Culture

Back in the glitter and grit of the 1970s, artists such as Philip Pearlstein – a heavyweight painter who happens to be part of the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art’s illustrious stable (and the uncle of Telluride’s former mayor and county commissioner Elaine Fischer, also a painter) – converted from Abstract Expressionism...

For articles about each company and interviews/podcasts with company founder, please visit us on Telluride Inside.. and Out here.  The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) is entering the final phase of its third year. Launched in the fall of 2012 as an initiative of the Telluride Foundation, TVA selected five...

Old idea. New blood. [caption id="attachment_51731" align="aligncenter" width="496"] Tira Pacheco, Colorado Avenue[/caption] Eugene Boudin was one of the more adventurous 19th-century painters, known primarily for his beach scenes and seascapes of northern France and luminous skies. One of Boudin's students was a young painter named Claude Monet,...

Thinking about a trip to South America for the fall shoulder season? Seeking an exotic address for a corporate get-together? Perhaps Brazil, one of the world’s most captivating places in the world, a vibrant country of white-sand beaches, pristine rain forests and wild, rhythmic metropolises, sleepy...

In conjunction with the 2015 annual exhibit: Forces of Nature: Telluride's Prehistoric Journey, the Telluride Historical Museum presents a series of free monthly lectures featuring experts in the local and regional natural history of Telluride, as follows: “The Electric Edge of Academe: The Saga of Lucien L....

TAB gives away $120,000 to 8 beneficiary organizations in 2015. The Telluride AIDS Benefit gave away $120,000 to eight AIDS treatment and prevention groups in Colorado, Utah, and Africa last week, marking an incredibly successful year for the benefit. “TAB and the community of Telluride have provided over...

Don't miss the tribute to Stephen Berry, co-founder of TSRC (Telluride Science Research Center) and chemistry professor at University of Chicago, given by a former PhD student of his, John Tully. There will be a slideshow of early pictures forming TSRC, an overview on the...

According to history.com, during the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day...