Outlaw Reflections: Honoring Karen LeQuey
TIO regular contributor Oleh Lysiak sent this story in honor of the memory of Karen LeQuey, who just died. Oleh wrote the story for Karen and husband Keith Le Quey to honor the
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Telluride Jazz Fest: Guest of Honor Announced
The Guest of Honor for the 39th annual Telluride Jazz Festival is two-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Ernie Watts. Starting his vibrant career at the tender age of 13, Watt
SPARKy Productions Presents NT Live: ”Skylight”
SPARKy Productions, also host of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, presents David Hare’s SKYLIGHT with Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard to be broadcast at the Palm
Telluride Foundation: 2015 Grants Announced
The Telluride Foundation has granted over $35 million since its inception. This year, 79 regional organizations received money. Seventy-nine nonprofits will ring in the new year w
Best Editorial Corrections of 2014
Found this end-of-year story in Vanity Fair online. It’s a laughing matter to close out 2014. Unless, of course, you are in the business of disseminating opinions and other form
Telluride Arts: 1st Art Walk of 2015
Some women live by “The Rules.” Others write new rules every day. Meet Pia-squared. Pia-squared is Pia Kamala and Pia Gedeon, two abundantly talented ladies who have redefine
Poets’ Corner: Nuggets for the New Year
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more
John Oliver: Why New Year’s Eve Is “Awful”
Although his HBO show Last Week Tonight is technically on hiatus, John Oliver made a brief appearance on YouTube to make a public service announcement reminding us th
Telluride Fire Festival: Cooler Than Burning Man…Literally
Inaugural event ignites Wednesday, January 14 and burns hot through Monday, January 19. Tickets here. Some like it hot. And in the Telluride region the New Year is off to a fl
Opera House: Brothers Keeper
Rock & roll closer for Holiday Concert Series features Brothers Keeper with John Popper & Jono Manson at Sheridan Opera House, Saturday, January 3. Tickets here or call
Opera House: An Evening with Shawn Colvin
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin at historic Sheridan Opera House, Monday, 12/29, 8:30 p.m. Tickets,$30 and $40 reserved seats available online here. Shawn Co
Mountainfilm’s “Movies That Matter” Receives $50,000 Boost
Major commitment from The McManemin Family Fund of the Telluride Foundation The Mountainfilm “Movies That Matter” initiative recently received a major Christmas present: a $50
Poets’ Corner: Faux Ho Ho
Editor’s note: Poet extraordinaire Kierstin Bridger never disappoints, but often shocks. There, packed in the back of the closet with the tired tinsel star and the good holida
Club Red: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 12/30
Denise Mongan of Beyond the Groove has three great nights of music planned for Club Red, an intimate pop up venue inside the Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village. Monday
Honoring Joe Cocker
We remember it well. Telluride Inside… and Out was a young pup, just about one year old, when Steve Gumble brought Joe Cocker to town to be the closer on opening day (Sep
Club Red: Cash’d Out, Holiday Encore
Sleek and sultry, with a capacity of 450, a large performance stage, red ambient lighting throughout the room, and seating areas for a more private experience, Club Red, a pop up v
The Palm: George Winston in Concert
Editor’s note: George Winston returns to Telluride to perform in a holiday concert at The Palm Theatre. Doors at 7:30 p.m.; show time, 8 p.m. (The time on the event poster is
Club Red: Justin Townes Earle, New Year’s Eve
Justin Townes Earle to play Club Red at Telluride Mountain Village Conference Center, part of trifecta that also includes Cash’d Out, back for an encore on 12/29, and Dirty Doz
New Year’s Eve, Wynonna & The Big Noise
Country music legend Wynonna Judd at the historic Sheridan Opera House, Tuesday, December 31. Doors, 9 p.m.; music, 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $100 general admission on the floor; $25
Stasiuk Featured Artist at Ah Haa Gala
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up,” Pablo Picasso Gepetto (of “Pinocchio” fame, in case your mother never read to you at be
Celebrating Christmas in Telluride – and Austin
Editor’s note: When news of my friend Katrine’s win hit my inbox, it struck me that her upbeat story proves Christmas can be more than buy, fry, cry, and wonder why. So if
Opera House: Seryn Returns for Holiday Encore
“I first saw Seryn play in a tiny restaurant/club in Austin, TX. The room couldn’t contain their passion and energy. They have that rare ability to work out extremely sop
Between the Covers: Book It!
Editor’s note: Book It! is a weekly column from Daiva Chesonis, co-owner of your favorite local bookstore, Between the Covers. The blog will offer tips about what to look for i