Culture

"Am I Reformed?" What did the Protestant Reformation give to the modern world? Are we in the midst of a new Reformation and what are the key ideas that are emerging? [caption id="attachment_12347" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] http://youtu.be/SYlsJ8CzkH0 Editor’s Note: Dr. Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, is a...

This story from Oleh Lysiak is a variation on theme of fishing. True, he and his friends are after oysters. But not the kind that live in water. The other kind. The impetus? A good eat, yes, but most importantly, preserving the old cowboy ways. Read on...

Buy tickets for “Kinky Boots” at the Denver Center here. Tropes abound, but “Kinky Boots” chews them all up with unabashed pleasure and drops them all in your lap with a big fat smile. The sets fly. The choreography dazzles. The earworms crawl up inside your...

The Sheridan Arts Foundation and Telluride Gravity Works presents Teton Gravity Research’s latest ski film offerings. Screenings take place on Sunday, November 9, 2014. Almost Ablaze” screens at 5 p.m. and “Higher” screens at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for each film or $25 for a...

"Am I the Opposite of You?" Our minds work by naming, categorization, and distinguishing between opposites. Yet many of our spiritual traditions tell us that we are not separate but one. Is there a basis for such thought in the Christian tradition?  What are the...

Found these tidbits about the upcoming holiday on wavy.com. The name Halloween comes from a shortening of the holiday’s former title: All Hallow’s Evening, which was the night before All Hallows’ (sanctified or holy) Day, or Hallowmas on November 1. Halloween originated from a Samhain, Ireland’s Celtic festival, which...

Deadline to enter Telluride Arts' Cellscape Photo Contest is November 14. Exhibit/reception at Gallery 81435 is Noel Nite, December 3. The 2014 Cellscape Photo Contest and Exhibit is a fun and unique community art exhibit sponsored by Telluride Arts, curated by Megan Valanidas and hosted by Gallery 81435....

“Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” is a show you won’t want to miss. But you will want to wait. (It opened on October 12 and runs through February 8). And you will not want to go on a rainy day. On rainy days in the Big Apple, the Museum of Modern Art...

For much of the past decade, for Mountainfilm's Moving Mountains Symposium, we’ve chosen environmental themes, issues we’ve felt were essential to the global conversation. This year, we’re changing directions and will focus on Afghanistan. [caption id="attachment_46007" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Kabul, Afghanistan ©Aaron-Huey-AFGHAN[/caption] Mountainfilm has not selected a theme directly tied to a...

The following is another wonderful story by Oleh Lysiak about fly-fishing, a passion, suggesting that old age (and faltering eyesight) stop mattering when there is fresh-caught trout frying in a pan.    OLD EYES “Goddamn these old eyes," he mutters over and over. He lost his best #16 Royal Wulff, right...