Culture

Monday, August 3, 6p.m., Wilkinson Public Library (5:30pm for pre-SHOW reception). FREE TO ALL. The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are thrilled to present PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985, 91 minutes, Rated PG), the final installment of the GRAND ADVENTURES series at the library.    Tim Burton’s classic! "Everything about...

Telluride American Songbook Festival brings “Super Singer” (per the late Johnny Carson), Marilyn Maye to town to perform and conduct a workshop. Concerts are Monday, August 17 and Tuesday, August 18, Sheridan Opera House. Tickets 25 for adults; $15  for young people under 18, now on sale here. Group prices get $5...

A collaboration by Telluride’s Bookends: Between the Covers Bookstore and Wilkinson Public Library. [caption id="attachment_52699" align="aligncenter" width="412"] Clare Vanderpool[/caption] Newbery Medal-winning author Clare Vanderpool will pay a first-time visit to Telluride, Saturday. August 1, 11 a.m. at the Wilkinson Public Library. Vanderpool won the award in 2011 for “Moon...

Telluride Women Give hosts first talk in series on topical issues in the fields of health of wellness. Event (in a private home) features Dr. Sharon Grundy on the hot subject of our micro biome. For further information about Telluride Women Give and to attend August...

Beyond the Groove  presents Lucero play Club Red at the Telluride Conference Center,  Mountain Village, Tuesday, July 28. Doors, 8 p.m.; show time, 8:30 p.m. Tickets here. Beyond the Groove is pleased to announce yet another night of incredible music at the Telluride Mountain Village Conference Center’s pop up...

Tickets here. The 39th annual Telluride Jazz Festival takes place this coming weekend, Friday, July 31 – Sunday, August 2, 2015. The list of top talent featured by impresario Paul Machado includes Guest of Honor and Grammy-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts; James Brown collaborator Maceo Parker; New...

July 23 to 30, 2015   Visible planets: Morning: none   Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Last night on the news I saw that NASA has discovered “a planet at the right temperature within the habitable [Goldilocks] zone, and only about one-and-a-half times the diameter of Earth, circling a...

Workshop includes 3-day Festival pass, up close & personal course instruction, on-site access to Festival Photo Pit, media tent + more. For more information, click here. [caption id="attachment_52533" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rock and roll photographer & instructor Barry Brescheisen offers course through Blues & Brews.[/caption] Attention music and photography...

TMVOA  2015 Sunset Concert Series continues, this week featuring The Brothers Comatose. More through August 19, Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village. See full schedule below. Now in its 16th year, the free outdoor live music program, The Sunset Concerts Series, overlooking the scenic valley continues with The Brothers Comatose. Despite the handle, the...

Tickets for “Dream” here. Buy now. Snooze you lose. [caption id="attachment_52466" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Colin Sullivan, Director[/caption] Directing Shakespeare is the theatrical equivalent of the Full Monty: nowhere to run; nowhere to hide. But Telluride Theatre’s executive director Colin Sullivan plunged into the thick woods of oft-quoted words...