Email Author Susan Froyd

2003 Stories by Susan Froyd

• World Party

  published October 30, 2003

  Nobody understands the gestalt approach to making music better than guitarist (and former Denverite) Bill Frisell, one the great original... More >>

• It's a Doozy

  published October 23, 2003

  SAT, 10/25 Feel free to prance around in your unmentionables at tonight's second incarnation of Floozy Night at the Buckhorn... More >>

• Spook and Ladder

  published October 23, 2003

  SAT, 10/25 Keep your eyes peeled for paranormal behavior at today's Meet the Fire House Ghosts at the Denver Firefighters... More >>

• Soul's Inspiration

  published October 23, 2003

  To start a circus, you have to have a bit of the dreamer in you, not to mention an eye for the angle not taken. Cedric Walker has both, it seems:... More >>

• Revival Music

  published October 16, 2003

  SAT, 10/18 When Augustana Arts executive director Donald Tallman heard that renowned vocal quartet Anonymous 4 would be making... More >>

• Just Be Sharp!

  published October 9, 2003

  THURS, 10/9 Lewis Black and Dave Attell seem about as hard to contact these days as folks on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Still, even... More >>

• Breaking Ground

  published October 9, 2003

  SAT, 10/11 Kids in Longmont don't ask for much, but a lot of teens in that town are happy to have a place like Club Breakdown... More >>

• Flight Club

  published October 9, 2003

  SUN, 10/12 Kite-maker Jane Parker-Ambrose was really too busy to take on another project, but in 1985, after sailing one of her custom... More >>

• Beyond U.S.A.

  published October 2, 2003

  FRI, 10/3 Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver curator Cydney Payton has a love affair with art's cutting edge: Always seeking ways to... More >>

• Thinking Differently

  published October 2, 2003

  SUN, 10/5 Some would say the books of Peter Sís aren't children's books at all. And yet you'll find them -- complicated mazes... More >>

• Mystery Man

  published October 2, 2003

  A good mystery series has to fit like a well-worn glove. It's that utilitarian undertone of familiarity that sucks the most loyal readers in --... More >>

• Classic Revisited

  published September 25, 2003

  SAT, 9/27 The Colorado Ballet borrowed the costumes and set for its season opener Don Quixote, not from Spain, but from... More >>

• Ring-a-Ding-Ding

  published September 25, 2003

  WED, 10/1 A circus remains an eternally strange blend of old traditions and things that have never been seen before: For instance,... More >>

• Drink Deeply

  published September 25, 2003

  THURS, 9/25 The organizers of Denver's 22nd annual Great American Beer Festival know what you want: "Three days. 320 breweries.... More >>

• Bluegrass Gas

  published September 18, 2003

  SAT, 9/20 In pagan lore, the autumnal equinox, or Mabon, celebrates the harvest season in what amounts to an early precursor of the... More >>

• Pony Up

  published September 18, 2003

  FRI, 9/19 You don't have to be American to know about the Pony Express, but it's a saga that Americans, particularly Westerners, all... More >>

• Fighting Back

  published September 18, 2003

  SAT, 9/20 It seems incredible that books are still subject to witch-hunts, but in the 21st century they most certainly are,... More >>

• Stayin' Alive

  published September 18, 2003

  THURS, 9/18 Bone-crushing tackles come as no surprise in a football game played without protective gear, and such action is at the... More >>

• Prairie Dog Companion

  published September 18, 2003

  SAT, 9/20 They will not go quietly, these little critters. Instead, Boulder's prairie dogs -- creatures with names such as Viktor the... More >>

• Peace Prayer

  published September 11, 2003

  TUES, 9/16 Maxine Hong Kingston was born into war in 1940; her refugee mother, a doctor who had run a hospital in a cave in China... More >>

• Chicano Roots

  published September 11, 2003

  FRI, 9/12 One expects art galleries to cater mainly to grownups, but consider little Quetzalli, 928 West Eighth Avenue, a gallery... More >>

• Do Tell

  published September 4, 2003

  SUN, 9/7 Robin Jester likes urban tales -- real, meaty accounts of life. The Regis University graduate advisor, who moved to Denver... More >>

• Pepper Pot

  published September 4, 2003

  SAT, 9/6 Ever wonder how to create your own ristra -- the strands of dried red chile peppers that are hung near the entrance of... More >>

• Season's Greetings

  published September 4, 2003

  Classical music is a hard sell almost everywhere you go these days, but that hasn't deterred the Colorado Symphony Orchestra from trying harder.... More >>

• Argentine Idols

  published August 28, 2003

  FRI, 8/29 "The main code of the tango is that you dance as you are feeling today," says Nina Pesochinsky, artistic... More >>