Author: Susan Viebrock

[caption id="attachment_36858" align="alignright" width="190"] The swans, above, at $1,000 each, are the costliest gift, although the price hasn't budged from 30 years ago. (From New York Times Biz section post)[/caption] Turns out the cost of engaging the lords and ladies went up the most. The price...

University Centers of the San Miguel and Rotary Club of Telluride are excited to announce a collaboration. The start-up is a new Mobile GED Testing Center Project for all interested regional residents 16 years and older within the San Miguel River watershed. UCSM is very grateful...

[caption id="attachment_36832" align="alignright" width="300"] Scrooge (from Furlong PR blog)[/caption] Telluride Inside… and Out means the challenges of social media are as much a part of daily life as walking Gina the Dog and flossing. In honor of Christmas, we found lessons from Furlong PR and Charles Dickens' "A...

[caption id="attachment_36732" align="alignright" width="248"] Kelley Zinge[/caption] "Crazy." "Walkin' After Midnight." "Your Cheatin' Heart" "I Fall To Pieces." "Sweet Dreams." To this day, country music fans make pilgrimages to Wincester, Virginia, Patsy Cline's hometown to pay tribute to the celebrated country singer whose smooth-sounding, emotive voice turned those tunes into pop hits...

Celebrate a white winter by attending the premiere of the latest Warren Miller production. "Ticket to Ride" premieres in Telluride Monday, December 23. There are two showings, both at the historic Sheridan Opera House, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Doors open 30 minutes prior to show...

Heavyweight (we mean that in the good sense) Green Party county commissioner, shroom afficionado,  accomplished basketweaver, potato farmer– and poet extraordinaire (in 2011, he was named Western Slope Poet Laureate), let the Goodtimes roll. We are, of course, talking about none other than the force...

The Stikine Valley in British Columbia is sacred to the First Nations people, the Tahltan. The region encompasses one of the largest predator-prey ecosystems in North America. Rich in wildlife –  caribou, stone sheep, moose, mountain goats, grizzlies and wolves – and mountain majesty, the...

Depending on your age and stage in life and the way things have been going lately, this time of year, a time of assessment, is not necessarily easy. Take refuge in art for the start of the New Year. Attend the Ah Haa School for the Arts'...

[caption id="attachment_36635" align="alignright" width="300"] Audrey Hepburn And Peter O'Toole in "How to Steal A Million," from The HOllywood Reporter[/caption] How time flies. Hard to believe it was almost 12 years ago when Peter O'Toole came to town to be honored as a tributee of the Telluride...