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Although the pandemic seems to have loosened its grip, the hangover effect is still impacting Thanksgiving 2021. At play this year is a perfect storm of challenges: supply chain issues and labor shortages; bad weather; inflation. Nonetheless, as (hopefully vaccinated) Americans gather once again for...

The Telluride Historical Museums presents "An Evening with Ken Burns," and the  film: "The Central Park 5." Event takes place Sunday, August 29. Doors: 5:30pm; screening: 6:00pm. Michael D. Palm Theatre. Tickets here. For more information about the Museum's updated visitation policies, please see the “Visit”...

In my family, we never celebrated Hallmark holidays. Love and respect, my dad taught his girls, should not, could not, be turned on and off like a light switch based a date on a calendar. As we post tributes for Father’s Day, I hold word...

The following is a note about summer plans at the Telluride Museum from the Museum family. Summer hours are Monday-Saturday 11am-5pm. Open until 7pm on Thursdays (Locals' Free Day). For more information on updated visitation policies, please see the “Visit” page on the Museum's website. Happy...

Telluride-based Original Thinkers is a fresh and thoughtful ideas festival regularly scheduled for September 30 – October 3, 2021, in Telluride. The weekend generally features 10 programs, each built around a particular idea explored through a compelling mix of speakers, films, performance, and art. The program typically delves into...

Telluride Theatre presents "High History," a collaboration with the Telluride Museum. Stream online March 17 - 21 @ 7 p.m. Tickets: one viewer on one device - $20; two viewers on one device - $35; three viewers or more on one device - $55. The...

Telluride-based Original Thinkers is a fresh and thoughtful ideas festival regularly scheduled for early October in Telluride. The weekend generally features 10 programs, each built around a particular idea explored through a compelling mix of speakers, films, performance, and art. The program typically delves into the human...

Martin Luther King (MLK) was a rain-maker, perhaps the rainmaker, at the dawn of our nation’s ongoing – and much challenged of late – initiative to right the wrongs of slavery and promote socio-cultural diversity in America. In 1964, the African American baptist minister won...

Seriously? Since we saw how 2020 went, do we really want to do this, again? I know. Any excuse to wear sequins. Comedian John Oliver was once quoted as saying: “New Year’s Eve is like the death of a pet. You know it’s going to...