Culture

“Elf the Musical JR” is directed by Allie Scherich and performed by students in grades 6 - 8 live at Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House. Event is this weekend, Dec. 2-4, 2016, 6 p.m. nightly. (Doors at 5:30 p.m.) Adults $13; children 12 & under $11 and lap children free. For...

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...

Telluride Arts’ Holiday Arts Bazaar is a weekend-long event. And once again this year the annual shopping spree featuring the work of regional artists takes place at the Elks Lodge, 472 West Pacific. The fun starts Friday, December 2, 4 – 6 p.m. with a Grand Opening and Merrymaking event....

It has been a few years since the Telluride AIDS Benefit hosted a dance party for World AIDS Day, which is December 1. The non-profit is reviving the event. “This year we want to celebrate life—and along with a little help from DJ Seano. It will be a classic...

It was our temple away from the bucket-list temples in a temple town. And it comes with a mascot, a bunny named Lily. The difference between our hotel in Siem Reap and other venues in town is best summed up as the difference between Aspen and Telluride. If your scene is seeing...

Thanksgiving is a story of traditions old and new, a day of  family, feasting, and football. And all that is good, but is it good enough? Shouldn’t Thanksgiving be about more than that? One poem by Word Woman Rosemerry Trommer puts the “thanks" back in Thanksgiving. The other: a...

"What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" Erma Bombeck In a letter to his daughter, Ben Franklin proposed the turkey for the official...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation & BootDoctors present Warren Miller’s “Here, There & Everywhere.” Screening is Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, 6 & 9 p.m, Sheridan Opera House.  Screenings are sponsored by BootDoctors, who are generously providing swag to be given away and raffled off; Between the Covers will be...

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...

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands. Stomp your feet. Quack like a duck. Do whatever you like – but emote enthusiastically. While smiling from ear to ear like it’s Christmas. “If you’re happy…etc.” appears to be the (unofficial) national anthem of Cambodia. That is the song children sang to...