POETS CORNER: THE YEAR IN PREVIEW
The Year in Preview Next year will be different: suicide bombers will be kinder, senseless shooters more considerate, the banks less greedy. Congress will get to work legislating A
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OPERA HOUSE HOSTS THUNDERBIRDS NEW YEARS EVE
Two down, one to go, so GO BIG. Telluride goes for broke on New Years Eve with special dinners at restaurants around town and in Mountain Village. And here’s the really good
CELEBRATE NEW YEAR’S EVE AT AH HAA
The end of the old year and the start of the new year has been celebrated around the globe for more than five millennia with pretty much the same idea: Purge the former and ensure
CANNED HEAT AT TELLURIDE OPERA HOUSE NEW YEARS EVE
“On The Road Again.” Still. One of the best American blues-rock/boogie-rock band from the flower child era of the 1960s still generates plenty of heat. Canned Heat is s
ROSEMERRY’S “THE MIRACLE ALREADY HAPPENING”
Raise your hands if spending a few hours with a beautiful, intelligent, articulate woman is appealing. You get your chance at Between the Covers Bookstore on Friday, December 30, 5
PETRA CLASS AT TELLURIDE GALLERY OF FINE ART
Artist’s reception Thursday, December 29, celebrates 10 years with Gallery German-born metal smith Petra Class tends to work thematically, using stones the way painters use p
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE AT OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY
Justin Townes Earle, the clear-voiced son of Steve Earle, was last in town in February, performing at the historic Sheridan Opera House, the headliner on bill with “special g
SNOW SUNDAY: GONDOLA, SANTA, & COAL
Editor’s note: Santa (and TIO) gave Jesse & Co. Christmas Day off for good behavior, so Snow Sunday is Monday. Better late than never. Gondola Talk: What’s Said on th
THREE MUSES AT BETWEEN THE COVERS
It’s all about the ladies this coming week at Between the Covers Bookstore and High Alpine Coffee Bar. Line ‘em up like beautiful literary cocktails and sip, one at a time …
TELLURIDE NEWB: BEST OF NEWB, #2
Who says you need snow to kill it in Telluride? Though early season in November and early December was a bit dry (like the rest of the state), Telluride’s mini-park, See Forever
MOUNTAIN FILM PROGRAM AT TELLURIDE OPERA HOUSE
Event at historic Sheridan Opera House, Monday, 12/26/2011, 6:00 pm, only $10 Every year around the holidays, Mountainfilm is Telluride hosts an evening hosts a family-friendly eve
POETS CORNER: TWO MORE FOR CHRISTMAS
Technology has changed the way humans perceive and communicate with the world, but it’s also possible — at the most basic level — it has altered the way we think̷
WORD WOMAN: TWO POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS
Bliss Except When It Is Not We took a ride in a one horse open sleigh today, and I was one horse and the red sled was the open sleigh and the kids laughed and reeled as we trudged
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT CHRIST CHURCH
Last Christmas, Telluride Inside… and Out went BIG, probing the deeper meaning of the holiday in a mini series featuring Reverend Pat Bailey of Christ Presbyterian Church. We
“WAR HORSE” IN BRIEF
You have to believe in miracles. I do. You have to know war is hell. We all do. Or those to young to know learned quickly. Steven Spielberg can afford the best and he has taste, so
JOE PUG RETURNS FOR HIS ENCORE 12/27
Flashback to May 2011. Brian Eyster, marketing director, Planet Bluegrass, urged Telluride Inside…. and Out to interview a newbie in the line-up of the 38th annual Telluride Blue
SAN JUAN JON: STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
When Shepherds keeping watch, saw a great sight As a child I was versed in stories of Wise Men whose learning of stars and planets revealed a great child would be born. These ear
TRAVIS JULIA PRESENTS WARREN MILLER
It’s producer Travis Julia’s annual stocking stuffer for the town. Thanks to Julia, Warren Miller‘s latest film is scheduled to be screened in its annual pre-Xmas
GEORGE WINSTON IN CONCERT AT THE PALM, 12/26
When Grammy Award-winning solo pianist George Winston first came to town in 1998, the idea was not simply to entertain in his grand style, but also to help Angel Baskets Food Bank.
YOUR AH HAA MOMENT: NEW YEAR’S EVE
New Year’s Eve, the Ah Haa School for the Arts is the place to be for one of the holiday season’s best bashes: a celebration of fine food, fine wine, and fine art, all at the h
HEAD FOR THE HILLS AT OPERA HOUSE, 12/30
Westword’s “Best Bluegrass” band in Colorado 2010 & 2011 Planet Bluegrass outdid itself this year. With a megawatt line-up that included Mumford & Sons, P
GALLERY 81435 OPEN THRU DECEMBER
A showcase of local arts and crafts for last-minute holiday treasures Christmas is bearing down upon us. ‘Tis the season for loopy rounds of office parties, lots and lots of
POET’S CORNER: KILLING TREES WITH DAD
My father led me into the hills one Sunday in December more than 35 years ago. I carried the saw; he carried the axe. We trudged through the snow, hunting the wild Christmas tree