February 2013

[caption id="attachment_28048" align="alignright" width="300"] Alta Lakes, The Observatory, in summer[/caption] The history of the Observatory is the history of Telluride, since its evolution from sleepy mining town to hip (but not too) destination resort. Locals Jim and Sally Russell built The Observatory at Alta Lakes over...

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,” John Lennon. [caption id="attachment_28125" align="alignright" width="200"] A muse, wearing earrings by Simon Alcantara. Image by Jesse Mercado.[/caption] Bling is his thing, but his work defies glitz and the quicksilver nature of fashion. Simon Alcantara's muses...

As a child, I would do anything to get out of yard work. Time to rake leaves? Oops, sorry Dad, I forgot about the massive science project due tomorrow. Time to weed the garden? Sorry, Mom, I feel ill. As an adult, I found even...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation is proud to present an encore performance by Colorado jam band Leftover Salmon. The group plays the Sheridan Opera House on Tuesday, February 26 and Wednesday, February, 27. Leftover Salmon was formed by a lucky accident in 1989, arising from the flatirons...

This month, responding to campus activists who have been working on the issue for over a year, Vanderbilt University divested from “land grabbing,” withdrawing a $26 million investment in EMVest, a company that has been buying agricultural properties in Africa and converting them into large-scale...

"One of the 25 Best Films of The Year" - A.O. Scott, The New York Times Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. "How...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation is proud to present the very talented alt-folk rock six-piece band Seryn at the historic Sheridan Opera House. The concert takes place Saturday, February 23, 2013. The doors open at 7:30 p.m; show time is 8 p.m. After blowing audiences away during...

Editor's note: Vogue does it. The high powered glossy hosts "7th on Sale," the proceeds from which go to AIDS-related charities working in the U.S. and abroad. Just like the Telluride AIDS Benefit whose six beneficiaries (one, Ubuntu Africa, is honorary) do good work from...