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26 Feb 39th Annual Telluride Jazz Festival: Initial Line-up 2015
Grammy-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts, James Brown collaborator Maceo Parker, New Orleans Supergroup The M&Ms & More Set to Play Telluride Jazz Festival July 31 - August 2, 2015 Two-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Ernie Watts, rare New Orleans supergroup The M&Ms featuring John Medeski,...
23 Dec 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 holiday plates lie our memories of the season: some are of angels; others, well, the devils that nip at our souls. Here...
31 Aug Summer Sunday: When Grandpa’s In Charge
If Facebook ‘likes” are a measure of my parenting coolness, then most indicators show I’m a pretty cool mom. A picture of my seven-year-old, Mollie, jumping off a dock with her cousins – 31 likes. My four-year-old, Belle, euphorically jumping in a puddle in the...
31 Jul Telluride Art + Architecture Weekend Prize Winners
The Telluride Art + Architecture Weekend, that happened July 19 and 20, provided an insider’s look into the depth of the creative talent within the Telluride Arts District. The event, in its third year, was intimate and inspiring; connecting creative people across all disciplines—and expressing...
21 Jun TIO California: Boonville & the Telluride Wine Fest
Like Telluride, it’s a little town with big-time charm – and the perfect stop on our march up the coast from Los Angeles to Bellevue, Washington, for a family wedding. Boonville, California was founded in 1862 by John Burgots. The Tinker Toy town was originally...
29 Dec Poets’ Corner: Feela With Lesson for the New Year
We tend to think of the beginning of the New Year as a cosmic white-out: bad things disappear; hope springs eternal. Regular TIO contributor David Feela is a retired teacher, poet, free-lance writer, and workshop instructor. His writing has appeared in hundreds of regional and national...
11 Nov TIO Vietnam: No Hue, Out!
Boots on the ground: nothing trumps local knowledge when we are planning an itinerary. The resounding success of our first trip to Thailand was thanks to help from our friends, Telluride locals who also live part-time in that country: Sunny Griffin and Steve Eiche, Esther...17 Aug Summer Sunday: 36 Hours in Crested Butte
It might seem strange to vacation in Crested Butte when you’re coming from Telluride. After all, the two seem quite similar. Both are small mining/turned ski towns nestled in remote places in the Colorado Rockies. And both have exceptional outdoor activities close by an exceptional...