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June 27 to July 4, 2013       Visible planets: Morning: Mars      Evening: Mercury, Venus, Saturn April, May and June have been full of physical trials and emotional turmoil, tantalizing possibilities, love and loss, pain and gain. I often wonder what the world is coming to. And then...

Many Options for Fourth of July Week Last week, while Telluride hummed along with Bluegrass, the Ah Haa School was abuzz with new art camp students, summer interns, and all things art auction, as the school preps for its major annual fundraiser, July 19. This week...

[caption id="attachment_32043" align="alignright" width="281"] 2012 Artist Choice/Best of Show Award, Bill Cramer's "Clarice's Ranch"[/caption] Old idea. New blood. When they first came on the scene back in 1874, artists who ultimately became brand names – Monet, Manet, Renoir, Bonnard and Degas – were considered rebels. Defying the...

[caption id="attachment_25239" align="alignright" width="200"] Telluride Venture Accelerator's Jesse Johnson (left) & Telluride Foundation's Paul Major (right)[/caption] With the help of sixty Telluride expert mentors, TVA winners conclude six-month training program The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) is entering the final phase of its inaugural year. Launched in the...

[caption id="attachment_31926" align="alignright" width="300"] Luciano[/caption] Music has run deeply throughout Luciano's life. Born Jepther Washington McClymont on October 20, 1964 in Davey Town, a small community located atop a hilly region on the road to Mandeville in the central Jamaican parish of Manchester. Luciano was raised in...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] Last Thursday’s presentation at the Wilkinson Public Library, part of an ongoing series, "Evolving Consciousness," lead by Dr. Pat Bailey, set a little different tone for the discussion of evolution. Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher spoke about the biological basis...

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’...