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  • February at the DAM: Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze Opens, Dior: From Paris to the World Extended to March 17, Hearts for Art Returns and Other Highlights

    February at the DAM: Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze Opens, Dior: From Paris to the World Extended to March 17, Hearts for Art Returns and Other Highlights

    The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is proud to present Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze, opening Feb. 2. The exhibition will showcase about 30 paintings by Denver-born artist Jordan Casteel, now based in Harlem, New York. This presentation represents Casteel’s first major museum exhibition, and provides audiences with a first look at new work by one of today’s most acclaimed emerging artists.

    The spectacular Dior: From Paris to the World, surveying more than 70 years of the house of Dior’s enduring legacy and its global influence, has been extended and will remain on view through March 17. More than 200 couture dresses, as well as accessories, costume jewelry, photographs, drawings, runway videos and other archival material are on view. A special dated and timed ticket, which includes an audio tour of the exhibition as well as general museum admission, is required. 

    Eyes On: Shimabuku, which closes Feb. 3, showcases a video by Japan-based artist Shimabuku titled Do snow monkeys remember snow mountains? This video illustrates the adaptation of a group of Japanese snow monkeys living in a Texas desert sanctuary since they were brought to the U.S. in 1972. 

    Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead, which has a thematic relationship to Eyes On: Shimabuku and Stampede: Animals in Art, has been extended through April 21, 2019. Buffalohead and Shimabuku use the depiction of animals as a vehicle to explore both familiar and unfamiliar narratives related to their personal heritage and the world around them. The Minnesota-based artist, a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, uses metaphors, iconography and storytelling narratives in her artwork to describe emotional and subversive American Indian cultural experiences.

    All exhibitions on view in February except Dior are included in general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and younger.

    The DAM is ready for Valentine’s Day as we celebrate Hearts for Art 2019. Join us and other museums across the country to spread the love Feb. 11-15 by placing a paper heart on the floor in front of your artwork crush.

     On Feb. 22 at Untitled Final Friday, featuring Black Actors Guild, join us to explore dynamic narratives from Denver’s Five Points neighborhood through music, poetry and performance, and Buntport Theater’s Joan & Charlie are back as well. The DAM’s monthly late-night program includes performances, tours, artmaking activities and more to spark your creativity.Included in general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and younger. Students with valid ID receive two-for-one tickets during Untitled.

    Other lectures and programs for adults this month include the Anderman Photography Lecture: John Chiara (Feb. 6), Unplugged: Meditation (Feb. 15), a day-long symposium Who Owns Culture?  Appropriation and Appreciation in the Global Art World (Feb. 22), and a talk by the contemporary Tibetan artist, activist and poet at the Logan Lecture: Tenzing Rigdol(Feb. 28).

    Kids and families will find lots to do at the DAM, with a Low-Sensory Morning offered on Feb. 23,  Free First Saturday (Feb. 2), Foxy and Shmoxy: Art Detectives (Feb. 10), Create Playdate (Feb. 10), and hands-on fun in A Walk in the Woods and Print Studio whenever the museum is open.

    The Hamilton Building is open seven days a week, and general admission is free for youth 18 and younger every day. The museum will be open on President’s Day, Feb. 18.

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  • STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PEP RALLY! LIMON VS. STRASBURG

    STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PEP RALLY! LIMON VS. STRASBURG

    6:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23

    Strasburg High School gym

    The entire Strasburg community is invited! Please bring your entire family, noise makers, and crazy SHS Gear, and be ready to rock the house!

  • Gardner Talks Childcare Costs, Education, Tax Adavantages & Employer Contributions

    Gardner Talks Childcare Costs, Education, Tax Adavantages & Employer Contributions

    WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced the 529 Expansion and Modernization Act on Tuesday.  Senator Gardner’s legislation expands the tax free educations savings account, called 529 savings plans, to be able to be used for early childhood expenses and alternative education opportunities like trade schools and apprenticeship programs. Currently, 529 savings plans are limited to educational costs for post-secondary education or private, public or religious k-12 educational expenses.  

