Destinations, Denver Day Trips, Denver Getaways, Colorado Travel, Denver, Denver News

You don’t have to spend a fortune on travel when you have these Colorado destinations in your backyard. Here are seven summer getaways just a short ...

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PHOTOS: Gray Head Wilderness Preserve Estate

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Auberge Residences, Element 52, Telluride, Denver Real Estate, Pa Gomo Estate, Telluride Real Estate, Gray Head Community, Telluride Ski Resort, Denver News

Boasting 900 acres of unhindered wilderness preserve views near Telluride, the Pa Gomo estate sits in rare panoramic surroundings. Pa Gomo is located ...

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PHOTOS: Jerry Seinfeld's Colorado Home For Sale

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Seinfeld Home, Telluride, Denver Real Estate, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld Telluride Home, Slidepollajax, Celebrity Homes, Video, Denver News

TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a deal for you. Seinfeld is selling his home in Telluride for $18 million. The 14,000-square-foo...

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Faces of Telluride, Part 3: Nora Jane Struthers, Fresh Face

Michael Bialas | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Americana, Robert Plant and Band of Joy, Nashville, Mumford and Sons, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Bluegrass, Nora Jane Struthers, Telluride, Cd, Colorado, Bearfoot, Bootleggers, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

Along with her band the Bootleggers, Nora Jane Struthers has followed the formidable footsteps of bands such as the Dixie Chicks and Nickel Creek by winning the prestigious Telluride band contest.

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Tom Cruise A Colorado Rancher?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Cruise, Colorado Agricultural Tax Exemptions, Colorado Taxes, Telluride, Celebrities Tax Exemptions, Denver News

One doesn't need to be a close observer of Hollywood to know that Tom Cruise is decidedly NOT a rancher or farmer. However, that's exactly how the ac...

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Cold Comfort

Barbara Barton Sloane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride, Colorado, Winter, Winter Sports, Massage, Spas, Skiing, Travel News
Barbara Barton Sloane

Telluride is nestled in the southwest corner of Colorado, where geology did some of its best work. Peaks of 14,000 feet melt into red-rock mesas and lush stands of aspen silently forest the hills.

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Forest Service Closes Gates At Telluride Over Private Land Concerns

telluridenews.com | Matthew Beaudin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride, Bear Creek, Thoms Chapman, Gold Hill Development, Telluride Private Property, Tom Chapman, Denver News

The United States Forest Service has closed skiing in Upper Bear Creek accessed via the ski area's gates off Gold Hill. The USFS closed three gates...

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Tom Chapman Wins A Round In Seeking Bear Creek Closures

The Telluride Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride, Bear Creek Skiing, Bear Creek Basin, Tom Chapman, National Forest Developer, Developer Bear Creek, Telluride Ski Resort, Denver News

TELLURIDE -- The Telluride Ski Resort announced on Wednesday that it is canceling its backcountry guide program in the Bear Creek drainage, citing a "...

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Notorious Developer Plans Massive Telluride Expansion Into Backcountry

The Telluride Watch | Gus Jarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride, Bear Creek Basin, Telluride Expansion, Tom Chapman, Denver News

TELLURIDE -- Tom Chapman will tell you that one of his main interests in purchasing mining claims in the upper Bear Creek Basin is to defend private p...

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NYT: Colorado Suggests Impending Bitter National Debate Over Uranium

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride, Colorado Uranium, Uranium, Naturita, Denver News

NATURITA, Colo. -- The future of nuclear power in America is back on the table, with all its vast implications, as global warming revives the search f...

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PHOTOS: Hollywood Power Couple Lists European-Style Telluride Ski-Home

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride, Slidepollajax, 427 Benchmark Drive, Hollywood, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Denver News

A Hollywood power couple has listed its 7-bedroom Telluride ski home for $19.75 million. Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall's 10,177 square-foot...

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PHOTOS: Colorado's Greenest Ski Resorts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Snowmass, Crested Butte, Ski Resorts, Powderhorn, Aspen, Buttermilk, Telluride, Loveland, Ski Area Citizens Coalition, Aspen Mountains, Aspen Highlands, Wolf Creek, Slidepollajax, Vail, Denver News

Even in the midst of the recession, environmental practices at ski resorts have been improving. That's according to a report from the Ski Area Citizen...

