Beyond Telluride

June 7 to 14, 2012           Visible Planets: Morning: jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Mars and Saturn The transit of Venus across the face of the Sun – our solar system’s primal, central star – last Tuesday, June 5th, was a stellar planetary event, and one that will not...

Editor's Note: Ivar Zeile of the PLUS Gallery, 2501 Larimer, is a close friend (and neighbor, when we are in our Denver home). Years ago, Ivar told about two promising young artists, advising us to collect the work of Riva Sweetrocket and Jenny Morgan. Jenny...

"The world's best documented case of the Neolithic Revolution, is in our own backyard: southwestern Colorado's Mesa Verde region!" said Erica Kinias, Telluride Historical Museum executive director. Mesa Verde is part of the homeland of the Pueblo Indians who continue to live in New Mexico and...

Editor's Note: Our Tall Tales contributor, Mark Stevens, is the author of "Antler Dust" and "Buried by the Roan." "Buried by the Roan" is a finalist for the 2012 Colorado Book Award. Both books are the shelves at Telluride's own Between the Covers Bookstore, 224...

Sorry Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, the rain in Spain has absolutely nothing to do with the plain. It much prefers the hilly lands of the country’s northern coast. Reminiscent of the Irish countryside, la Costa Verde, or the Green Coast, is a lush landscape of...

Public events of epic proportions orchestrated by Plus Gallery Want to know who's helping to light the fuse in Denver's exploding art world? Follow the breadcrumbs. They will take you directly to the door of the Plus Gallery, 2501 Larimer, where director Ivar Zeile works his...

Vincent and Anne Mai (along with filmmaker/pianist Josh Aronson) produce the extraordinary Telluride Musicfest, an event that occurs annually in Telluride in June – this year, starting June 27, marks the 10th anniversary –  to celebrate chamber music in its intended form: top tier musicians...

"I have watched Network 20/20 grow from a small start-up into a dynamic organization making a difference because it listens to leaders of other countries and reports their views to U.S. policy makers,"  former Ambassador and special representative for President Obama (and Telluride local), Richard...

If art is a mirror of life (here I am paraphrasing 19th-century French critic Baudelaire), then artist Cindy Sherman (born 1954) must be running through bottles of Windex keeping that glass clean. Using the lens of her camera to capture her vision of things –...

I may not represent the norm: I never feel the necessity to leave our box canyon. That said, our family members have busy schedules, some have a bit of difficulty traveling; so if we're going to spend time with loved ones who don't live in...