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January 2010

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Scott Doser, Susan and Clint
Viebrock, Bob Rubadeau,
Amy Cannon

A new collaboration premiered Thursday evening at the Wilkinson Public Library in Telluride. Bob Rubadeau approached TIO early in December with the idea of having a self-publishing section within Telluride Inside... and Out.

Scott Doser, program director at the Library, Amy Cannon of the Telluride Writers Guild and Between the Covers Bookstore got on board. The first get-together brought out over thirty people interested in learning how to get published once they have something down on paper (or on their Mac).

08 January, 2010 /


The Telluride Council for the Arts & Humanities kicks off the New Year with its First Thursday Art Walk this week, January 7, 5 – 8 p.m.

Holiday trifecta over and done, Amy Jean Boebel took the old adage about ringing in the new to heart. Art Walk celebrates the opening of her brand new gallery, Sapsucker Studios, 299 South Fir Street, and a show of her latest work, "Screen Scapes and Shapes." In future, Sapsucker will be dedicated to cutting edge regional art, including installations.
07 January, 2010 /

Blindside Olddogs_smallposter Telluride's Nugget Theatre is showing "Old Dogs" this week (Jan 8-14) along with the repeat performance of "The Blind Side".

TIO talked about "The Blind Side" last week: the story is about a homeless kid in Memphis who is adopted by a well-off family, and becomes a football star. (PG-13)

"Old Dogs" is a comedy with John Travolta and Robin Williams, one a confirmed bachelor, the other a bachelor by way of divorce. They are on the verge of a big business deal with the Japanese, with the complication of having to take care of 7 year old twins. The critics mostly hated it; audiences seem to love it. You'll have to go and make up your own mind. (Rated PG)

Showtimes below, reviews and trailers on the Nugget website.

07 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" to listen to Amy Boebel speak about her art]

DSC_0146 Sponsored by the Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities, The First Thursday Art Walk is a day-long block party with a mission: to showcase Telluride's fine art scene, including galleries and studios, which stay open late until 8 p.m. The first Art Walk of the New Year is this Thursday, January 7, 5 – 8 p.m.


Last January, TCAH's Strong Studios featured the work of newly minted local Amy Jean Boebel, a recycler with massive creative chops. "Seventeen Scrolls of Screen" featured playfully elegant sculptures created entirely from rolls of wire screen. Exactly one year later, Boebel managed to open her own gallery: Sapsucker Studios, 299 South Fir Street, where the idea is to feature cutting-edge work produced by regional artists. Sapsucker's debut show this Thursday features her own "Screen Scapes and Shapes," illuminative aluminum screen wall hangings and sculpture in which shadows complete the picture in a play of movement and light.
06 January, 2010 /

by Kris Holstrom 

Editor's note: TNCC's Kris Holstrom took the adage about "out with the old" literally. The culmination of her holiday trifecta was a purge. ps: Kris says to tell you the picture isn't of her house.

Fresh face on old walls

Claybrights The new year is a great time for a fresh start. At Tomtem Farm, we've been in our house for 20+ years and its age was showing. However, a bit of research, some time,  a little money and helping hands are doing wonders to restore our little house on the mesa.

First stop was EcoSpaces in Lawson Hill to pick up the eco-friendly products we  had ordered, but it turned out UPS had taken some time off and our shipment wasn't going to make it until after my helper Kirk had gone back to college. Necessity being the mother of invention, we changed course in midstream, choosing American Clay plasters, a product EcoSpaces had in stock, but a whole different scenario than painting.
06 January, 2010 /
[click "Play" to hear Bob Rubadeau speaking with Susan about online publishing]

Gatsby Cover draft w title Adobe high red Clint and Susan Viebrock of Telluride Inside... and Out, the Wilkinson Public Library, the Telluride Writers Guild, Between the Covers Bookstore, and Bob Rubadeau's Sirius Publications have joined forces to help local writers and visual artists develop the skills necessary to explore the brave new world of small house/self-publishing in order to mine worldwide markets/outlets for their works. The online vehicle for accomplishing the ambitious objective of bringing manuscripts to publication is a subdomain of Telluride Inside... and Out: Book Biz. The complementary interactive free seminars held monthly in the Program Room of the Wilkinson Public Library operates under the banner Community Publishing 101.


05 January, 2010 /

Telluride's Palm Theatre got the jump on everyone else. The venue's year-end fundraiser was a tribute to Elvis Presley, whose 75th birthday would have been January 8, 2010 – had The King not lost his head to drugs, sex and rock...

04 January, 2010 /

The Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show is a glam slam with a mission: raise funds to support adults and children living with HIV/AIDS locally and throughout the state. The insider's Sneak Peek is Thursday, February 25, at the Telluride Conference Center. Tickets for the...

03 January, 2010 /


It snowed in Telluride the night of December 30, but New Year's Eve dawned under crystalline skies. Blue skies and new powder snow- does it get any better than that?

We took Gina the Dog for a snowshoe hike in the hills behind our house, had a quick breakfast, then I met a friend at Giuseppe's to take a few runs. By then it was time to head down the mountain to meet my student at the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program for an afternoon lesson.

Skiing over, time to rush home, clean up, dress "Telluride formal" and head out for the evening. 

03 January, 2010 /