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Journey with fun-loving Hobgoblins to the “land of colored ice” as they tell the tale of a young girl and her quest to find her best friend. You may find yourself believing in malevolent mirrors, yetis, talking reindeer, and snow chickens when the Missoula Children’s Theatre and more than 50 local students perform an original musical adaptation of The Snow Queen. The local cast features Charli Powell as Gerda; Conner Konecny as her best friend, Kay; and Katharine Backen as the Snow Queen. Fiona Davis will play Gerda...
There will be a free and open to the public Jazz Concert at the PVCC on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The concert will begin at 12 p.m. and should last about an hour-and-a-half. This concert will feature the Award Wimming Ben Markley Trio with guest tenor saxophone soloist Joel Frahm. Pianist Dr. Ben Markley is the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Markley’s Trio members are Bass player Marty Kenney from the University of Northern Colorado, and Drummer Jim White from the University of Northern Colorado. Joel F...
The monstrous seeds were planted in Riverside. As a boy, Max Weiland would listen to his brother, Erik, scare him to sleep with tales from H.P. Lovecraft, a renowned horror writer of the 1920s pulp fiction era. Max loved the stories and would be frightened as his brother would shout "Look!" and point at luminous eyes passing by his window. Though the eyes only belonged to deer passing by, their eyes lit by reflected houselights, the effect still chilled him. A Dream Begins...
The Saratoga Lions Club and Platte Valley Jaycees recently announced several developments for the Saratoga Skijoring weekend of February 8-10. Popular musical entertainers Chancey Willams and the Younger Brothers have been booked as entertainment for Saturday evening and event organizers have added Calcuttas to the weekend’s proceedings. The first Calcutta of the skijoring weekend is planned for the Friday, Feb. 8 evening and will be held at the Hotel Wolf. That next night, do...
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1 and will begin at Bridge Ave. and River Street as it goes through historic downtown Saratoga. While waiting for the parade to begin, residents and visitors are encouraged to take advantage of local retailers and "shop small" this season. The parade will end at the Platte Valley Community Center, just in time to welcome Santa and Mrs. Claus at "Winter Wonderland." The parade announcer and...
Kyle Warren said it was his journalism class at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, taught by Sarah Jones, that got him interested in photography. "We went to a journalism camp when I was a sophomore and there was a big focus on photography and that is what really got me interested," Warren said. "I haven't taken a formal photography class; I more or less have taught myself, but I knew back then it was something I wanted to pursue." About the time he started...
Friends of the Saratoga Library invite all interested parties to experience what is was like to ride the local stagecoach. Dick Perue will present an hour-long slide program featuring views a passenger would enjoy while riding the stage from Walcott Junction to Pearl, Colo., in the early 1900s. The slide show features more than 100 historic photos of the Valley. Perue has also published a book, "Riding the Stage" which features the same photos with descriptions. The program...
It has been nearly 70 years since the infamous Blizzard of 1949, which has been considered one of the worst on record for the states of the northern plains of the United States. The first storm hit on Jan. 2, 1949 and was followed by subsequent storms that lasted through the middle of February brought more snow and more cold, paralyzing countless communities throughout the west. "Small towns across Wyoming dealt with the challenges of having thousands of stranded passengers in...
Danny Roy Perniciaro was 13 when he got his first guitar for Christmas. That instrument set him on a path that would lead the Bay St. Louis, Miss. native on a 46-year journey around the country. Nine years later, the 22-year old would set off on the road with his 4-person band, Seabreeze. In 1972 Seabreeze contracted with the Holiday Inn hotel chain and the band was off on a 10-year ride to places like Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Florida and South Carolina. In the...
By Keith McLendon Despite a rainy Saturday morning, over 550 craft beer enthusiasts, mostly from Wyoming and northern Colorado, attended the 23rd annual Saratoga Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival and Competition. Though the morning was wet, the afternoon was pleasantly overcast and the crowd seemed to enjoy the cooler weather, chili, crafts, microbrews and music until a brief shower gave the late afternoon a short intermission. The band Maxwell Mud played popular rock songs as...
Mart Million was the winner of the Carbon County Fair Demolition Derby that started at 3 p.m. on Saturday. It was not the first time he has won. He came in first place in 2009 and second in 2012. He took a break after his effort in 2012 until this derby. Million lives in Craig, Colo., but he was raised and lived in Hanna for 33 years. He attributes his interest in working on cars to living in the town during his high school years. "A small town like Hanna, there isn't a lot...
The official State of Wyoming Microbrew Competition will be held Aug. 18 in Saratoga. Microbreweries based in Wyoming are slated to compete for the coveted Steinley Cup at the 23rd annual competition. This year's competition brew is Pilsner and will be judged by a panel of brewing professionals from Colorado. The event starts at 1 p.m. and goes until 5 p.m. at Saratoga's Veterans Island Park. Among the breweries invited to this year's event is the defending Steinley Cup...
