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03 Jan ALACAZEM 2015.01.01
January 1 to 8, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars It is New Year’s Day morning and I’m sitting at our dining room table watching the snow fall, trying to come up with appropriate words for the first Alacazem column of 2015....
10 Dec Outlaw Reflections: Youngest of the Old Timers
Oleh Lysiak talked with old-time Telluride local Johnnie Stevens for a story originally published February 21, 1996 in The San Miguel Post. The interview is an eye-opener: there was a Telluride before there was a ski resort and pre-1972, there was a community of mixed ages, professions, religions, everyone...
07 Oct In Telluride’s Backyard: Exploring the Four Corners
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it, Edmund Burke. Here’s the dirt on dirt. Dirt (or soil) isn’t just a mix of clay, sand and humus that lies over bedrock. It isn’t simply dust, grime or filth either. For archaeologists Mark Varien...
15 Aug ALACAZEM 2014.08.14
August 14 to 21, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Venus, Jupiter Evening: Mars, Saturn This week we have the awesome opportunity to view giant planet Jupiter and sister-to-earth planet Venus come together in a super-tight conjunction in the predawn eastern sky. This unusually close pairing...
10 Aug Telluride Mushroom Festival: Highlights
Telluride Mushroom Festival conducts serious science during the world’s biggest mushroom party customized for every budget & schedule. Lots of options for day passes, single forays, and pre-festival workshops, etc. Buy tickets here. Below is a day-by -day reckoning of festival highlights. Friday, August 15: All-Day Mycoremediation...
06 Aug EatDrinkFilms!: Gary Meyer on Roger Ebert
EatDrinkFilms! is a wonderful e-zine I recently discovered thanks to Gary Meyer, yes, the very same who was co-director of the Telluride Film Festival (this year, August 29 – September 1) and is now serving as the event’s Senior Curator. The 15th issue, for example, includes a story by chef Patricia Unterman...
04 Aug Telluride Mushroom Fest: Overview of #33
Buy tickets here for the 33rd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival.: 4-day Full Festival passes, only $275 for all films, lectures, forays and more; Single-day passes also available online and includes forays and lectures for the chosen day, including evening keynotes and films; forays (without as pass) only...
18 Jul Medical Moment: Why Quit Smoking?
Telluride Inside… and Out is proud to feature the Telluride Medical Center’s MEDICAL MOMENT, a weekly column that answers common medical questions in pop culture. Have a question for the doctors? Click here to send. Care Manager Paula Scheidegger answers this week’s question: Why quit smoking? It...