Culture

[caption id="attachment_29888" align="alignright" width="300"] Scene from "People." Image shot by the BBC.[/caption] Tuesday, April 30, 7 p.m., SPARKY Productions presents Alan Bennett’s new play "People" as part of the first NT LIVE program with Telluride's Palm Theatre. NT LIVE is a simulcast, live broadcast of a National...

Editor’s note: Telluride Inside… and Out’s monthly (more or less) column, Tall Tales, is so named because contributor Mark Stevens is one long drink of water. He is also long on talent. Mark is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan,” both...

[caption id="attachment_10846" align="alignright" width="150"] George Clooney tribute, Telluride Film Festival 2011[/caption] Telluride Film Festival, August 29 – September 2, 2013, presented by National Film Preserve, Ltd., announces its Call for Entries in all categories including student, short and feature length films. Submission period began April 15, 2013. Film...

On April 11, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) announced  the receipt of a $1.75 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will continue the transformation of the museum’s textile art department. A grant of $1.5 million in the form of a challenge to...

Registration is now open for Rural Philanthropy Days, June 17 - 19 in Ouray and can be accessed here. The early bird registration price of $125 per person ends May 3. The standard price of $150 per person ends June 3. The 2013 Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days...

“One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty," Martin Luther King [caption id="attachment_29198" align="alignright" width="300"] Beth & George Gage visiting Tim in prison[/caption] In a real-life game of monopoly (of the fossil fuel variety), he played...

Upcoming Museum field trips delve into regional Native American history. Tickets on sale now here. The Telluride Historical Museum is excited to announce two upcoming family field trips that bring Puebloan Native Americans up close and personal. The first field trip, Saturday, April 20, 8:30...

April 11 to 18, 2013      Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Saturn  Evening: Jupiter  The Aries new Moon is in many ways the true beginning of the natural astrological year. As the Sun, Moon and Earth form their annual conjunction in the zodiac’s first sign – which can...

Telluride Historical Museum’s annual journal, "Telluride Tales," explores historic preservation in Telluride In 1977, trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie trumpeted his thoughts on Telluride: "If this ain’t paradise, heaven can wait." He was not (and is not) alone in his enthusiasm. Before and since, many have echoed similar praise for...

On Sunday, April 14, 10:00 p.m. MST), PBS premieres an awe-inspiring film from Academy Award-nominated director Josh Aronson. Aronson's latest documentary,“Orchestra of Exiles,” tells the dramatic story of Bronislaw Huberman, the celebrated Polish violinist who rescued some of the world's greatest musicians from Nazi Germany, then...