Author: Susan Viebrock

Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at the larger version of Club Red at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village, thanks once again to Denise Mongan’s Beyond the Groove Productions. Tuesday, August 11. Doors 7:30 p.m.; show, 8 p.m. Tickets, $45, here.  A yoga class led by Gina Guarascio Murdock with Michael in attendance...

Star of “12 Years A Slave” featured in National Theatre Live’s production of “Everyman." Live streamed at the Palm on Tuesday, August 11. Tickets, $15 adults; $10 children, here. Presented by Jennie Franks's SPARKy Productions. BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave") takes...

Monday, Aug. 10, 8 p.m., the Sheridan Arts Foundation presents Scott Cossu & Friends live in concert for a night of jazz, blues and barrelhouse boogie. Cossu is joined by Slyderz Van Manakas on guitar and Scott Emerson Doser on percussion, plus a variety of special guests....

An unexpected $500,000 bequest made to the Second Chance Humane Society in June allows the non-profit to ease its strained operating finances and proceed with expansion plans. [caption id="attachment_52887" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bonnie Bell, one of the many wonderful animals available for adoption at Second Chance.[/caption] With the added...

Grammy-nominated artist returns to Club Red at the Telluride Mountain Village Conference Center Thursday, October 15, 2015. Doors 7:30 p.m.; show, 8 p.m. Tickets here.  Grammy-nominated artist, Matisyahu– Yiddish for “Gift of God” – returns to Telluride on Thursday, October 15, to perform at Club Red in the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village. Club Red debuted with a sold-out...

Manet (1832-1883) was an urban dandy, born in the 19th-century into a well-heeled French family. [caption id="attachment_52787" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Edouard Manet’s “Olympia"[/caption] Philip Guston came into the world in 1913 as Philip Goldstein. His parents were Ukrainian Jews, who escaped persecution moving from Odessa, Russia to Canada. Manet became...

Tenor Allan Glassman returns to Telluride to perform in concert at the historic Sheridan Opera House. The event, part of the 42nd annual Telluride Chamber Music Festival, takes place Sunday, August 9, 2:30 p.m. [caption id="attachment_52607" align="aligncenter" width="183"] Tenor Allan Glassman of New York’s Metropolitan Opera[/caption] Glassman has thrilled audiences throughout...

Telluride American Songbook Festival brings “Super Singer” (per the late Johnny Carson), Marilyn Maye to town to perform and conduct a workshop. Concerts are Monday, August 17 and Tuesday, August 18, Sheridan Opera House. Tickets 25 for adults; $15  for young people under 18, now on sale here. Group prices get $5...

A collaboration by Telluride’s Bookends: Between the Covers Bookstore and Wilkinson Public Library. [caption id="attachment_52699" align="aligncenter" width="412"] Clare Vanderpool[/caption] Newbery Medal-winning author Clare Vanderpool will pay a first-time visit to Telluride, Saturday. August 1, 11 a.m. at the Wilkinson Public Library. Vanderpool won the award in 2011 for “Moon...

“The Odyssey by Homer,” presented by Telluride Academy’s Mudd Butts Mystery Theatre Troupe, Thursday – Saturday, August 6 – 8, 6 p.m. Purchase tickets at the door, $12/adults; $5/children under 12. For more information, contact Telluride Academy 970-728-5311. Advertising and promotional claims are tough to verify....