Birthdays: HAL HOLBROOK, LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS, JIM BROWN, GENE PITNEY, DODIE STEVENS, MICHAEL JORDAN, YASSER ARAFAT, DAVE VALENTINE, JILL PERRY, MARLA CROKE, NANCY MOORE, GEORGE HARRIS, RENE RUSSO, ALICIA BIXBY, ARTHUR PARENT, KEITH GERRY, ZACHERY DAVIS, BUTCH CASSIDY, ANGELEE “SWEET BEATS” AURILLO
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.
Starting today, Monday, February 17th, San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) will have a new bus line servicing Ridgway & Telluride. 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.
The Telluride Mountain Club hosts Mental Health in the Mountains tonight, Monday, February 17th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheridan Opera House. See the film, Feel It All, and hear from journalist/former Telluride ski patroller Paddy O'Connell and director/pro-skier Drew Petersen. Tickets must be purchased in advance on the Telluride Mountain Club's website. Community members facing financial barriers can, email info@telluridemountainclub.org to receive a promo code.
Head to The Alibi tonight, Monday, February 17th, for Open Mic Night from 6-9 p.m., hosted by Sean Wilson of the Tell Tale Signs.
Telluride R-1 School District Board of Education holds a regular meeting tomorrow, 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 on Wednesday, February 19th, at 5:30 p.m.
Storyteller Bob Mckeever and Poet Elle Metrick weave together their outdoors-inspired tales on Tuesday, 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.
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.
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 Busdriver” 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.