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The first New Year’s Eve celebration dates back 4,000 years to the time of Julius Caesar. The emperor of Rome was the first to declare January 1 a national holiday. He named the month after Janus, the Roman god of doors and gates. Janus had two faces, one looking...

You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being more patient, finding...

Hot Buttered Rum & Head for the Hills at Telluride's Sheridan Opera House. Saturday, Jan. 2 (Head for the Hills closes) & Sunday, Jan. 3 (Hot Buttered Rum closes) 2016. 8 p.m. show; doors at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 general admission on the floor ; $40 reserved...

Heavyweight (we mean that in the good sense) Green Party county commissioner, shroom afficionado, accomplished basketweaver, potato farmer– and poet extraordinaire (in 2011, he was named Western Slope Poet Laureate), let the Goodtimes roll. We are, of course, talking about none other than the force...

Thanks to Sandra Carradine who facilitated her return and major support from the Telluride Ski Resort, Denise Mongan’s Beyond the Groove is pleased to announce the return of country music icon Tanya Tucker to Telluride. Tanya (with her full band) is scheduled to perform at Club Red at the Telluride...

From age 12 until 99, William Henry Jackson was, ahem, focused on photography. After a tour of duty in the Civil War, Jackson headed West, eventually settling in Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a portrait photography studio with his brother Edward. But staged images of predictable...

Denise Mongan’s Beyond the Groove, with major support from the Telluride Ski Resort, is pleased to announce Keller Williams & More Than A Little for a very special New Year’s Eve musical happening. The show, dubbed Tofunkuride, takes place at Club Red at the Telluride Conference Center...

A New Orleans-themed dance party featuring Preservation Hall Jazz Band on New Year’s Eve. At the historic Sheridan Opera House. Doors, 9 a.m.; music at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $100 general admission on the floor and $250 in the balcony. The night will include a midnight...

"How does the ordinary person come to an experience of the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It...

There’s no avoiding it. The holidaze bring an onslaught of new tasks that often inspire more stress than yuletide cheer. Especially if you are a perfectionist. Huff Post Healthy Living Editor Lindsay Holmes, a self-confessed perfectionists, offers some great advice. If you’re a perfectionist, chances are the...