Author: Emily Brendler Shoff

Green beer. Green hats. The greening of the Chicago River. Dying stuff green is how we usually celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in this country. But for me, St. Patrick’s Day is important because it means spring is here. Longer days. More light. And the real greening...

Tonight. Ice Hockey. Hanley Rink. 7PM. Bring beer, canned and cold. There’s little else that needs to be said. Or is there? To those of you who don’t obsess about getting a tiny puck in a net while skating on ice, let me back up a...

The Vagina Monologues returns to Telluride this week after a four-year absence. The production, on stage at the Steaming Bean every night through Thursday, is one of many events that the San Miguel Resource Center is hosting as part of its Phenomenal Women’s Week. According to...

Some reviewers describe David Wilcox as a fuller-bodied James Taylor. Others describe him as a musician who carries a certain inner light. However you describe him, what matters most is his music and the way it carries you away. Wilcox’s music is the kind you...

Raising Money in thanks for Telluride’s One to One, with Joint Point When Jenn Riley’s husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she knew needed a distraction for her six year old son. She hunted around for a mentor in Ridgway, where she and her family lived...

Guys, you are in luck. You need not rush out and buy diamonds. Nor do you need to waste your hard-earned cash on roses, or worse, their cheap, very distant cousins, carnations. It turns out that what women really want for Valentine’s Day is time....

These days in Telluride, it’s very out to bring a bottle of wine to a dinner party. If you want to crush it, and I mean crush it, bring a growler of Telluride Brewing Beer instead. When I sat down and had a pint with Tommy...

Trying a new restaurant can be as intimidating as trying a new pair of skis: you hope for greatness, yet you fear disappointment. But make no more excuses—head straight on over to Telluride’s latest restaurant, Flavor, and sink into the good stuff. Flavor lives up...

It’s easy to fall into a slump in a ski town when it doesn’t snow. The buzz around town is gloomy, and all anyone can talk about is why the storms aren’t coming. Global warming? Arctic pressure? La Nina? But one great activity you can still...

It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of things to do in Telluride. But among your many winter activities, make sure to carve out a night for Telluride’s Lifesavers' Ball on Saturday, January 14th. As Chief Paramedic, Emil Sante, put it, “The ball is...