9 Renewable Energy Highlights of 2018
Climate change challenges facing the world in the New Year leaving you feeling blorft? (Check out Tina Fey.) Here’s an antidote: some good news from Jeff Deyette and the Unio
Beyond Telluride
Telluride Film Fest & The Golden Globes
When it comes to Big Surprises, nothing, err, trumps the Telluride Film Festival, which has managed to keep the names of the films and special guests on its annual program a secret
A New Year A New You?
Just days into 2019 are you still resolved to become other than who you were in 2018? Often we make those annual promises to ourselves only to break them. Here’s what Mark T
Could Seaweed Save the Ocean from Plastic?
Remember the 21-year-old, disaffected hero who starred in the blockbuster film “The Graduate”? Ben was portrayed as smart but aimless, so a well-meaning friend of the f
New Year’s Eve: A Brief History
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) backgr
Poets’ Corner: Rosemerry & Elissa for the Solstice
The term solstice means “sun stands still.” On the year’s two solstices (winter and summer) the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky and change littl
ON MAIN Reopens with “HANDMADE,” 12/20
It’s all about altitude – with attitude. Two long-time Telluride locals and internationally renowned tastemakers, Ellen Geldbaugh and Catherine Walsh, conceived of ON MAIN as
Poets’ Corner: Thanksgiving Banquet, A Meta for Consequences of Excess?
In this Thanksgiving poem by our not-regular-enough contributor David Feela, an endless buffet becomes a meta for a world increasingly divided by haves and have nots and the conse
Thanksgiving: A Short History & An Even Shorter Poem by Rosemerry
With snow fall comes the holiday season in Telluride and around the world. You can like the celebrations. You can lump them all into one Scroogey ball. The only thing you cannot do
Accidental Alzheimer’s Test
An article written by Tara Bahrampour for The Washington Post looks back to the 1960s, but this time, not to the Vietnam War and the antiwar protests, not to the Civil Rights movem
Psilocybin: FDA Grants “Breakthrough Therapy” Status
Michael Pollan (of “How to Change Your Mind”) must be psyched. And those who’ve attended the John Hopkins lectures at the Telluride Mushroom Festival about extrem
Tall Tales/TIO Denver: “The Humans” at Curious Theatre Company
“The Humans” by Stephen Karam, which received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, is now up at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company. The run is through December 22. O
Just How Important is Breakfast?
Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Or is simply eating when you are actually hungry the way to go, even if that occurs later in the morning? Is it ok to skip b
Bhutan: Teaching the World About Being Carbon Negative
Talking heads report healthcare is top of mind these days, not climate change, though scientists report the world has until 2030 to fix the mess we put ourselves in – or else.
TIO Peru: Lake Titicaca
Floating islands made out of reeds are home to a tribe that have lived there for centuries. On a nearby island of only 2.3 square miles 2,500 people live in a closed community wher
TIO Peru: Lows & Highs, Amazonia & Machu Picchu
Susan and I arrived in Peru around midnight on October 15th, the beginning of our two-week tour of the country. After a brief introductory stay in Lima (elevation 505′) the T
TIO Peru: In General & Lima
Our whirlwind tour of Peru, just under two weeks, was choreographed by the award-winning Kensington Tours, whose “destination experts” (like ours, Sarah Roberts) are good liste
Art of Aging Joyfully
Even if you have your financial house in order, if you are a Boomer (or just curious how) you might want to read this story by Elizabeth O’Brien for Money. It tells the tale
TIO NYC: Grab Bag- Botero to Great Big Apple Eats
The following is a brief overview of more to see and do and a few suggestions about places to eat. Botero at the Marlborough Gallery, 40 East 57 Street, through November 24: Born o
TIO NYC: “Final Follies,” WASPy Foibles Can Be Lotsa Fun
A.R. Gurney’s “Final Follies” is up at the Cherry Lane Theatre through October 21, 2018. Make it a date by treating yourself to dinner at Fifty at 50 Commerce Str
TIO NYC: Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich at Jewish Museum
“Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922” at The Jewish Museum is up through January 6, 2019. Once upon a time just after the Russia
Telluride Foundation: Gov. Hickenlooper Honors Paul Major
Colorado’s Gov. Hickenlooper announces 2018 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals. Prestigious honor includes the Telluride Foundation’s Paul Major. Ceremony schedul
TIO NYC: “The Ferryman”- Visually Stunning, Utterly Shattering, Overall Superb
A ferryman demanding payment is a direct reference to the Greek ferryman of the dead. Charon was known to demand an obolus (coin) to ferry dead souls across the River Styx.