Culture

Tickets for the Ah Haa School’s New Year’s Eve Gala in Telluride include an improvisational duet between painter Chris Miller and author/storyteller Craig Childs, plus a banquet prepared by Josh Klein (of Smuggler's and Sidework), a full bar and a selection of  fine wines. For more...

Within eight short years, by 2028 those in the know say, what we eat could well depend upon our genetics: the microbiome in our guts and our physiology. DNA testing will unlock our "personalized nutrition" – which could be good for the planet since livestock...

Michael Pollan (of "How to Change Your Mind") must be psyched. And those who've attended the John Hopkins lectures at the Telluride Mushroom Festival about extremely positive results using psilocybin to mitigate depression and PTSD and help with smoking cessation should be cheering too. The...

"The Humans" by Stephen Karam, which received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, is now up at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. The run is through December 22. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, reviews the production. Tickets here. [caption id="attachment_77829" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Left to...

Fashion Friday 2.0 brings back a popular TIO fashion blog, first featuring Kristin Holbrook of Telluride’s Two Skirts, now brought to you by Erin Busbee and sponsored by Kristin and Telluride Two Skirts. What goes around… This week Erin shares five+ ideas for fall outfits, from casual to elevated casual...

Cusco today is the cultural capital of Peru, but its importance goes way back in time. As the oldest living city in the Americas, Cusco has been inhabited continuously for over 3,000 years. It was, in fact, capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th to...

Our whirlwind tour of Peru, just under two weeks, was choreographed by the award-winning Kensington Tours, whose “destination experts” (like ours, Sarah Roberts) are good listeners. Sarah curated to our wants and needs down to the smallest details: yoga mats in hotel rooms and hiking...

The precursor to the BIG holiday trifecta is just around the corner: Halloween. Celebrated each year on October 31, the origins of Halloween, like the origins of Christmas, began as a pagan ritual, specifically with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires...