Culture

  [caption id="attachment_31277" align="alignright" width="300"] Dan Castellenata, in town for the Telluride Playwrights Festival[/caption] Sparky Productions' summer programming begins Tuesday, June 11, at the Palm Theatre, where SPARKy presents "This House" by James Graham. The is a live simulcast of a National Theatre of Great Britain’s theatrical...

[caption id="attachment_31094" align="alignright" width="223"] TFF #40 by Dean Tavoularis[/caption] The 40th Telluride Film Festival (August 29 – September 2, 2013), presented by National Film Preserve LTD., proudly announces Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis as its 2013 poster artist. Tavoularis will attend the 40th Telluride Film Festival...

Town's top gallery opens the summer season with group show of abstract art, through June 24. [caption id="attachment_31246" align="alignright" width="217"] Krista Harris' "Bluebird"[/caption] Susan Sales built her considerable reputation on color field paintings. Eliminating figure and ground in favor of color and form, she forced a focus...

Hail, hail, the gang's all there. Below are the names of members in an exclusive fraternity, whose considerable street cred will be on display starting this coming Thursday, June 6, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., when the Ah Haa School for the Arts opens its doors for...

Free admission, donations appreciated at the door, reservations suggested for Lord Huron Concert [caption id="attachment_31200" align="alignright" width="176"] Lord Huron[/caption] As part of its annual Wild West Fest 22-year tradition, the Sheridan Arts Foundation hosts its annual benefit concert Friday, June 7, 2013. The event features the Los...

Slator Aplin, Telluride High School Graduate Receives $20,000 Scholarship [caption id="attachment_31083" align="alignright" width="200"] Carol Aromstrong & Slater Alpin by Brenda Colwell[/caption] Family and friends of Neil Armstrong and the Telluride Foundation created the Neil Armstrong Scholarship Fund to honor the achievements and character of the late American...

What is the relationship between the dance of life and the dance of death? What are the forces that have shaped the universe and what connects the natural order as a whole? What in our evolutionary past has shaped our current experience as human beings?...

Novice Grant Writers and Those Wanting to Learn a New Skill Encouraged to Attend Writing grant applications is a task faced by most nonprofit organizations on a regular basis. For some it’s a chore and for others it’s an engaging exercise and opportunity to share your...

May 30 to June 6, 2013    Visible planets: Morning: none              Evening: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Our celestial sojourn through three eclipses and the third of seven exact Uranus/Pluto squares over the last six weeks has left me feeling older, wiser and even more aware of the...

Editor's note: John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th president of the United States serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion,...