In 1994, Steve Gumble founded SBG Productions, a music-based special events company in Telluride. Under Gumble's leadership, SBG Productions created their flagship festival - the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, as well as producing the Telluride Jazz Festival and the Durango Blues Train. Hear Gumble’s behind-the-scenes stories and experiences from operating festivals in Telluride at […]

In celebration of thirty years of environmental advocacy, join Sheep Mountain Alliance staff and board members for this free chat at the Madeline Hotel in Mountain Village. Discover the origins of their grassroots organization and learn more about the challenging and crucial work that goes into protecting our local landscapes. Free & open to all! 

Part of our Fireside Chat Series: Rudy Davison: Fact-Finding Tour to Zermatt Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | 6:00 pm | Madeline Hotel’s Living Room*  FREE and open to all In 1979, 25 Telluride locals took a fact-finding trip to the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt. Looking for inspiration and ideas to forge the community’s future […]

Part of our Fireside Chat Series: Robert Savath & Annie Varielle-Savath: Telluride Ski School & 1970s Telluride Wednesday, September 28, 2022  |  6:00 pm  |  Madeline Hotel’s Living Room*  | FREE Join us for a chat with the Savaths, a dynamic husband and wife duo, and involved longtime Telluride locals. A native of France, Annie […]

Part of our Fireside Chat Series: Johnnie Stevens: Telluride Ski Area Expert Wednesday, September 21, 2022 |  6pm  |  Madeline Hotel’s Living Room  |  FREE Hired in 1972 as the first director of the Telluride Ski Patrol, Johnnie Stevens worked his way up to Chief Operating Officer of Telski and was inducted in the Colorado […]