May 2012

Mother's Day: Kids and kids-at-heart are invited to attend the 5th Annual Children's Film Festival. Show time is Sunday, May 13, 4 p.m., at the Michael D. Palm Theatre. The program, produced by the Telluride Film Festival, is FREE and the running time is 90...

Green Business Roundtable is changing its name along with The New Community Coalition. While TNCC is becoming EcoAction Partners, the GBR is becoming the EcoAction Roundtable (EAR). We continue to hear this education series brings interesting and informative speakers to  the Telluride region throughout the...

Parents: Do you ever wish you had a magic wand? A wand that could help bring calm; reducing upset, fears and tantrums? A wand that you could use not only for your children’s upsets, but for your own as well? Lynn Mayer, Certified Nutrition Consultant, has...

Sorry Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, the rain in Spain has absolutely nothing to do with the plain. It much prefers the hilly lands of the country’s northern coast. Reminiscent of the Irish countryside, la Costa Verde, or the Green Coast, is a lush landscape of...

Public events of epic proportions orchestrated by Plus Gallery Want to know who's helping to light the fuse in Denver's exploding art world? Follow the breadcrumbs. They will take you directly to the door of the Plus Gallery, 2501 Larimer, where director Ivar Zeile works his...

Editor's note: Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Church continues his weekly series, with findings based on his doctoral thesis. In this installment, Pat stresses the importance of Nature in the context of  the new spirituality. In my doctoral dissertation I am claiming the need for...

Academic and professional conferences, in my experience, produce very few “WOW” moments. So when I came down to St. Petersburg, Florida, for the Coastal Counties Summit this week, I expected to hear some good talks, make a few contacts and grab some time to write...

In July 2010 a group of red-robed monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery unpacked their cymbals and longhorns on the grass in front of Ophir Town Hall and blessed the whole valley with their eerie chanting and music. Last year, they returned to create an...

Emily Post and our mothers (and grandmothers) taught us that wearing white is inappropriate before the last weekend in May or Memorial Day, and definitely a no-no after Labor Day. They also told us about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. You get my drift:...

May 3 to 10, 2012         Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury  Evening: Venus, Mars and Saturn This week we witness and experience the fruition of the Taurus/Scorpio full Moon – frequently classified as the “sexiest, most fertile and seductive lunation of the year. Spring has sprung, the...