February 2013

[caption id="attachment_27699" align="alignright" width="300"] Heart, Van Craeynest, at Lustre Gallery, Telluride[/caption] In response to a recent Internet survey about the upcoming holiday, Valentine's Day, people waxed optimistic, saying they would spend more than they did in 2012. Per usual, men plan to spend more than women....

(editor's note: TIO was in Paris in October. A highlight was a visit to a Django Reinhart exhibit and a mostly coincidental Django tribute concert the same evening. Here is our take of that day. Live music and "Cinema Vivant," a winning combination for music and...

Editor’s Note: Kierstin Bridger is the 2011 winner of Telluride Arts’ Mark Fischer Poetry Prize and a subsequent judge. She is also a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. Usually the edgiest, often the darkest member of our family of fabulous writers/poets, which includes...

Editor note: About now you should start sweating, then grab your wallet and be ready for bolt out the door to buy your sweetheart a little something, at least a bouquet of roses or chocolates from Telluride Truffles. Why you ask? Because WEDNESDAY IS VALENTINE'S...

[caption id="attachment_27605" align="alignright" width="215"] Sarah Fazendin, founder, Globa.li[/caption] Here's a good one for a hot game of Scrabble: "glamping." The word is a mash-up of "glamorous" and "camping," on the face of it, an oxymoron. In fact, glamping is one the latest trends in luxury travel, which...

Editor's note: Did you know that that Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day? We continue with our series of poems for Valentine's Day with another poem by Art Goodtimes and...

Peter Yarrow is an American singer and part-time Telluride resident who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff the Magic Dragon." He is also a political activist and has lent...

Vern Petri was born in Italy. Grew up (mostly) in America and became a super lawyer excelling in pharmaceutical and medical litigation. Petri, who claims never to have stopped being that little boy from Lucca, also studied culinary arts to became a high level amateur...

Scott Kennett is a long-time Telluride local with a 30+ year career in the ski industry, Scott racked up four national titles in the U.S. Extreme Free Skiing Masters Class. And he was often the highest placing Colorado athlete with six Top Ten finishes in...

“Head for the Hills has created a sound that is all at once organic, precise, timeless, and brand-new.”   The acclaimed Colorado quartet has been receiving nation-wide recognition in response to their refreshing take on acoustic music. Described as “modern acoustic” music, H4TH produces an...