Culture

On Valentine’s Day, in some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the threads, it means she will marry him. But most men in this country hedge their bets: married or no, it’s all about flowers....

Tickets on sale now for May 29 & May 30 installment of Blues & Brews adventure. [caption id="attachment_48343" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Where the living is easy - and bluesy.[/caption] The Durango Blues Train returns Friday and Saturday, May 29 and May 30, two unforgettable evenings of music aboard...

The Telluride Arts District is now accepting applications for the Small Grants for Artists. Funding for individual artist’s projects, professional development, and artist-to-artist workshops. Small grants support the innovation, creativity and professional development of individual artists living in the Telluride region. The small grants program is generously...

Beyond the Groove Productions presents Lettuce, with opening act Break Science, Club Red in Mountain Village, Friday & Saturday February 13 & 14. Doors, 7:30 p.m.; show time, 8 p.m. Club Red debuted with a sold-out show earlier this year and transforms the Telluride Conference Center into an...

February 5 to 12, 2015  Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn   Evening: Venus, Mars The last week of Mercury retrograde is upon us and I can already feel the ruminating energy of directional planetary change. The snow has melted down here in the wild West End –...

The 16th annual Telluride Comedy Fest, Thursday, February 12 – Sunday, February 15, 8 p.m. nightly. New this year: LATE NIGHT FRIDAY SHOW, 11 p.m. ($30). All other tickets, $35/$40 (plus fees). Love is no laughing matter, except in Telluride, where comedy wraps around the Big Day,...

Telluride Arts’ programs director Britt Markey is more than just a pretty face. She is executive director Kate Jones’ abundantly talented aide de camp – and then some. [caption id="attachment_48272" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Hand, Britt Markey[/caption] With degrees in graphic design and fine art, Britt brings substantial design, organizational,...

Color is the backdrop of our lives. And the colors we surround ourselves with in daily life affect us profoundly. And they affected history. Writing in the Huff Post, Todd Van Luling talks about “8 Things You Didn’t Know About Color That Almost Too Ridiculous To Be...

The Telluride Jazz Festival’s educational initiatives represent excellence in music education. The Telluride Jazz Festival's Artists in the Schools programs offer informal music education to area youth. Visiting musicians in town for the WinterJazz programs give their time, talent, and energy to the program, performing and interacting with...

Let’s play a  little game of free association. I say “Syriana” and you say?… Bet your answer is Telluride Film Fest 2011 tributee George Clooney, who starred in the 2005 geopolitical thriller about oil, the Middle East, corporate greed, oil, espionage, wealth, power, intrigue, oil, assassination,...