Culture

Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) is an initiative of the Telluride Foundation and a mentor-driven accelerator program. TVA provides seed funding, co-working space, access to world-class mentors and entrepreneurs-in-residence such as attorney Paul Tomita for this year's six winning companies On Monday, March 17, 5 – 6...

Passes to the 41st Telluride Film Festival (August 29-September 1, 2014) are now available for purchase at www.telluridefimfestival.org. [caption id="attachment_31094" align="aligncenter" width="447"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] The Cinephile Pass - Directed to the serious Cinephile, this pass follows a special menu of unique & often unrepeated...

  I am so glad the folks at the Sheridan Opera House are throwing the three-night, four-band Telluride Tribute Fest, Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15. That’s right – all tribute bands! Why is it such a great notion? Because tribute bands are often every bit as good as the...

On Saturday, March 1, regional Presbyterians gathered for a series of TED Talk-styled presentations on the question Jesus asked his disciples "Who do you say that I am?"  My sermon on March 2 featured my presentation from the previous day, when I offered an experiential...

"Urinetown"  at the Palm Theatre in Telluride Tuesday, March 11-Sunday, March 16. Curtain at 8 PM (4:00 PM Sunday). [caption id="attachment_38768" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sasha and Cast[/caption] Let's start with a disclaimer: I have a meager history in theatre, and only a few readings with Telluride Theatre Fest...

It's all about bodacious shapes: some look like escapees from a story by Dr. Seuss; others are unapologetically voluptuous. Goedele Vanhille is a longtime, regional ceramicist whose phantasmagorical vessels amount to jewel-colored surrealistic paintings-in-the-round that allude to their modest ancestry: squash and gourds, aubergine, pears, and...

March shows at Ah Haa feature Goedele Vanhille and a Kenyan "Slum Art Slam" Telluride Arts' First Thursday Art Walk is a very good reason to go for a stroll. Galleries, eateries and art spaces celebrate artists and their work on the first Thursday of each...

Well, Telluride.  Judging from the lines at any movie, people who make the popcorn seem to know what they are doing. Apparently so do the people who put together the Telluride Film Festival. [caption id="attachment_38653" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "12 Years a Slave" team after winning Best Pic. (Image,...

The month of March was named after the Roman god of war. During the month, winter ends and spring begins. The birthstone for March is the aquamarine. Its zodiac signs are Pisces (February 19 – March 20) and Aries (March 21 – April 19). And...