John Major Jenkins came to town in August for the Telluride Shroomfest. Jenkins is best known for his works as a researcher and author that theorize certain astronomical and esoteric connections of the calendar systems used by the Maya civilizations of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. His efforts are...
Editor’s note: The seasonal significance of the winter solstice, also described as "the longest night", "the shortest day" or "the first day of winter," is the gradual lengthening of days and shortening of nights. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is the time at...
December 20 to 27, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus, Saturn Evening: Jupiter, Mars Well, here we are. The end of the world. Apocalypse, End Times, Armageddon, the Rapture… I’m writing these words on Thursday, Dec. 20th and by the time you read them, the exact...
Editor’s note: Almost all of us have been following the aftermath of the massacre in a Connecticut school. Newtown is our town. Their kids, our kids. The following is a response from our favorite Wordwoman, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, whose poetry, including her latest book, #13,...
Did you draw the hand to buy for a family member in this year's Secret Santa and now you are looking for a unique gift that will truly inspire? Let the Ah Haa School for the Arts help you with your gift list. Completed your...
The Telluride Foundation and other local nonprofit organizations united for a three- day online giving campaign, Telluride Gives, to benefit local charities. Donors were able to search for the nonprofit of their choice and make an unexpected, end-of-year gift. The online giving campaign, which engaged...
[caption id="attachment_25919" align="alignleft" width="150"] Scott, Zudnick, k26[/caption] Trawling the Internet for words about winners, these from a guy named Damon Hill popped up. "Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog." Especially if that dog is Zudnick. Only...
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...
December 13 to 20, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus, Saturn Evening: Mars, Jupiter When I think about the odds of my birth – or the birth of anything or anyone – I know they are just about as good as winning last month’s...
A show of new works by painter Susan Sales opens at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art on Thursday, December 20 and runs through Sunday, January 20, 2013. The artist's opening reception is 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. For the most part, "new" rhymes with "recent." Though...
