Author: Susan Viebrock

Marketing guru Scott Haltzmann wrote a book entitled "Eight Ways to Win Your Wife's Heart Forever." When it was published back in 2006, woman gave it as a gift to their hubbies on Valentine's Day. Among the helpful hints for happy living together: • A person...

Helmed by Executive Director Patrick Schweiss for 22 years of its 32 years, the Sedona Film Festival, (SFF), 2/21 - 3/1, has become world-renowned for bringing award-winning films and meaningful conversations to its growing community through filmmaker Q & As, workshops and seminars. Among the stars...

Sedona has drawn people the way landscapes draw light: quietly and consistently, suggesting a kind of open promise highlighting natural beauty. Its signature red rock formations feel less like scenery than a magical, mystical presence: sculptural, attentive. In other words, Sedona is a place of...

Countdowns and fireworks from Times Square’s iconic ball drop to the early fireworks over Sydney Harbor, cities mark midnight with spectacle. In the Southern US, black-eyed peas are consumed for luck. The tradition in Spain is 12 grapes at midnight, one for each month. of...

New Year’s Eve is the final day of the Gregorian calendar year—December 31, a threshold moment when one year gives way to the next. Culturally, it is a night charged with endings and beginnings: reflection, release, and renewal. On the subject of the last Big Event...

Jordan Campbell's UKRAINE UNDER FIRE will broadcast on Rocky Mountain PBS on Tuesday, January 13 at 10:00 PM, airing just after FRONTLINE and right before Amanpour. UKRAINE UNDER FIRE had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. with the support of the Ukrainian Embassy and had its...

The term “solstice” means “sun stands still.” On the year’s two solstices (winter and summer) the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky but change little in position during this time. Of course, contrary to appearances from Earth, the sun’s “changing...

Performances of the Telluride Choral Society’s WinterSing 2025 take place Friday, December 15, 7:00 p.m and Sunday, December 7, 4:00 p.m. at Christ Church. Tickets are $20 for adults; $10 for children at the door. Go here for more about the Telluride Choral Society. Go here for...

A modern reimagining of the classic Sophocles tragedy"Oedipus" is brilliantly adapted by Robert Icke as a political thriller set on an election night. The production stars Mark Strong as Oedipus and Lesley Manville as Jocasta in powerful, provocative performances. Up at Studio 54 through February...

"Monet in Venice" is a must, an eye-dazzler of a show and a major coup for the Brooklyn Art Museum; Gabriele Münter is at the Guggenheim; Wilfredo Lam is at the Museum of Modern Art. Monet in Venice, Brooklyn Art Museum, up through February 1.2026 Over the...