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09 Feb ALACAZEM: 2012.02.09
February 9 to 16, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Saturn Evening: Venus and Jupiter By the time you read these words, I’ll be on my way back home to Colorado.. I’m writing this column two weeks in advance so I can email it long...
27 Jan ALACAZEM: 2012.01.26
January 26 to February 2, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Saturn Evening: Venus and Jupiter The first week of the Aquarius zodiac month reminds me that days are getting longer. It won’t be long before we see the morphing of the seasons; mountain bluebirds...
25 Jan LLAMA LIVE: OAKHURST FRIDAY NITE
They are a progressive bluegrass quintet from Denver, Colorado with deep Appalachian roots and a genre-bending sound that fuses traditional bluegrass with indie rock and a citybilly swagger. On their Facebook page, the group calls its sound “Rocky Mountain Guerrilla Grass.” Oakhurst has played legendary...
25 Jan TELLURIDE FOUNDATION AWARDS SPECIAL INITIATIVE GRANT
Telluride Academy Receives $75,000 towards Headquarters Acquisition Campaign The Telluride Foundation Board of Directors approved a $75,000 Special Initiative Grant for the Telluride Academy’s acquisition of its headquarters at the Foundation’s recent bi-annual December board meeting. The Telluride Academy, which is a nonprofit organization providing...
21 Jan LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO AT PALM FRIDAY
Twenty-six years ago an American folk singer released what became a monster album. Paul Simon’s Graceland won a Grammy for 1986 Album of the Year, and is included on many “Best Of” lists from Rolling Stone to Time. Graceland was an eclectic mix musical styles...
19 Jan ALACAZEM: 2012.01.19
January 19 to 26, 2012 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars and Saturn Evening: Venus and Jupiter Obviously, the best team was the Patriots… Hey, now! Here we are. The Denver Broncos are done for the season; I’m happy it’s over. Last week’s loss made the previous...
19 Jan SAN JUAN JON: THE LONELIEST ROAD IN AMERICA
The dreams of my youth were of wilderness and searching for its heart. Getting to the edge of wilderness where you could jump off and out of civilization usually involved a vehicle of some kind. The irony was that the wilderness was more accessible because of that...
16 Jan BOOK IT! TWO TICKETS TO NEW ORLEANS, THAT IS…
They call it The Big Easy, one of several nicknames for New Orleans. And that’s where Bobbi and I, along with 498 other indie booksellers from North America, will gather today for our annual three days of learning about how to survive the economy in...