On Tuesday, August 22, 5:30 p.m., at Telluride Arts HQ, 220 West Colorado, Telluride Arts and Between the Covers Bookstore host a conversation between Ken Grossinger, author, and Jennie Franks, founder and artistic director of SPARKy Productions, an activist, non-profit now dedicated to supporting Latinx...
The Telluride Art + Architecture Weekend, July 11 - July 16, provides an insider’s look at the deep well of creative talent and exclusive access to private gardens and homes in the region. Garden and home tours are limited to 250 guests. Patron Passes, which include...
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, bespoke...
Is it time to decommission the Glen Canyon Dam? Talk 6/7, 5:30 - 7 p.m. Program is part of the "Water in the West Series," a collaboration between Sheep Mountain Alliance and Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library. Go here for more about Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library. Despite...
'The greatest love is a mother’s; Then comes a dog’s, then comes a sweetheart's," Polish proverb. Happy Mother’s Day Telluride – and beyond. We celebrate the holiday by sharing Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer's heart-wrenching, words, her pearls forming a mala, something to mediate on. Rosemerry clearly...
In 1907, Philadelphian Ana Jarvis began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. She persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, W.V. to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’s death, the second Sunday of May. After establishing Mother’s Day in Philadelphia, Jarvis...
The 2023 Friends of the Library (FOL) membership form is ready and the new membership cards are back from the printer. It’s a good time to join. Download and print the application or pick up a copy at the library. Leave a check or cash...
On Monday, February 13, 5:30 pm at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library, award-winning journalist and former Senior Tech CNN and 60 Minutes Correspondent Laurie Segall is scheduled to talk about her new book, "Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits." The event is part...
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being...
Joanna Spindler is the Adult Programs Specialist at Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library. She is also Poet Laureate, San Miguel County. You know how it can be with all the family gathered together over the holidays. One wrong move, one smart (read snarky) remark and someone leaves...
