Culture

The New Year is off to a flaming start as the 3rd annual Telluride Fire Festival, officially Friday, January 20 – Sunday, January 22, ignites Thursday, January 19. The event opens with a reception featuring Burning Man photographer Scott London. Craig Childs is the featured speaker, Thursday, 6:30, Oak Street...

The point of it all is to break down the headlines, the week’s most controversial issues, determine why a particular issue is important to you, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. By reading Cleo Abram’s The Short Version, you join a vibrant group of...

Monday, January 20, is his day. The national holiday honors the memory of a man who changed history, a rain-maker, perhaps the rainmaker, at the dawn of our nation’s ongoing Civil Right Movement. His face is on the cover of the January 16th New Yorker. And in the window of...

Telluride Arts is now accepting applications for the 2017 Small Grants for Artists program. Funding is available up to $2000 for individual artist projects, group projects, professional development, and artist-to-artist workshops. The deadline to apply is March 1 at 5 p.m. [caption id="attachment_57895" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image,...

Every winter, Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts puts out a call for a juried exhibition, encouraging artists within a 150-mile radius of Telluride to submit work ranging from ceramics, painting, and printing to fiber, metal, and sculpture. The theme for this year’s show, which...

Most of us were raised to believe that giving to others is the generous and ethical thing to do. However, there are times when giving is not only inappropriate, it could be destructive for the recipient. Coming to someone’s aid is not always the best way...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation presents The Floozies live at the Sheridan Opera House on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Tickets are $20 GA on the floor; $30 reserved seats in the balcony. (Does not include $4 ticketing fee.) Tickets and information: sheridanoperahouse.com or 970.728.6363 x5. Scroll down for...

Telluride Foundation awarded a major federal grant to develop investment funding for regional start-up businesses. The Telluride Foundation was recently awarded a $150,000 “Seed Fund Support” grant from the Economic Development Administration’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program. Selected as one of eight out of a pool...

Telluride reggae rockers the Niceness celebrate the release of their debut album “Sunshine” with a funky reggae party at Telluride’s Sheridan Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Show time is 9 p.m.; doors, 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission on the floor; $25 reserved seats in the balcony....

I know, I know. The directors of the Telluride Film Festival are all about the art, not the business, of filmmaking. The event celebrates the finest ribbons of dreams; it is not a horse race, where the goal is to pick a winner. But historically and with uncanny consistency...