Upcoming events for the Telluride area. http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals.htmlDate: March 15, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: March 15, 2010 - 6:00pm|Private Museum Collections as well as both Coporate and Personal Collections will be covered. The free seminar will take place on March 16 at 12:30 pm at Wilkinson Public Library.  http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/artists-seminar-how-to-approach-collectors.html Date: March 18, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: March 18, 2010 - 6:00pm|This unusual fundraiser invites you to join Italian chef Andy Lo Russo for a cooking deomonstration as he accomnies himself with his voice. The night will be fun and entertaining, and of course full of great food. The fundraiser is for The Sheridan Arts Foundation and is at the Historic Sheridan Opera House. Individual tickets are $125, or $900 for a table of 8. The memorable event will take place Friday, March 19th, at 7pm.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/andy-lo-russo-the-singing-chef.html Date: March 25, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: March 25, 2010 - 6:00pm|Join us for this upbeat bluegrass band. Seats will be out for maximum dancing. General admission: $20 Location: Sheridan Opera House Time: March 26, 9pm.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/the-infamous-stringdusters-at-the-sheridan-opera-house.html Date: March 26, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: March 26, 2010 - 6:00pm|The world’s most beloved choir has been thrilling audiences young and old for over 500 years.  Their eagerly anticipated tours play to sell out crowds nationwide and their reputation as consummate performers is well deserved.The choir’s repertoire includes everything from medieval to contemporary and experimental music. Motets and lieder for boys’ choir form the core of the touring repertoire, as do the choir’s own arrangements of waltzes and polkas by Strauss. The Vienna Boys Choir ensemble is generally considered to have been founded in 1498, when Emperor Maximilian I, having set up court in Vienna, included a roster of boy choristers among his palace musicians.  For centuries the choir thrived. Among the Choir’s illustrious graduates are Schubert and the conductors Hans Richter and Clemens Krauss.Today, the Vienna Boys Choir is an impressive operation that runs its own school for 250 youngsters, all of whom receive a thorough musical and general education.  From this student body, which includes girls, the most talented boys are chosen for the prestigious touring choir.  Today there are around 100 choristers between the ages of ten and fourteen, divided into four touring choirs. The four choirs give around 300 concerts and performances each year in front of almost half a million people. They visit virtually all European countries, and they are frequent guests in Asia, Australia and the Americas.Don’t miss the chance to see these amazing performers at The Palm!Approximate length: 90 minutes plus a 15 minute intermission.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/vienna-boys-choir.html Date: April 29, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: April 29, 2010 - 6:00pm|HamletEncore only:  April 30, 2010 at 6PMApproximate running time 3 hours 45 minutes/1 intermissionThe works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in opera.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/the-met-live-in-hd-presents-hamlet.html Date: April 30, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: May 13, 2010 - 6:00pm|ArmidaLive:  May 1, 2010 at 11AMEncore:  May 14, 2010 at 6PMApproximate running time 4 hours 20 minutes/2 intermissionsThis story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorˇák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award® winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/the-met-live-in-hd-presents-armida.html Date: June 16, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: June 19, 2010 - 6:00pm|The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is one of Telluride's most popular summer festivals. Bands from around the country and sometimes around the world travel to Telluride to grace the mountains with their music. Headliners of the past have included Gov't Mule and the Black Crowes. The 2010 lineup is not completly set yet, but will include Bela Fleck and Allison Krauss.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/bluegrass-festival.html-0 Date: June 27, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: June 30, 2010 - 6:00pm| USA Select Baseball is an organization dedicated to advancing each player’s skill and confidence level. With accomplished coaches from the collegiate and professional ranks and competition at both national and international levels, USA Select Baseball creates a uniquely diverse and life-changing baseball experience. Go to Telluridebaseballfestival.com to learn more about the event and signing up.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/baseball-festival-baseball-instructional-camps.html Date: July 1, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: July 3, 2010 - 6:00pm|This two day trounament includes teams of ages 11, 12, 14, and 18. The tournament is two days full of baseball and currently includes teams from Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Utah. For more information on team registration and the Baseball Festival, go to telluridebaseballfestival.com http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/telluride-baseball-festival-telluride-baseball-tournaments.html Date: July 4, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: July 7, 2010 - 6:00pm|USA Select Baseball is an organization dedicated to advancing each player’s skill and confidence level. With accomplished coaches from the collegiate and professional ranks and competition at both national and international levels, USA Select Baseball creates a uniquely diverse and life-changing baseball experience. Go to Telluridebaseballfestival.com to learn more about the event and signing up.http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/baseball-festival-baseball-instructional-camps.html-0 Date: July 8, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: July 10, 2010 - 6:00pm|This two day trounament includes teams of ages 9, 10, 13, and 16. The tournament is two days full of baseball and currently includes teams from Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Utah. For more information on team registration and the Baseball Festival, go to telluridebaseballfestival.com http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/telluride-baseball-festival-baseball-tournament.html Date: September 1, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: September 5, 2010 - 6:00pm|Labor day weekend 2010 marks the 37th Telluride Film Festival. Passes of all levels will go on sale March 1st, and patron passes are available now. The festival has limited availbility, so if you want to meet stars like Viggo Mortensen, Tom Cruise, Helen Mirren, and Nicholas Cage and be among the first to see movies like Juno, Brokeback Mountain, and Slumdog Millionaire, then come join us. For lodging, airfare, and transportation call 888-376-9770. http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/telluride-film-festival.html-2 Date: September 16, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: September 19, 2010 - 6:00pm|2010 Blues and Brews lineup is TBD, but musicians of the past have included Reba Macintire, BB King, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby and Taj Mahal. For lodging, airfare, and ground transportation call 888-376-9770.  http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/telluride-blues-and-brews-festival.html Date: November 6, 2010 - 6:00pm|To: November 12, 2010 - 6:00pm|TurandotLive:  November 7, 2009 at 11AMEncore:  November 13, 2009 at 6PMApproximate running time 3 hours 30 minutes/2 intermissionsDirector Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calàf, the unknown prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous “Nessun dorma.”http://www.telluride.com/events-festivals/the-met-live-in-hd-presents-turandot.html