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COWBOY CHAT – Cowboys at last year’s Montrose County Fair and Rodeo pause for a chat on their trusty steeds. This year’s fair runs from July 23 through Aug. 1. (Photo courtesy of Montrose County) Weeklong Montrose County Fair & Rodeo Starts Friday
The Montrose County Fair & Rodeo runs all week from July 23 to Aug. 1 with events ranging from steer wrestling to seed spitting to a fiddle contest.
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The Band of Heathens The Band of Heathens Come Through Telluride, Carbondale, July 23-24
The Band of Heathens come to Telluride.
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RETROSPECTIVE ART DISPLAY– <i>Courthouse</i> by Joyce Jorgensen (above, purchased in 1961) and <i>Mt. Sneffles Somewhere in Time</i> by Stephanie Abbath (below, purchased in 2009) are part of the Artists’ Alpine Holiday permanent collection, on display at the Ridgway Library. (Photos by Brett Schreckengost) A Golden Year for the Artists’ Alpine Holiday
This nine-day event will feature a quick draw paint-out, the oldest juried art show on the Western Slope, kids art workshops and a week chock full of events.
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BID ON THIS – An Ah Haa Art Auction tradition continues with the live auctioning off of an art car, this year a custom-designed vintage VW Bug. Ah Haa School for the Arts interns Lauren Shapiro and Katie Lewandowski took some advanced bids for the art car on main street Wednesday in preparation for Friday night’s live auction, under the tent on S. Townsend, next to the Depot. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost) Ah Haa School’s ‘Artopia’ Brings Art and Fun to Telluride
18th annual Ah Haa Art Auction features art from all corners of the community; Fundraiser is a vital event for local non-profit.
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Five Free Screenings of The Karate Kid July 16-17, at the Nugget
Five Free Screenings of The Karate Kid July 16-17, at the Nugget
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Jim Pettengill (Courtesy photo) “Reflections of Ridgway” – Mini Art Exhibitions at the Ridgway Chamber
Local artists will now have a place to display artwork at the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce.
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TELLURIDE AMERICANA MUSIC WEEKEND
Joe Ely and the Band of Heathens Headline Four-Day Event

Joe Ely and the Band of Heathens headline the Telluride Americana Music Weekend, at the historic Sheridan Opera House Wednesday, July 21-Saturday, July 24.
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From ‘Coca’ to Cocaine
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How coca, an innocent plant, became the narcotraffickers’ dream – cocaine.
Author Will Hobbs Speaks at Anasazi Heritage Center Sunday
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Durango young people’s author Will Hobbs, author of ‘Bearstone’, ‘Downriver’, ‘The Big Wander’, ‘Beardance’, ‘Far North’, ‘The Maze’, and more, speaks Sunday at Anasazi Heritage Center, in Dolores.
Pickin’ in the Park Revs Up Thursday, July 8
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The popular free summer concert series, Pickin’ in the Park, revs up Thursday, July 8, at 6 p.m., Ridgway Town Park featuring the Two Man Gentlemen Band, followed by T Bird and the Breaks.
The Two Man Gentlemen’s Band : More Than It’s Cracked Up to Be
by Watch Staff
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Out of the New York City subways and into Ridgway’s Rollans Park: The Two Man Gentlemen Band's original brand of raucous, retro vaudevillian swing comes to Ridgway this weekend.
Telluride Playwright’s Festival Announces 2010 Selections
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TELLURIDE – The fourth annual Telluride Playwright’s Festival will take place July 5-18 at the Sheridan Opera House and the Palm Theatre. During this period a select group of playwrights and direct...
Telluride Horror Show Coming This Fall
by Karen James
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Telluride gets a new festival - the Telluride Horror Show – and it will fall smack dab in the middle of the fall off-season.
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