December 2024

Tired of the holidaze by now, from Christmas to Chaunukah to Kwanzaa? Well then, rest assured there is one seasonal event that unites us all regardless of religious (or not) background or ethnicity: New Year’s Eve. About the last Big Event of the holiday trifecta,...

T.S. Eliot put it this way: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language/And next year’s words await another voice/And to make an end is to make a beginning.” Telluride’s favorite Word Woman and regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out, Rosemerry Trommer, puts...

Ring in 2025 in Mountain Village on Tuesday, December 31. Enjoy live local music in Heritage Plaza before the annual New Year’s Eve torchlight parade and fireworks at 6:30 p.m. The torchlight parades will be visible on both sides of the resort. However, the fireworks can...

The Town of Telluride invites residents and visitors to celebrate New Year's Eve with a community-wide celebration on December 31, 2024. The event will feature live music, a street dance and fireworks on Main Street, and a fireworks display to welcome the new year. For more...

"Stories & Poems Telluride" concludes its live segment in Telluride with a poetry performance and a gourds circle. The event takes place Sunday, December 29, 4-7 pm, at two venues: Telluride Arts HQ and across Colorado Avenue at Mangala Yoga/Viceroy Café. Montrose’s Paulo Munguia and...

For 30+ years, the Animal Resource Center and Shops of Second Chance Humane Society have been serving Ouray, San Miguel, and Montrose Counties. Adoption hours are from Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. View shelter pets and services online at www.secondchancehumane.org. “Connecting Pets, People,...

Memories of Xmases past are as persistent as Santa myths, as unavoidable as telemarketers, carols, and "It’s A Wonderful Life." Truth is those memories we bring to the holidays, besides a long gift list (and too little time), are packed in the back of our closets...

Google “last minute Xmas gifts” and 100s of ideas show up, among my favorites: a gift of your time, like offering to babysit for your friends’ progeny; tickets to a concert or sporting event - or both; a charitable donation in a friend or loved...

Mushroom afficionado, accomplished basketweaver, potato farmer – and poet extraordinaire Art Goodtimes lets the Goodtimes roll in his short, but oh so sweet Christmas poem. And quoting the dearly beloved showman, Garrison Keillor: “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and...