Birthdays: LISA ANN SIEBERT, LORI SIEBERT, VIRGINIA SIMS, NANCY OVEROFF, MICHAEL PINTO, SUSANNAH HUGHES, PAUL McCLEAN, MIKE FRANKLE, PATTI LaBELLE, BARBARA KAYE, ALICIA SILVERSTONE, ANNE RICE, TREVOR PEDIGO

Telluride Dance Collective (TDC) & Palm Arts present MASS MOVEMENT tonight, Friday, October 4th, at 7pm at Palm Theatre! Mass Movement is a celebration to find what moves you. This year TDC is collaborating with Moraporvida, a contemporary dance company visiting from Denver. Get tickets at telluridepalm.com.

Saturday, October 5th, swing on over to the West End for the 8th annual Heritage Festival in the beautiful Nucla Town Park. Live bluegrass music from The Grand Avenue and The Foggy Memory Boys. The festival features a Fall Farmer's Market, heirloom veggie display, face painting for kids, regional hard cider, local apple desserts, & arts and craft vendors!

Original Thinkers will host a free movie screening of "STORY AND PICTURES BY" - a captivating documentary exploring the vibrant world of children's picture books - for families with children 12 and under on Saturday, October 5th, at 2:30 p.m. at the historic Sheridan Opera House.

Join EcoAction Partners, Patagonia Telluride and Zero Food Print with support from San Miguel County for a Healthy Soils community event on Thursday, October 10th! Reception at 5 p.m. at Patagonia Telluride, followed by a screening of the film Kiss the Ground at Wilkinson Public Library at 6 p.m.

This Fall the Med Center is again encouraging the community to schedule their annual prevention visits before the year ends. Extra Annual Visit spots are available. For those who do NOT have insurance, specially priced exams are available. Spanish Language Interpreters are on-site. Community Health Matters! The number is 970.728.3848.

Up-Off Gymnastics, Dance, and Spanish is offering weekly, customizable classes helping children develop balance, flexibility, strength and tumbling techniques. A minimum of 4 participants are necessary to start classes at your preferred location. Please contact Tia Uphoff at liv2danz@outlook.com.

It’s that time of year again for the annual election for KOTO’s board of directors, the San Miguel Educational Fund. This year, there are two open board seats. Elected board seats serve two-year terms. If you are interested in running for a seat on the KOTO board of directors, please submit a letter of intent to cara@koto.org by October 31st.