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Regional youth eligible for a four year science, technology engineer, or math college scholarship [caption id="attachment_26621" align="alignright" width="225"] Astronaut Neil Armstrong[/caption] The family and friends of Neil Armstrong and the Telluride Foundation have announced the creation of a Neil Armstrong Scholarship Fund to honor the achievements and...

And now for something different for a change. Cookies. But not just any sugary wafer. Tuesday, January 8, 6 – 8 p.m., the Wilkinson Public Library, in collaboration with Red Rocks Press, hosts a very special New Year Books & Cooks cocktail party featuring "Cookies for Grown-Ups" and...

Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach...

Under the non-profit umbrella of the Telluride Institute and in collaboration with the Wilkinson Public Library, Arroyo Telluride and Between the Covers Bookstore, a new poetry group has formed: the Talking Gourds Poetry Club. The first gathering takes place Tuesday, January 8, 8 p.m. at...

Jennifer Dewey is a local gem. Mea culpa, but the pun was irresistible. The artist in question is a custom jewelry designer, who works in the community in a variety of creative ways. She obtains gemstones on request, repairs watches and jewelry, and sells her own...

  [caption id="attachment_26496" align="alignleft" width="300"] Guy Laliberte photo courtesy of Marlborough Gallery[/caption] Marlborough Gallery, 40 West 57th Street, Manhattan, is always one of Susan's and my favorite stops when in New York. The current show (through January 5, 2013, so hurry) was special, even for Marlborough. In it's...

[caption id="attachment_26485" align="alignright" width="280"] Blown glass vase by Hokanson & Dix at Lustre[/caption] Telluride starts the New Year off on the right foot with the walkabout town known as the First Thursday Art Walk, a festive meet and greet hosted by Telluride Arts that allows locals...

"Signature Theatre’s revival of August Wilson’s Piano Lesson brings a timely reminder of how consoling, how restorative, how emotionally sustaining great theatre can be," Charles Isherwood, The New York Times [caption id="attachment_26471" align="alignright" width="300"] Scene, August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson[/caption] Stephen King would have taken the story...

[caption id="attachment_26439" align="alignright" width="150"] Kandinsky[/caption] On a two-day whirlwind trip to the Big Apple, we hung with a group of artists who lived at the same time and were similar in the fact they marched to their own drum. Or drums. Since their chosen paths were...

For 12 years, Telluride Foundation consistently supports regional nonprofits, awarding grants to 76 local organizations in 2012 The end of the year brings an extra holiday gift to many local nonprofit organizations that serve the Telluride community and region. On Friday, December 28, the Telluride Foundation...