Culture

The Sheridan Arts Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns and operates Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House, presents Victor Wooten Trio live in concert on Sunday, January 21, 2018. Show time at 9 p.m.; the new SHOW Bar and doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are...

On Thursday, January 18, 7 p.m., at Christ Church, the Telluride Camerata invites the community and guests to enjoy an evening of chamber music, "Gems of Eastern Europe" features the works of Dvořák, Kodály, Martinů, and Ysaye. Violinists Ching-Yi Lin and Brandon Christenson and violist Andy Braddock are...

The San Miguel Resource Center is the Telluride region's only nonprofit dedicated to victims of interpersonal violence, offering prevention education and treatment services to the greater Telluride community. On Thursday, January 17, 5:30 p.m., at its offices across the street from Smuggler's, (205 E. Colorado...

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 addressed the subject of labor unions and asked: Should companies be required to negotiate with contractors' unions? She...

Reading the title of one of his latest Sunday Op Ed piece for The New York Times, you might be tempted to call him a cockeyed optimist, but renowned journalist-author Nicholas Kristof is a just a truth-teller. Read his "Why 2017 Was the Best Year...

Don't remember if we ever published a blog about toning our memory muscle. In the following story for The New York Times Henry Alford talks about which techniques for empowering the power of recall work. And which don't. Here in the valley of my mid-50s, I...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns and operates Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House, presents bluegrass up-and-comers Trout Steak Revival live in concert on Friday, January 19, 2018. Doors and SHOW bar open at 8 p.m.; show time is 9 p.m. Tickets are...

The self-professed failed Catholic Guillermo del Toro chatted easily and breezily with his fans on the steps of the Telluride Elementary School following a screening of his latest, perhaps greatest project at the Telluride Film Festival: “If it is a sin, I am in.” In our...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation presents The Floozies live at the Sheridan Opera House on Thursday Jan. 11 and Friday, Jan. 12. Tickets are $25 GA on the floor and $35 reserved seats in the balcony, plus a $4 ticketing fee. Tickets and information: sheridanoperahouse.com or 970.728.6363 x5. Scroll...

Before the spiel about the awards, how about Telluride homegirl Oprah? (Ok, soon to be part-time homegirl.) President Oprah? The superstar's buzzworthy speech upon accepting the Cecile B.DeMille Award for lifetime achievement generated speculation about 2020. (Read the full speech in Time here.) And how did Telluride...