Telluride Historical Museum’s annual journal, "Telluride Tales," explores historic preservation in Telluride In 1977, trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie trumpeted his thoughts on Telluride: "If this ain’t paradise, heaven can wait." He was not (and is not) alone in his enthusiasm. Before and since, many have echoed similar praise for...
[caption id="attachment_29569" align="alignright" width="300"] Cover art by Kellie Day[/caption] Poetry began to spill out of Erika Moss Gordon when she was a young child. Today, the themes have changed, but the words are still spilling. "Of Eyes and Iris" is her first book and it charts...
Editor's Note: Ever wondered why the first day of April brings out whoopie cushions and other pranks? According to web sources many ancient cultures such as the Romans celebrated the arrival of the new year on April 1st because the day roughly lines up with...
Editor’s note: Kierstin Bridger, the 2011 winner of Telluride Arts’ Mark Fischer Poetry Prize, is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out and a member of our wonderful family of writers, among them, Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, “Feelosophy” major David Feela, county commissioner...
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 talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both...
[caption id="attachment_22301" align="alignright" width="200"] Barb Brattin, director, Wilkinson Public LIbrary (and Finn)[/caption] Editor’s note: Year after year, the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, has designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. And in 2012, it earned its fifth star in...
Editor’s note: Year after year, the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, has designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. And in 2012, it earned its fifth star in a row, which puts The Wilkinson Public Library into an elite...
Editor’s note: Year after year, the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, has designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. And it just earned its fifth star in a row, which puts The Wilkinson Public Library into an elite club...
Editor's Note: The suffragettes. Their names come back to us in waves, like a way distant echoes. Even the name Betty Freidan, the woman who presided over the birth of modern feminism, resonates like some fire-breathing dragon of yore, which she was, in a way....
[caption id="attachment_28455" align="alignright" width="300"] [/caption] Editor’s note: Kent Haruf is an award-winning author. His fifth novel is "Benediction," his first in eight years. "Eventide," his sequel to the 1999 National Book Award nominee "Plainsong," came out in 2004. Denver-based writer Mark Stevens, a regular contributor...
