[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Part of our recent conversation at Christ Church has been about the importance of mythology as a conveyor of truth. Some folks become a bit nervous when I describe the New Testament accounts of the life of Jesus as a...
"How does the ordinary person come to an experience of the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It...
[caption id="attachment_36797" align="alignright" width="300"] The Oh Hellos[/caption] What I love best about music writing is discovering new bands. And, lucky for all of us, if I’m writing about a band I’ve never heard of, they must be appearing on a stage in Telluride. This week, the...
Heavyweight (we mean that in the good sense) Green Party county commissioner, shroom afficionado, accomplished basketweaver, potato farmer– and poet extraordinaire (in 2011, he was named Western Slope Poet Laureate), let the Goodtimes roll. We are, of course, talking about none other than the force...
Depending on your age and stage in life and the way things have been going lately, this time of year, a time of assessment, is not necessarily easy. Take refuge in art for the start of the New Year. Attend the Ah Haa School for the Arts'...
[caption id="attachment_36635" align="alignright" width="300"] Audrey Hepburn And Peter O'Toole in "How to Steal A Million," from The HOllywood Reporter[/caption] How time flies. Hard to believe it was almost 12 years ago when Peter O'Toole came to town to be honored as a tributee of the Telluride...
Telluride Theatre & The Sheridan Arts Foundation present a non-denominational holiday extravaganza, December 18 -22, 2013, 8 p.m. live at the Sheridan Opera House Dude and Bro are BACK in a totally new play adapted straight from Charles Dicken’s classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Telluride’s most lovable ski bums are...
[caption id="attachment_36576" align="alignright" width="190"] Bruce Dern, who starred in "Nebraska" is a contender (from The New York Times)[/caption] This time it was the New York Times' Melena Ryzik, aka, The Carpetbagger, weighing in. The article about the rogue's gallery lined up (or lining up) in Best...
[caption id="attachment_36539" align="alignright" width="300"] Key members of Telluride Choral Society[/caption] No holiday is more closely associated with music than Christmas, whose evolution as a cultural phenomenon is reflected in those sounds. As Christmas became more secular, spiritual songs were largely supplanted by chestnuts such as Rudolph, sleigh...
Palm Arts Dance winter recital, Sparkle, takes place on Sunday, December 15, 2 p.m. Now in its third year of operation, the Palm Arts Dance Program has named Shirley Fortenberry to the position of artistic director. In that capacity, Ms. Fortenberry will be responsible for conceiving,...
