Friends of the Library: Book Sale Next Week
Friends of the Library announces its annual book sale, which takes place this year Thursday, March 12 through Sunday, March 15 as follows: Thursday, March 12: 9:30-4:00 Set-u
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Annual Mark Fischer Prize Ups Award Ante to $1000
Celebrating its 18th year, the Mark Fischer Poetry Prize has increased its cash award to $1,000 for this year’s winning poem and opened its eligible contestants to any poet livin
Poets’ Corner: Rosemerry for Valentine’s Day
On Valentine’s Day, it all seems so straightforward, so simple: he gives you a little box or a big bouquet, chocolates too maybe; you give him, what?, basketball tickets. Long gl
Outlaw Reflections: Poems for Cupid’s Day
Regular contributor Oleh Lysiak is not widely known as a softie. But is his bark worse than his bite? Or is his bite sometimes a love bite? True these poems, like their author,
Poets’ Corner: Gordon for Valentine’s Day
Nothing is in stone about the Christian martyr who was buried near Rome on February 14. There were a number of different Saint Valentines: even Pope Gregory had no clue who the guy
Poets’ Corner: Feela for Valentine’s Day
On Valentine’s Day, in some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the threads, it means she will marry him. But most men in this
Former CIA Agent/Author Bob Baer: “The Perfect Kill”
Let’s play a little game of free association. I say “Syriana” and you say?… Bet your answer is Telluride Film Fest 2011 tributee George Clooney, who starred in the 2005 g
Telluride Film Fest Cinematheque, “Boy”
The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are proud to present BOY (New Zealand, 2010, 87 minutes, Unrated), nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film
Outlaw Reflections: “Back to Telluride” & “Rust”
Sharing two stories from TIO regular contributor Oleh Lysiak. The first, “Back from Telluride,” is an edited excerpt from the “Telluride” chapter of one of hi
Between the Covers: Book It!…Puck It!
Editor’s note: Book It! is a (mostly) weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to l
Between the Covers: Book It!, Fire Fest Edition
Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for i
Outlaw Reflections: Honoring Karen LeQuey
TIO regular contributor Oleh Lysiak sent this story in honor of the memory of Karen LeQuey, who just died. Oleh wrote the story for Karen and husband Keith Le Quey to honor the
Poets’ Corner: Nuggets for the New Year
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more
Poets’ Corner: Faux Ho Ho
Editor’s note: Poet extraordinaire Kierstin Bridger never disappoints, but often shocks. There, packed in the back of the closet with the tired tinsel star and the good holida
Between the Covers: Book It!
Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for i
Outlaw Reflections: Winter 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
Poets’ Corner: 2 for Winter Solstice
A few facts about the winter solstice from Mashable. 1. It happens at a specific time The winter solstice isn’t the full day of Dec. 21, but rather occurs at a specific time.
Outlaw Reflections: Youngest of the Old Timers
Oleh Lysiak talked with old-time Telluride local Johnnie Stevens for a story originally published February 21, 1996 in The San Miguel Post. The interview is an eye-opener: the
Between the Covers: “BOOKSnBEERS” Sunday
BOOKSnBEERS is a collaboration between Between the Covers Bookstore with Smuggler’s Brewpub that takes place at Between the Covers on Sunday, December 14, 6 p.m. The event
Outlaw Reflections: A Placerville Lifetime
Among the many adjectives friends and acquaintances of former Telluride resident Oleh Lysiak would use to describe him, one would not be “sappy sentimentalist.” But they wou
TIO Denver: “Mystery and Mistletoe” Writers Showcase
“Mystery and Mistletoe” Writers Showcase at Denver Press Club Thursday, Dec. 11; “Soldier Girls” author Helen Thorpe will MC. The Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery
Poets’ Corner: “Thanks” on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a story of traditions old and new, a day of family, feasting, and football. But shouldn’t it be about more than that? This poem by Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer
Poets’ Corner: Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving
Gifted sculptor, writer, husband, friend, TIO regular contributor (check out his wonderful stories in his regular column, Outlaw Reflections, a look ahead at Telluride’s raunchy