    “This bill simultaneously addresses two separate issues that I regularly hear about all across Colorado,” said Gardner.  “First, parents throughout the state are struggling to find affordable early childhood education for their young children.  While we know that those early years are critical for educational development, we don’t do enough to help parents make the most of that important time.  As a result, parents are often overwhelmed by the cost of early education programs or are pulled out of the workforce to care for their young children.  This bill will help parents shoulder that burden by opening up these accounts for early childhood education programs and would enable employers to start making tax-advantaged contributions into their employees’ accounts.”

     “On behalf of not-for-profit ‘Early Learning Ventures’ foundation, I am very pleased that Senator Gardner is moving forward with his effort to provide working families with a new financial tool to help defray the high costs of quality early child care and education,” said David Merage, Merage Foundation. “This new policy effort, while a first step and one I hope in the coming years we can build upon, will allow parents, grandparents, and all relatives help young families financially prepare for the high costs of quality early childhood education and care. Importantly as well, it will allow an employer to utilize this new tool and make a contribution on behalf of the child care needs of the employee.”

    “Business leaders in virtually every community I visit talk about the shortage of skilled labor,” continued Gardner.  “Employers want to pay good salaries but can’t find the skilled laborers they need.  This bill enables workers to obtain those skills by putting apprenticeship, CTE, and similar programs on the same footing as college education for 529s.  Whether used by a student seeking an alternative to a four-year degree or by a current worker looking to add to his or her skillset, opening 529s to a broader range of educational opportunities will help our workers adjust to our economy’s changing demands.”

    What are 529 savings plans?
    529 savings plans are tax free savings accounts used for educational expenses such as tuition for private, public and religious institutions starting in elementary school and continuing throughout high school. The 529 savings plan is applicable to all programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, this includes attendance at any college or university, as well as any other form of post-secondary education.

    How does this legislation change them?

    The 529 Expansion and Modernization Act will also make childhood education, career and technical education, targeted training and registered apprenticeships as eligible for the savings plans. It will also open up tax-advantaged employer contributions so that employers can help shoulder the burden their employees face with early childhood early and other educational opportunities.

    Bill text available here.

      

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  • Firefighter Training held by Colorado Fire Officials — July 20 to 22

    Firefighter Training held by Colorado Fire Officials — July 20 to 22

    Fire on the Plains is a collaborative effort to bring low-cost, high quality, hands-on training to the first responders of the eastern plains of Colorado. This unique training event will be held on July 20-22, 2018 at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO.

    In the unforgiving and dangerous business of structural firefighting, training is essential for survival and minimizing injuries. Fire training must continue throughout the career of the firefighter to include repetition of previously learned skills while incorporating new tactics and implementing new technology to produce a well-prepared response. — Mark Quick, DFPC Professional Qualifications and Training Section Chief

    WHAT YOU GET: Fire on the Plains (FOTP) is geared towards structure fire departments seeking training on a variety of platforms including live-fire, extrication, fire ground command, emergency vehicle driving, firefighting skills and EMS skills.

    Participating organizations include the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Upper Arkansas Valley Wildfire Foundation, the Colorado Wildland Fire & Incident Management Academy. Northeastern Junior College and the Sterling Fire Department.

    CLICK TO REGISTER NOW – Fire on the Plains Training Event

    Download the Fire on the Plains FOTP Brochure pdf (2.69 MB)

    Download the Informed Consent Form pdf (128 KB)

    Download the Northeastern Junior College Campus Map pdf (405 KB)

     

      

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  • Homelessness in Colorado — new study reveals trends in jail

    Homelessness in Colorado — new study reveals trends in jail

    Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Publishes Study of Homeless in Jails

    The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice published a study exploring the demographics, characteristics, crimes and needs of a specific subset of Colorado’s current jail population: the homeless.

    “A Study of Homelessness in Seven Colorado Jails” surveyed 507 inmates in jails in Arapahoe County, the City and County of Denver, El Paso County, Larimer County, Mesa County, and Pueblo County. The sites were chosen because they represent a good cross-section of jurisdictions in Colorado that experience the impacts of homeless populations.

