Thanks to the miracle of modern technology – and the Formbys (and their team) – last week Telluride was able to ingest Tuesday and Wednesday's sessions of the TED Talks (via simulcasts) taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The rock star Sting was one of...
Remember when statements like, “You throw like a girl,” were insults? Back before Title IX, the Education Amendment in 1972 that gave equal opportunities and funding for women’s sports? Back before strong women represented dominant US women’s teams in sports like softball and soccer...
When you live in Telluride, going to a different ski mountain can feel illicit. In the words of fellow snow writer, Jesse McTigue, it can feel almost like "an affair". You see the new mountain with forgiving eyes, and everything is fresh and exciting. Andy and...
Porter Fox grew up in northern Maine, where he began skiing at age two – and writing at about the same time. He graduated in 1994 from Middlebury College, where he ski-patrolled for the Middlebury Snow Bowl and sold season passes for Mad River Glen. In...
Shakespeare's signature tragedy "Hamlet" is now playing at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (through February 23). Our regular contributor Mark Stevens raves – though not like "Hamlet." To buy or not to buy tickets appears to be a foolish question. Purchase here. What...
[caption id="attachment_37222" align="alignright" width="300"] Laurence Curry (left) as John and Cajardo Lindsey (right) as Simon. (courtesy, Curious Theatre)[/caption] Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on...
Fashionistas, this one's for you. Found this tongue-in-cheek (not really) blog in HuffPost Style about shooting for the stars on New Year's Eve – only to crash land back on Earth. New Year's Eve is probably the most overrated event on the calendar. And yet each...
It’s not easy to come up with Christmas gifts. We all have so much stuff, and we spend a great deal of time picking up, organizing, and trying to get rid of our stuff. So when it comes time to gift-giving, I’m always a little...
[caption id="attachment_36071" align="alignright" width="300"] Mosier, foreground, down toward Hood River[/caption] Stay tuned…. There will be a Telluride connection… Always is. Mosier, Oregon: The population of Mosier, Oregon was not always 421. There were even fewer people, about 280 locals, living in the picturesque hamlet when Arlene Burns discovered the...
Here's an interesting article by Colleen O'Conner about the ambitious new exhibit that opens on November 23rd at the History Colorado Center in Denver and is divided into three sections; "Mesa Verde," "The Dust Bowl" and "Our Mountains:" The lost world of the Ancestral Pueblo people, who...
