Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) recently announced the names of the recipients of a new grant created this year to address challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Telluride Fire Festival was one of the nonprofits chosen to receive a CO CARES Act grant in 2020. For...
To start Independence Day off with a BANG, register for the Telluride Foundation’s eighth annual Rundola footrace. The event takes place on July 4. As always. Well almost. Public Health Director Grace Franklin of San Miguel County okayed the Rundola – only under the condition of...
A Telluride local, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is an internationally recognized expert on treating clinical issues at the nexus of relationships and behavioral health. Dr. Paul’s book, Fragile Power. is about the psychological challenges of celebrity, Go here for our review. The following is a note from Dr. Paul in the Age of Corona....
Telluride's Between the Covers Bookstore and Wilkinson Public Library present another installment of their ongoing collaboration, “Authors Uncovered.” Featured are Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen in a virtual conversation. The topic is "Social Justice in a Time of Pandemic." The event takes place Thursday,...
The Telluride Historical Museum is looking forward to welcoming visitors back starting July 1st –by appointment only. [caption id="attachment_67418" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Telluride Museum[/caption] The Museum is taking appointments Wednesday - Saturday and may expand to more days depending on how the first phase of reopening goes. The...
In the Age of Corona nothing is guaranteed except change: for better (we hope) – or for worse (please no). Telluride’s Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer, who comments on the pandemic and its progeny regularly, is almost always on the side of the light, of hope....
Under ordinary circumstances, the event would heading into its fourth year. This year, however, is anything but. 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 an individual idea that...
Updated state Public Health Order announced: San Miguel County is in alignment. For up-to-date coronavirus information visit: https://www.sanmiguelcountyco.gov/coronavirus On June 19, the State of Colorado announced an amendment to the current Public Health Order that goes into effect immediately. San Miguel County will continue to mirror the...
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 Central Park – a public reminder, said Parents’...
Jeff Price is a screenwriter best known for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Doc Hollywood,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “Shrek III.” He also directed and co-wrote “For Cryin’ Out Loud” and co-wrote “My Brother’s Keeper” for “Tales From the Crypt.” Jeff’s debut novel, “Improbable Fortunes,”...