What has been called the "Best Punk Rock Party in America" by Casper radio station 101.9 "The King" will be going on this weekend in Medicine Bow. Vicki and Vernon Scott, owners of the landmark three-story Virginian Hotel, will once again be hosting the frenetic, yet friendly, occurrence and will be moving furniture to accommodate the crowds this week. The free admission event, called the Battle of Old Wyoming (BOW), features several regional punk rock and alternative bands al...
Scott Helmer said when he first started touring in the U.S. in 2012 one of the early places he rolled through was Riverside and he played at the Bear Trap. He loved the place and was happy to return to play there on Friday. "Margaret (Weber) is a sweetheart," Helmer said. "She is so welcoming and it is like I am visiting an old friend." Helmer went further saying, "Bear Trap gets the funnest group." Besides playing at Bear Trap on Friday, Helmer was in Saratoga playing at...
John Barker hails from Sydney, Australia and has been in the north of Wyoming three times, but now on his fourth time to the Cowboy state, he is taking a look at places off the beaten Australian tourist trail. He is a writer for Escape, an Australian travel magazine owned by News Corp. Barker flew in on June 25 going Sydney, Los Angeles to Denver with another Australian journalist where they joined two other travel writers that had come in from Europe. One writer was from the...
Carl Bernstein and Marilyn Priddy rolled into Saratoga on June 13 in the early afternoon and approached Tona Hall, manager of Firewater Public House (Firewater) about singing and playing music for food and tips. Hall listened to the couple's pitch and after trying to get in touch with owner Danny Burau with no success, she decided to give them a chance. After the deal was done, the couple left to get their instruments, a cello and guitar. Although their music is acoustic they...
Despite varying styles and subjects, the artists gathered at the PVCC had two things in common; passion and perseverance. Some of the artists have pursued a full-time career while others find the time to pursue their passion in the free time from their day jobs. Talk to any of the artists, however, and the pride in their work is clearly evident. That same passion and perseverance that helped the masters of their craft get where they are today is something that is suggested to...
Entering its 3rd year, the Festival of the Arts will be taking place on June 30 and July 1 at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) courtesy of local businesswoman Laura Morrow. The show will highlight local artists as well as artists throughout the state of Wyoming and the Western United States. Locals and visitors to the Upper North Platte River Valley are encouraged to attend the event. This year the show will include artists ranging from photography to bronze and more....
The meeting room of the Saratoga Branch Library was filled with raucous rhythms of homespun musical instruments on Friday, June 22, as children played along with the self-styled Gypsy Cowbelle. The event, which was scheduled as part of the "Libraries Rock" summer reading program, started at 1 p.m. and quickly filled with youngsters and their parents. Spoons, a washtub bass, a handsaw and more were used in a hectic harmony as "V," as she is known, led the band of merry music...
One of the many events that will be available for residents and tourists alike to attend during Togie Days will be the Battle of the Badges. Organized by Carbon County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Hale, the event will be raising money for the Saratoga Volunteer Fire Department. Starting at 11 a.m. on June 30 and running until 1 p.m. at the Saratoga Football field, the event will be more than just watching the Saratoga Police Department and the SVFD go head-to-head. An inflatable obstacle course will be set up for children to p...
Saratoga Friday, June 29 6-8pm: Live Music at Lollypops Saturday, June 30 10am-1pm: Battle of the Badges @ SMHS Football Field 10am-5pm: Platte Valley Arts Festival @ PVCC 10am-3pm: Auto Show @ West Bridge Street, downtown Noon-6pm: Bouncy House and Water Slide, downtown 3-9pm: Togie Days Live Music, downtown Saratoga Sunday, July 1 9am-5pm: Sporting Clays Shoot @ Silver Spur Ranch 10am-4pm: Platte Valley Arts Festival @ PVCC 12pm-4pm: Craft Mart @ Saratoga Museum 2:30pm: Golf Tournament and Biergarten Party @ Saratoga Hot... Full story
"Come next year in January, in the year 2019, Diamond Rio will have been together-the same six guys have been standing beside one another for 30 years," Marty Roe, Diamond Rio lead vocal and rhythm guitar player, told the crowd during a break between songs when the band played on Saturday night at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). The band started their sets at 8 p.m. to the sold out crowd. Diamond Rio has not only had the same members for close to 30 years, the...
The 23rd annual Steinley Cup Microbrew Festival in the Good Times Valley is just around the corner. This year’s competition is set for Saturday, August 18 at Veterans Island Park in Saratoga. An integral part of the afternoon is the Chili Competition and the Craft Show. This event is becoming more popular every year, while still remaining a fun, family-type gathering. There are three categories in the Chili Competition: red chili, green chili, and salsa. People’s Choice voting will begin when the Festival gate opens to the...
By Joshua Wood On March 27, C.J. Box released "The Dissappeared," the 18th installment in the Joe Pickett series, which follows the exploits of the popular Wyoming Game and Fish warden. Newcomers and longtime fans of the series have often wondered when Pickett would get his own television show. To some it seemed only sensible considering the success of "Justified," based on books by Elmore Leonard, and "Longmire," based on the books by fellow Wyoming author Craig Johnson....