Excitement abounded at the Poudre High School Theatre depart,net end of the year banquet tonight. The highlight is always the unveiling of next year's shows. They are (drumroll please) "Legally Blonde", " Peter and the Starcatcher" and "The Twelfth Night". Yea! I can't wait to see what these guys do with theses shows!
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Local Artist a Finalist in the Arrow Five Years Out Art Challenge
Anne Bossert, local weaver/woodworker extraordinare has been chosen as one of seven finalist in the Arrow Five Years Out Art Challenge.
"Through a competitive and
collaborative selection process, a jury of regional artists and art
professionals award $5,000 commissions to seven finalists. Their pieces
are displayed at the annual Cherry Creek Arts Festival and then become
part of the innovation collection at Arrow Electronics.
One of the seven finalists will
also be honored as the Innovation Award winner. In addition to receiving
a jury-exempt invitation to exhibit at next year’s festival, the winner
is also awarded $10,000."
To check out her take on the challenge click here.
To check out her take on the challenge click here.
Art Journal Workshops
Artist Kelly Kilmer will be in Fort Collins to teach several Art Journaling workshops in August. Check out the website to sign up!
Monday, May 16, 2016
French Nest this Weekend
Music, delicious food, and fun!" The Market will take place at Civic Center Park in Fort Collins. For more information visit their Facebook page.
May Hot Dish
Mix & Mingle for the Fringe Festival
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Love to paint?
Poudre School District Facilities is having trouble filling 3 summer positions in the paint dept.
The only requirement is 16 years of age (or older).
Here’s a link:
https://www.applitrack.com/psdschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Seasonal+Employment
Or click the “Seasonal Employment” link of the PSD employment webpage
Pay is $8.50 hr, starting at 6am and ending at 2:30pm every day. Beginning June 1, and going until school begins.
The only requirement is 16 years of age (or older).
Here’s a link:
https://www.applitrack.com/psdschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Seasonal+Employment
Or click the “Seasonal Employment” link of the PSD employment webpage
Pay is $8.50 hr, starting at 6am and ending at 2:30pm every day. Beginning June 1, and going until school begins.
Launch Event for Larimer SCFD Petition Signing Campaign
Saturday, May 21 @ 4-6pm, Community Creative Center in FoCo- 200 Matthews St in Old Town.
It’s come down to the wire - with our fingernails barely intact! – But, after four rejected submissions our petitions are now ready to circulate and we can start working towards establishing the Larimer County Scientific and Cultural Facilities District! Our success depends on you!
We need to gather signatures - and we only have 8 weeks to gather 14,000 of them. This may seem daunting. But we have a solid ground game poised and ready to put into action, and with your help many hands will make it light work.
Please join us this Saturday as we switch into high gear NOW on the petition signing campaign.
PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO BE THERE AND INVITE
EVERYBODY ON YOUR MAILING LIST! THERE’S NO TIME TO WASTE!
There’ll be a presentation to help everyone understand the positive impact the SCFD will have, followed by a volunteer training, meet and greet with team captains and a sign-up for volunteer non-petitioncirculators (and of course opportunities to make donations by check, cash or with your favorite card).
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. Please join us at the
Community Creative Center for the big launch. We can do this - with your help!
"Being Chinese: Citizen, Nation, and the People's Republic" Lecture at the Global Village Museum
Loveland Startup Week
Are you interested in taking free classes in Arts Business Basics, Funding Opportunities in NOCO, and the Arts Customer's Voice? Then you might be interested in attending 'Loveland Startup Week' May 19-21st. Visit their website for more information.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Help 'Write Minded' record their debut album!
Hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, Write Minded is a live hip-hop
band consisting of soulful grooves and thought provoking lyrics with
influences of reggae, funk, and rock. Members include Sam Mouton
(Vocals), Jesse Neth (Vocals), Wilson Slaughter (Keys/Synths), Jonah
Greene (Drums), Forrester Tamkun (Guitar), and Jarod Ford a.k.a Turtle
Bear (bass). The band was born when these six musicians from separate
groups (hip-hop, psychedelic rock, electronic instrumental hip-hop) got
together and began writing music and performing in Fort Collins. The
band has developed a unique sound, and has shared stages with Karl
Denson's Tiny Universe, John Brown's Body, People Under the Stairs,
Everlast, the Steve Miller Band, and plenty of other well known artists.
The band was also invited to participate in the Colorado Showcase at
SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2015. Write Minded has enjoyed playing local
festivals including the Fort Collins Music Experiment, and was selected
to play on the main stage at the annual Bohemian Nights New West Fest
last summer.
More important than any stage or show, Write Minded is composed of six passionate, motivated, and talented individuals who hope to share their music and message with the world.
Within one year of getting together, Write Minded has recorded and released a 4-song demo, and a music video to a song off of the upcoming full length album. At this point in time, the band is asking for your help to fund the processes of mixing, mastering and manufacturing the full- length album. The album has already been recorded at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, and the band needs help the to push it through the final processes.
