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03 Apr 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, workshops and field expeditions for students in grade school through high school. Through the program, literally thousands of students each...
02 Apr MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE: SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
Mountainfilm in Telluride will launch its 34th annual festival on Friday, May 25, with a close look at the complicated subject of population. Over a dozen speakers, each focusing on a different area of expertise, will address the subject during the daylong Moving Mountains Symposium. “This theme synthesizes...
30 Mar 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, but have gone out into the world to make a difference. They are. Strawberries may just have gotten...
29 Mar TALL TALES: SHAKESPEARE AND PARROTS
TIO contributor Mark Stevens discusses and compares two documentary films, The Hobart Shakespearians and The Wild Parrot of Telegraph Hill. From: The Department of Nourishment for the Soul To: All Fans of Inspiring Documentaries Re: Rafe Esquith & Mark Bittner Outliers and oddities both, two...
29 Mar POETS’ CORNER: A SPRING THING
Editor’s note: Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. His latest book, “How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes from the Four Corners,” a collection of essays, is available at Between the Covers Bookstore. Here below, about spring, from...
27 Mar TIO DENVER: “BECKY SHAW”AT CURIOUS THEATRE
Raise you hands if you have ever been in any of following situations: • A blind date that went south in a hurry • Shades of “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” dressed totally inappropriately for a major event • Disappointment with a spouse • Suspicious of a...
24 Mar 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 Scene, Brian Pearson of Santiago Adventures....
23 Mar 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 environment like a dark corner of a basement, forgotten and full of garbage. Simply put, human-induced, global...