Culture

T'is the end of the season, the last hurdle of the holiday trifecta that began with Thanksgiving. But other hurdles remain, namely The List. Writing for Lifehack, Ivan Dimitrijevic offers up "50 New Year's Resolution Ideas And How To Achieve Each of Them." The New Year is slowly...

The Telluride Foundation's Telluride Venture Accelerator initiative prepares for 2018 cohort. Fifty percent of finalists are woman, way outdoing the national stats. [caption id="attachment_64580" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Marc Nager, VP Innovation & director TVA at the Telluride Foundation[/caption] Across America, only 17% of new start-up companies are founded...

The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art’s “Non Objective” show, December 14, 2017 – January 14, 2018, bookends the earlier “Objective," which opened in July 2017. Both exhibitions were curated by that “impresario of abstraction,” James Hayward, artist, historian and teacher, also father of the TGFA’s...

Sheridan Arts Foundation presents its annual fundraiser, the 2017 Holiday Concert Series. The event features Shawn Colvin, John McEuen, Purely Patsy, Elephant Revival, Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Lez Zeppelin, all live at the Sheridan Opera House. Tickets and additional event information are available at sheridanoperahouse.com...

Southwest Colorado residents are gaining a new transportation option this month as Liberty Mobility Now, Inc. (Liberty) launches its ride-hailing services in Montrose, San Miguel and Ouray Counties. The launch of Liberty Mobility Now, Inc. is made possible through a partnership among Liberty, Tri-County Health Network (TCHNetwork), the...

Harvard social psychologist, bestselling author, and brain injury survivor Dr. Amy Cuddy will speak (for one hour) at Telluride's Palm Theatre on December 28, 5:30 p.m. Cuddy's TED Talk is the second-most watched in TED’s history, with more than 44 million views. All proceeds will be donated to the...

Now entering its 4th year, The Downlow is an evening of storytelling and an initiative of Telluride Theatre. The theme of the show on Tuesday, December 26, is Holidays & Family. Storytellers are Christopher Beaver, Landon Feller, Sarah Holbrooke, Sissy Zoller...

Telluride regional local Kierstin Bridger got several early Xmas presents. In October she won a Women Writing The West Award in the Poetry category for her book, "Demimonde," which delves into Telluride's sultry, salty past and our ladies of the night. (More on that here.)...

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...