Culture

Registration is now open for Rural Philanthropy Days, June 17 - 19 in Ouray and can be accessed here. The early bird registration price of $125 per person ends May 3. The standard price of $150 per person ends June 3. The 2013 Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days...

“One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty," Martin Luther King [caption id="attachment_29198" align="alignright" width="300"] Beth & George Gage visiting Tim in prison[/caption] In a real-life game of monopoly (of the fossil fuel variety), he played...

Upcoming Museum field trips delve into regional Native American history. Tickets on sale now here. The Telluride Historical Museum is excited to announce two upcoming family field trips that bring Puebloan Native Americans up close and personal. The first field trip, Saturday, April 20, 8:30...

April 11 to 18, 2013      Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Saturn  Evening: Jupiter  The Aries new Moon is in many ways the true beginning of the natural astrological year. As the Sun, Moon and Earth form their annual conjunction in the zodiac’s first sign – which can...

Telluride Historical Museum’s annual journal, "Telluride Tales," explores historic preservation in Telluride In 1977, trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie trumpeted his thoughts on Telluride: "If this ain’t paradise, heaven can wait." He was not (and is not) alone in his enthusiasm. Before and since, many have echoed similar praise for...

On Sunday, April 14, 10:00 p.m. MST), PBS premieres an awe-inspiring film from Academy Award-nominated director Josh Aronson. Aronson's latest documentary,“Orchestra of Exiles,” tells the dramatic story of Bronislaw Huberman, the celebrated Polish violinist who rescued some of the world's greatest musicians from Nazi Germany, then...

[caption id="attachment_29569" align="alignright" width="300"] Cover art by Kellie Day[/caption] Poetry began to spill out of Erika Moss Gordon when she was a young child. Today, the themes have changed, but the words are still spilling. "Of Eyes and Iris" is her first book and it charts...

Editor's Note:  Sometimes the truth is strange, stranger than fiction. Sometimes it is fiction. Sometimes it is both. We saw Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities," a play about truth, in preview. Denver Center policy prohibits reviews of previews, so I obediently sat on my...

Editor’s note: Rev. Pat Bailey, pastor of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church, takes a developmental and evolutionary view of faith, spirituality, and religious community. Join him for his weekly blog as he explores the ever-changing landscapes of perspectives and consciousness and discusses both the challenges and...

April 4 to 11, 2013    Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Saturn  Evening: Jupiter  This is the last week I’ll be featuring Wonder Woman as a feminine icon of the Aquarian Age – at least for a while. As my new fantasy sister-in-arms and comic book comadre,...