    The Division of Criminal Justice commissioned Eris Enterprises to conduct the study to provide data that may help answer questions being raised by law enforcement, legislators and community members in relation to a reported increase in the homeless population in major Colorado jails and in Colorado in general. The study examined the prevalence of risk factors associated with homelessness, the types and number of crimes committed, home state origin, why non-native inmates moved to Colorado, and what services inmates need to transition out of jail. In particular, the study sought to provide insight on one frequently posed question: is Colorado seeing an increase in homeless people moving to Colorado for legal marijuana and then committing crimes? 

    SUMMARY OF RESULTS

    The study found that the majority of homeless who ended up in Colorado jails moved here prior to legalization of marijuana, and most moved here to escape a problem or be with family. However, more than one third of the homeless who moved to Colorado after legalization in 2012 reported legal marijuana as a reason that drew them to Colorado.

    The study also found that homeless inmates reported higher rates of mental illness and were charged with significantly fewer violent crimes but significantly more drug and trespassing crimes than non-homeless inmates.

    “This study helps us better understand what is happening with homeless in Colorado’s jails. What we’ve learned is that homeless individuals have been coming to Colorado since before legalization of marijuana, driven by a combination of push and pull factors. They are fleeing problems and coming here for family, jobs, friends, and, in some cases, for legal marijuana,” said Stan Hilkey, Executive Director of the Department of Public Safety.

    He added: “The findings also underscore we already know: that Colorado’s jails already have far too many people in them with mental health and substance abuse issues. That’s why efforts to address mental health and substance abuse issues remain a top focus in our state and nationwide.”

    HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED

    Researchers administered questionnaires to 507 inmates at the seven jails between June and October of 2017. The study was designed to over-sample the homeless population in jails in order to have a large enough group of homeless subjects to make estimates about current trends in Colorado. It does not necessarily represent the overall population of the seven jails, but it does represent a random sample of both homeless and non-homeless inmates in those jails.

    Of the sample, 60.8% reported experiencing homelessness in the 30 days prior to entering the jail. This indicates that the over-sampling technique worked and the homeless sample is large enough to produce estimates of different indicators.

    DATA HIGHLIGHTS

    • 62% of the sample moved to Colorado from other states; of those who came from other states, 59% moved to Colorado before legalization in 2012.

    • The most common states of origin for homeless inmates were California, Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

    • Among the 77 homeless inmates who moved to Colorado after marijuana was legalized in 2012, top reasons cited for moving to Colorado were:

      1. Getting away from a problem (44.2%)
      2. Family (38.9%)
      3. Marijuana (legal and medical) (35.1%)
      4. Employment (24.1%)

    • The most common reasons non-native homeless inmates said they stay in Colorado were:

      1. Family (31.1%)
      2. Outdoor activities (28.3%)
      3. Friends (26.6%)
      4. Employment (24.1%)
      5. Marijuana is the sixth most common reason, with 18.5% reporting that as a reason they stay in Colorado.

    • Homeless inmates had significantly fewer violent crime charges than non-homeless inmates.

    • Homeless inmates had significantly more drug crime and trespassing charges than non-homeless inmates.

    • There was no difference in the total number of charges, number of charges for property crimes, or number of charges for other types of crime.

    • Homeless inmates were more likely to report having been diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder (55.9%) and having a mental illness (64.2%) than non-homeless inmates (35.3% and 46.4%, respectively).

    The complete study, with additional findings and graphs can be found here.

      

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  • Electric vehicles that charge as you drive? CSU gets support for study

    Electric vehicles that charge as you drive? CSU gets support for study

    Imagine never needing to stop at a gas station or wait hours while your electric car battery charges. Instead, you’d simply drive your electric vehicle, like a Nissan Leaf or Toyota Prius, and watch as your battery maintains charge. Retrofitted with a special receiver pad, your vehicle would communicate with the inductive coiled roadway beneath your car as you drove. Using the same technology to wirelessly charge a cell phone, your car’s battery would maintain charge.

    Gone would be worries about how far you can drive, or finding the next charging station. The technology for this type of hassle-free driving of electric vehicles exists – and is ready to be tested further.

    DOE support

    An electric vehicle drives on a test track. Photo courtesy of SELECT

    To further explore the idea, a joint team composed of Colorado State University, Utah State University and Purdue University researchers, and infrastructure development firm AECOM, has been awarded $500,000 from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy(ARPA-E). They received the support under the IDEAS program – Innovative Development in Energy-Related Applied Science.

