Author: Susan Viebrock

Book the workshop with Maria Garrê here now. Single class is $45; early bird, $35. Full workshop, $179; early bird, $160. (Early bird ends August 15.) Please scroll down to bottom of this story to hear what Maria has to say about her life and...

The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates multiple uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures,...

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...