Culture

On Saturday, December 10, the Telluride Historical Museum and Schmid Family co-host an “Olde Fashioned Christmas at Schmid Ranch.” Celebrate the season with this FREE Telluride tradition. Find your Christmas tree and enjoy festive crafts, hot cocoa, warm chili, Christmas carols, sleigh rides and visit with Santa. Sleigh...

The Telluride Choral Society’s WinterSing, #23, takes place Friday, December 9, 7 p.m. at Christ Church on Columbia Avenue; the performance on Sunday, December 11, is at  3 p.m., also at Christ Church. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, available at the door. For more information, call (970)729-0082. Whatever its origins – pagan,...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Ride Festival present Americana rockers The Wood Brothers live in concert on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 8 p.m. They will be joined by opening act Ben Sollee. Tickets are $25 general admission on the floor; $35 reserved seats in the balcony.* Tickets...

In Siem Reap, Cambodia and in Luang Prabang, Laos, we encountered a phenomenon Paul Hawken described in a book of the same name as "blessed unrest.” “Blessed Unrest” is the umbrella Hawken hangs over grassroots movements all over the world, comprised of not-so-ordinary individuals and groups busily working to ensure social justice,...

Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation and BootDoctors present Teton Gravity Research’s “Tight Loose.” Event takes place at Sheridan Opera House on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, 6 & 9 p.m. Tickets $15 per show adults, $7 kids 18 and under. Tickets and additional event information are available here...

Winter shorts on tap Friday at the Telluride Library, hosted by Telluride Mountainfilm. Two FREE screenings on December 2 at 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Series continues through the winter ski season. And purchase your Early Bird Palmyra Pass now, plus other passes. [caption id="attachment_62794" align="aligncenter" width="600"]...

The Telluride Foundation’s Board of Directors held its bi-annual meeting on July 5, 2016 and selected the late Elaine Fischer as the 2016 Outstanding Citizen of the Year. The celebration of her life and work is Tuesday, December 6, 5 - 7 p.m.. at the Sheridan Opera House.  [caption...

The Telluride Ski Resort & BootDoctors host a fundraiser for San Miguel Search & Rescue. The event, a screening of “The Fourth Phase,” takes place Friday, December 2. Doors are at 6 p.m.; 7 p.m. is a drawing. Film scheduled for 7:30 p.m., all at the...

“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...