Culture

 Telluride Venture Accelerator & PlanitMapper, the backstory: Last year, the Telluride Venture Accelerator, a mentor-driven accelerator and initiative of the Telluride Foundation, began hosting an annual competition seeking applications from entrepreneurs ready to accelerate their businesses. [caption id="attachment_41511" align="aligncenter" width="477"] Jonathan, Haj & Pradip, the PlanitMapper team[/caption] From...

Soprano for 10X Grammy Award-winning vocal group to perform at The Palm, Sunday, June 8. Workshops for vocalists Saturday, June 7. Vocalese is the art of fitting lyrics to recorded instrumental jazz solos and ensemble passages. The Manhattan Transfer formed in 1969, then quickly surfed a...

Many Christians in the West, and especially the US, view substitutionary atonement as the only way of understanding the cross of Christ and Christian salvation.What is substitutionary atonement? Is it biblical? Is it what the Apostle Paul meant when he said "Christ died for our...

Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library  [caption id="attachment_41377" align="aligncenter" width="550"] “I’m Easy,” former Telluride local Keith Carradinefrom “Nashville"[/caption] The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are pleased to present the next installment of Cinematheque, a collaboration that brings Festival-quality films year-round to the...

“You’re the One That I Love”: Dance recital at the Palm Theatre, Sunday, June 1,  features the best of  "On Broadway" “Grease.” It’s the musical theatre equivalent of a double cheeseburger deluxe with a side of fries. Dance moves in popular rock ’n roll romp can fly as...

It is a fine example of synchronicity. Two great minds coming up with one big idea independently and at about the same time. The Telluride Foundation’s CEO and president Paul Major and board member Jesse Johnson hatched the notion of an accelerator based in Telluride some...

[caption id="attachment_41108" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Dubac, being himself- or an alter ego[/caption] "Dubac's ‘The Book of Moron' is fast-paced, loaded with intelligent thought-provoking conundrums and witticism, and always a laugh a minute. …a razor-sharp comedian," The Denver Post Bob Dubac first visited Telluride in 1975. “My buddy and I...

This spring, 28 artists from the Telluride region requested funds from the Telluride Arts/CCAASE Small Grants program to support creative projects that forward their work. Proposals are selected first and foremost based on the quality of the work , along with the artists’ plan to share their output with...

Nevada Wier is a multiple award-winning photographer who specializes in remote corners of the globe and the cultures who inhabit them. Because her connection with place and people is so profound, authentic and heartfelt, Wier’s images seem to compress human existence in its wildest and...

“Emptying the Skies,” Saturday, 8:30p.m. and Sunday, 11:45 a.m., The Nugget Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels: "Freedom,"  "The Corrections," "Strong Motion" and "The Twenty-Seventh City" – two collections of essays –"Farther Away," "How to Be Alone" – a personal history –"The Discomfort Zone"...