Culture

A series of four house concerts begin Wednesday, June 26, through July 7 BOHEMIANS: Beethoven and "bohemianism" share more than an alliterative bond. According to bravura violinist and music historian Maria Bachmann, also artistic director of the Telluride Musicfest, the iconic composer's revolutionary thinking anticipated the nationalism...

[caption id="attachment_31766" align="alignright" width="300"] Father (Johnny Gerona) and daughter (Emma) of The Village Table[/caption] Beret or toque. Makes no never mind. Painting or food prep and wine tasting. It's all about art. Johnny Gerona heads up a list of chefs and sommeliers offering a series of tempting...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Michael Dowd is the author of the best-selling book designed to build bridges. His "Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World," was endorsed by six Nobel laureates and...

Perusing the Internet for what to say about Father's Day, I came upon some interesting though relatively obscure facts about the holiday. During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’...

  June 13 to 20, 2013      Visible planets: Morning: none      Evening: Mercury, Venus, Saturn I have to admit, I am having a difficult time writing the intro to this week’s Alacazem astrology column. I want to write about Elizabeth “Bets” Stiles Patterson, a beautiful young girl who...

[caption id="attachment_25239" align="alignright" width="200"] Telluride Venture Accelerator's Jesse Johnson (left) & Telluride Foundation's Paul Major (right)[/caption] The tellurideXchange is the region's local entrepreneur and small business network and an outgrowth of the Telluride Foundation's major initiative, Telluride Venture Accelerator. Through the network,  interested parties can meet...

Poetry reading and awards ceremony, Friday, June 14, 6-8 p.m., Arroyo Telluride Telluride Arts announces the Fifteenth Annual Mark Fischer Poetry Prize. Poetry readings and awards will be presented on Friday, June 14, 6-8 p.m., Arroyo Gallery in Telluride. The winners of this year’s prize will...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Dr. Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Presbyterian Church, is native of Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1987. For 16 years, Pat served as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. He is also an Iraq...