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We are really beginning to feel the change of the season now. As I look at the Aspens I see some bits of yellow creeping into the landscape. Ah, it smells good. This weekend we will be having the Kirk James band from Durango. I am looking forward to some great blues. The band will play Thursday, ...
The kids are back in school and the line of traffic at 8AM is pretty long. Film Festival will be here next weekend. Get out your sunglasses. Be patient in the lines. Do some star gazing. We are having a party Aug 31st at 11PM with a DJ. Cowboys and aliens is the theme. Get dressed up and have som...
AH, Chamber Music is delightful. Immerse yourself in lovely music and daydream! The weather has been incredible with plenty of sunshine and just enough clouds passing to cool me off. The sidewalk cafe is really fitting the bill for this weather. We are having a WILD TOGA Party tonight, Wednesda...
We are in the midst of Jazz and really liking all the wonderful music. The All-Stars Jazz group played here last night and they were fabulous. The group ranges from 15 to 19 years old and the music is as sophisticated and aged as you want. They will play in the park on Saturday and I highly recom...
We certainly had a wonderful 4th of July. I was able to watch the fireworks from the sidewalk cafe. Quite spectacular! Yoga Festival will be here this weekend July 15th thru July 17th. Keep in mind that we have a large selection of fresh salads and some tasty homemade lemonade. Our Blue Plate Spe...
Live Music Schedule:
Sat, July 9th - Annie & Paul 7-10pm
Sun, July 10th -Carlos 4-7pm
Sat, July 16th - Boxcar & Yengo 7-10pm
Sat, July 23rd - Susan Walton 7-10pm
Sat , July 30th - Zona 7-10pm
Sat, Aug 6th - Tony Rosario 7-10pm
Sat, Aug 13th - Yvonne Meek 7-10pm
Sat, Aug 20th - Danny ...
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ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)
