Author: Susan Viebrock

Boys in bras? Nope, not a drag club. Anything but a drag. Think of it as cross-dressing for a cause. Mark your calendar for Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m., historic New Sheridan Bar, when the Ah Haa School for the Arts presents the 6th annual BRAvo event in support of the...

The 6th annual Telluride Horror Show includes premieres and special screening of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" with director Q&A. John Carroll Lynch, indie filmmakers Mickey Keating, Joe Begos added to lineup. "Bone Tomahawk" closes festival with Colorado Premiere. Three-day passes are only $94 and...

Claire Fallon and Maddie Crum, books and cultural writers for the Huffington Post, compiled the following list (and rationale) of can’t-miss new reads for Fall 2015.   Huffington Post must-read books out this fall. Setting aside Jonathan Franzen's ubiquitously discussed new novel Purity, fall 2015 is an embarrassment of literary...

Grammy-nominated artist Matisyahu returns to Club RED at the Telluride Mountain Village Conference Center on Thursday, October 15, 8 p.m. Radical Something is the opening act. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; show time is 8 p.m. Performance is all ages. Tickets, $42.50 pre-sale; $45 day of show, available locally...

The Durango and Telluride Choral Societies present the world premiere of  “Requiem for Eagles” at a performance entitled “The Dream Lives." The original music was written by former Telluride Choral Society director Dr. David Lingle and adapted and orchestrated by Dalen Stevens. The production takes place Sunday, October...

Next concert is October 28. Tickets here for the Trio Solisti’s Brahms series at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. Or call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800. Turns out there are lots of ways to spell “sensual." [caption id="attachment_54181" align="aligncenter" width="291"] Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881, The Armand hammer Collection, courtesy, The...

Deepak Chopra was the keynote speaker at the Telluride First Foundation’s inaugural Integrative Wellness Summit, where he had the audience in the palm of his hands for over two memorable hours. Here, Huff Post associate editor Emily Tess Katz summarizes Deepak’s message about peace to world...

Oscar buzz? Really? Never too early for presidential elections - or the Oscars. Nicole Sperling of Entertainment Weekly weighs in: [caption id="attachment_54030" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Jacob Tremblay & Brie Larson in “Room."[/caption] At this time last year, Birdman had already cut a wide swath through the Oscar field, debuting...

All roads lead to (and from) Telluride, this one specifically from the Telluride Wine Festival, where we met Max McCalman. (Story and interview here.) [caption id="attachment_54081" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Le District, photo courtesy of blouinartinfo.com[/caption] Max is a Really Big Cheese in the world of food and beverages A...

Joy. The conventional definition is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness." Case in point, the must-see “Picasso Sculpture” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. (Through February 7, 2016.) Picasso was our first stop on what is always an invigorating, enlightening cultural bath in the great tub known...