Author: Susan Viebrock

Nothing says summertime in Colorado like an open air market, especially amid the sun-soaked backdrop that defines Mountain Village Center. Beginning Wednesday, June 20, Heritage Plaza, Mountain Village, will be easy to spot. Vendors from all over the state gather under white tents for this year's...

All-women's band features at FirstGrass with Peter Rowan and Greensky Bluegrass in Sunset Plaza, Mountain Village, and throughout weekend. Here's a short story about Robert "Bobby" Van Osborne, Jr. Bobby was born in Kentucky in 1931. His instrument was the mandolin and he came to fame with...


"A gorgeous, moving, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting story, the kind of film that opens the mind and heart so wide they can never close as tightly again," Martha Beck, Oprah magazine columnist and bestselling author. May and June are turning out to be big months for...

A night of fashion and design showcasing local wearable arts The brainchild of jewelry designer Christopher Beaver, Telluride Arts hosts a special evening to unveil new work by a select group of designers at Telluride’s newest and seriously hip art space, Gallery 81435, across the street...

How do you know the date of the first Thursday of the month? Yes, I know, there's always a calendar to tip you off. Or follow the crowds. The first Thursday of every month (in season) is Telluride Arts' Art Walk, a celebration of the...

Sheridan Opera House, general admission, seats out, $25 per person, all ages, doors, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 8 One story that emerges from the pile of anecdotes about funny stuff that happened while Clint Viebrock was a Northwest pilot concerns a rather famous band. He was...

Editor's Note: Donna Howell-Sickles' opening at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art is part of Telluride Arts' First Thursday Art Walk. For further information, go to www.telluridearts.org or call 970-728-8959. When I was a baby writer in town, having just launched my career with the brand...

PLEASE NOTE: THE "GLO" IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY EVENING, NOT FRIDAY AS TIO ORGINALLY PUBLISHED. WE REGRET THE ERROR. “If you hold my hand we’ll chase your dream across the sky/For we can fly, we can fly” (Fifth Dimension’s “Up, Up and Away,” 1967) As the saying...

Season #5 for him and counting. When you've given as good as it gets and you know it, it's time to kick back and enjoy the fruits of your labor. At Mountainfilm 2012, festival director David Holbrooke introduced speakers, greeted the crowds at the various...

Do you know what a "squibble" is? Don't try looking it up. "Squibble" is not in the dictionary. It's a made-up word Mark Fischer used to describe his rather esoteric (read: eccentric) brand of poetry that was a Rorschach for his Energizer Bunny kind of...