Culture

Even if you’re not a diehard sports fan, there’s something about that Olympic music* that gets you right there. As the background sonata for the battleground of interconnected nationalism, it stirs up a brew of nostalgia, history, politics, statistics, and achievement. An avid Olympiphile since...

From Darien Rainforests to Telluride: Opening reception Thursday, July 26, 4 – 8 p.m. Gallery hours, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily. Their story is written in palm fiber  – the Wounaan Indians from the Darien Rain Forest in Panama believe they emerged from the palm trees...

Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church claims 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 to...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation is proud to present an intimate evening with rock, folk legends Hot Tuna, the acoustic trio, at the historic Sheridan Opera House on Sunday, July 22 at 8 p.m. The trio features Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, founders and continuing core...

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe your mind can achieve." When Napoleon Hill trumpeted those words in 1937, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression. At the bidding of Scottish entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, this phrase was the result of 20 years...

On a road trip last Spring, we made a stop in Ashland, Oregon, home of a world-famous Shakespeare Festival. The play we saw, Chekhov's gut-wrenching "The Seagull," turned out to be a warm up for our next act, which involved an entire menagerie. Harry the...

Come one. Come all. Ladies and gentlemen. Children of all ages… Friday, July 20, 2012, Ah Haa performs one heck of a sleight of hand: the community center and art school transforms into a circus, specifically Cirque d’Ah Haa, the theme of our 20th annual fine...

In a way, the Bard set the stage for – oh lord, shut me up – reality TV when he concocted tales of sex, power and morality in complex tragicomedies as "Measure for Measure." However, in the end, a sanctimonious hypocrite gets a totally to...

Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...

At least a dozen words in this cloud describe pretty much the same thing: a feeling human beings have for one another, especially when they see someone else in need. And that is a really good sign! The feeling must be almost as important to...