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[caption id="attachment_33240" align="alignright" width="188"] Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta, in town with "The Banana Tree"[/caption] Dan Castellanata is a vegetarian and teetotaler, who practices T'ai Chi and exercises regularly. Why do we care? Because the actor-comedian-screenwriter is best known for his long-running role as a guy...

[caption id="attachment_33227" align="alignright" width="300"] Ames Power Plant[/caption] Editor's note: The article in the Huffington Post stated that Nikola Tesla was an great inventor who never made it to the top of the pyramid: "Wednesday (that was 7/10) is inventor Nikola Tesla's 157th birthday. "The Serbian engineer, who moved...

The 3rd annual Summer Spectacular with “Pippi Longstocking” What: The 3rd annual Summer Spectacular with a performance from “Pippi Longstocking” When: Friday, July 26, 1 p.m.  Where: Sheridan Opera House, 110 N. Oak Street, Telluride, CO 81435 More information: It’s the third annual SAF Young People’s Theater Summer...

Editor's note. Telluride Theatre's "Twelfth Night" left no doubt that even 450 years (almost) after his death, Shakespeare is able to lure audiences with his uncanny ability to draw out the quirks of human nature. And because human nature is complex, sometimes cruel, often the...

[caption id="attachment_33167" align="alignright" width="300"] Altaer spiritual retreat[/caption] Editor's note: The action is not only in my backyard. Yoga is big everywhere in the U.S. According to a study released by Yoga Journal in December 2012, the number of Americans practicing yoga jumped 29 percent, to...

“The haunting sound of the Native American flute is gaining more widespread appeal in recent years, and R. Carlos Nakai is the reason for it," Billboard [caption id="attachment_33176" align="alignright" width="183"] R. Carlos Nakai[/caption] Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the world's premier performer of the Native...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] In our conversation around evolutionary consciousness, we have taken up several intriguing questions: How does our awareness of evolution now shape the ways we view our human relationship with the rest of nature? What difference does it make now...

Patron’s Night  is Tuesday, July 23, Town Park Stage. Wine, beer and cocktail reception at 7 p.m. features food by Butcher & Baker. Show at 8 p.m.  In the absence of credible evidence to the contrary despite much ado, Shakespeare must be viewed as the author...