Culture

In conjunction with the first annual Telluride Literary Arts Festival, the Wilkinson Public Library is hosting a very special event with author Pam Houston. The event takes place Sunday, May 18, 10:00 am. Join us for coffee and bagels and book talk. Pam Houston’s most recent book is Contents...

What: The Sheridan Arts Foundation Young People’s Theater presents “10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse,” a comedy by Don Zodilis, directed by Jennifer Julia When: Sunday, May 18, 7 p.m., doors at 6:30 p.m. Where: Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, Colorado, 110 N. Oak Street Ticket Info: This show...

Mark Fischer Poetry Prize Awards Celebration, presented in conjunction with Telluride Literary Arts Festival. At Arroyo, 6 – 7:30 p.m. [caption id="attachment_40841" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Kyle Harvey judged the 2014 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize contest. Celebration at Arroyo, Saturday, 6 – 7:30 p.m.[/caption] The 16th annual Mark Fischer Poetry Prize...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation & Telluride Ski Resort present music icon Jimmy Cliff. Tickets on sale now. The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Telluride Ski Resort presents music legend Jimmy Cliff at the Telluride Conference Center, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. The special concert is a fundraiser to help...

Editor’s note: Internet research came up with the history of Mother’s Day. The tribute was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907, Philadelphian Ana Jarvis began a campaign to...

First Literary Arts Festival in Telluride features eclectic events for book lovers. Come get “Lit” in town, Thursday, May 15 – Sunday, May 18.  “This is an opportunity for everyone to get together and party about reading," says Between the Covers Bookstore co-owner Daiva Chesonis, the originating force...

Norwood and longtime Telluride regional resident, April Montgomery, program director of the Telluride Foundation, was recently elected Chair of the  Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). Governed by a 15-member Board, the CWCB’s responsibilities range from protecting Colorado’s streams and lakes to water conservation, flood mitigation, watershed protection,...