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Literary Burlesque, an evening of baring it all in word (for sure) and deed (almost, which makes it all more sensual), has become the highlight of the Telluride Literary Arts Festival. And from the get-go, one of the stars of the all-star show (and an event co-founder)...

On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday of November to be the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a day to count our blessings for the bounty in our lives, as below in this poem by beloved country commissioner Art Goodtimes. [caption id="attachment_55234" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Art being Art[/caption]   Thanksgiving It's...

Mark your calendars for the first in a series of upcoming events hosted by Between the Covers Bookstore. Meet author and transformational guide Julie McAfee. Enjoy a reading and discussion of her book “The Path of the Priestess" on Tuesday, November 24, 6:30 p.m. at Telluride’s Arroyo...

Boo! Or Boo-hoo if you tend to be scaredy cat. Seven super scary short stories curated by Huff Post Books & Culture Writer Claire Fallon to put you in the mood for Halloween. Caveat emptor. (And keep the lights on.) The air is growing crisp, jack-o'-lanterns appearing on doorsteps,...

In the roll up to Halloween, we found this blog by Maddie Crum, Books and Culture Writer, Huff Post. The story describes 10 reads that will keep you up at night, making every night All Hallows' Eve. Caveat emptor y’all. In a recent interview with HuffPost, Goosebumps author...

Things that go bump on the mountain, well, who in Telluride doesn’t like moguls? Things that go bump in the night? Also a familiar, though perhaps less welcomed occurrence in town, where ghosts are known to haunt some of our favorite haunts: the New Sheridan...

Claire Fallon and Maddie Crum, books and cultural writers for the Huffington Post, compiled the following list (and rationale) of can’t-miss new reads for Fall 2015.   Huffington Post must-read books out this fall. Setting aside Jonathan Franzen's ubiquitously discussed new novel Purity, fall 2015 is an embarrassment of literary...

What else happens over Telluride Blues & Brews weekend? Besides great music and brews that is. The other big event is something truly exotic (and stimulating) – curling up in a comfortable chair with a good book, courtesy of the Friends of the Library, whose  annual book sale takes place Friday,...

Winner of 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Flick,” runs through October 17 at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. Tickets here. The latest book in the award-winning Allison Coil Mystery Series by our theatre critic/author Mark Stevens is “Lake of Fire.” Mark will be in town for a book...

A collaboration by Telluride’s Bookends: Between the Covers Bookstore and Wilkinson Public Library. [caption id="attachment_52699" align="aligncenter" width="412"] Clare Vanderpool[/caption] Newbery Medal-winning author Clare Vanderpool will pay a first-time visit to Telluride, Saturday. August 1, 11 a.m. at the Wilkinson Public Library. Vanderpool won the award in 2011 for “Moon...