Summertime in Laramie is hard to beat. The crowds of students diminish, the seemingly endless winter subsides and we get to enjoy green grass and blue skies for a couple of glorious months. But Laramie is hardly a typical paradise. There are no sandy beaches, tiki-bars or beachside-bungalows. The winters are famously chilly and seemingly…
Riverside, WY is far from a typical location for a music festival. If you make a summertime trip through the Snowy Range Mountains in Southeastern Wyoming, you might find your way onto Highway 230 and travel through the sleepy town of Riverside, nestled between the Sierra Madres and Medicine Bow ranges. With a meager population…
This last weekend wrapped up the 75th annual Laramie Jubilee Days, and along with it the 10th annual Downtown Laramie Brewfest. This year’s festival drew hundreds of participants and dozens of breweries from around the country, with several coming from Wyoming. The number of breweries involved in the festival has grown every year, as interest…
The Laramie Jubilee Days was first celebrated on July 10-11, 1940 for the golden anniversary of Wyoming’s statehood in 1890. The inaugural “Equality Jubilee Days”, as it as known for the first year, celebrated the state’s birthday with horse races, a parade, fiddler’s contest, a buffalo barbecue, street dances and a court reenactment of the…
The Downtown Laramie Farmer’s Market will kick off the 2015 season tomorrow. This year’s market will feature over 50 vendors with products ranging from local produce and bread, to handmade goods and information about local businesses. “It’s such a good place for the community to get together, support local companies and enjoy Laramie in the…
At 56, Jay Shogren has not settled into the lifestyle that typically points toward retirement. There are not the stereotypical markers of Wednesday-afternoon bridge matches, complaining about the absurd youth culture, and settling into a monotonous routine. Instead, Shogren is putting on folk-rock shows that are populated by 20 and 30 year-olds. He’s acting in…