    The diverse team of researchers and private businesses will evaluate how best to roll out in-motion charging technology for electric vehicles, and look at the benefits from both a cost and environmental standpoint. They will use lower Los Angeles County as a test bed.

    “Electric roadways could revolutionize how we think about transportation,” said CSU Energy Institute researcher and mechanical engineering assistant professor Jason Quinn. “Looking at the feasibility of adoption, cost and emissions savings will help us understand what it actually takes to implement this exciting new technology.”

    Interdisciplinary methods

    Quinn is working with mechanical engineering associate professor Thomas Bradley, using detailed computer models of traffic in lower Los Angeles to evaluate the potential of the new technology. They’ll also look at the cost of implementation, and potential emission reductions once adopted.

    ARPA-E’s IDEAS program provides rapid support of early-stage applied research to explore pioneering new concepts that have the potential to be transformative in energy technology. “This program identifies potentially disruptive concepts in energy-related technologies that challenge the status quo and represent a leap beyond today’s technology,” explains the ARPA-E website.

    The project’s lead is Professor Regan Zane of Utah State University and will be initially awarded $500,000 over one year, but may be considered for future funding.

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  • CSU hosts Master Gardener & Plant Sale — May 19 & 20

    CSU hosts Master Gardener & Plant Sale — May 19 & 20

    Colorado State University Denver Extension will host its 13th-annual Master Gardener Plant Sale at Denver’s Harvard Gulch Park, 888 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, on Saturday, May 19 (8 a.m.-3 p.m.), and Sunday, May 20 (10 a.m.-3 p.m.). The sale includes tomatoes, flowers, chiles, herbs, and vegetables, grown from seed by CSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers.

    The Denver Master Gardener CSU Extension Plant Sale is not to be missed if you are interested in gardening. We have everything you need, from flowers to vegetables to perennials, that thrive in our crazy Colorado climate. — CSU Denver Extension horticulture agent Dan Goldhamer

    Plants are available while supplies last. Gently-used gardening containers, tools, hanging baskets, and books will also be on sale. Proceeds support the CSU Denver Extension programs, including youth development, nutrition education, and Master Gardener training.

    Event Features

    Master Gardener volunteers will be available on-site to assist attendees with plant selection and answer gardening questions.

    CSU will host a hospitality booth with refreshments. Attendees will have the chance to win door prizes, including CSU Athletics tickets, regardless of whether they purchase anything at the sale. CSU cheerleaders will also be available for photos. Attendees wearing CSU gear will receive $5 off their purchase.

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  • Jury returns verdict on Child Sex Assault case in Lincoln County

    Jury returns verdict on Child Sex Assault case in Lincoln County

    A Lincoln County jury on Friday acquitted Kenneth Cody Weber of six of the seven charges against him. The jury could not reach a unanimous decision on Count 5, which was sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust / pattern. That count is a Class 3 felony. The court declared a mistrial on Count 5. A status conference has been set in the case for May 16 at 9:00 a.m.

    The Original Story

    A superintendent for the Karval School District faces seven felony counts of sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. Cody Kenneth Weber, 36, was released from the Lincoln County Jail after posting a $100,000 bond. An e-mail was reportedly sent to parents in the district telling them Weber was placed on administrative leave. Karval is located 75 miles east of Colorado Springs and 45 miles south of Limon. Karval RE-23 has a small PK-12 campus.

    LINCOLN COUNTY, Colo. – Kenneth Cody Weber, 36, was accused of sexually assaulting at least two underage girls while he was a teacher in Limon. The Karval School District superintendent was arrested. According to an arrest affidavit, the victims were assaulted on multiple occasions beginning in 2009. A second victim came forward to say she was assaulted up until Aug. 2015. The girls apparently babysat for Weber. The affidavit reveals that Weber repeatedly assaulted the victims at his home and during alleged class trips in Colorado and out of state. He allegedly also provided the victims alcohol. On one occasion, the victim told police she was so drunk that she didn’t “remember how or when [the assault] happened.”

