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Partnership corrals valley’s history in cattle ranching
Saturday, July 5, 2008
The railroad stockyards in Steamboat Springs were once one of the biggest shipping points for livestock in the western United States. In the first decade of the 20th century, the only way to get cattle from the mountain pastures of North Routt County to the railroad depot was to push them across a little bridge over the Yampa River.
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Capturing the rawness
Fred Hodder hopes to distill ranch life in his photos
Friday, July 4, 2008
Flipping through his book of rodeo photography, Frederick Hodder lights up when he gets to cowboys in peril.
Read story.An orchestra for youths
Pushcart Players reinvent ‘Peter and the Wolf’ for Strings
Friday, July 4, 2008
In the 70-plus years since Sergey Prokofiev wrote “Peter and the Wolf” for his children, the fairy tale introduction to the classical orchestra has been re-imagined by some of the biggest names in entertainment: Leonard Bernstein, Sting, Jimmy Smith, Rob Reiner, Jack Lemmon and David Bowie all have played a part in its narration and performance.
Read story.Personal history
Artists put own touch on a common theme
Friday, July 4, 2008
When a long winter kept local plein air painter Susan Gill Jackson indoors a few extra months, she started doing research — on bordellos.
Read story.Father-son duo prepare for city’s largest fireworks show
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tim and Scott Borden have a gift for understatement. “We like fireworks,” Tim Borden said Friday while peering down two 40-foot-long containers that resemble railcars and hold the 3,000 fireworks that will make up the city of Steamboat Springs’ Fourth of July fireworks display this year.
Read story.‘Taste’ thrills in South Routt
Hundreds attend 11th annual event held in Decker Park
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Taste of South Routt was great in 1997, and as the years have gone by, the food and the people have only gotten better.
Read story.One night only
Perry-Mansfield faculty show off talents in annual variety show
Friday, June 27, 2008
It takes a certain kind of person to be on the faculty at Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp.
Read story.Craft collector
Artist, rancher Wayne Kakela has amassed trades throughout the years
Friday, June 27, 2008
There are three sheds on Wayne Kakela’s property to hold all the tools, art supplies, works in progress, works in completion, picture frames, bits of wood and scraps of metal he has collected during the past 48 years.
Read story.Performing arts convention challenges city to plan for future
Sunday, June 22, 2008
On the final day of the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, hundreds of arts delegates from across the country are having problems with technology.
Read story.An early summer night's scream
Shakespeare on the Green embraces the Bard’s bawdy side
Friday, June 20, 2008
When Genah and Matt Burditt brought No Holds Bard to Steamboat Springs for the first time in August 2007, the production had about as much preparation and promotion as an authentic Shakespeare play — which is to say not very much.
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Ceramic exchange
Florida artist showing work in Steamboat through online connections
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ceramic artists Deb Babcock and Judy B. Freeman have never met. They live thousands of miles away from each other, and while their work coexists in pottery showcases and on artist-geared Web sites, the two women know each other only through their shared love of color and natural shapes.
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An early summer night's scream
Shakespeare on the Green embraces the Bard’s bawdy side
Thursday, June 19, 2008
When Genah and Matt Burditt brought No Holds Bard to Steamboat Springs for the first time in August 2007, the production had about as much preparation and promotion as an authentic Shakespeare play — which is to say not very much.
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The real McCoy history
Old-timers come from near and far to talk about town’s past and present
Monday, June 16, 2008
From 96 to 2 years old, the old and young alike turned out for the 40th annual McCoy Father’s Day and Old-Timers Picnic on Sunday at the McCoy Community Center.
Read story.Cowboy cartoons
Steamboat Art Museum exhibit examines rural life
Friday, June 13, 2008
In three generations of ranch cartoons, a lot has changed. But then again, it hasn’t really.
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