September 2018
Fireside Chat with Rudy Davidson “You Should be Dead but Somehow You Managed to Survive” in Mountain Village
The Fireside Chats are an annual series of free lectures in which artists, authors, performers, and intellectuals discuss local and regional history. “You Should be Dead but Somehow You Managed to Survive” Mining historian Rudy Davison presents a compendium of near mining tragedies in the Telluride area during the twilight of the high grade years between 1908-1912. Meet at the "Living Room" in Madeline Hotel and Residences, Mountain Village. Guests will be encouraged to visit M Lounge for a 15% discount…
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Fireside Chat: The History of Climbing in the San Juans
Ridgway’s Pete Davis presents the history of climbing in the San Juans spanning over 150 years including tales of explorers, miners, cowboys and more recently, some of the greatest climbers the modern world has ever known. Telluride Historical Museum’s fall Fireside Chats are a series of weekly lectures held in the “Living Room” at the Madeline Hotel and Residences in Mountain Village as well as the Livery in Norwood unless otherwise noted. Norwood fireside chats are hosted in conjunction with…
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Fireside Chat
September 19th 5:30-6:30 Madeline Hotel and Residences: Living Room *Guests will be encouraged to visit M Lounge for a 15% discount during the event and can purchase food and beverage and bring to the Fireside Chat. Bob Mather, Historic Preservation Architect “Rehabilitation & Adaptive Use of the Calkins High School in Cortez Co.” Join Historic Preservation Architect Bob Mather as he gives a behind the scenes look at the preservation and reuse of historic buildings. Specifically, learn about the Calkins…
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Fireside Chat
October 3rd 5:30-6:30 Madeline Hotel and Residences: Living Room *Guests will be encouraged to visit M Lounge for a 15% discount during the event and can purchase food and beverage and bring to the Fireside Chat. Don Paulson “Abandoned Mining Sites, Stories from the Past” Join Don Paulson of the Ouray County Historical Society to discover secrets at abandoned mining sites. Learn how to carefully identify the past lives of these once bustling places.
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