Culture

Tickets to the 2016 Telluride Wine Festival here. Please scroll down towards the bottom of the story to watch a video interview with this year's Telluride Wine Director and somm to the stars, Christopher Sawyer. [caption id="attachment_59607" align="aligncenter" width="526"] Christopher Sawyer[/caption] In vino, some split decisions about the...

Denver’s Avenue Theater now featuring “Bakersfield Mist” (through July 2). Tickets here. Below is award-winning writer (and our Denver critic) Mark Stevens' take on the production. [caption id="attachment_59700" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Maude Gutman (played by Abby Apple Boes) shows art expert Lionel Percy (John Ashton) her idea of quality art.[/caption] Based on a real-life...

A Telluride Wine Fest gourmet dinner prepared by world-famous chef Georges Perrier plus a movie about the man (“King Georges”) takes place Thursday, June 23, 6:30- 9 p.m., Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village. For tickets. go here or call 800-656-0713. "Nobody who is a chef is a normal person, because a chef...

He is now making beautiful, brightly colored paintings, soulscapes that reflect his inner Cheshire Cat (plus Fauve/Magic Realism antecedents). [caption id="attachment_59619" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Dome of the Rock, by Daniel Tucker[/caption] In the introduction to the catalog for the exhibition of his new paintings, collectively The Museum of Feelings, Daniel Tucker explains: “For...

What happens when the curtain comes down on Telluride Bluegrass? Yes, more festivals. More music especially. Had enough of the crowds in your face and dust in your nose and toes? Try something truly exotic for a change. Try a book. You know, a book, one of those written or printed work consisting of...

The 35th annual Telluride Wine Festival was named official qualifier for the World Food Championships. For more information, go here. Call 970-728-9790 or email wine@telluridewinefestival.com for entry information. Telluride Wine Fest’s events take place in the Towns of Telluride and Mountain Village. For tickets to Wine Fest...

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. Last week, the debate was about a sexual assault case at Stanford, also wealth and privilege, gender and race - plus the...

Father’s Day. What does it actually mean? Mother’s Day has clear, crisp expectations: flowers followed by brunch followed by more flowers. But dads lack that stock celebration. As a child, I remember making homemade cards, baking enormous cake-sized cookies, and giving my father the ubiquitous tie...

The Telluride Institute Partners with Arizona State University on Major EPA Grant. Associated workshop is by invitation and will be held June 24 – 26 at the old Deep Creek School at 26 Deep Creek Road, 7 miles west of Telluride. For further information, contact...

Franz Geiger speaks at the Telluride Conference Center  starting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 21,  part of Telluride Science Research Center’s (TSRC) Town Talks in Mountain Village. Admission is free; cash bar opens at 5:30 p.m. [caption id="attachment_59625" align="aligncenter" width="213"] Franz Geiger featured at upcoming TSRC Town Talk. Credit,...