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I ain’t telling no lie (or my nose would grow like Pinocchio): when you wish upon a "Bright Star,” your dreams of a magical night on Broadway come true. [caption id="attachment_58082" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Carmen Cusack makes her Broadway debut in “Bright Srar.” (courtesy, broadway.com)[/caption] The inspiration for Steve...

We all know about yawns. One person opens his or her mouth and creates a chain reaction – which is not good if you are at your kid’s piano recital. But what other behaviors are contagious? Read on. We curated this blog by Carolyn Gregoire from the Huff Post. Certain...

3rd Telluride Literary Arts Festival features eclectic events for lovers of books and poetry. Award-winning author Peter Heller is special guest. Panel discussions, burlesque, a major poetry prize, bird forays, activities for kids, all part of Lit Fest. Get ‘Lit’ in Telluride, May 20-22, 2016. [caption id="attachment_58017" align="aligncenter"...

Last week, the subject was contraception. This week, well, it’s tampons. Is Cleo Abram on some sort of  feminist tear? Short answer: Nope. The subtext of her blog last week was really religious institutions and what exemptions they should or should not receive. This week, tampons are surrogates for what we...

Misery wants company. But is the opposite true for people with higher IQs? So says this Huff Post blog by Carolyn Gregoire. Are you an urban-dwelling loner who often prefers staying home with a book to going to a party? If so, psychologists say there could be...

The MIXX is a free event designed to to bring community members together to discuss important subjects using all forms of art, including performing art, as a catalyst. At each event, guests are invited to enjoy a pot-luck style meal and creative dialogue hosted by Pia Gedeon, owner, MIXX Projects + Atelier. The upcoming “The...

The Telluride Jazz Festival presents the 26th Artists In The Schools Program. Durango Funk Allstars to conduct master class, performance and Q&A in Telluride schools. The Telluride Jazz Festival will present the 26th year of the annual Artists In The Schools student education program in the Telluride...

Under the umbrella of Aronson Films, long-time, part-time local Josh Aronson made MTV videos, television pilots and specials and over 500 commercials before turning to documentaries in 1999. The multi-talented filmmaker is also a high-level amateur concert pianist, who regularly performs chamber music in New York City (his...

For the April installment of Cinematheque, a film club and collaboration between the Telluride Film Fest and the Telluride Library, the feature is “Together,” a superb Swedish satire. Monday, April 4. Show time is 6 p.m. Free to all. With host and local cinephile, Seth Cagin. Telluride...

Alpinists, photographers, writers and explorers on the roster for 2016 Telluride Mountainfilm. [caption id="attachment_57922" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A photo by National Geographic Young Explorer Alec Jacobsen, courtesy, Telluride Mountainfilm.[/caption] They have walked solo around the world, traveled to frigid landscapes to dive with leopard seals, scaled some of...