June 2012

Editor's note: Happy Fathers' Day. A final poem from Wordwoman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for the occasion. Here our favorite Wordwoman invites us all to hold our dad's hand as he helps us discover worlds within worlds, some filled with wonder; others with I wonder why. It...

All-women's band features at FirstGrass with Peter Rowan and Greensky Bluegrass in Sunset Plaza, Mountain Village, and throughout weekend. Here's a short story about Robert "Bobby" Van Osborne, Jr. Bobby was born in Kentucky in 1931. His instrument was the mandolin and he came to fame with...

Disasters do not just happen, and the physical environment is only one of many factors that causes or exacerbates disasters. Understanding the combination of ecological and sociocultural elements that create vulnerability to risk is key to reducing that vulnerability. Power relations, ideologies, and social constructions...

Editor's Note: Kierstin Bridger is the 2011 winner of Telluride Arts’ Mark Fischer Poetry Prize and a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. Possibly the edgiest member of our family of writers/poets, including Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and “Feelosophy” major David Feela, Kierstin...

A lot of important stories out there never get told, which is why we created the Mountainfilm Commitment Grant in 2010. In the two years since, we’ve awarded 10 $5,000 grants — along with 10 MacBook Pros — to filmmakers, photographers, artists and adventurers whose...

June 14 to 21, 2012    Visible Planets: Morning: Venus & Jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Mars & Saturn It’s suddenly the season of busy-ness. The mutable Gemini air blowing through our heads and hearts has us thinking, talking, moving and grooving. I notice many, many motorcycles on...

Editor's note:  Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. His latest book, “How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes from the Four Corners,” a collection of essays, is available at Between the Covers Bookstore and is up for a...