January 2014

[caption id="attachment_37527" align="alignright" width="199"] A vodka martini, my fav. (Now you know too much about me.)[/caption] We know what you wear, what you eat, even the gifts you give speak volumes about you. You are what you eat. But what about your drink? I found this...

January 23 to 30, 2014 Visible Planets:Morning:Venus, Mars, Saturn  Evening:Mercury, Jupiter  I have to admit, I love football. Also that I am a life-long Denver Broncos fan. Good, bad or ugly… I was born and raised in the “Big D” and I grew up on football. My...

It doesn’t matter where. It doesn’t matter who. Sexual assault and domestic violence ignore cultural boundaries, race, even gender – although women are more often victims than men. Fact is those twin horrors are equal opportunity offenders. And it turns out intimate partner violence is the most...

Support the Telluride Historical Museum’s education programs at Saloon Night at the Bean Bar, January 30, 7-10 p.m. Museum History: The Telluride Historical Museum played a significant role in town from Telluride’s early years. Built in 1896 to serve as the community’s hospital, the Museum’s iconic building sits at the...

Telluride Arts’ Twenty(by)Telluride is a lively, casual event that offers an intimate glimpse into some of Telluride’s most creative minds through very fast-paced slide presentations. Each presenter has exactly 20 slides and each slide is shown for exactly 20 seconds, challenging everyone to be precise. The...

[caption id="attachment_37463" align="alignright" width="300"] A motion detector can send your smartphone an alert, from The New York Times[/caption] The future is knocking at your front door. Literally. Crystal balls are predicting the worldwide market for smart-connected homes could eventually be as large as $40 million and...

"Skiing offers a good barometer of the trouble we're in -- and, as this book reminds us, one more good reason for wanting to face that trouble," Bill McKibben, author of "Oil and Honey," co-founder 350.org Do Eskimos really have lots of words for snow? Mental Floss...

[caption id="attachment_37447" align="alignright" width="300"] Head for the Hills[/caption] The sounds of banjo notes cascading like Ingram Falls in June and the steady chuck-chuck of a mandolin, overlaid with shimmering harmonies is the sound of summer in Telluride. The valley’s biggest Gathering of the Tarp People, the...

Tickets for Michael Franti go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22, at noon (MST) at the Sheridan Opera House. Concert Sunday & Monday, March 23 & March 24 What: The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents Michael Franti & Friends live in concert at the historic Sheridan Opera...

March Fourth Marching Band was born on Mardi Gras, which fell on the fourth day of March in 2003. And that’s how easy it was to name the band. M4, as its legions of devotees refer to the band, is a calamitous, happy mélange of...