Birthdays: ANSEL ADAMS, SIDNEY POITIER, PATTY HEARST, BUFFY SAINT MARIE, CINDY CRAWFORD, JENNIFER O’NEIL, ROBERT ALTMAN, CHARLES BARKLEY, BOBBY UNSER, JENNIFER PRICE, RUTHIE RICH, STACY WAGNER, WILLIAM PARR, BRIAN LITTRELL, CHIP PINE, KURT COBAIN

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.

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. Visit SMARTTelluride.com for details.

Tonight, Thursday, February 20th, Telluride Science & Telluride Foundation host Dr. Vadim Backman, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Northwestern University, for a presentation called “THE NEW HUMAN GENOME CODE: A Key to Curing Cancer, Alzheimer's and Aging.” Head to the Telluride Innovation Center at The Depot from 6-7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public; RSVP is encouraged at telluridescience.org/events.

Telluride Gold Kings play their FREE weekly show at the historic Sheridan Bar tonight, Thursday, February 20th, from 6-8 p.m. Can’t catch tonight’s show? The Gold Kings will be at the Peaks Resort tomorrow, Friday, February 21st, 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 at 7pm, showtime is 7:30pm, and tickets can be found at www.sherbino.org.

Leslie Browning & Friends will play a FREE après ski set at the Peaks Resort on Saturday, February 22nd, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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.

Friends of Wilkinson Public Library will have a Meet and Greet on Tuesday, February 25th in the Telluride Room at the library. Support your local library friends. New membership cards with local discounts and a pop-up book sale. Refreshments served.

Telluride Chamber Music Happy Hour is back next Wednesday, February 26th. Head to Telluride Arts HQ from 6-7 p.m. for a FREE performance by Anneke Dean.