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  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...

  [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...