Culture

Telluride's middle school thespians will bring the whimsy and humor of Dr. Seuss to the stage this weekend with performances of "Seussical the Musical." The play, directed by new SAF Young People's Theatre Director Leah Nikula, will be performed Dec. 1-3 at 6 p.m. nightly...

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 tax cuts proposed by Republicans and the implications they posed. This week she tackles net...

In 2018, The Telluride AIDS Benefit will celebrate 25 years of raising funds and awareness to end HIV/AIDS. Through its annual fashion shows, which provide smashing, sophisticated and highly entertaining affairs, TAB raises more than $100K annually for prevention and client services programs. The 2018...

Mountainfilm has hired Suzan Beraza to take the reins of the 40-year-old organization as its Festival Director. The organization also announced that pioneering alpinist Conrad Anker will serve as Guest Director in 2018. Telluride-based documentary filmmaker Suzan Beraza is no stranger to Mountainfilm having worked, volunteered...

In this Thanksgiving poem by our not-regular-enough contributor David Feela, a hawk could be a meta for us post-Thanksgiving and into the holiday season. If, that is, the day after, we see ourselves sitting high on the pole, fully satisfied and deeply grateful. If, as...

Clint and I will not be doing the Turkey Trot this year, will not be breaking bread or pulling skeletons out of closets around the Thanksgiving table. But still, on November 23rd, our plates will be full - most likely, but with French bistro fare...

Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season. But times they a tryin' – even without your parents breaking out the photos from your awkward years, even minus the inevitable food coma, soWord Woman Rosemerry Trommer suggests we simply stop, inhale – and smell the...

The focus of the Nelson-Mapua-Tasman Bay leg of our New Zealand adventure was people as much as places and things – including a few Telluride locals. Peeps more than sheeps. And enhanced eco-awareness thanks to Stew Robertson of Open Your Eyes Eco Tours the Abel...

In the very first story we posted for this trip, we mentioned how Maori lore describes New Zealand's North Island as a great fish that got plucked from the sea. Today, the mouth of that fish is Wellington, compact and as pretty a national capital –...

We now know for sure where Little Bo Peep's charges got off to. Only several days into New Zealand and there is absolutely no doubt. Sheep salted the landscape, 50 shades of green, as we continued on our Kiwi adventure south from our home base in Tauranga...