Margaret Hair
Reporter
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Margaret Hair covers arts and entertainment for the Pilot & Today. She started working at the paper in August 2007, and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (Washington, D.C.), the News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.) and The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Margaret writes about music for the Independent Weekly (Durham, N.C.) and the Boulder Weekly, and she holds on to a childhood belief that Rasheed Wallace is the best basketball player ever.
Recent Stories
BAFW party Wednesday features 3 bands and 2 DJs
Guitarist Sean Hengstler and the other four restaurant cooks who make up local rock band Lower Concentration have a little trouble defining what it is they do. Lower Concentration is the opening act for BAFW’s season-opening party, an event starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday that features three bands and two DJs.
Euforquestra comes to Steamboat with its world-influenced sound
The Fort Collins-based jam band Euforquestra started out its decade-long life as a four-piece, mostly rock-styled band called Euphoria. The band plays at 10 p.m. today and Saturday.
Library offers free mind-body workshops
For the next five Saturday mornings, Bud Werner Memorial Library will offer free sampler workshops in mind-body awareness.
‘Once Upon a Mattress’ opens today at SSHS
Play builds skills, connections for students
When Sara Emily Pugh gets an opportunity to take the stage, there’s not much question whether she’ll take it. Pugh and her fellow cast members in Steamboat Springs High School's presentation of "Once Upon a Mattress" will open the curtain on the play at 7 p.m. today.
Experts offer last-minute tips to save energy and reduce costs
Chilly morning temperatures at the start of the week might have been a wake-up call for any resident who’s left home weatherization for the last minute.
First String grows in new spot
Music store moves from Lincoln Avenue to Loggers Lane
Since Steve Boynton opened the doors to First String Music in spring 2007, two thoughts have driven his business: This place should be a gathering spot, and this place is small. With a new location, Boynton hopes to have changed those things.
Yampa Valley Singers concert is Tuesday
Program features contrasting works, brass orchestra
Yampa Valley Singers director Marie Carmichael was going for contrast when she picked the program for a Tuesday choral concert. Tuesday’s concert features 36 chorus members, a brass orchestra, percussion, piano and organ.
15th annual Festival of Trees benefits museum
For the fourth year in a row, the Steamboat Springs-based High Point 4-H Club will show off its shining stars at the start of the holiday season. About 25 club members decorated for the 15th annual Festival of Trees in Tread of Pioneers Museum’s community room Thursday.
Snow Bowl hosts Special Olympics tournament
At the start of the first Yampa Valley Special Olympics Bowling Tournament, Jay Greenhill was hoping to get the sort of score he racks up on a good day. For Greenhill, a Steamboat Springs resident and client at Horizons Specialized Services, that would be between 115 and 125.
‘Baby and Me’ program provides incentives for mothers to quit smoking
This fall, six women graduated from “Baby and Me — Tobacco Free,” a program to keep women from smoking during and after pregnancy. Funded by a grant and led locally by Hope Cook, the prenatal coordinator for the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, the program gives expecting and new moms incentive and motivation to quit smoking and stay smoke-free.
Recent Photos
Sculptor and part-time Routt County resident David Marshall talks about his work, which includes pieces made from found and recycled metal objects. Marshall's work is on display at Howelsen Place Gallery at least through early summer 2010.
Published on October 3, 2009
Paul Potyen explains the mechanics of his entry in Home ReSource's second annual Creative Community scrap art project. A reception for the project, which includes entries from six local artists and community groups, is from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Home ReSource at the Milner Landfill. When completed, Potyen's sculpture ideally will produce music and involve several moving parts.
Published on September 17, 2009
Paul Potyen explains how bicycle spokes and other reused materials will become a music-producing sculpture at his home Wednesday morning.
Published on September 17, 2009
Paul Potyen explains the mechanics of his entry in Home ReSource's second annual Creative Community scrap art project. When completed, the sculpture ideally will produce music and involve several moving parts.
Published on September 17, 2009
Eric Dorris' stone sculptures are featured in September at the Steamboat Springs Center for Visual Arts. A reception for Dorris and co-featured artist Jan Dorris is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Center for Visual Arts. The event is part of First Friday Artwalk.
Published on September 4, 2009
