Sunday at the Palm
Children should bring their teddy bears (or other cuddly animals) and wear pajamas for a Teddy Bear Film Festival at the Palm Theatre. A parade will kick off the event, which will be followed by shorts about real and imaginary animals. Free films and bal|. 970.626.3137

Gondola Opens
The Gondola reopens for the summer season.

Telluride Film Festival Presents
The academy award-winning filmThe Counterfeiters plays at the Nugget Theater for one showing, 8:30 p.m. 970.728.3030

Mountainfilm in Telluride
Filmmakers, artists and outdoor enthusiasts celebrate mountains, culture and the environment with films, presentations and a symposium that will focus on "water" as this year's theme. 970.728.4123

Photo Retrospective Exhibit Opening
An exhibit featuring local photographers and their historical Telluride images. Telluride Historical Museum, 5 p.m. 970.728.3344

Telluride Dance Academy Recital
Dancers, ages three to 67, from the Telluride Dance Academy perform at the Palm Theatre. Time TBA. 970.728.9065

Ah Haa Exhibition Opening
"Innocence and Experience" features the books of Ah Haa founder Daniel Tucker and other American Academy of bookbinding faculty. 970.728.3886

Telluride Jazz Celebration
Join The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman Group, Bettye LaVette, Simone, Grupo Fantasma and other jazz greats for music in Town Park by day and in intimate bar venues by night. 970.728.7009

Telluride Balloon Rally
At sunrise, the skies above Telluride Town Park fill with colorful hot-air balloons. At sunset, Telluride's main street is the setting for the annual balloon glow. (Weather permitting.) 970.708.2202

Telluride Musicfest
Chamber music by world-class musicians, the way it was meant to be performed--in living rooms, where the experience is intimate. 212.253.6941

Huck Finn Day
Dress the kids up as Huck Finn or Becky Thatcher for a parade followed by a fishing and costume contest at the Kids Pond in Telluride Town Park. The Elks provide fishing poles, prizes and refreshments. 970.728.6362

Jazz Brunch
Listen to world-class jazz while enjoying brunch in the outdoor Telluride Conference Center Plaza in Mountain Village. 10 a.m. to noon. 970.728.1904

Art Talk and Potluck
Bring a dish and join visiting potter Kent Harris for a free discussion and slide show at the Ah Haa School for the Arts. 970.728.3886

Wild West Fest
A family oriented festival that celebrates the spirit of the West. Events include celebrity cutting on horseback and performances at the Sheridan Opera House. Sponsored by the Sheridan Arts Foundation. 970.728.6363

Telluride Playwrights Festival
Explore new plays with professional actors from around the world. Acting and writing workshops are geared toward both novice and experienced playwrights and actors. Ah Haa School. 970.728.3886

Energy Star Homebuilder Training
Telluride’s New Community Coalition teams with the Governor’s Energy Office to host a free training for county builders and contractors in learning energy-efficient construction techniques, strategies and about becoming an Energy Star partner. 970.728.1340

Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Four days of bluegrass-based music in Telluride Town Park. Artists include Sam Bush Band, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Ani DiFranco, Yonder Mountain String Band and many more. 800.624.2422

Bluegrass Brunch
A morning filled with music, brunch, festival hat making and activities for festavarians of all ages at the Telluride Conference Center Plaza in Mountain Village. 10 a.m. to noon. 970.728.1904

Bike Week
A weeklong celebration to promote cycling for transportation and recreation. Events include trail maintenance, group rides, Bike to Work Day, Lizard Head Pass Hill Climb, a film, auction and more. 970.

Telluride Wine Festival
A weekend of wine tastings, winemakers, seminars with expert sommeliers and food pairings with accomplished chefs.