    Weber told the victims their encounters were a “hush hush” thing, the affidavit reads. He told one of the alleged victims that he would “kill himself” if anyone found out. One of the victims told police that she felt “dirty because of it,” and kept a diary of the encounters. When police confronted Weber about the allegations, he told them the girls did babysit his children on several occasions but nothing sexual ever occurred. He told investigators, “Unless you can have sex through a hug there is absolutely no possibility of that.”

    Shortly after Weber’s arrest, the district sent a note to parents saying the Superintendent had been placed on administrative leave and that the school doors would now be locked. “Our students and staff are our top priority,” Karval School Board President Kenny Yoder. In Limon, Weber taught Agricultural Science and was very involved in the local chapter of the F.F.A. “He was a good teacher,” one parent said.  “I’m shocked.”

     

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  • CSU honored for best social media short video: Journey To Graduation

    CSU honored for best social media short video: Journey To Graduation

    Colorado State University’s Division of External Relations and the College of Business communications team has received the Shorty Awards Audience Honor for Kevin’s Walk, a story about a CSU student’s journey to graduation that went viral during the 2017 commencement season.

    The 10th Annual Shorty Awards, honoring the best of social media, were handed out in New York on April 15. The Shorty Awards recognize individuals and organizations producing great content on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Snapchat and the rest of the social web.

    Kevin Hoyt at commencement
    Kevin Hoyt, left, receives his degree

    “Consumers expect more from brands now more than ever before,” said MuckRack CEO Gregory Galant, co-founder of the Shorty Awards. “The most successful brands are taking positions on political and cultural issues, which just a few years ago would have terrified CMOs [chief marketing officers]. Storytelling and social good are still very important to consumers. We noticed that an element of social good was present in a lot of the winning entries. We are celebrating a decade of the Shorty Awards, so it’s been interesting to watch the evolution of campaigns and the ways in which brands communicate with their audience.”

    Colorado State University is a back-to-back finalist for the prestigious Shorty Awards. The university’s social and digital media team was named a finalist in 2017 for the #RamGrad commencement campaign.

    Kevin’s Walk

    Halfway through working on his MBA degree at Colorado State University, Kevin Hoyt’s world was turned upside down when he fell from the attic in his Utah home on New Year’s Day in 2015, crashing through the ceiling of his living room and landing on the floor nearly 20 feet below. He spent the next month adapting to not being able to use his legs and figuring out how to move forward as a person living with paraplegia. After being certain that he was done with school following the accident, Kevin had a change of heart and decided to re-enroll at Colorado State University and continue his studies online.

    Kevin Hoyt at commencement

    “I’ve used the motivation of walking across that stage at graduation to get myself physically to that point,” he said.

    With his family watching from the crowd, Hoyt approached the stage in his wheelchair. Rolling to a stop in front of hundreds of cheering onlookers, he slowly rose to his feet as students led a standing ovation. He walked across the stage. After two and a half long years, he’d finally accomplished his goal, and it couldn’t have felt better.

    A CSU communications team followed his journey to commencement by creating an interactive documentary and corresponding story. Video of Kevin’s walk across the commencement stage was shared across CSU’s social media channels. The video quickly became a viral sensation, reaching more than 5 million people on social media.

     

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  • Calling all animal lovers — CSU announces upcoming events for this weekend — April 21

    Calling all animal lovers — CSU announces upcoming events for this weekend — April 21

    Petting zoo, CAM the Ram, and food trucks at Veterinary Teaching Hospital Open House 

    The James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital welcomes our community to the 39th annual Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21. Organized by students in Colorado State University’s Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program, the free Open House features hospital tours, educational talks and demonstrations, kids’ activities, a petting zoo – as well as food trucks, and visits with CAM the Ram.

     

     
    The James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital opens its doors to the public during its annual open house.

    Teddy Bear Clinic: children can bring a stuffed animal in for “surgery.” Students in the surgery club will will actually cut and stitch a heart into stuffed animals, so parents might want to bring an old stuffed animal or a new one just for this purpose. There will be bandaging and other options for kids who don’t want Mr. Snuggles to have an incision.