A huge thanks to all the support so far, without you none of this would be possible!!!
Help support the band here.
More important than any stage or show, Write Minded is composed of six passionate, motivated, and talented individuals who hope to share their music and message with the world.
Within one year of getting together, Write Minded has recorded and released a 4-song demo, and a music video to a song off of the upcoming full length album. At this point in time, the band is asking for your help to fund the processes of mixing, mastering and manufacturing the full- length album. The album has already been recorded at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, and the band needs help the to push it through the final processes.
A huge thanks to all the support so far, without you none of this would be possible!!!
Help support the band here.
Island Getaways at the Museum of Discovery
Leave the winter blues behind and virtually travel with geologist Bob Raynolds and space scientist Ka Chun Yu to special islands around the world. Using immersive satellite imagery, wander the path of Thor Heyerdahl’s voyage on the Kon-Tiki, explore Charles Darwin’s concept of atolls, and sense the geopolitical importance of the Spratly Islands. Consider island genesis (some by fire, some by ice), the pleasures of archipelagos, and the issues of sustainability experienced today by dwellers of these island worlds, and Madagascar. $12/$10 for members.
Get tix here
New belgium Beer Garden Opens this Saturday!
— $1 off all drafts
— Free tasters for CSU grads
— A photo booth from 1-6 p.m.
— Music from Panther Martin and Marti and the Dads
— Food from The Tramp About, Corndoggies and The Goodness
Front Range Forum Movie Series, Summer 2016
The theme for this summer’s movies will be a “celebration of the arts.” The four movies described below will feature painting, dancing, classical music, and Broadway.
May 11. “Pollock.” 2001. Directed and starring Ed Harris, this is a moving drama about the legendary American painter Jackson Pollock. Fellow artists and lovers Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York’s 1940s art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock’s career forward, he begins to unravel emotionally. They escape to the country, marry, and soon Pollock creates work that makes him internationally famous. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt. Marcia Gay Harden (Krasner) won the academy award for best supporting actress. 123 min.
June 8 “Satin Rouge” (Red Satin). 2002. In this Tunisian film directed and written by Raja Amari, the tale follows Lilia (Hiam Abass) who is at a loss to find direction in her life after the death of her husband. Her daughter Salma (Hend El Fahem) is too busy with school and friends and is now dating a musician named Chokri (Maher Kamoun). Lilia discovers Chokri performs at a nightclub featuring belly dancers. She is drawn into this carefree attitude of the club, becomes fascinated with belly dancing, and soon becomes a performer, while being drawn into a relationship with Chokri. 100 min.
July 13. “Late Quartet.” 2012. Starring Christopher Walken and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and directed by Yaron Zilberman. When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance. Competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they prepare to play their 25th anniversary concert (structured around Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp minor), only their personal bonds and the power of music can preserve their legacy. This movie pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York. 105 min.
August 10. “De-Lovely.” 2004. Starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Judd as his wife Linda, this is an original musical portrait of a great American composer, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like “Anything Goes,” “It’s De-Lovely,” and “Night and Day,” Porter’s elegant, excessive past comes to light, including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter. Directed by Irwin Winkler. 125 min.
May 11. “Pollock.” 2001. Directed and starring Ed Harris, this is a moving drama about the legendary American painter Jackson Pollock. Fellow artists and lovers Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York’s 1940s art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock’s career forward, he begins to unravel emotionally. They escape to the country, marry, and soon Pollock creates work that makes him internationally famous. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt. Marcia Gay Harden (Krasner) won the academy award for best supporting actress. 123 min.
June 8 “Satin Rouge” (Red Satin). 2002. In this Tunisian film directed and written by Raja Amari, the tale follows Lilia (Hiam Abass) who is at a loss to find direction in her life after the death of her husband. Her daughter Salma (Hend El Fahem) is too busy with school and friends and is now dating a musician named Chokri (Maher Kamoun). Lilia discovers Chokri performs at a nightclub featuring belly dancers. She is drawn into this carefree attitude of the club, becomes fascinated with belly dancing, and soon becomes a performer, while being drawn into a relationship with Chokri. 100 min.
July 13. “Late Quartet.” 2012. Starring Christopher Walken and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and directed by Yaron Zilberman. When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance. Competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they prepare to play their 25th anniversary concert (structured around Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp minor), only their personal bonds and the power of music can preserve their legacy. This movie pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York. 105 min.
August 10. “De-Lovely.” 2004. Starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Judd as his wife Linda, this is an original musical portrait of a great American composer, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like “Anything Goes,” “It’s De-Lovely,” and “Night and Day,” Porter’s elegant, excessive past comes to light, including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter. Directed by Irwin Winkler. 125 min.
Spring Freedom Market
Saturday, May 21 at 10 AM
Letterpress & Publick House in Fort Collins, Colorado
Letterpress & Publick House in Fort Collins, Colorado
Go to Letterpress & Publick House in Fort Collins, Colorado on Saturday, May 21 at 10 AM for an indoor/outdoor craft market! 16 local makers, kids activities, live music, and more!
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