Culture

Apply today for a 2016 exhibit at Gallery 81435, Stronghouse Gallery, and the Telluride Library here. [caption id="attachment_54051" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Telluride Arts’ Gallery 81435, one of several spaces available for shows.[/caption] Telluride Arts supports local and regional artists by curating rotating exhibits in and around Telluride. Many of the exhibits...

Joy. The conventional definition is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness." Case in point, the must-see “Picasso Sculpture” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. (Through February 7, 2016.) Picasso was our first stop on what is always an invigorating, enlightening cultural bath in the great tub known...

Sunday, September 27, 7 p.m.,  Sheridan Arts Foundation’s Young People’s Theater presents “Rapunzel’s Haircut.” $10 adults and $5 kids 12 and under. Pre-show wine & cheese reception for YPT members. Become a member/reserve a ticket here.   The story begins in a familiar way: Rapunzel is locked in a tower and...

The Telluride Film Festival is thrilled to present the Sunday at the Palm series in collaboration with the Telluride R-1 School District. These free, community screenings run throughout the school year - from September through May, and begin this month with Tomm Moore’s (SECRET OF...

Local artist and curator Amy Schilling hosts pop-up gallery throughout September. [caption id="attachment_53473" align="aligncenter" width="306"] Amy Schilling, artist & curator[/caption] As part of  Telluride Arts’ September’s Art Walk, Amy hosts an opening reception on Thursday, September 3, 5-8 p.m., featuring a discussion with the artists. "STILL was borne from Amy...

Labor Day Weekend and the Telluride Film Festival are receding in the rear view mirror, but the memories linger on as reviews come out of Toronto. Here’s one by Rebecca Keegan from the L.A.  Times about “Room,” a Telluride favorite. Our TFF review here. Brie Larson's new movie,...

Telluride Foundation has given over $35 million in total to the community since its inception in 2000. The Telluride Foundation’s annual Community Grant application is now available, and regional nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply. This year, the Foundation will be instituting two new aspects to...

Telluride Arts Presents: WAREHOUSE SESSIONS: Call for Artists + Photographers of all levels. Submit now through November 1, 5 p.m.   [caption id="attachment_53832" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Front of Warehouse Transfer space[/caption] Help  capture the beauty of the Telluride Transfer Warehouse in its current, extraordinary state and forward the work of Telluride Arts to...

Telluride Blues & Brews kicks off with free concert in Mountain Village on Thursday, September 17, 5 - 7 p.m. Join Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in Mountain Village's Sunset Plaza for the Sunset Blues Concert featuring Hillstomp with opener The Johnson County Coroners. The event -...

Tickets and passes to the 22nd annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival here.  Please scroll down to the bottom of the story to listen to my interview with the iconic Jimmy Carter of The Blind Boys of Alabama. In 1944, the Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June...