March 2013

Editor's note: In 2011, the Telluride Foundation honored "Senior" Mahoney as Outstanding Citizen of the Year, an award given in recognition of someone who has unselfishly contributed to our community’s quality of life. In fact, Senior Mahoney is a living legend of Telluride. He grew...

[caption id="attachment_28994" align="alignright" width="220"] HIggs-boson particle[/caption] Recently, teams of scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have confirmed the existence of the Higgs-Boson particle. The elusive Higgs particle, sensationalized by mainstream media as the “God particle,” briefly revealed itself in 2012 to the delight of physicists around...

March 21 to 28, 2013     Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Saturn  Evening: Jupiter As the Sun moves in to cardinal Aries and the rebirthing season of spring begins, we feel the emerging power of new life. Matted brown grasses give way to sprigs of green, melting snows...

Editor’s note: It’s no secret. The Telluride region is dog heaven. Unless you are one of our furry friends who gets caught in the maw of neglect and abuse. Then heaven is on hold until Second Chance Humane Society comes to the rescue. Second Chance...

[caption id="attachment_28977" align="alignright" width="275"] The Dunwells[/caption] The Sheridan Arts Foundation presents British folk rock band The Dunwells, with opening support from Bronze Radio Return. The performance takes place on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Doors are at 7:30 p.m.; show time is 8 p.m. Seats are out...

[caption id="attachment_22301" align="alignright" width="200"] Barb Brattin, director, Wilkinson Public LIbrary (and Finn)[/caption] Editor’s note: Year after year, the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, has designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. And in 2012, it earned its fifth star in...

[caption id="attachment_9576" align="alignright" width="128"] Jerry Roberts, weather guru[/caption] There is a transitory dry ridge building over western Colorado tonight then a shortwave trough ejects from a Pacific storm bringing clouds by Wednesday morning.  By late Wednesday afternoon the upper flow is westerly favoring the central and...

[caption id="attachment_28909" align="alignright" width="300"] Casper 'On the Wire' at Girassol Circus in Brazil. Original photography by Nori Lupfer.[/caption] Take this class just to meet the teacher, whose resume is a happy jumble of improbable, but compelling threads. For starters, Nori Lupfer earned a BA from Union College...

[caption id="attachment_28938" align="alignright" width="240"] Sasha Sullivan introducing a speaker at previous Twenty(by) Telluride event[/caption] What is Twenty(by)Telluride? Follow the math: 20 slides + 20 seconds each ÷ a theme x a few great minds =  Twenty(by)Telluride Produced by Telluride Arts, Twenty(by)Telluride is a lively, casual event that showcases great creative minds through very...