Culture

[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"...

Work now on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, which has represented the duo’s images for years Fact: Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor are photography world royalty. Over the years, the husband and wife team has produced a body of work that conveys feelings of...

If you want to start Independence Day with a BANG, then it’s time to register for the Telluride Foundation’s fourth annual Rundola footrace.  The race takes place on July 4th at 8 a.m.  The Rundola is an uphill footrace open to anyone who dares to...

My wife, Debbie, and I recently visited our families in Atlanta. The focus of our trip was to address some financial and housing issues of our aging parents, my 84-year-old mother and Deb's 80-year-old father. We knew that it wasn't going to be easy.  So...

“Copenhagen,” a play by Michael Frayn, is about a meeting between two people in 1941 that held major implications for the course of events during World War II. [caption id="attachment_40909" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Wes Munsil as Neils Bohr; Marc Graham as Werner Heisenberg, courtesy John Hand Theater[/caption] That...

If you marvel at the prose of John Updike, you’ll enjoy the biography by Adam Begley. I suppose my job is to answer the question for non-believers: Why should I read this?  My answer is this: Begley’s fine portrait helps us see the combination of family forces and...

"Raising the Dead: A Walking Celebration of Landscape and Literature," Saturday, May 17 [caption id="attachment_40751" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Amy McHarg by Susie Grant[/caption] Writers, readers and lovers of books are invited to a workshop with award-winning Colorado authors Amy Irvine McHarg and Craig Childs on Saturday, May 17,...