Culture

In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded more than $5 billion in grants to recipients in every state and U.S. jurisdiction, the only arts funder in the nation to do so. The NEA just announced awards totaling more than $27.6...

Telluride Theatre’s “Parallels” continues through Sunday, December 13, at The Ah Haa School for the Arts, 300 South Townsend Street, Telluride. Free, though a $15 donations is gratefully accepted. Seating is extremely limited. (First come, first served.) Telluride Theatre members and sponsors get reserved sears. To...

An added bonus from the Telluride Foundation: $15,000 in match money, $1,000 for Best Marketing. Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (12.15.15), the Telluride Foundation and local nonprofit organizations want to demonstrate the generosity of our local and extended, community. The goal of Telluride Gives is that every full-time, part-time resident, or...

Telluride Arts presents Holiday Prelude Art Walk, happening  12/10/15 or the Second Thursday of the month, not First Thursday as is the tradition (almost) every other month in season. Telluride Art Walk is a festive celebration of the arts in the Telluride Arts District for art lovers, community, and...

Fly Me to the Moon Saloon brings the heat during the frosty December holiday season. Denver’s psyche­blues outfit D​ragondeer,​ 2014 winners of Telluride Blues & Brews Festival annual talent competition, returns to Telluride for a headlining spot after making a strong impression with their reverb-laced approach...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation & Black Tie Ski Rentals present Teton Gravity Research’s “Paradise Waits.” Screening is Friday, December 11, 2015, 6 & 9 p.m., Sheridan Opera House. Tickets, $15, here. The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Black Tie Ski Rentals presents Teton Gravity Research’s latest ski...

Right after WWII, New York City, no longer Paris, became the center of the art world, and a (largely) boy’s club known as the Abstract Expressionists became superstars. Arguably the most famous member of the group was Jackson Pollack, whose explosive energy best sums up a...

“The days when physicists could ignore the concept of parallel universes may have come to an end. If that doesn’t send a shudder down your spine, think of it this way: our world is just one of many. You are just one version of many....

No holiday is more closely associated with music than Christmas, whose evolution as a cultural phenomenon is reflected in those sounds. As Christmas became more secular, spiritual songs were largely supplanted by chestnuts such as Rudolph, Sleigh Bells Ring (are you listening?). And if you scan...