The question I ask after every festival is this: What sort of impact did this year's edition of Mountainfilm in Telluride make? Of course the answer is never simple to quantify because intangibles such as inspiration are tough to measure. We do know that many people...
When I joined Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library in 2005, I immediately noticed two opportunities: growing adult programs and offering reading recommendations to a community that loves books. So, I hired a Program Coordinator to focus just on adult programs, then we rallied the staff that...
Editor's note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Church claims the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach to mission....
Editor's note: Our Tall Tales contributor, Mark Stevens, is the author of “Antler Dust” and “Buried by the Roan.” “Buried by the Roan” is a finalist for the 2012 Colorado Book Award. Both books are on the shelves at Telluride’s own Between the Covers Bookstore,...
Living at the headwaters of the San Juan River in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it is relatively simple to take for granted the seeming abundance of freshwater in our clear mountain streams. However, half of the world’s 500 major rivers are seriously depleted or...
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are winners. Big time. The Olsen twins are tiny women with a giant presence in the fashion world, made larger with the recent announcement that these style icons won top honors at the 2012 FDCA Fashion Awards. The designing duo just won...
June 7 to 14, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: jupiter Evening: Mercury, Mars and Saturn The transit of Venus across the face of the Sun – our solar system’s primal, central star – last Tuesday, June 5th, was a stellar planetary event, and one that will not...
Editor's Note, an introduction: Indian Ridge Farm and Bakery was born in 1999 when Tony and Barclay Daranyi purchased 100 acres of land in Norwood, Colorado from Loey Rindguist. The land was sold to them below market value because Loey believed in the vision of sustainable...
Saturday, June 9, after Heritage Fest wraps up, inner-city youth from Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in town for the 21st annual Wild West Fest, head on over to the Sheridan Opera House for a back-to-back sneak-peak screening of the independent film “The Last...
