Birthdays: MOLLY RINGWALD, JOHN TRAVOLTA, VANNA WHITE, JUICE NEWTON, DENNIS DeYOUNG, MATT DILLON, YOKO ONO, CYBILL SHEPARD, KIM NOVAK, DENNIS BROWN, DONALD BENNETT, JANICE GERONA, MAUREEN REESE, TIM STUNTMAN TERRITO, CHARLES MILTON, JULIANA BARRETO
Get your tickets for KOTO's Winter Fundraising Show at the Sheridan Opera House on March 5th! Come boogie to the Indie soul band Oh He Dead out of Washington D.C. and support your community radio station! FREE AfterShow in the Show Bar with DJ Wombat. Tickets at sheridanoperahouse.com.
Driving from Montrose to Telluride this winter? Leave icy roads and high gas prices behind! San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) has a new bus line from Montrose to Telluride with one stop in Ridgway. Buses leave Montrose at 6 a.m. and arrive in Telluride by 8 a.m., Monday through Friday. Catch the return bus at 5 p.m. to head home. Skip the drive. Love the ride! Visit SMARTTelluride.com for details.
Telluride R-1 School District Board of Education holds a regular meeting today, Tuesday, February 18th, at 5:15 p.m. in the Bridal Veil room at TMHS and online via Zoom. Get the agenda and Zoom link at tellurideschool.org.
Join TMC's Dr. Sharon Grundy and retired cardiologist Dr. Mark Rosenthal for a community discussion on what you need to know to maintain your heart health at the Wilkinson Public Library tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19th, at 5:30 p.m.
Storyteller Bob Mckeever and Poet Elle Metrick weave together their outdoors-inspired tales tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19th, for Talking Gourds’ Stories & Poems night at 6 p.m. at Norwood’s Lone Cone Library. The featured guests will give a 15-20 min. presentation each, followed by a short Q&A, after which community members are encouraged to share stories or poems with the prompt “Darkness.” For more information, email Art Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org.
The hardest working band in Telluride - The Gold Kings - are earning the accolades this week with several shows. Catch them Thursday, February 20th, from 6-8 p.m. at the historic Sheridan Bar, and again on Friday, February 21st, with a special après ski set at the Peaks Resort from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Celebrate the live Grateful Dead experience with Easy Jim at the Sherbino Theater in Ridgway on Friday, February 21st! Doors open at 7pm, showtime is 7:30pm, and tickets can be found at www.sherbino.org.
Leslie Browning & Friends will play their weekly après ski set at the Peaks Resort from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. FREE show!
Don’t miss the GoHawkeye.org Scallywags Ball Fundraiser on Saturday, February 22nd, from 5:30pm-9:30pm at Telluride Distilling Tasting Room in Mountain Village. Silent Auction & Live Music from Loot Booty and Telluride Gold Kings. Dress like a pirate or come as you Arrrr. Free admission; Donations accepted at the door. Help local Brandon “The Heavy Metal Bus Driver” Griep buy a sit ski!
The San Miguel Educational Fund – that’s KOTO’s governing board – holds an offsite retreat on Monday, February 24th, at 6 p.m. at the home of Board President Gene Weil and online via Zoom. The agenda and Zoom link are posted at koto.org.
Telluride Fire and Vitalant are co-hosting the next Blood Drive next Tuesday, February 25th, from 10:45am-2:30pm at Telluride Fire Station 1 at 131 West Columbia Avenue in Telluride. Donation appointments are recommended, walk-ins are welcome but can't be guaranteed. Sign up at vitalant.org.