February 7 to 14, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Jupiter I so love a starry night. And this week, the stars have been phenomenal. Down here, in the wild West End of San Miguel and Montrose Counties, there is no light pollution and...
[caption id="attachment_27470" align="alignright" width="236"] Monophonics[/caption] Telluride Blues & Brews Festival brings back the funk with Monophonics. The music is Saturday, February 9, doors, 9:30 p.m., show time, 10 p.m., Telluride Elk’s Lodge, 472 W. Pacific Avenue. Over the past seven years, Monophonics have staked their claim as...
Editor's note: Announcing "Telluride Venture Accelerator companies presenting." Owners of the four companies who won the inaugural initiative plan to present regularly to the local entrepreneur community (tellurideXchange). First gathering is Monday, February 11, 5:30 – 7:30, 2nd floor, Camel's Garden Hotel. Snow. [caption id="attachment_25239" align="alignright"...
Editor’s note: Year after year, the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, has designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. And it just earned its fifth star in a row, which puts The Wilkinson Public Library into an elite club...
[caption id="attachment_27362" align="alignright" width="300"] Stephanie Morgan Rodgers at Gallery 81435[/caption] Stephanie Morgan-Rodgers is interested in rural life, “salt of the earth” daily work. Living close to the land gives her a unique perspective. “I am able to experience how the seasons affect this work, and how people,...
[caption id="attachment_27549" align="alignright" width="300"] Whitney Johnson & her "boys"[/caption] When Sandy Hook happened, the headlines wept for the 20 murdered children. We all wept. But who is weeping for the millions of young people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, dying at the hands of a serial killer...
Artist's reception coincides with First Thursday Art Walk, 2/7 When last seen, artist Christian Burchard was surrounded by gorgeous flowers. At least his work was. Pieces fashioned by this master wood turner and sculptor made the perfect complement to a show featuring images of flowers interpreted by...
Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 p.m., the Wilkinson Public Library and Between the Covers bookstore host Silverton resident John H. Wright, who is speaking about a little walk he took. In 2006, Wright and a crew blazed a new road to the South Pole. The last...
[caption id="attachment_27387" align="alignright" width="240"] Dazzling duo, Rosemerry & Art, poets extraordinaire[/caption] Soon it will be Valentine’s, stirring up those hot-blooded passions at a cold-blooded time of year. Join the Talking Gourds Poetry Club for an evening of warm words, interactive sharing and romantic performances. The event takes...
Editor’s note: In his doctoral dissertation, Pastor Pat Bailey of Telluride’s Christ Presbyterian Church is claiming the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission, the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach...
