Culture

Helen Thorpe is an author and freelance journalist who has written articles for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Texas Monthly, Westword, and 5280. Her first book, "Just Like Us," was published by Scribner in 2009 and named one of the best books of the year by the...

James "The Amazing" Randi was a guest at Mountainfilm 2014, in support of the doc about his life and work, “An Honest Liar," a festival favorite – both the film and the man. James Randi became a world-famous magician and escape artist by studying the art of...

The film was a crowd favorite at the 41st annual Telluride Film Festival. Film critic Lisa Kennedy interviews Jon Stewart about “Rosewater” for the Denver Post. [caption id="attachment_46239" align="aligncenter" width="268"] Gael Garcia Benal, star of “Rosewater," with his director, Jon Stewart[/caption] While being held and tortured in Iran's...

[caption id="attachment_46306" align="aligncenter" width="600"] VMF 251 F8, landing on USS Lexington, 1963[/caption] Tradition has it that there are no ex-Marines. With that in mind, I would like to salute The Marine Corps, my fellow Marines, past and present, and especially the two units in which I...

Telluride Arts & Telluride Library present “Rust + Bone,” photography by Riley Arthur, 11/2014 – 2/2015 The November - February exhibit in the Wilkinson Public Library Stacks features Digital Photography printed on aspen, eastern red cedar, cherry, walnut, birch, poplar and birds-eye maple, by local artist, Riley...

The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on Tuesday, November 11, at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors...

Red Bull Media House, in association with Matchstick Production Films, presents “Days Of My Youth.” Show time is Friday, November 14, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Sheridan Opera House.   Red Bull Media House, in association with Matchstick Production Films, presents “Days Of My Youth,” playing Friday,...

"Am I Reformed?" What did the Protestant Reformation give to the modern world? Are we in the midst of a new Reformation and what are the key ideas that are emerging? [caption id="attachment_12347" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] http://youtu.be/SYlsJ8CzkH0 Editor’s Note: Dr. Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a...

This story from Oleh Lysiak is a variation on theme of fishing. True, he and his friends are after oysters. But not the kind that live in water. The other kind. The impetus? A good eat, yes, but most importantly, preserving the old cowboy ways. Read on...