    Walk with a Doc and a Dog: Take a stroll with our veterinary cancer specialists Dr. Doug Thamm and Dr. Kristen Weishaar. The group will meet at 9 a.m. at the main (west-facing) entrance of the Diagnostic Medical Center, just north of the hospital. Dogs are welcome on the walk, but are not allowed into the Open House activities, for their own safety and that of others. Learn more about this monthly activity on the CSU Walk with a Doc and a Dog Facebook page.

    Activities

    • A petting zoo and activities for kids will run throughout the day.
    • CAM the Ram will visit from noon to 2 p.m.
    • Hospital tours will run from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., beginning every 15 minutes from the tour start inside the Diagnostic Medicine Center.
    • Animal anatomy lessons, animal-related crafts, and presentations by veterinary student groups.
    • Food trucks will operate from mid-morning until mid-afternoon.

    About the hospital and the DVM program

    Students in the CSU Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program learn veterinary clinical skills at the hospital, where 79 faculty veterinarians provide medical care for pets, horses and livestock. These animal doctors represent 28 boarded specialties that match specialties in human medicine, such as cardiology, neurology, oncology and orthopaedics. An additional 650 caregivers – including veterinary nurses, students, staff and volunteers – contribute to patient care. Each year, the hospital manages more than 42,000 patient visits, with animal owners from surrounding areas and across the country. The hospital is open to the public, and many of its patients are referred for specialty care by other veterinarians around the world.

    Demonstrations

    • 10 a.m. The human-animal bond in Colorado
    • 11 a.m. Rocky Mountain Raptors
    • Noon Fort Collins Police K9 Unit will show off the work of police dogs
    • 1 p.m. Get Over It agility dogs
    • 2 p.m. Fort Collins Police K9 Unit

    Lectures

    • 9 a.m. Pet wellness with Dr. Rebecca Ruch-Gallie, head of Community Practice at the hospital
    • 10 a.m. “So you want to be a vet?” panel discussion with veterinary students
    • 11 a.m. Pet behavior with Dr. Jennie Willis, animal behavior expert
    • Noon How to bandage your horse with Dr. Dean Hendrickson, equine surgeon
    • 1 p.m.  “So you want to be a vet?” with Dr. Gretchen Delcambre, director of admissions for the CSU Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program
    • 2 p.m. Honey bee veterinary medicine
    • 3 p.m. Common toxins and pet first aid with Dr. Kristin Zersen, emergency veterinarian

    Getting there

    • The hospital is at 300 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins.
    • Parking: Turn into the hospital grounds, take an immediate left and follow the road to the lots serving the Diagnostic Medicine Center, just to the northwest of the main hospital building.
    • Open House activities are accessible through and around the Diagnostic Medicine Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21.
    • The event is free and open to the public, but no pets are allowed.

    Other Highlights

    Epic film ‘The Colorado’ has state premiere at CSU

    The Colorado, an epic film about North America’s wildest river, will have its Colorado premiere at Colorado State University on Saturday, April 21. The screening takes place in the Lory Student Center Theater, at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and doors open at 4 p.m.

    The screening is presented by the CSU Water Archives as part of the Morgan Library’s Evening with an Author Series.

    The film’s director, co-writer and cinematographer, Murat Eyuboglu, and the author of the film’s companion book, Christa Sadler, will be present at the screening. A Q&A session as well as book signing will take place following the screening.

    History of the river and the land

    Narrated by stage legend and Oscar winner Mark Rylance, the film ranges broadly over the history of the Colorado River and the lands it drains, touching on such topics as the earliest settlements in the region; European and Anglo-American explorations in the 18th and 19th centuries; the dam-building era and its consequences; agriculture and immigration; the impact of climate change on the region; and the fate of the river’s delta in Mexico.

    The film covers a vast geographical region, from the high mountains of Colorado and Wyoming to the delta in Mexico, and was filmed by Eyuboglu and three-time Emmy-laureate filmmaker Sylvestre Campe over a period of four years.

    The film, which also features a critically acclaimed soundtrack, debuted at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2016.

    The Colorado is produced by National Sawdust. This screening is supported by Friends of the Morgan Library, Poudre River Public Library, Poudre River Friends of the Library, Old Firehouse Books, CSU Water Archives, Liggett Family Endowment, and KUNC-FM.

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