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Editor's note: Reverend Pat Bailey of Telluride's Christ Church continues his weekly series, with findings based on his doctoral thesis. In this installment, Pat stresses the importance of Nature in the context of  the new spirituality. In my doctoral dissertation I am claiming the need for...

In July 2010 a group of red-robed monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery unpacked their cymbals and longhorns on the grass in front of Ophir Town Hall and blessed the whole valley with their eerie chanting and music. Last year, they returned to create an...

Vincent and Anne Mai (along with filmmaker/pianist Josh Aronson) produce the extraordinary Telluride Musicfest, an event that occurs annually in Telluride in June – this year, starting June 27, marks the 10th anniversary –  to celebrate chamber music in its intended form: top tier musicians...

Editor's Note: For the past two days, Jennie Franks of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, this year,  July 9 – July 15, has blogged about her spring trip to Russia. This is the final installment of her "Theatre Tales," but stay tuned to Telluride Inside...

Summer is not here yet and the Ah Haa School for the Arts is already gearing up for our annual art auction fundraiser, a popular community event  celebrating it's 20th year! For 20 years artists and individuals near and far have donated work to support Ah...

The fedora. The hat is one of the calling cards of lovable cads such as Indiana Jones. Michael Jackson also wore a signature fedora, which he used as a prop. Matt Campbell just likes them and all things past. The folk musician will sport a...

Editor's note: This is part 2 of a three-part series from Jennie Franks of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, which takes place over a week in July. Jennie went to Moscow this spring to check out the theatre scene in caviar country. Read on about Day...

Editor's Note: This is the first in the three-part series about a trip Telluride Playwrights Festival artistic director Jennie Franks took to Russia in search of adventure and inspiration. She found both. Now for part 1, Theatre Tales. This is the Telluride Playwrights Festival's sixth year,...

World-class flamenco group graces the Palm stage Friday, May 4 Romance, passion, majesty and timeless beauty fills the spring air  when the Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company comes to Telluride's Palm Theatre Friday, May 4. Award-winning flamenco dancer and choreographer Juan Siddi is joined by an...

In my doctoral dissertation I claim the need for a re-visioning of the Christian church’s theology and its understanding of mission. I stress the need for a more natural, integrative theology and for an earth-focused, contextual approach to mission. My specific question for this part...