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Local History columnist Ross Eric Gibson tells the story of how harpsichordist Roy Stegman joined Concertino Strings.

Longest Night Service: 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 815 E. 16th St., Loveland. Join several Loveland churches for the service to honor grief, offering hope and light on the longest night of the year.

We went looking for smalltown Christmas and mostly found that it had already happened. The road took us west out of Spokane, ...