Culture

[caption id="attachment_33790" align="alignright" width="300"] Mudd Butts, Initiation Day, with Zach and Jolie in the crowd.[/caption] Ask anyone who has ever attended the Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts Mystery Drama Troupe and they will tell you that theater is the ultimate learning tool – and not just because...

[caption id="attachment_33781" align="alignright" width="172"] Kathy Green's fantasy flowers on gold sarong batik on silk, Photo by Joe Skalsky[/caption] Shake your head in disbelief. Or clap your hands for joy. Makes no never mind. Telluride does indeed have one more festival, this one artfully woven into town's...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents a night of Texas country western swing with Asleep at the Wheel at the historic Sheridan Opera House. The concert takes place Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the show are $35 (plus a $3 ticketing fee)...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1987. For 16 years, Pat served as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. He is also an Iraq...

[caption id="attachment_33673" align="alignright" width="300"] Sally and Kim working with their cast and young team[/caption] Two classics, Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers (1844) and Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884), include direct references to the novel widely considered among the greatest works of fiction ever...

[caption id="attachment_33632" align="alignright" width="215"] From the archives of the Telluride Historical Museum[/caption] On Tuesday, the Telluride Historical Museum celebrated its designation as an Affiliate Museum of the world-renowned Smithsonisan Institute. But none of us under the roof of the former-hospital-turned-celebrated repository of regional history is resting...

Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library Presents: Werner Herzog Summer Series As we rapidly approach the 40th Anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival and the unveiling of the new Werner Herzog Theatre in Town Park, this will be the last opportunity pre-Festival to...

[caption id="attachment_33552" align="alignright" width="150"] Rob Schultheis, Camel[/caption] Rob Schultheis grew up on the Pacific Rim, in Hong Kong, Manila, and locales still classified, where his father was C.I.A. Chief of Station. After graduating with an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado, he traveled extensively in...

The following free workshops offer nonprofit building capacity opportunities. 1) Thursday, August 1, Program Evaluation and Demonstrating Outcomes Workshop, 10 a.m. to Noon, Wilkinson Public Library, Program Room. This workshop, taught by me, April Montgomery, Programs Director at the Telluride Foundation, will help you determine if...