The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds program named David J. Rothman of Crested Butte to serve as the fourth Western Slope Poet Laureate at the Telluride Literary Arts Festival this past May. [caption id="attachment_69046" align="aligncenter" width="300"] David Rothman is 4th Western Slope Poet Laureate.[/caption] Started at the Karen Chamberlain...
Labor Day weekend in Telluride twins with the Telluride Film Festival. Elsewhere it is four days that mark the end of summer. Designated a holiday since 1884, Labor Day was instituted to celebrate the contributions of labor to the national welfare of the U.S. In the current climate of...
Telluride’s indie Between the Covers Bookstore and indie publisher Torrey House Press announce “Red Rock Testimony: Readings on the Soul of Americaʼs Public Lands,” at the Ah Haa School on August 25. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; readings begin at 7 p.m. High Alpine Coffee Bar...
On Wednesday, August 9, 4 - 6 p.m., Telluride’s Between the Covers Bookstore welcomes author/photographer Michael Crouser for a book launch and signing of his latest work, Mountain Ranch. Please scroll down to listen to a podcast featuring Michael Crouser. In his new book of photography, Mountain Ranch, Michael...
Meet Laura Pritchett at the Telluride Library on Monday, July 17, 7 p.m., for Authors Uncovered, an event co-sponsored by the Telluride Library and Between the Covers Bookstore. Listen to her talk about “The Blue Hour,” a story of desire and passion in all forms, including violence,...
Do you believe in ghosts? Is it possible that new life, or better, new perspectives could spring from the shadows of a dead relative? Brooke Williams would answer ”yes.” In fact, Williams gives a full-throated response in the affirmative in his latest book, “Open Midnight: Where Ancestors and Wilderness...
Sarah Lavender Smith is a seasoned competitive trail runner, coach, and contributor to Trail Runner magazine. She also co-hosts UltraRunnerPodcast.com and blogs on TheRunnersTrip.com. A mother of two teens, Sarah has finished more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons. For information about Sarah’s appearances and links to...
Father's Day is a celebration honoring, well, fathers. The holiday also celebrates fatherhood in general, paternal bonds, and the influence of dads in society. For some, however, Father’s Day is shorthand for pulling out a wallet. Again. Gifts of watches and Fitbits, beard trimmers and bespoke home distilleries and grills, tickets...
To honor the memory of his father - and friend who was a father who just past – on Father’s Day, David Feela choose to continue a tradition scholars say might have emerged from Babylonian ruins, where upon a 4,000 years ago, a boy named Elmesu...
How did Father’s Day come about? According to history.com, during the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s...
