On this week’s radio segment on KRFC 88.9 FM, I share several educational festivals happening this weekend in Northern Colorado. Also, new plays are in production on dinner theater stages around the state, find out what exciting titles are being produced currently. Lastly, if you are planning a wintry escape to the mountains, I share a few great winter festivals you might want to plan your trip around. Listen to
My parents were fairly strict about movies when I was a child, but the 1971 musical, “Fiddler on the Roof,” was allowed in our home, and it became a childhood favorite. As a child, I also saw the play, and was enamored with it as well, so as you can imagine, I was looking forward to Candlelight’s production Candlelight Dinner Playhouse is in its fifth season, and the well-appointed theater
For those of you who may be new to HeidiTown, each week I have a radio segment on KRFC 88.9 FM in Fort Collins, Colorado. It’s a community-ran public radio station broadcasting around Northern Colorado and beyond. My HeidiTown segments run on Wednesday around 12:30 p.m. and Friday at 5:30 p.m. This week I share about some fun things happening around Northern Colorado in September, including a car show this
As a reminder, I started the HeidiTown Gives Back Campaign in February 2012, as a way to highlight some great Colorado charities by giving them a blog post and free, one month ad space on HeidiTown.com. So far, five nonprofits have participated. This month’s recipient of the HeidiTown.com Gives Back campaign is Larimer Animal-People Partnership. This organization came to my attention several years ago because I write about events and
Post Updated: September 14, 2017 It seems that every Colorado travel writer has authored an article about scenic fall drives around our beautiful state. I’ve decided to do the same, but with a twist. With gas prices going back up (again), it’s hard to justify driving miles and miles simply to take photographs of aspen trees, however, I’m going to share with you three scenic autumn drives around Colorado that
It’s time for another segment of the Mayor on the KRFC 88.9 FM, Fort Collins public radio. This week I talk about some upcoming events in Northern Colorado and do a little HeidiTown housekeeping. If you haven’t visited Fort Collins lately, September might be a good time to go – there’s beer, bikes and movies on tap in the Napa Valley of Beer. To learn about Labor Day events happening
Now that the kids are going back to school it feels like summer is officially coming to an end, but we still have nearly a month of summer left. The first day of fall is September 22, 2012. Here are three things you might want to do before summer is over. Chautauqua Summer Concert Series – Through September 21, in Boulder, Colorado This is the 114th season of this concert
It’s time for another radio segment on KRFC 88.9 FM. I’ve been on KRFC for over a year and that’s more than 52 weeks worth of festival information that has gone out to listeners. I sincerely appreciate KRFC giving me the opportunity to share HeidiTown with their audience and I look forward to another fun year. Last week I was asked to speak to a local Fort Collins MOMS Group.
Between freelance writing and blogging I bounce between fun topics like Colorado travel, and not so fun topics like cancer. Sometimes I get severe writer’s block, and this week I found my writing brain seriously obstructed. So I opted to write a top 5 list and share the reasons I love Colorado – this blog post nearly wrote itself. Please feel free to comment & let me know why YOU
Summer is quickly coming to a close and you may be thinking about one last trip to the Colorado mountains before the kids head back to school. This week’s radio segment on KRFC 88.9 FM, Fort Collins public radio, highlights some of the late summer music festivals happening across the Rocky Mountains. From soul music in Vail to jazz in Copper, the hills are alive with the sound of music.
