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"Artist" may not be part of your Facebook profile, but we at the Ah Haa School believe it could be and should be. We designed our summer programs to make finding your inner Picasso easy and affordable. Introducing our new drop-in weekly art classes. Just...

Saturday, April 7, the Easter Bunny hops on by the Ah Haa School for the Arts, making a brief celebrity appearance for our Family Day: EGGstravaganza! Now in it’s fourth year, EGGstravaganza, a fun craft day, has become a favorite of kids and staff. After all,...

Throughout the school year, the Pinhead Institute brings acclaimed scientists into regional schools – Nucla, Norwood, Ridgway, Ouray, and Telluride – to lead labs, experiments, workshops and field expeditions for students in grade school through high school. Through the program, literally thousands of students each...

For some, adventure is trying exotic foods or watching a foreign movie. For others, adventure takes place in far reaches of the planet and is surrounded by the unfamiliar. Still for others, adventure without adrenaline, is no adventure at all. And for those of us...

For most in Telluride, getting on the mountain is the priority throughout the winter.  Yet, everyone has a few obstacles—work schedules, kids, or work schedules and kids. So, sometimes just getting to the lift is the result of a perfectly executed strategy. In my house, we...

Green beer. Green hats. The greening of the Chicago River. Dying stuff green is how we usually celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in this country. But for me, St. Patrick’s Day is important because it means spring is here. Longer days. More light. And the real greening...

I am a product of the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club (TSSC). Of course, back then it wasn’t called that. There was no park and pipe or big mountain teams -- those disciplines didn’t yet exist and snowboarding was just starting to trickle into the...

Editor's note: Telluride High School (super star) alum Charlotte Delpit is now the the Subsidized Coordinator for Brown University initiative, Brown Market Shares Program, now among the top 15 finalists for "Campus Champions of Change Challenge," sponsored by the White House. Support her and her...

Pinhead welcomes Dr. John Steinberg to our regional schools Throughout the school year, the Pinhead Institute brings internationally renowned scientists into our regional schools with our Scholars in the Schools program. These acclaimed scientists lead labs, experiments, workshops, and field expeditions for students in grade school...

When discussing the current state of affairs of our planet and the challenges we face as individuals, a community and a country, I would wager that rarely, if ever, has one of the many solutions being proposed to address what's in our faces been an...