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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAFnby2184o   Although his HBO show Last Week Tonight is technically on hiatus, John Oliver made a brief appearance on YouTube to make a public service announcement reminding us that New Year’s Eve is “the worst.” Oliver started by discussing how sick most of us are of...

Inaugural event ignites Wednesday, January 14 and burns hot through Monday, January 19. Tickets here. Some like it hot. And in the Telluride region the New Year is off to a flaming start thanks to two locals, Erin Ries and Chris Myers. From the fire in their bellies emerged a fabulous phoenix: the first ever Telluride Fire Festival....

Rock & roll closer for Holiday Concert Series features Brothers Keeper with John Popper & Jono Manson at Sheridan Opera House, Saturday, January 3. Tickets here or call 970-728-6363 x 5. Doors, 8 p.m.; show time, 8:30 p.m. The final show of the Holiday Concert Series at the historic Sheridan Opera House...

Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin at historic Sheridan Opera House, Monday, 12/29, 8:30 p.m. Tickets,$30 and $40 reserved seats available online here.  [caption id="attachment_47435" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Shawn Colvin[/caption] Shawn Colvin stands out as a singular and enduring talent thanks to the keen, warm-hearted storytelling in her songwriting...

Major commitment from The McManemin Family Fund of the Telluride Foundation [caption id="attachment_47140" align="aligncenter" width="185"] Mountainfilm’s Making Movies That Matter. The program has already reach over 700 students. initiative offers teachers and students the chance to view a content-rich documentary and then learn how to use footage...

Editor’s note: Poet extraordinaire Kierstin Bridger never disappoints, but often shocks. There, packed in the back of the closet with the tired tinsel star and the good holiday plates lie our memories of the season: some are of angels; others, well, the devils that nip at our souls. Here...

Denise Mongan of Beyond the Groove has three great nights of music planned for Club Red, an intimate pop up venue inside the Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village.  Monday, December 29, Cash’d Out pays tribute to the music of The Man in Black, aka, Johnny Cash. For New Year’s...

Sleek and sultry, with a capacity of 450, a large performance stage, red ambient lighting throughout the room, and seating areas for a more private experience, Club Red, a pop up venue within the Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village, is is reminiscent of the 30’s era jazz...

Editor's note: George Winston returns to Telluride to perform in a holiday concert at The Palm Theatre. Doors at 7:30 p.m.; show time, 8 p.m. (The time on the event poster is incorrect.) Purchase tickets here. [caption id="attachment_47334" align="aligncenter" width="600"] George Winston, courtesy Joe del Tufo[/caption] When...