About the last Big Event of the holiday trifecta, talk show host and comedian John Oliver was quoted as saying: “New Year’s Eve is like the death of a pet. You know it’s going to happen, but somehow you’re never really prepared for how truly...
Telluride Theatre is bringing the spirit of the holidays to Town with "Holiday Cabaret," an original, family-friendly variety show that will keep the audience singing, dancing, and laughing their jingle bells off. Shows are at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 – Dec. 23 with a matinee...
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 but change little in position during this time. Of course, contrary to appearances from Earth, the sun's "changing...
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 is ignore them. The first event of the trifecta is Thanksgiving followed...
It’s not all about pumpkins, costumes and candy – though more candy is sold for Halloween than any other time of the year. (The estimate from The National Confectioners Association is well over 500 million pounds annually.) Early days of the holiday included dead men walking and animal...
We hit the ground running (per usual) in New York, where the fall season is just getting started. Regardless, Chelsea is already setting the Pace (literally at "Super Pace") and Broadway is on fire with plays like "Hadestown" and "Betrayal," deep, dark tales that reflect...
Joining an illustrious fraternity that includes (but is by no means limited to) “Good Morning Texas,” Travel & Leisure, Town & County, W, Vogue, and Forbes, now US News/Travel hearts Telluride/Mountain Village too, naming our hometown #1 on a list of the "Best Small Towns...
The Telluride AIDS Benefit keeps repeating itself – and with good reason: it is not over until it is over. The need to Fight, Fund, and Educate ends when the HIV/AIDS pandemic ends. Which is not yet. And certainly not in Africa. Proof of that...
A favorite writer, Adam Gopnik, published the following story titled "Can We Live Longer But Stay Younger," in the May 13th issue of The New Yorker. Is aging a fact of life, inevitable, or is it a disease that can be cured? Apparently the new...
The greatest love is a mother’s; Then comes a dog’s, then comes a sweetheart’s, Polish proverb. Mother’s Day is always celebrated on the second Sunday in May, so Sunday, May 12, 2019. Though it is not a federal holiday, Mother’s Day is widely celebrated as a...
