Erica Olsen, Barbara Richardson & Jana Richman featured at Arroyo Wine Bar, Monday, March 4, 5 p.m. (In conjunction with Torrey House Press & Great Old Broads for Wilderness) Telluride is the launch location for a 3-towns-in-3-days book tour by Utah-based Torrey House Press. These three ladies and their current books define the western experience:…
Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 p.m., the Wilkinson Public Library and Between the Covers bookstore host Silverton resident John H. Wright, who is speaking about a little walk he took. In 2006, Wright and a crew blazed a new road to the South Pole. The last man to try that hike perished in the attempt in…
Between the Covers Bookstore hosts events at the store, in the cafe, at our 5-star library, at festival venues, and now, at Arroyo Wine Bar. Words and wine make a terrific pairing. Tuesday, January 29, 6 p.m., Arroyo Wine Bar, two authors, both of whom live in southwestern Colorado, will discuss their personal travel and…
The holidays are upon us, so let’s party hardy! The Telluride region is in for a new treat sure to become a tradition: The First Annual Telluride Holiday Prelude, linking seasonal activities in the Town of Telluride and Mountain Village. Starting Noel Nite, Wednesday, December 5 – Sunday, December 16, enjoy two weeks of seasonal…
I repeat: “WHAT Off-Season?!?!?!?!?” Major fests are over. Academic and sport schedules dictate the rhythm. Start making off-season to-do list. Um, scratch that last one. Way too many cool events have fallen like splendid leaves into our events calendar, offering locals and visitors a menagerie of bookish brain food for the ever-lessening minutes of daylight….
She’s gone to the dogs, literally … Film Fest is a wrap and life is back to somewhat normal around Telluride. We’re packing school lunches, nabbing a lunch-hour hike with a pal, stopping by the bookstore to reserve a copy of the forthcoming J. K. Rowling adult fiction “The Casual Vacancy,” prepping the guest room…
Sidewalk Signings during Film Fest … an annual tradition! What do a kick-ass director, the dust bowl, an ex-pat dog in Paris, and two criminal cases that captured the American psyche have in common? They are the lineup of book topics five authors will represent during Sidewalk Signings at BTC this coming weekend. Quite the…
Fresh back from Lithuania, I’m inspired to slink off into the woods and hunt edible gold. Witnessed through a car window so many times on our trip were families, led by grandmothers in head scarves (the mushroom matriarch), venturing out on slight trails into the forests of fir to gather mycological bounty. I’m excited to…
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 I first saw Olga Korbut fold her tiny body in…
Waldo will be in Telluride July 1 – July 15. Join Between the Covers Bookstore in the search. Can you believe it? The world has been searching for the iconic fellow in the striped shirt and black-rimmed spectacles for 25 years. To celebrate the milestone – and the 55 million “Where’s Waldo?” books in print…