Gavin McGough

Each spring, a week-long quilt workshop takes over the Gateway Resort along a remote stretch of the Dolores River in Colorado's canyon country.

Telluride’s Art District is one of 30 Creative Districts across Colorado — they’re sprinkled from Sterling to Grand Junction, Fort Collins to Ridgway. Last fall when Josh Blanchard was named the new director of Colorado Creative Industries — our state agency for the arts — he embarked on a tour of those districts.

In Telluride, a pair of limited edition Blizzard skis are making an impact. The skis are tribute to Hilaree Nelson, an accomplished ski mountaineer who called Telluride home.

Chef Iliana Regan came up through the Chicago food scene, eventually opening her own restaurant in Lincoln Square, which earned her a Michelin star. Regan now runs a bed and breakfast, the Milkweed Inn, in the nether-regions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The inn shutters in winter, allowing Regan to focus on her writing, and her teaching, which for the last two winters, has brought her to Telluride’s Ah Haa School.

Ballots have been mailed out to voters in Colorado ahead of the upcoming election. While county clerks will be handling the ballots and coordinating the election on a local level, the entire process will be under the oversight of the state's top election official, Secretary of State Jen Griswold.

The state of Colorado has ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and many of its municipalities have their own similarly ambitious green energy plans in place. However, as one community in southwest Colorado is finding out, implementing those goals comes with challenges.

Jane Ferguson's new memoir collects the memories and experiences of one public broadcasting's most intrepid correspondents. Ferguson has covered conflict zones in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe for nearly two decades, and her work has made her a trusted, and decorated voice in journalism today. She was in Telluride recently for the Original Thinkers Festival.

Colorado continues to see the impacts of a bountiful snowpack last winter. One lingering effect is a bumper crop of fruit, which some are noticing across the state.

The tradition of hand bookbinding dates back thousands of years, to when Romans first began replacing scrolls with folded pages bound beneath a cover. While much about bookmaking has changed, there is still a devoted community of craftspeople who study it. One of the few places to learn the craft — the American Academy of Bookbinding — is located in Telluride.

The Telluride Mushroom Festival is a storied celebration of all things mycological. Following the recent decriminalization of psilocybin in Colorado, the festival is opening up the conversation around psychedelic mushrooms and their healing powers.