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8th Annual Wildfire Arts Festival is tomorrow!

Breathless in Berthoud Morris Dancers performing at Berthoud Days in June 2009. The troupe brings their high energy dance to the Wildfire Arts Festival this weekend. They will be dancing in the streets of Berthoud this weekend.   From 4 to 10 p.m., on Saturday, August 29, there will be live music, face painting, dance performances, wine tasting and much more. The festival will be held on Massachusetts Street between

Longmont's largest summer festival is this Friday!

On Friday, August 28, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. the streets of Longmont will be alive with the sounds of festival. Put on by the Longmont Downtown Development Authority, the Festival on Main is going into its ninth year, and this party is going to be bigger and better than ever. The festival is held on Main Street, between 3rd Street and Longs Peak Avenue, and the entire length of

Celebrate food & film at Lyric Cinema Cafe

Lyric Cinema Cafe  is hosting the first Annual Local Food Festival, by featuring three food-related documentaries and presenting a farmers market featuring delicious, healthy, locally grown foods. The Farmer’s Market  runs Wednesday, August 26, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. “Food Inc.” is  the main feature. This American-made  documentary sheds light on large-scale agricultural food production in the United States. You will never look at  food the same way again. “Pressure

Get corny in Loveland, Colorado at the Corn Roast Festival

A freshly roasted ear of corn dripping in butter and sprinkled with a little pepper – this is why we head to Corn Roast Festival in Loveland, Colorado  every year. This year’s festival kicks off at 5 p.m. today – and don’t be late!   At 5:30 p.m. the famous Corn Shucking Contest will be held.   Hundreds of ears of corn will be shucked right before your eyes.  

HeidiTown features Guest Writer

HeidiTown is proud to feature guest writer Troy Cook. He is  a former movie director and author of two popular mystery novels, “47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers,” and “The One Minute Assassin.” Cook will use his skills as a writer and  his vast knowledge of the movie  industry  to review “District 9.” Read all about Troy Cook here. Visit Troy Cook’s Website at www.TroyCook.net.

Berthoud alive with the sound of music, tomorrow night

Wildfire Community Arts Center‘s Eighth Annual Summer Film Festival is drawing to a close, with only two films left. Rained out for much of the season, tomorrow night the Center will be showing one of my personal favorites, “The Sound of Music.” Next Friday night’s film is “Despereaux” (August 28). It will be the last show of the season. The movies begin at dusk and are shown in the courtyard

"Julie & Julia" the perfect excuse for a girls' night

As my girlfriends will tell you, I need no  excuse to organize a girls’ night out, but “Julie  & Julia,” coming to theaters this Friday, is the perfect excuse! For a  brief, yet wonderful,  moment in time, I belonged to a recipe club. At our first “club” meeting, we spent three delightful hours talking about all things food-related: our favorite televisions chefs, our culinary inspirations and our cooking success and