Steamboat Today: Living

3 intertwined Colorado bands coming to Steamboat

In the next week, three different bands will play three different venues on three different nights. But they all have something in common: They’re all members of the Frogs family.

Community Agriculture Alliance: Let it snow in Northwest Colorado

Although it might be hard to believe it’s winter right now, our calendars tell us it is. The below-average snowfall and above-average temperatures this season just haven’t provided that winter feel.

Routt County events calendar for Feb. 10 to 16

The 99th annual Winter Carnival in Steamboat Springs runs through Sunday, and includes the Lighted Man ceremony and plenty of street events.

Steamboat's Emily Hannah places 26th at the Scandinavian Cup

In the first 15-kilometer race of her life, Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club cross-country skier Emily Hannah finished 26th on Thursday in Madona, Latvia. She finished almost five minutes behind the eventual winner, Norway’s Martine Hagen.

Lisa Mason: My journey with Zoey

She walks stiffly now, each step disconnected. Her movement is concentrate and cautious, as if she no longer trusts her balance and is uncertain about where her feet will land.

Santora brothers share passion for electronic music at Steamboat show

Tony, a DJ and Steamboat resident of seven years, and Vince, a San Francisco-based electronic music producer, will play a rare show together Friday night at The Tap House Sports Grill.

Boulder band Monocle brings meditative harmony to Steamboat

Boulder singer-songwriter Monica Whittington says writing music is like opening a diary. And onstage, she finds performing with her band, Monocle, a calming and Zen-like experience.

Schaffrick working to recover from knee injury

Steamboat Springs snowboarder Maddy Schaffrick found out a week before the Winter X Games that she had a torn meniscus in her right knee, but on the heels of her best season to date, Schaffrick said she wanted to close out her season at the X Games.

Finney Legacy Fund established in honor of late Steamboat artist

The Finney Legacy Fund was established just days after Jack Finney’s death to carry on his legacy and love of art. The fund will support Steamboat Springs High School’s request for an art gallery space.

Rex Gill’s nostalgic photography shares history of Yampa Valley

Reginald “Rex” Gill was the quintessential mountain man, a ski bum far ahead of his time, and Tread of Pioneers Museum curator Katie Adams said his work is a glimpse into a remote and soulful aspect of Yampa Valley history.

Jimmy Westlake: A river of stars

The very familiar star pattern of Orion the Hunter is found overhead at 8 p.m. in early February. The bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel at his shoulder and foot, respectively, join the three stars in a row marking Orion’s Belt to form one of the most widely recognized star patterns in the entire sky.

Jan McLeod: The exemplary catalog garden

In the middle of winter, thumbing through catalogs is one of the best ways to have an exceptional summer garden, where all the plants are lush and full and their leaves are green and flawless, vegetables are profuse and perfectly formed and trees and bushes grow and flourish.

Artwork adds to Yampa Valley Regional Airport

Doris Mayhan looks to land more artwork in Hayden airport

Sitting in a long row of empty seats near the gates, Yampa Valley Regional Aiport Business Manager Doris Mayhan examined a row of the quilts hanging around her. The quilts are an early step in Mayhan’s plan to land more artwork in the airport.

Learning how to snowboard a step-by-step process

I had forgotten how fun it can be to learn to do something like snowboard, that sense of exhilaration that rushes through the body when an instructor’s advice works just as promised.