Telluride Plein-Air
National landscape artists paint in the great outdoors. Their work is then exhibited and auctioned as a fundraiser for the Sheridan Arts Foundation. 970.728.6363

Firemen’s Fourth of July
Celebrate independence the old-fashioned way: a parade down Telluride's main street, a community picnic in Town Park, games for kids and spectacular fireworks. 970.728.3041

Red, White and Blues Concert
Enjoy free live music, complimentary snow cones, face painting and other free activities at Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village, 3 to 6 p.m. 970.728.1904

Telluride Fur Ball
Bring your dog for an evening of food, music, gourmet dog treats, pet photography, and a dance performance by a canine/human freestyle competitive team. Proceeds benefit the Second Chance Humane Society. Telluride Conference Center, 6 p.m. 970.626.2273

Circus Holus Bolus
Kids and adults combine their talents to creat a Telluride Academy production—a circus not to be missed at the big top in the Telluride Elementary School gym. 970.728.5311

Hardrock 100
In this grueling 101-mile run, participants follow an altitude-challenged course that begins in Silverton, passes through Telluride and winds up back in Silverton. 970.259.3693

Telluride Yoga Festival
Yoga instructors from around the world offer the opportunity to experience many yoga lineages. Meditation, kirtan and other holistic lifestyle workshops will also be offered. 970.728.2477

KOTO Yankee Doodle Doo-Dah Concert
A live performance (either one day or two) TBA in Telluride Town Park. Past concerts have included Bob Dylan, Cowboy Junkies, Los Lobos, The Radiators, Ozomatli and Widespread Panic. 970.728.8100

San Miguel Basin Fair
Norwood hosts a classic county fair with the judging of 4-H livestock and crafts, a dessert contest and more. 970.327.4393

Pinhead Geek Fest
Freak la chic at Pinhead’s annual fundraising extravaganza in Ophir, 6:30 p.m. 970.708.7441

Nothing Festival
Nothing, nothing…followed by nothing.

San Miguel Basin Rodeo
Professional rodeo in Norwood complete with bronc bustin', calf ropin', barrel racin' and more. 970.327.4393

Ah Haa Art Auction
This annual fundraiser is known for selling an array of art objects, trips and services in both a silent auction and a fast-paced live auction. Dorrs open 5 p.m.; live auction begins at 7:30 p.m. 970.728.3886

Rotary 4x4 Rally
Jeeping on both days and a BBQ on Saturday. 970.708.222

Telluride Tech Festival
This event celebrates the past, present and future of technology and is inspired by Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse and L.L. Nunn's first commercial-grade AC power plant in Telluride. A Tesla coil demonstration takes place on Friday and Saturday evening. 970.239.4486

Mountain Village Music Festival
Cajun Fest of past summers expands to include new musical genres paired with tasty culinary treats. 970.728.1175

Ah Haa Exhibition Opening
"Solo," a juried exhibition, features a complete body of work by one selected artist. Meet the artists and see why they were chosen at the Ah Haa School, 5 p.m. 970.728.3886

Chamber Music Festival
The festival's artistic director Roy Malan, concertmaster with the San Francisco Ballet, brings chamber music to Telluride up close and personal. 970.369.1351

Summer Ballet Performance
The culmination of a Telluride Dance Academy ballet intensive hosted by nationally renowned ballerina Valerie Madonia and guest teacher Davis Robertson, combined with Joffrey Ballet School Company Dancers. 970.728.9065

KOTO Duck Race
Get your rubber duckie, near the corner of Colorado and Pine or at KOTO's offices on Pine Street, for a swim down the San Miguel River. Great prizes are awarded to the ducks that navigate the river best. 970.728.8100

Art Talk
Sit in on a free discussion and slide show with visiting ceramic artist Annie Chrietzberg at the Ah Haa School for the Arts, 6:30 p.m. 970.728.3886

Telluride Festival of the Arts
The epicurean and visual arts meet at an event in Mountain Village that features celebrity chef demonstrations, food seminars, a grand tasting, a progressive dinner, and 60 nationally juried visual artists. 970.369.4632

Mudd Butts Mystery Theatre Troupe
Not just another song and dance, this zany local children's theatre troupe creates a show like no other. Palm Theatre. 970.728.5311

Telluride Repertory Theatre Company
elluride's local theater company presents a musical TBA at the Sheridan Opera House. 970.728.4539

Mushroom Banquet
Each course features a different mushroom, wine and local chef at the Telluride Conference Center. 970.728.83212

Live Theater
The Telluride Rep brings four performances of The Full Monty to the Sheridan Opera House, 8 p.m. 970.728.4539

