Culture

In Telluride’s rugged and isolated environment, innovation and adaptation have allowed the town to prosper and reinvent itself for generations.  So it's no surprise that given Telluride’s unique and innovative history, the Telluride Historical Museum has been selected to participate in the Smithsonian Institution’s prestigious...

With the snow already falling and skiers carving fresh tracks into the hill, it's time to get fired up for winter. The Sheridan Opera House's presentation of the ski film McConkey on Thursday, November 14th, is the perfect way to do so. McConkey is a heartfelt...

November 7 to 14, 2013      Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter    Evening: Venus The other day a girlfriend told me she mentioned to someone that her life was cracking. The response she got was “That’s a good thing, because when your life cracks, it lets the...

There’s something especially satisfying about making your own holiday gifts. Not only is it a fun escape to indulge in a few hours of art making, but it’s equally fun to give away something that you created with your own hands – a one-of-a-kind gift...

The Telluride Ski Mountain may not open for another month, but it’s never too early to get excited about skiing. Sheridan Opera House’s presentation of “The Way of Life” this Thursday, November 7th is the perfect way to do so. Gravity Works and Osprey Packs,...

It's that time of year. A time when it's officially old enough to start packing up the summer hiking and biking gear and pulling out the winter skiing and hockey gear. And when the days start getting this short, it means it also officially time...

The ski mountain may not be open yet, but there's still a ton to do around Telluride. Check out what's happening at the Wilkinson Public Library. Monday, November 4th, Free Film, Desert Hearts. Cinematheque, in partnership with the Telluride Film Festival, continues its series “They Came...

What would you feed me, what complements the sweet amber whiskey you pour on my tomb? Remember me with persimmons, pomegranates, ripe amorous figs. Cut through a rare skirt-steak ancho-rubbed, sealed with oils of poblano and olive.   Paint my skull rich turquoise like the deepest part of the Colorado River, flowers of...

Witching is the process of searching for and locating the lost, holding a twig that dips and twitches as it points to its mysterious pleasure. And I’ll admit, I’ve tried. Picked up a forked stick, moved slowly about the yard, but all I found was the root of a tree where the stick probably...

Just because it’s off-season in Telluride doesn’t mean you can’t still go out and find some fun. This Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd, at 7:30 PM, The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Montrose’s Timshel Theatre present “The Oldest Profession” at the historic Sheridan Opera...