Allison Plean
Arts and entertainment editor
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- Call: 970-871-4204
- Email Directly: aplean@steamboatpilot.com
Allison Plean covers arts and entertainment for the Pilot & Today. She has worked for the paper since March 2006.
Allison has a bachelor of science in zoology and film from North Carolina State University. She has worked with animals including large cats, giraffes, wolves, primates and elephants at four different nonprofits and the Denver Zoo. She trained tigers for two years at the Carnivore Preservation Trust. Her work experience includes being a video conference producer, graphic designer and victim advocate.
Allison has written for The Local, Powder magazine and Transworld Snowboarding magazine, and she was interviewed in Skiing magazine. She has also written for and acted in a local TV show, Cabaret and
danced in the Steamboat Dance Theater.
Allison is from Boca Raton, Fla., and enjoys dancing, writing screenplays, snowboarding, telemarking,
sleeping in, making music videos, hanging out with her rhodesian ridgeback puppy Walter, making jewelry and traveling.
Recent Stories
On Scene
Delectable donations
Allison Plean: Paying it forward
My friend lost his wallet on a subway in Tokyo, and someone returned it with all the contents intact. Tokyo has a population of more than 12 million people.
Allison Plean: Cowbells, golf tees and crayons
The rules were simple. Do nothing illegal, do not destroy public or private property and don't wear roller skates. However, encouraging complete (male) strangers to dress up as women for a Polaroid picture was encouraged.
On Scene
Ironclad performance
Catch and release
The first and only time I went deep-sea fishing, I caught a huge ocean tally. Sadly watching the life slowly escape him as he flopped around on the deck trumped any feeling of victory I had while reeling him in.
CD reviews
Nine Inch Nails, Fergie
Random acts of kindness
Editor's note: This Allison Plean column originally was published Aug. 11, 2006.
Allison Plean: Ahoy matey!
Bad pirate jokes and cheesy comments about "booty" are perfectly acceptable when flying a pirate flag on the back of your flotation device on the Yampa River.
Art in the Park brings visitors from all over
Like many local Steamboat Springs events, Art in the Park grew from meager beginnings to now attracting more than 100 national artisans.
On Scene
Mud season at its best
Recent Photos
A cake for all seasons by Cakes & Collectibles Shoppe, that were submitted for Advocates Against Abuse's Decadent Desserts Fundraiser Sunday night.
Published on July 27, 2007
Artists' Gallery of Steamboat owners and artists Dancy Gould St. John, left, and Laura Wait at the gallery.
Published on July 15, 2007
Artists' Gallery of Steamboat owners and artists Mary Levingston, from left, Judy Jones and Susan Gill Jackson prepare for their all gallery show in April.
Published on July 15, 2007
Cesare F. Rosati after "Cabaret" in May.
Published on July 15, 2007
Michael David and Kris Hammond clown around backstage.
Published on July 15, 2007
