Author: Susan Viebrock

[caption id="attachment_32735" align="alignright" width="200"] Artist at work, Ron Allred[/caption] The auction in brief: The Ah Haa School for the Arts 21st annual art auction. It's all about "The Wild Years" in "To-Hell-U-Ride," the 1970s, when the region began a steady march from (relative) famine to feast, hippy...

[caption id="attachment_32729" align="alignright" width="300"] David Byrne & St. Vincent[/caption] Where were you Thursday night, June 20, 2009? If you, like we, were at Telluride Bluegrass, you witnessed the white out. We are referring to that magic moment when David Byrne & Co. – band and dancers – all...

[caption id="attachment_32717" align="alignright" width="208"] Kate Spear[/caption] It was music to our ears to learn that  former Telluride local Kate Spear will be returning to town to make an appearance at the 6th annual Telluride Yoga Festival,Thursday – Sunday, July 11 – July 14. The kirtan takes...

[caption id="attachment_32688" align="alignright" width="300"] Beryl Bender Birch[/caption] Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft, can you be extremely hard and strong, Zen proverb The lady is everywhere you want to be at the 6th annual Telluride Yoga Festival, Thursday, July 11– Sunday, July 14. On Thursday,...

[caption id="attachment_32647" align="alignright" width="300"] Wharf Study, Doug Dawson[/caption] The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art has a stable that includes some of the best pastel artists in the world, among them Sally Strand, Carole Katchen, Bruce Gomez –  and Doug Dawson. Dawson is also a Visiting Artist at...

[caption id="attachment_32640" align="alignright" width="300"] Big Head Todd, C. Taylor Crothers[/caption] Three words that instantly brighten up any dark associations with the Colorado town named "Columbine": Former Columbine locals, Big Head Todd (& The Monsters). Over nearly three decades  – college-town concerts in the 1980s to national festival...

[caption id="attachment_32682" align="alignright" width="300"] Craig Howe[/caption] Tick tock. Tick tock. Hear it? The clock is fast approaching the 11th hour. As of the week ending July 12, there will be little time left to cross "t's" and dot "i's". For the four winning companies of the Telluride...

[caption id="attachment_32578" align="alignright" width="200"] Allison English[/caption] Allison English found yoga as a teen while recovering from figure skating injuries and stayed with her practice through a dizzying array of life experiences. Her spiritual path led Allison to Forrest Yoga first and she fell in love with...

[caption id="attachment_32590" align="alignright" width="300"] Karl Straub[/caption] Too aggressive in your yoga practice? That was Karl Straub's story until he met his eldest teacher, Swami Bua, who told him not to struggle because "Yoga is a gentle art." At the 6th annual Telluride Yoga Festival (Thursday, July 11 –...

His studio, Alive & Shine, in Bellevue, Washington, was voted "Best of Western Washington" in 2012. On a radio program of the same name, hosted with his wife, Savriti, he interviews experts in the fields of health and medicine such as Jeffrey M. Smith, author...