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Telluride Historical Museum & Pinhead Institute unveil local contribution to groundbreaking, collaborative Smithsonian exhibition [caption id="attachment_47780" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Pinheads on Hydroelectric Generator at Ames Power Plant. THM 2005-01-189.[/caption] If you’ve been in the area for a while, you have undoubtedly heard the names L.L. Nunn, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla...

09 January, 2015 /

January 8 to 15, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn    Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars Today the phrase “no news is good news” keeps running through my head. I realize this proverbial saying means that not hearing about a situation, or not hearing from or about someone,...

09 January, 2015 /

Here’s what see in our review of the 41st annual Telluride Film Festival: "It’s a bird. It’s a plane – not. It’s “Birdman,” a winged version of Superman and all the other hollow comic book super heroes at the center of pow!, wow!, bang, snap, crackle and pop orgies,...

09 January, 2015 /

Five Companies Selected for 2015 Accelerator Class Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA), an initiative of the Telluride Foundation, announced  the five winning companies slated to participate in its 2015 five month accelerator program. TVA is a Telluride-based, mentor driven program focused on innovative high-growth start-up companies in the...

08 January, 2015 /

Former front man of Yonder Mountain String Band, Jeff Austin and his band play the historic Sheridan Opera House Friday and Saturday, January 16-17, 2015, with opening support from Grant Farm. Austin is joined by Danny Barnes on banjo, Eric Thorin on bass and Ross Martin on guitar. Doors are at 8...

05 January, 2015 /

Banjo and slide guitar player Tony Furtado, known to be gregarious, engaging and entertaining both on and off stage, returns to the historic Sheridan Opera House on Saturday, January 10. Doors are at 8 p.m. and show time is 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the show, available here, are general...

04 January, 2015 /

Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for in the store when you stop by to browse or for a cuppa at High Alpine Coffee...

03 January, 2015 /

TIO regular contributor Oleh Lysiak sent this story in honor of the memory of Karen LeQuey, who just died. Oleh wrote the story for Karen and husband Keith Le Quey to honor the couple’s infamous annual biker bash in Norwood. It was originally published in The San Miguel...

03 January, 2015 /

The Guest of Honor for the 39th annual Telluride Jazz Festival is two-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Ernie Watts. Starting his vibrant career at the tender age of 13, Watts has been featured on over 500 recordings with artists ranging from Thelonious Monk to Frank Zappa. His years...

03 January, 2015 /

SPARKy Productions, also host of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, presents David Hare’s SKYLIGHT with Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard to be broadcast at the Palm Theatre by National Theatre Live Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard appear in the West End production of David...

01 January, 2015 /