November 2014

Part of the Noel Night  celebration, the kick-off of the holiday season in Telluride, the Telluride Film Festival and the Formbys (who own the Nugget Building) present Nugget Nights, a free family movie for the community on Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4. As part of...

A Colorado-based company named “Dixie One” has nothing to do with ice cream. It’s product line includes THC-infused chocolates and a line of elixirs containing 75 milligrams of THC. And earlier this year, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra held a “Classically Cannabis” fundraiser, with highfalutin’ patrons...

Exhibit features the work of Meredith Nemirov, Susan Makara, and Susan L. Hutton, opening reception Noel Night, 5 - 8 p.m. Telluride Arts kicks off the winter season at Stronghouse Studios + Gallery with a multi-media exhibit, “Sticks & Stones," featuring paintings, drawings and jewelry. Art imitates...

Thanksgiving comes at the wrong time. Or, at least, that’s what I’ve been told for a while now. My mother, a pragmatist, complains that it’s too close to Christmas: “There’s barely even time to breathe between holiday meals!” My mother-in-law, a hobby farmer, complains that...

"Is Christ a King?" What might the title "King" when applied to Christ mean to our higher consciousness? [caption id="attachment_12347" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] http://youtu.be/ddaRt-Nlmes Editor’s Note: Dr. Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1987....

The party’s over. But the leftovers from the banquet, which some argue are better than the main event, demand your attention. You could make soup, anything from turkey noodle to, why not?, turkey gumbo. You could also make epic sandwiches: turkey, cranberry and cream cheese,...

Written and directed by Jennifer Julia, “The Ugly Ducking: A Middle School Adventure Story,” performed by students in grades 6 - 8 at the historic Sheridan Opera House, Friday – Sunday, Dec. 5-7, 2014, 6 p.m. Adults $13; children 12 & under $11;  lap children free.     The Sheridan Arts Foundation...

Holidays making you feel blorfty? Can’t say cause you don’t know what blorft is? [caption id="attachment_46634" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Telluride in the bad old days, by Ingrid Lundahl at Bazaar[/caption] “Blorft” is comedian Tina Fey’s way of describing angst, holiday angst included. According to the superstar comic, the adjective...

November 27 to December 4, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter                 Evening: Mars Once upon a time in America Thanksgiving marked the beginning of the holiday season. Of course, that was long, long ago. Today, ghosts and goblins, witches and pumpkins, broomsticks and candlesticks put an end to...