Telluride Mushroom Festival
Gather to celebrate and explore all aspects of fungi in Telluride's mushroom-rich surroundings. Pick, discuss, parade and eat during an information-filled weekend. 970.728.8312

Glory: Many Nations, One Voice
A Christian celebration with food and music in Telluride Town Park. 970.728.4864

Telluride Film Festival
A top-secret program (at least until the festival begins) featuring premieres, classics, seminars and discussions with the world's leading filmmakers and stars. 510.665.9494

Ouray County Rodeo
Professional Colorado cowboys gather in neighboring Ridgway for bronc bustin', calf ropin', barrel racin' and general festivities. 970.626.3304

KOTO Guest DJ Day
Tune in to www.koto.org, 89.3, 91.7 or 105.5 FM to hear locals vie for the coveted Silver Tongue Award and raise money for community radio. Call 970.728.4333 to pledge.`

Imogene Pass Run
Beginning in Ouray and ending in Telluride, this 17-mile course gains more than 5,000 vertical feet. Not for the faint of sole! 970.728.0251

Ah Haa Exhibition Opening
Visit the Ah Haa School for the Arts for the opening of "As the Crow Flies," a juried exhibition that features new works from several regional emerging artists. 5 p.m. 970.728.3886

KOTO Potato Black Bean Sauté
Eat the musical fruit for breakfast and benefit KOTO, Telluride's commerical-free radio station. Honga's Lotus Petal/La Concina De Luz patios. 7 a.m. to noon. 970.728.8100

Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
Microbrew tasting, crafts and food booths, and international blues and rock acts in Telluride Town Park by day and intimate late-night blues clubs by night. 866.515.6166

Black Bear Awareness Week
An all-ages event to learn more about bears in the region that culminates with the Black Bear Ball on main street. 970.728.0190

Mountains to the Desert
As a fundraiser for the Just for Kids Foundation, bikers spin 133 miles on the road from Telluride to Moab. 970.728.4454

Art Talk & Potluck
Bring a dish and join visiting ceramic artist Jim Romberg and painter Doug Dawson at the Ah Haa School at 6:30 p.m. for a free slide show and discussion. 970.728.3886

Telluride Oktoberfest
More than just beer, brats and oompah music. Heritage Plaza, Mountain Village. 970.728.1904

Writers in the Sky
Spend a day with regional authors as they give presentations, read from their works and engage in dialogue with each other and the audience. Wilkinson Public Library. 970.728.4519

Ophir Hill Climb
Run or bike from Ophir to the top of the pass. 970.729.1379

Ideas Festival
Challenge your mind and the minds of others in a forward-thinking event. This year's theme is "The Politics of the Possible." 970.728.8312

Walking Words
Walking Words begins with a progressive dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday featuring three courses, each at a different restaurant, accompanied by a ready. Saturday is devoted to workshops in fiction, poetry and non fiction at the Ah Haa School. 970.728.3886

Gondola Closes for Off-Season
Midnight starts the closure of the Gondola until November 21.

Ghost Stories
An afternoon of regional ghost stories for kids of all ages, followed by a frightful evening event for adults. Telluride Historical Museum, 3:30 p.m. for kids; 6:30 p.m. for adults. 970.728.3344

Youth Art Awards Celebration
Visit the Ah Haa School for the Arts for the "Sevventh Annual Youth Art Awards & Celebration," where the recipients of the 2008 Youth Art will be announced. 5 p.m. 970.728.3886

KOTO Halloween Party
Get decked out and check out how Telluride parties. Location TBA. 970.728.8100

Telluride Unearthed
Discover more about Telluride's rich history through the lens of science. Telluride Historical Museum, 6 p.m. 970.728.3344

KOTO Ski Swap
Used and new gear and clothes for all snow activities. Proceeds fund Telluride community radio station. Wilkinson Public Library's underground garage. 970.728.8100

Telluride Unearthed
Discover more about Telluride's rich history through the lens of science. Telluride Historical Museum, 6 p.m. 970.728.3344

Gondola Opens
The Gondola opens for the winter season.

Telluride Ski Resort Opens
Ski the first day of the 2008/2009 lift-served season in Telluride. 970.728.6900