We are near the final funding phase of our capital campaign and need support by November 1 to unlock $75,000 in grant funding. We're so close achieving our funding goal of $1.5 million and to renovating the Wright!
Regina will present Ute culture, customs, and values through song and stories, including the Ute Creation story, and by using various items from the past to the present. Learn how the Utes maintain their relationship with the environment through these three important characteristics...
On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5,000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all...
Since the first European explorer visited the American West in 1540, it has always been a source of wonder and fascination. So it is not a surprise there was a long and colorful history to explore, document, and map that area. These 2 lectures will track that history: from the earliest Spanish conquistadors, through the French explorers, document the 5 major US land grabs...
Relive the music of Colorado music legend John Denver as the John Adams Band performs an authentic tribute concert, serving up classic hits like “Annie’s Song,” “Sunshine on my Shoulders,” "Leaving on a Jet Plane,” and “Thank God, I’m a Country Boy” just the way they were written, recorded, and performed by John Denver himself. Their motto with the music is, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”...
Interesting geologic features in the Ouray area can be viewed and interpreted on Google Earth. Geologic maps can be imported into Google Earth to show how the geology controls the landscape. For example, the Ouray and Ridgway faults, various intrusions, and the Silverton Caldera control major landscape features...
Sea island spirituals, Creole calypsos and stomp-down Appalachian dance tunes! "Jayme Stone's Folklife" follows the bends and bayous through the deep river of song and story. Evolving out of Stone's "Lomax Project," this gathering of versatile musicians blows the dust off of old songs and remakes them for modern ears...
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