Beyond Telluride

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...

I had the privilege of spending Friday morning with Madeline Albright as she led a tour through the Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection, exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. It was a dazzling break from the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney controversy and the tired...

Editor's Note: With Kristin Holbrook of Two Skirts on vacation for two weeks, Fashion Friday was on hold until April 27 – that is until Ivar Zeile of Denver's PLUS Gallery weighed in about the YSL Retrospective, currently on display at the Denver Art Museum....

For Telluriders, twinning "fine dining" with "Grand Junction" in the same sentence amounts to an oxymoron. You say: "Grand Junction? Really? The town is politically red and culturally dead, right?" I say: It ain't necessarily so. For starters, wonderfully whimsical sculptures greet pedestrians on downtown corners,...

Yesterday concluded a yearlong investigation into the activities of Greg Mortenson, executive director of The Central Asia Institute (CAI), author of the best-selling "Three Cups of Tea," and a former guest of Mountainfilm in Telluride. And what may surprise some: it's a good-news, bad-news story. The...

It’s easy to start the New Year, all high hopes and promises. That well-intentioned vow to “exercise daily” becomes “on the weekend, but I’ll always take the stairs." Before it’s time to set your clocks ahead you’re back to where you started. Nowhere great. This year...

Editor's note: Meet Ivar Zeile, owner of Denver's edgiest contemporary gallery, PLUS, which features regular exhibitions from established and emerging artists, gallery talks, and happenings such as poetry slams and mini film festivals. Ivar has just joined the TIO family of writers – look for...