Culture

Telluride's Gus Kenworthy is sponsored by Samsung, who sent the following video about our homie. The theme of Samsung’s Olympic campaign "Do What You Can’t," which translates to igniting the Olympic spirit by encouraging everyone to break down barriers to fuel meaningful progress and do what...

The first major dump on January 11, quieted some of the rumors about Telluride. After new storms on January 21 and January 22, 17" of new in just 48 hours, the Telluride Ski Resort opened new terrain around Lifts 5, 6, 9, 10 & 11. The terrain...

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program continues its 20-year tradition of offering a national Fischer Prize contest in honor of attorney/poet Mark Fischer, who died in 1987, and his wife politician/painter Elaine Cantor Fischer, who passed away just three years ago. “Both were beloved members...

Before he was either a saint or a holiday, Valentine was a Christian priest martyred in the third century. Some legends say he was executed for defying an edict against conducting marriages for Roman soldiers whom the emperor believed would fight better without family ties....

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 turned her attention to the new federal rules on pot, asking whether the federal government should allow states...

The Telluride AIDS Benefit continues to wave its “Fight.Fund.Educate” banner on high – and with good reason. With regard to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, today’s political environment is, at best, a giant question mark; at worst, toxic. On the scientific front there may be cause for optimism, but to date there is still no definitive cure...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation & Jeb Berrier present the 19th Annual Telluride Comedy Fest, February 15-18, 2018, 8 p.m. Tickets are $40/$50/$125  for reserved seats. (Fees apply.) Tickets for Locals' Night are discounted to $35 reserved seats; $45 for table seats. Tickets and more info are available...

"First Date" is now up at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through April 22, 2018. Go here to purchase tickets. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, reviews the production. [caption id="attachment_72683" align="aligncenter" width="494"] Seth Dhonau (left) as Aaron and Adriane Leigh Robinson as...