To make his point, Victor Garlock, Ph.D. and author, tells a whale of a tale in a metaphor drawn from the Polynesian culture: "Standing on a whale fishing for minnows." Minnows, he explains, are life's noises, the distractions our mind and senses glom onto everyday that...
Every year the Wilkinson Public Library provides free screenings of documentaries produced by the Emmy Award-winning PBS series "Independent Lens." The program known as "ITVS Community Cinema" first came to the library in Fall 2010 thanks Sharon Shuteran, a major supporter of the Wilkinson and the former...
Editor's note: Telluride Inside...
[caption id="attachment_22863" align="alignright" width="211"] Holli Pfau, author/animal advocate[/caption] She’s gone to the dogs, literally … Film Fest is a wrap and life is back to somewhat normal around Telluride. We’re packing school lunches, nabbing a lunch-hour hike with a pal, stopping by the bookstore to reserve a...
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 . We implored David to...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranks fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranks fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
Sidewalk Signings during Film Fest … an annual tradition! [caption id="attachment_22538" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ken Burns, filmmaker & author[/caption] What do a kick-ass director, the dust bowl, an ex-pat dog in Paris, and two criminal cases that captured the American psyche have in common? They are the lineup...
[caption id="attachment_22301" align="alignright" width="200"] Barb Brattin, director, Wilkinson Public LIbrary (and Finn)[/caption] Editor's note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson...
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 fabulous writers/poets, including Word Woman Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and “Feelosophy” major David Feela,...