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PHOTOS: Colorado's Best Chocolate Shops

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desiderio's, Telluride Truffle, Telluride, Caramel Apples, Grand Junction, Chocolate, Slidepollajax, Caramel, Dietrich's, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Roberta's, Truffles, Denver News

In honor of National Chocolates and Mousse Day (November 29-30), we've put together a list of some of Colorado's best chocolate--starting with the Roc...

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PHOTOS: Freeskier Magazine Ranks Best North American Ski Resorts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Summit County, Telluride, Slidepollajax, Copper Mountain, Snowmass, Freeskier Magazine, Breckenridge, Aspen, TransWorld Snowboarding, Denver News

Last week, venerable ski publication SKI Magazine released its much-anticipated preseason rankings of the best resorts in North America. While the to...

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PHOTOS: Which Colorado Ski Resorts Made SKI Magazine's Annual Top 20?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski Magazine, Beaver Creek, Vail Resorts, Telluride, Slidepollajax, Ski Magazine Best North American Resorts, Skiing, Snowmass, Colorado Resorts, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Breckenridge, Steamboat, Denver News

SKI Magazine has released its annual ranking of North America's best ski resorts this week. For the fourth year in a row, Deer Valley Resort in Park ...

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Colorado Historic Hotels (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hotel Jerome, Hotels, Jerome B. Wheeler, Macy's, New York, Aspen, Slidepollajax, New Sheridan Hotel, Hotel Boulderado, Telluride, Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Durango, Strater Hotel, The Stanley Hotel, The Broadmoor, Denver News

Colorado is blessed to be home to some of the country's most historic lodgings. For over a century, the state has been a playground of sorts for the ...

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Colorado's 2010 AAA Diamond-Rated Restaurants

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mirabelle at Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek, Manitou Springs, Frasca, Palace Arms, The Brown Palace, Summit, The Wildflower, Rioja, Denver, Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Vail, Grouse Mountain Grill, Ludwig's Restaurant, Spago, The Penrose Room, Slidepollajax, Keystone, The Flagstaff House Restaurant, The Broadmoor, Tundra Restaurant, The Cliff House Dining Room, Splendido at the Chateau, Restaurant Kelly Liken, Eating Out, Telluride, Colorado Springs, Aspen, 2010 AAA/CAA Four Diamond Restaurants, Keystone Ranch Restaurant, Alpenglow Stube, The Left Bank, Charles Court, Onyx Restaurant at Capella, Boulder, Dining, Ouray, Montagna, Syzygy, Denver News

The AAA's annual restaurant awards rated 22 Colorado restaurants with four diamond ratings. Only one restaurant, The Penrose Room at The Broadmoor Hot...

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Via Ferrata: Taking the High Road

Deb Dion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiking, Via Ferrata, Chuck Kroger, Climbing, Telluride, Reinhold Messner, San Juans, Video, Sports News
Deb Dion

Chuck Kroger used his special gifts to create the Via Ferrata, which can get even a non-climber or a novice climber to a breathtaking route high in the mountains.

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Phish Concert To Feature 'Trip Tent' For Drug Takers To Avoid Jail

The Watch Newspapers | Karen James | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telluride Medical Center, Phish Concert, Marijuana, Law Enforcement, San Miguel County, Cocaine, Telluride, Police, Drug Culture, Trip Tent, Heroin, Hallucinogens, Lsd, Denver News

TELLURIDE -- With the jam band Phish coming to Telluride in August for two sold-out concerts, law enforcement and emergency responders are gearing up ...

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Telluride Buys Bear Creek Property Near Tom Chapman's, Looking To Expand?

The Watch Newspapers | Karen James | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bear Creek, Telluride Expansion, Telluride Ski and Golf, Telluride, Tom Chapman, National Forest, Signal Hill, Denver News

TELLURIDE -- In a deal that could be interpreted as paving the way to a future ski area expansion, the Telluride Ski and Golf Company has purchased a...

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