Culture

Editor's note: From "Darkness to Light" arrived on my doorstep about a month ago, courtesy of a former classmate at Gary Kraftsow's Viniyoga teacher training program in 2008, Trish Elting. Early for Christmas but perfect time in the roll-up to Telluride Yoga Festival, this weekend,...

The flowers that bloomed in the spring – tra la – are covering the walls this summer, when the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art presents its first ever group show of floral paintings, featuring Mark English, Robert Weatherford, and Karen Kokjer Wilcox. The exhibition of...

Ever been mesmerized by a painting but wished you knew where the artist's inspiration came from? Perhaps it was a piece of jewelry that puzzled you with its intricate form. Wonder no more! Thursday July 19, 5 – 7 p.m., the Ah Haa School for the...

Aubrey Hackman's 5th annual Telluride Yoga Festival take place this week, Thursday, July 12 – Sunday, July 15,  and includes a cast of illustrious presenters: Dr. Jayashree and M.A. Narasimhan, Duncan Wong, Annie Pace, Mark Whitwell, Beryl Bender Birch,  Stacey Rosenberg, Nancy Stechert, Karl Straub,...

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...

Now in its second year, Lawn Chair Classics, a film series sponsored by the Wilkinson Public Library, shows classic films from the 1970s and 1980s. Screenings take place at the Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village, every Tuesday at dusk through September 11, 2012. Many of...

Telluride Compassion Festival welcomes Dr. James Doty Dan Buettner was one of the many charismatic presenters at Mountainfilm in Telluride 2012. Buettner spoke twice at the event based on findings summed up in his two books: "The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People...

The yogi who attains "kaivalya" is a being who has gained independence from all bondages and achieved the absolute true consciousness. No small trick. Then again Alanna Kaivalya has always aimed high. Alanna returns to town to teach once again at Aubrey Hackman's 5th annual Telluride...

Drama survives because it eludes trends. Good drama finds poetry in the flotsam and jetsam of our lives. It survives because it extrapolates what is universal and external from quotidian muddles in a way that heightens an audience's self-awareness. In so doing, a good play...

The Ah Haa School for the Arts is participating in a number of great events throughout the month of July, a number of which are dress rehearsals for the BIG EVENT: our school's auction, themed "Cirque d' Ah Haa." On the Fourth of July for example,...