Culture

                    A Green Rain The rain itself is not green but it falls for hours, soft and penetrating like a massage for sore earth muscles. I am not out in the yard but standing beside a window, hands deep in my pockets watching gray winter turn green, weeps in pools as pungent dirt cleaves, birds like notes on...

This Sunday, four women playing heavy, blues-based rock and roll will rock the Opera House. To many rock fans, wading into Led Zeppelin's well-loved catalogue is sacred territory. Lez Zeppelin, however, reigns over it like leather-clad goddesses. Led Zeppelin is arguably one of the most influential...

Saint Augustine  wrote: “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Words that eloquently marry books and travel. It’s that time of year, when we live vicariously through customer travel book purchases, watching them sway back and forth in front of...

Early shopping for FOL members and all sales volunteers takes place Thursday, March 15, 4:30 – 630 p.m. The Friends of the Library's Used Book Sale returns to the Program Room of Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library on Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17, 10...

Editor's note: Ok, it's more like an Editor's Confession. We saw it. Sneaked into a tech rehearsal Sunday night (March 11) before leaving for Chile. (And turning over the day to day of Telluride Inside...

Editor's note: Pat Bailey is Reverend of Telluride's Christ Presbyterian Church. This series reflects his ongoing research for his PhD thesis. I have been talking about the “spiritual revolution” as described by religious scholars Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead in "The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is...

Jazz concert to include great composer, originals, Latin & Blues Mullti-instrumentalist and band leader Jeff Solon is a regular at the Telluride Jazz Celebration's After Dark performances at venues all over town. His usual perch: the New Sheridan Bar. Think of his upcoming concert as a...

From Darien Rainforest to Telluride: Show opens March 11. Their story is written in palm fiber  – the Wounaan Indians from the Darien Rain Forest in Panama believe they  emerged from the palm trees –  and natural dyes  from tree (chunga palm) bark, fruits, leaves and...

Concert on Sunday, March 11 sold out. Monday, March 12 still available. Sheridan Opera House, 9 p.m. "Leftover Salmon" was formed by a lucky accident in 1989, arising from the flatirons and granite of the Front Range. A local band, the Salmon Heads, asked members of...

The Vagina Monologues returns to Telluride this week after a four-year absence. The production, on stage at the Steaming Bean every night through Thursday, is one of many events that the San Miguel Resource Center is hosting as part of its Phenomenal Women’s Week. According to...