Author Archives: Susan Viebrock

New Classes from Ah Haa and Pinhead

Hey, Telluride! Sign up your young scientists for these classes presented as a collaboration between the Ah Haa School and Pinhead Institute. The classes start July 3d, and space is limited, so make your reservations early. The classes are mixed science and art, and are for kids 7+. See the poster below or contact Ah…

Telluride Bluegrass: The Greencards

[click "Play" for Eamon McLoughlin interview] According to Telluride Bluegrass Festival regular and Grammy winner Tim O’ Brien it’s all about recycling: he describes what he does musically as “making something new out of something old.” Tim is not alone. Linking the past, present and future is also what the relatively new band, The Greencards,…

“Dog’s Best Friend,” a weekly column featuring trainer Ted Hoff

[click "Play" to hear Ted's training tips] When Telluride dog owners leave town, their first stop after a gas station is Ted Hoff’s place, Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel in Crawford, Colorado. No doubt about it, Ted is a dog whisperer: after 20 years training our furry friends to be the best possible pets and hunters,…

Telluride Bluegrass: Greensky Bluegrass

[click "Play" to hear Paul Hoffman's interview] Greensky Bluegrass is the world turned upside down. Winning the Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest three years ago was a world-upside-down moment for this group. Telluride Bluegrass is no American Idol, but  the win in 2006 – after placing 5th in 2004 – put the founders squarely on…

Fashion Friday: Kristin Holbrook

[click "Play" for Kristin Holbrook interview] Intro: Who needs Andre Leon Talley when Telluride has Kristin Holbrook, fashionista/co-owner of local fashion emporium Two Skirts? Kristin is a New Jersey native and graduate of the University of Virginia in English and Art History. After college, she spent three years teaching skiing in Vail, where she met…

Telluride Bluegrass: Super group, WPA

[click "Play" to hear WPA interview] Flashback: Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2000. Sugar Hill Records had several oldies but goodies in the lineup. John Cowan was appearing with his new group, Lonesome River Band. Also on the scene were Seldom Scene, Jesse Winchester and Sam Bush. With Nickel Creek, the label also featured strong Gen Zeta…

Telluride Bluegrass: Todd Snider

[click "Play" for Todd Snider interview] Telluride Bluegrass, June 18-21 Telluride favorite, singer-songwriter Todd Snider, is returning to town for an encore after his sold-out show at the historic Sheridan Opera House, where the troubadour charmed the crowd with his barefoot brand of social satire and the way he managed to blow raspberries at our…

Telluride Farmer’s Market Friday, June 12, 11 a.m.

[Click the Play button to hear interview with Tony Daranyi] The annual Telluride Farmers’ Market is part of the change we can stomach. Now in its seventh year, the Telluride Farmers’ Market  features over 60 vendors, coming from a 100-mile radius to bring fruits, vegetables, flowers, meats, fish, and crafts to town every Friday, 11…

Telluride local takes on The Challenge

[click "Play" button to hear David Allen speak about "The Challenge"] In 2003, Telluride local David Allen graduated The University of the South (Sewanee) in economics and environmental studies then promptly moved to Telluride to fish. The guide for Telluride Outside is still fishing, only now his primary target is no longer trout. It's disposable…

Doers: Ted Hoff

[click"Play" button to hear Susan's interview with Ted Hoff] In 2000, Telluride audiences saw the (now departed) Lizard Head Theatre Company’s production of “Sylvia”,  A.R. Gurney’s hit comedy. The play is about a talking dog, part Lab, part poodle and entirely femme fatale. The comedy’s all too familiar barbs about marriage, unspoken needs for connection,…