Snow Sunday: Wet Paint, Locked Banks, & World Peace
I had this really snarky, hilarious friend in college named Kristin. Kristin was always saying and doing funny things, like trying to open the doors to a bank at night (someday som
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Poets’ Corner: Feela on Black Friday, Sort Of
Thanksgiving is over. Thank goodness. You made it through the family gathering unscathed. There was plenty for the vegan in the mix. Not one relative was transitioning. No one left
Poets’ Corner: Putting the “Thanks” Back Into “Thanksgiving”
Thanksgiving is a story of traditions old and new, a day of family, feasting, and football. And all that is good, but is it good enough? Shouldn’t Thanksgiving be about more
Poets’ Corner: Fowl Play
Literary Burlesque, an evening of baring it all in word (for sure) and deed (almost, which makes it all more sensual), has become the highlight of the Telluride Literary Arts Fest
Poets’ Corner: Goodtimes on Thanksgiving
On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday of November to be the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a day to count our blessings for the bounty in
Between the Covers: McAfee at Arroyo 11/24 & More
Mark your calendars for the first in a series of upcoming events hosted by Between the Covers Bookstore. Meet author and transformational guide Julie McAfee. Enjoy a reading and
Double, Double, Toil – And Seven Scary Stories to Make Your Day
Boo! Or Boo-hoo if you tend to be scaredy cat. Seven super scary short stories curated by Huff Post Books & Culture Writer Claire Fallon to put you in the mood for Halloween
Scary Books That Make Halloween Everyday
In the roll up to Halloween, we found this blog by Maddie Crum, Books and Culture Writer, Huff Post. The story describes 10 reads that will keep you up at night, making every nigh
Poets’ Corner: Bridger for Halloween
Things that go bump on the mountain, well, who in Telluride doesn’t like moguls? Things that go bump in the night? Also a familiar, though perhaps less welcomed occurrence in tow
Reading List: Fall 2015
Claire Fallon and Maddie Crum, books and cultural writers for the Huffington Post, compiled the following list (and rationale) of can’t-miss new reads for Fall 2015. Huffingt
Tall Tales: “The Flick” at Curious Theatre Company
Winner of 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Flick,” runs through October 17 at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company. Tickets here. The latest book in the award-winning All
Poets’ Corner: Two for Father’s Day
According to history.com, during the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every yea
Mountain Lit Author Series: “Exposed,” 6/23
A collaboration among Between the Covers Bookstore, Jagged Edge Mountain Gear, and Telluride Mountain Club starts Tuesday, June 23, Jagged Edge. Between the Covers Bookstore (BTC)
Cinematheque,“Thelma & Louise,” Welcomes Special Guest
Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library – Summer Series. This Monday’s Cinematheque welcomes a very special guest – Glory Fioramonti, Susan
Burkey Wins $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize
Jill Burkey of Grand Junction received the $1000 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize for her poem, “Beginning Mind,” at a ceremony May 16, 2015, during the Talking Gourds poetry program
Trommer Named Western Slope Poet Laureate
Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer of Placerville, Telluride, was named the third Poet Laureate of the Western Slope during the Talking Gourds Poetry Performances Saturday, May 1
Outlaw Reflections: Memorial Day, “Black Granite”
Memorial Day is a federal holiday, first first widely observed May 1868. The celebration commemorated the sacrifices of soldiers during the Civil War. Following the proclamation
Poets’ Corner: Erika Moss Gordon For Mother’s Day
In most cases, the lucky ones, mothers are the Linus blankets of our early lives. We hang on as long as we can. Early on, we can’t go to sleep without them nearby. When we th