YOUR AH HAA MOMENT: EGGSTRAVAGANZA SATURDAY
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, EG
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PINHEAD INSTITUTE: MORE FROM SCHOLARS IN THE SCHOOLS
Throughout the school year, the Pinhead Institute brings acclaimed scientists into regional schools – Nucla, Norwood, Ridgway, Ouray, and Telluride – to lead labs, experiments,
HUNTING & GATHERING: IN THE GARDEN
Editor’s note: We are so excited to have chef and photographer Lisa Barlow back on our pages with recipes you will want to print out and keep. Well, hello Spring! Brooklyn is
SNOW SUNDAY: SPRING RIDING IN THE GRAND VALLEY
Oh, how the warm spring days bring with them such difficult decisions—like, should I bike or ski today? Even though the lifts are still running, and the festive vibe that defines
EARTH MATTERS: STRAWBERRIES
Editor’s Note: This is another installment of a weekly series by the team of scholars/dynamic enviro-activists Anna Zivian and Billy Mason. Both have deep ties to Telluride
TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: SPRING (THEATRE) FEVER
Spring is a busy time for the Telluride Playwrights Festival. While everyone is getting their last minute snow licks in, we are down to reading the final selections for our sixth a
DECOR 8750: (NOT SO) MELLOW YELLOW
We, over here at Tweed, are currently obsessed with the “it” color of spring — anything and everything yellow. Vibrant yellow is making a splash in interiors and fashio
ACADEMY IN ACTION: THE ADVENTUROUS MINDSET
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 fo
TELLURIDE MED CENTER: TO YOUR HEALTH, VERTIGO
We’ve all had moments of vertigo when peering over a run in Black Iron Bowl. But if you’re consistently feeling dizzy, there may be more at stake. Telluride Medical Cen
SNOW SUNDAY: GET US ON THE MOUNTAIN
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, so
TELLURIDE INSIDE… AND OUT : DISPATCHES FROM CHILE, 3/23/2012
Throw darts at a map of Santiago and you will find great things to see and do. Or you can hedge your bets. With only a few days to explore the city, we turned to our Man On The S
DOG’S BEST FRIEND: CATTLE DOGS AT WORK
As you’re driving around the Colorado mountains this spring, you may have to slow down as the road becomes over powered by cattle. Each spring, cattleman prod their livestock
EARTH MATTERS: HOW WE CAN SAVE OUR OCEANS
“Out of sight, out of mind,” sadly seems to be the reccuring mantra that we have adopted toward our oceans. Our human-centric society often treats the Earth’s ocean e
TWO SKIRTS FASHION FRIDAY: JUMP INTO SPRING
I remember my mother’s jumpsuits. The rolled-sleeve, belted mustard in cotton sateen; the soft jersey one with black bottoms, multi striped top and red patent belt; and t
EXPLORING THE SAN MIGUEL WATERSHED
When Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library brought Woody Tasch and Michael Brownlee to Telluride for a presentation on slow money and transition towns, more than 140 attendees wer
TELLURIDE INSIDE & OUT: DISPATCHES FROM CHILE, 3/20/2012
Yesterday Susan and I spent our second full (emphasis on “full”) day in the Ovalle area of El Norte Chile. In a sense the day was a continuation of the day before. Our
TELLURIDE INSIDE… AND OUT: DISPATCHES FROM CHILE, 3/19/2012
Here comes the bride. But not yet. The punch line is The Wedding. Tomas Correa marries Fernanda Sanchez at an intimate gathering of 500 of their closest friends and family on Frida
TELLURIDE NEWB: THE GIUSEPPE’S BATHROOMS ROCK
Whether it’s an epic powder day or bluebird, sunny, slush fest on Telluride Mountain, nothing should get in the way of another run. Hunger and thirst may beg for attention, b
EARTH MATTERS: A CASE STUDY IN FOOD REGULATION
In my last post, I explained that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the application for the commercialization of AquAdvantage salmon — genetic
ST. PATRICK’S DAY: THE COMING OF SPRING
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 imp
SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN WEATHER: STORMY WEATHER ON THE WAY
Another very warm, sunny day (Friday) with variable high clouds and light backing SW winds. We’ll see a warm night with increasing SSW winds (30-40 MPH gusts) Saturday in adv