Beyond Telluride

Like Telluride, it’s a little town with big-time charm – and the perfect stop on our march up the coast from Los Angeles to Bellevue, Washington, for a family wedding. Boonville, California was founded in 1862 by John Burgots. The Tinker Toy town was originally called...

In an article in Space.com Geoff Gaherty with Starry Night Education, Explains the Science behind the Summer Solstice. The Earth will reach one of its four major way stations Saturday (June 21) during its annual trip around the sun. The sun will reach its northernmost point in...

A new study written about by Olga Khazan in The Atlantic suggests that extroverts, like me, are not meant for long, isolated voyages. Damn, I guess I won't be going to Mars any time soon! Extroverted friends are good for a lot of things—serving as deft and...

  Mike Wall, Senior Writer at Space.com reports about the recent discovery of  the Oldest Known Alien Planet That Might Support Life: "Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the oldest known alien world that could be capable of supporting life, and it's just a stone's throw...

“Copenhagen,” a play by Michael Frayn, is about a meeting between two people in 1941 that held major implications for the course of events during World War II. [caption id="attachment_40909" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Wes Munsil as Neils Bohr; Marc Graham as Werner Heisenberg, courtesy John Hand Theater[/caption] That...

The Durango Blues Train is excited to announce the August event's musical lineup for the second weekend of the 2014 Blues Train, taking place August 22nd and 23rd. Musicians include Matthew Curry and the Fury, Alex Maryol, Kirk James, Kipori Woods, Leon J, One Roof...

Norwood and longtime Telluride regional resident, April Montgomery, program director of the Telluride Foundation, was recently elected Chair of the  Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). Governed by a 15-member Board, the CWCB’s responsibilities range from protecting Colorado’s streams and lakes to water conservation, flood mitigation, watershed protection,...

At the end of “Venus in Fur,” running through Saturday, June 14 at The Curious Theatre in downtown Denver, I wanted to watch it all over again. [caption id="attachment_40628" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Karen Slack as Vanda-Wanda and Brett Aune as Thomas Novachek-Severin von Kushemski. Images courtesy of...

Like a lot of Telluridians, we tend to travel during the Spring and Fall off-seasons. Winter and Summer most of us are pretty busy either enjoying what our area has to offer, helping others enjoy what we have to offer, or both. So, in the...