February 2013

The Pinhead Institute is proud to contribute to exciting new learning experiences year in and year out through one of a number of exciting, ongoing programs. [caption id="attachment_27328" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Michael Otte (MIT) with students from Telluride Mountain School on his last visit.The Pinhead Institute...

It can be a strange to live in a ski town and not participate in any winter sports. Everywhere you go, it feels like you’re missing out on a whole layer of conversation, a whole layer of life. Even in yoga class, a place you’ve...

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...

[caption id="attachment_27387" align="alignright" width="240"] Dazzling duo, Rosemerry & Art, poets extraordinaire[/caption] Soon it will be Valentine’s, stirring up those hot-blooded passions at a cold-blooded time of year. Join the Talking Gourds Poetry Club for an evening of warm words, interactive sharing and romantic performances. The event takes...

Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming 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...

Fox News, my personal favorite for misinformation, recently claimed without a wisp of evidence that “all climate scientists that claim climate change is real are corrupt.” If that were true, it would mean that 13,926 out of 13,950 peer-reviewed articles written by climate scientists between 1991...

Anyone who has ever seen a play written by Telluride Theatre's artistic director Sasha Sullivan knows her timing is perfect. The company's upcoming production is no exception: it illustrates the arc of the gay movement from closet to the soapbox where a newly inaugurated president...