Email Author Susan Froyd

2008 Stories by Susan Froyd

• Trails Blazing

  published November 27, 2008

  A winter without the Blossoms of Light is like a world with no sun in my book, so I’ll admit I felt a catch in my throat when I heard that... More >>

• Power for the People

  published November 27, 2008

  When the Wildlife Experience Museum decides to do something, it does it all the way. So it goes without saying that the venue’s first-ever... More >>

• Casa, Sweet Casa

  published November 27, 2008

  Chef Jamey Fader at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, likes what happens when people meet over the spectacle of food. That’s evident in his changing... More >>

• Into the Woods

  published November 27, 2008

  To hell with Black Friday. I’m not going to go bust the doors open at the mall tomorrow morning. Nope! And to hell with Turkey Day, too.... More >>

• Corner Market

  published November 27, 2008

  It’s no secret: I love independent retailers. They’re what make a neighborhood a neighborhood — and besides, they’re a gritty... More >>

• Gang of New York

  published November 20, 2008

  What goes around comes around, and as the contemporary success of neo-burlesquers, jug bands, Gypsy jazz and vaudevillian revivalists proves,... More >>

• Take A Shot

  published November 20, 2008

  Small could just be another way of saying “affordable” where artworks are concerned, but in the case of WEE: A Small Works Photo... More >>

• Let There Be Light

  published November 20, 2008

  Chris Armijo’s whimsical and often beautiful light fixtures take functionality to a whole new level: Fashioned from such everyday plastic... More >>

• The Kitten Walk

  published November 20, 2008

  You might say that local designer Tran Wills of the Fabric Lab learned the fashion-design business the hard way, by starting out not knowing... More >>

• Sweet Memories

  published November 20, 2008

  One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the... More >>

• Free For All

  published November 13, 2008

  Get on the bus tonight — and bring the family! During Night at the Museums, nearly a dozen of the city’s museums will stay open... More >>

• Big Band in Town

  published November 13, 2008

  One of the Denver jazz scene’s favorite sons, saxophonist Fred Hess is in fine form on his new recording, Single Moment, with elegant backup... More >>

• Rockin’ Obama

  published November 13, 2008

  Local sculptor Meagen Svendsen couldn’t get a ticket to Obama’s DNC speech at Invesco Field last August, but that didn’t stop her... More >>

• Silence is Golden

  published November 13, 2008

  The Colorado Symphony Orchestra has gone to the movies before, it’s true — but, notes CSO spokesman Andrew Mathis, never quite like... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published November 13, 2008

  Nobody’s going to be taking any chances this holiday shopping season. Purse strings are tight, and a rosier future seems possible but still... More >>

• A Cut Above

  published November 13, 2008

  Fine art and craft curve together in a delicate tête-à-tête in Jennifer Falck Linssen: Beyond Katagami, a new... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published November 13, 2008

  Some people just bask in the golden glow of old stuff; Jeanne Connolly’s one of them. A New Jersey native and former Crate & Barrel visual... More >>

• In the Limelight

  published November 6, 2008

  The work of visual designer (and Resident Wizard at the Museum of Outdoor Arts) Lonnie Hanzon is often fueled by the ephemeral, lost in time and... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published November 6, 2008

  One thing I love about the start of the holiday shopping season is that I get to see all my old entrepreneurial and handy friends — all the... More >>

• Global Village

  published November 6, 2008

  “I’ve always resisted the idea of the string quartet as an art form that exists for Sunday-afternoon soirees. I feel emboldened and... More >>

• Purple Haze

  published October 30, 2008

  There’s not a rock guitarist alive who can’t claim that at least a teensy bit of the Jimi Hendrix vibe flows in his veins; even today,... More >>

• A Stitch in Time

  published October 30, 2008

  TACtile Arts Center director Dianne Denholm can sew a pretty piece. But when she picked up a pair of needles recently to knit a pair of socks,... More >>

• We Will Rock You

  published October 30, 2008

  Ballet Nouveau Colorado artistic director Garrett Ammon casts a youthful aura over the troupe by creating such amped-up works as his hot, hot... More >>

• It's Shoe Time!

  published October 30, 2008

  "Omigod, I feel like it’s Christmas!” As the entries pour in to her EvB Studio for SolePurpose, a juried group show of... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published October 30, 2008

  Milliner Erin Saboe doesn’t mince words about being a hat maker. It’s what she does, and that’s that. It all started because she... More >>