Author: Susan Viebrock

A fundraising event for FELIX SNOW, hosted by Friends in Need, a nonprofit organization (not yet tax exempt) started by Dr. Susannah Smith, to be held this THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, SHERIDAN BAR, 5-9 p.m.  [caption id="attachment_48502" align="aligncenter" width="268"] Felix Snow[/caption] Felix Snow used to work in the film industry. His...

Telluride is oh so health conscious. Here, the word “organic” rhymes with “duh.” Going green goes without saying. But do we really know what the label “organic” means?  Emma Loewe is a senior at Duke University where she studies Environmental Science, English and Visual Media. She loves being...

Beyond the Groove Productions presents Lettuce, with opening act Break Science, Club Red in Mountain Village, Friday & Saturday February 13 & 14. Doors, 7:30 p.m.; show time, 8 p.m. Club Red debuted with a sold-out show earlier this year and transforms the Telluride Conference Center into an...

Measles is the new epidemic du jour and AIDS? Oh so yesterday. Only not so much. For one thing, there is still no cure. And that is why the Telluride AIDS Benefit continues to wave its “ Fight.Fund.Educate” banner on high. TAB’s week of awareness education and fundraising to help support...

Six-week courses for children and adults begin Monday February 9 Pinhead Institute headquarters will be buzzing this winter as the local non-profit offers more classes than ever before with a full calendar of six-week courses designed to get both kids and adults excited about science, technology,...

The 16th annual Telluride Comedy Fest, Thursday, February 12 – Sunday, February 15, 8 p.m. nightly. New this year: LATE NIGHT FRIDAY SHOW, 11 p.m. ($30). All other tickets, $35/$40 (plus fees). Love is no laughing matter, except in Telluride, where comedy wraps around the Big Day,...

Double your giving! A local family foundation has gratiously challenged the nonprofit with a $20,000 match for the 2015 Chocolate Lover’s Fling. Scroll to bottom of post for links to donate and make an even bigger difference. [caption id="attachment_48187" align="aligncenter" width="600"] San Miguel Resource Center, the team[/caption] Can you...

Telluride Arts’ programs director Britt Markey is more than just a pretty face. She is executive director Kate Jones’ abundantly talented aide de camp – and then some. [caption id="attachment_48272" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Hand, Britt Markey[/caption] With degrees in graphic design and fine art, Britt brings substantial design, organizational,...

Color is the backdrop of our lives. And the colors we surround ourselves with in daily life affect us profoundly. And they affected history. Writing in the Huff Post, Todd Van Luling talks about “8 Things You Didn’t Know About Color That Almost Too Ridiculous To Be...

The Telluride Jazz Festival’s educational initiatives represent excellence in music education. The Telluride Jazz Festival's Artists in the Schools programs offer informal music education to area youth. Visiting musicians in town for the WinterJazz programs give their time, talent, and energy to the program, performing and interacting with...