Culture

Google “last minute Xmas gifts” and 100s of ideas show up, among my favorites: a gift of your time, like offering to babysit for your friends’ progeny; tickets to a sporting event or concert; a charitable donation in a friend or loved one’s name; or...

The Star of Bethlehem – often just called the Christmas Star – is a major symbol  of the holiday season throughout the world. Picture the silhouettes of three regal men on camels. They are gazing across gently rolling hills or dunes of white, to a...

The 45th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival announces the initial lineup for the weekend, June 21-June 24, on the winter solstice, or exactly 6 months from opening morning. Discount tickets for Telluride locals/San Miguel residents are still available exclusively at Telluride Music. Before the Telluride Music processing...

The term solstice means “sun stands still.” On the year’s two solstices (winter and summer) the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky and change little in position during this time. Of course, contrary to appearances from Earth, the sun’s “changing...

The Telluride Ski Resort looks forward to welcoming guests this holiday season. Visit the Event Calendar for a full listing of area events including live music, fireworks, movies, magic shows, and more. Lift ticket prices have been adjusted for this holiday season. Until January 7,...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation and BootDoctors presents Warren Miller Entertainment’s latest ski film “Line of Descent” on Sunday, December 23, Screenings are at the Sheridan Opera House at 6 and 9 p.m. Since 1949, ski families have cheered the official kickoff of winter with the ski...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation & BootDoctors present Matchstick Productions' "Drop Everything." The screenings take place Thursday, December 21, 6 & 9 p.m. Tickets $15 per show for adults; $7 kids 18 and under at 6 p.m. show only. Tickets and additional event information are available...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns and operates Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House, presents multi-Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin. Show time is Friday, December 22, 7 p.m. for doors and SHOW Bar; 8 p.m. curtain. Tickets are $40-45 reserved seats for this show....

In an effort to give promising filmmakers a much-needed leg-up early in their careers, Telluride's Mountainfilm has launched an Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship. The initiative, which will provide a filmmaker with a yearlong mentorship, festival networking and development assistance, begins in 2018 with Texas-based filmmaker Matthew...

The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo Abram explored the hot button issue of net neutrality. Recently she tackled the massive, very unpopular tax bill...