Culture

Editor’s Note: Kierstin Bridger is the 2011 winner of Telluride Arts’ Mark Fischer Poetry Prize and a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. Possibly the edgiest member of our family of writers/poets, including Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and “Feelosophy” major David Feela, her...

The cast of characters changes, but otherwise it's the same, compelling story: Telluride Arts monthly Art Walk. The event, a celebration of the region's artistic talent, is a meet and greet for art lovers of all stripes, locals and visitors alike. Venues all over town...

I became a Viniyoga instructor because of a teacher I was blessed to practice with privately for 12 years. Meet River Cummings, one of the most inspiring yoga instructors I have ever known in over 20 years of dedicated practice. River Cummings is one of the...

Rock, country, soul Thursday July 5 at the Opera House The Sheridan Arts Foundation kicks off its year-long Centennial Celebration with "An Evening with Lucero." The event caps the Foundation's week-long Telluride Plein Air and takes place Thursday, July 5 at 9 p.m. Next summer, July 2013,...

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...

New and classic pieces by designer of Telluride's "sorority" necklace It's a sorority necklace of sorts – minus the Greek. The asymmetrical arrangement of sterling silver beads, gold leaf-like charms and miscellaneous precious stones is worn by a trendy group of Telluride women, all fans of jewelry...

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...

When the Trio Solisti started its Telluride Musicfest 10 years ago, its Artistic Director, the stellar Maria Bachmann, explained to us that the Trio is a unique type of ensemble. In string quartets, the whole effort is directed towards creating one integrated instrument, a “sound...

Old idea. New blood. This week, the Telluride region plays host to 30 nationally recognized artists, who will plant easels in alleys, down by the river, smack dab in the middle of Colorado Avenue, and hidden away in various other nooks and crannies of Mother Nature,...

Naming a thing helps give the senses a place to aim, but sadly, the phrase "classical music" is a tour de force of negative publicity. The words suggest something inaccessible outside pop culture. "Classical music" conjures the sounds of dead white guys, for blue hairs...