That’s agri-tainment! Local farms do more than eggs and alfalfa

If you live in Boulder County, plenty of farm pleasures await. Want to learn how to make cheese or spin wool? No problem. Classes are available right on the farm. Cooking or canning? Ditto. Softball at the company picnic getting a little old? How about a party where the kids can pick veggies or pet the chickens scratching in the dirt?

Prose pair: Longmont couple enjoys success with book writing

Jim and Lorraine Theall,  active members of the Longmont Writers Club, have each self-published novels. Jim and Lorraine Theall’s  books, “Cat and Dog: A Cajun Tale” and “Beginnings,” have each won awards. Creative writing has allowed Longmont resident Jim Theall to go beyond his blindness and use his mind’s eye to delve into a world [...]

From bulls to beets, county fair offers everything from veggie judging to rodeo

The fair officially starts Tuesday morning a 6 a.m.and includes a range of events such as the llama show, yarn contest and a ballet on horseback show in the arena.

Wednesday is agriculture day, followed by Thursday, which is senior day. On the weekend, people can participate in the carnival, listen to a band or watch the rodeo.

Sabrina Johnson, 13, of Longmont has been practicing for months in anticipation of the county fair. She practiced riding and putting a halter on her horse at the fairgrounds last week. She will enter a barrel racing contest, halter contest, showmanship and other contests in her class.

“I’ve been busy practicing,” Johnson said. “I’m practicing everything on my horse. I think I’ll do well.”

Carol O’Meara’s Gardening After Five: Caterpillar party on the parsley

Normally, when an insect attacks the vegetable garden a gardener’s revenge is swift and decisive.  Although we don’t mind sharing, some bugs take more than their portion, stripping plants to the point where we have to show them the door – or the neighbor’s garden – and order them to leave. But this summer a [...]

Just gorgeous, dah-link: High-fashion spoof takes apparel industry to task

Some people say you are what you eat, but local artists Angela Beloian and Adam Walker say you’re a whole lot more than what you wear. An an effort to poke fun at the outrageous way designers often market their latest uptown fashions, Beloian and Walker recently teamed up to produce a vibrant photo exhibit [...]

Classic car cruise, festival to be held Friday to Sunday

New to the 40th anniversary celebration will be a Friday night downtown concert featuring Pure Prairie League, Saturday night cruising on Main Street for Rod Festival registered cars. Sunday Rod Festival activities will be in the new location of Roosevelt Park.

Neo-traditional Celtic band Rising Gael plays free show at Pumphouse Thursday

Rising Gael, a neo-traditional Irish band will make its third appearance at Longmont’s Pumphouse Brewery on Thursday. Rooted in Celtic influences, the band also incorporates everything from Scottish bagpipes, yidaki, harmonica, African drums, bass and piano. The band currently is experimenting with more of a Celtic rock sound, featuring a one-of-a-kind percussion rig that combines [...]

‘Trench art’ exhibit at museum opens July 17

The term ‘trench art’ applies to any item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians from war material or any other material associated with armed conflict, according to the museum.

12th Annual Longmont Jazz Festival set for July 17-18

The 12th Annual Longmont Jazz Festival will take place in the Pavilion at Roosevelt Park from noon until 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 17 and from noon to 6:20 p.m. on Sunday, July 18. Five groups will be featured Saturday and four on Sunday. The Saturday lineup will be: Longmont All-Stars — high-school jazz band directed [...]

Daniel Zantzinger’s Skywatcher’s Guide: Embracing July’s celestial fireworks

July’s night sky fires off more visual delights than any Independence Day fireworks show ever could, but only if skywatchers know where to look. In the few hours between 9 p.m. and midnight, the plenitude and grandeur of celestial objects boggles the mind. The Milky Way galaxy, a swirl of spiraling arms of roughly 400 [...]

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