October 9, 2007
Is There A Future For Wilderness?
October 9, 2007 5:11 PM
There's a new effort underway to monitor and improve management of federal wilderness areas.
Peter Landres, a Ph.D. ecologist with the federally-supported Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in Missoula, Montana says we need to define wilderness "character" so land managers have a better idea what it is they're supposed to protect.
Landres speaks tonight at Colorado College, opening a discussion with the question, "Is There a Future for Wilderness?"
More information click here.
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October 2, 2007
Sen. Salazar Will Talk Military and Water Storage in Springs On Saturday
October 2, 2007 5:48 PM
EVENT 1: Meeting on Military Issues Affecting the Pikes Peak Region, 11:00 AM MST, Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, 2 North Cascade Avenue, Chamber Conference Room, Colorado Springs, CO
EVENT 2: Meeting on Water Storage Issues, 12:30 PM MST, at the Worner Campus Center, room 213, Colorado College, Colorado Springs (NW corner of Cache La Poudre and Cascade)
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June 27, 2007
Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns and Murder in the Rocky Mountain West
June 27, 2007 5:26 PM
Kathryn Eastburn was the editor of the Colorado Springs Inedpendent when she began working on the story of the Dutcher murders in Guffey, Colorado on December 31st, 2000.
This fall, Eastburn will publish a book about the incident, called, "Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns and Murder in the Rocky Mountain West." She will read from her forthcoming work Thursday night, June 28th as a part of the Colorado College Summer Arts Festival. Noel Black spoke with her about the book.
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June 8, 2007
Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
June 8, 2007 12:30 AM
In a musical tradition dominated by male groups, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles are true revolutionaries. Despite the pink charros and model-perfect looks, the women who form this group are outstanding musicians who have taken the mariachi genre by surprise with their creativity and skill. "La Reyna" came into existence through the auspices of the Mariachi Heritage Society, a non-profit organization established by Jose Hernandez, musical director of Los Angeles' renowned Mariachi Sol de Mexico. Ranging in ages from 13 to 34, the mujeres of Mariachi Reyna reflect a wide variety of mariachi and other musical influences, but all share a love of the uniquely Mexican music and its traditions. Sponsored by the Pike's Peak Library District 2007 World Music Series, the Summer Festival of the Arts, Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration and KRCC.
THE MUJERES OF MARIACHI REYNA WILL PERFORM A FREE CONCERT ON ARMSTRONG QUAD AT CC ON SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH AT 7PM. A FREE FAMILY FESTIVAL DAY THEN HAPPENS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 10 AT 2:30 PM IN THE PIKES PEAK CENTER. More information at 719-389-6607.
KRCC's Kate Dawson reports [LISTEN].
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May 3, 2007
CSU-Pueblo President on Affirmative Action
May 3, 2007 5:41 PM
In 2008, Colorado voters may be faced with a ballot initiative that would amend affirmative action out of the state constitution in 2008. The initiative aims to remove employment, education, and contracting from current affirmative action policy. Colorado Unity, a non-profit and non-partisan organization that defends affirmative action, hosted an open forum at Colorado College May 3rd to talk about affirmative action, panelists included CSU-Pueblo President Joe Garcia, who spoke with KRCC's Eric Whitney.
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Jesus for the Non-Religious
May 3, 2007 4:10 PM
Are you a member of the church alumni association? Writer, theologian, and Episcopalian Bishop John Spong is concerned about people dropping out of church and becoming what he calls, church alumni. His most recent book is titled Jesus for the Non-Religious. It argues that literal readings of the Bible are turning people off from religion. Spong speaks tomorrow night, May 4th, at Colorado College. CC student Tay Wiles talks with him about his new book.
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Bishop John Spong will give a talk titled "The Source of Religious Anger" at Shove Chapel at Colorado College tomorrow, May 4th, at 7 p.m.. This is the first event of a two-day seminar called "Jesus for the Non-Religious," sponsored by the James W. White Endowed Lectureship of the First Congregational Church.
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May 2, 2007
Matthiessen: "The Ice is Melting, So They're Losing Their Culture."
May 2, 2007 6:27 PM
Legendary American author Peter Mathiessen spoke May 2nd at Colorado College. Matthiessen has written more than 30 books, and his fiction and non-fiction have appeared in leading magazines like the Atlantic Monthly and the New Yorker. He won the National Book Award in 1979 for his novel The Snow Leopard. Matthiesson recently spoke with Colorado College student Jaimie Stevenson.
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April 26, 2007
Secrets of the Comix/'Zine Trade
April 26, 2007 11:17 AM
One of Americas leading underground comics artists is speaking tonight at Colorado College. John Porcellino has been self-publishing comics and zines since 1982. Now, he has a new book out published by Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly, its called King-Cat Clasix. Porcellino lives in Denver and earlier this week spoke with Noel Black.
Porcellino will speak, give a slide presentation and sign books at Tutt Library, 1021 N. Cascade Ave. 7pm, this event is free and open to the public.
To listen to our 5 minute interview with John Porcellino, click below:
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To listen to an extended interview with John Porcellino, click below:
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April 24, 2007
Iraq Study Group Member Speaks at CC
April 24, 2007 9:34 AM
The war in Iraq and the changing political landscape in the American west are two topics very much in the headlines lately. Tonight (Tue., 4/24) an expert on both topics speaks at Colorado College. Alan Simpson served 18 years as a U.S. senator from Wyoming, and remains a respected voice in the Republican party. He also was a member of the Iraq Study Group, which in December issued its report, which became a best seller and is influencing the debate in Washington about the war.
We had a chance to talk to Simpson earlier this week about the Iraq study group, and his views on the recent successes of the Democratic party in the American West.
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Simpson speaks tonight at 7:30 at Colorado College in Olin, 1030 N. Nevada Ave.
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April 23, 2007
Springs Composer Celebrates 30 Years of Bowed Piano
April 23, 2007 2:17 PM
For the past 30 years, Stephen Scott, a professor at Colorado College, has been composing and performing some of the most innovative contemporary classical music in the world. Tomorrow night in Packard Hall on the CC campus, Scott and his Bowed Piano Ensemble will perform a variety of pieces in celebration of the anniversary. Noel Black has more.
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April 13, 2007
New Urbanist: Sprawl Makes You Fat
April 13, 2007 12:13 PM
Fat, isolated and out of touch with your community.
Peter Calthorpe is a leading sprawl-fighter. An architect and urban planner, he wrapped up this year's State of the Rockies conference at Colorado College with some advice for sprawling cities like Colorado Springs on how we can slim down and start engaging with our neighbors again.
To hear CC Student Tay Wiles' report, click below
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To hear all of Peter Calthorpe's speech click below:
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April 11, 2007
Vegas: The Shape of Things to Come in the West
April 11, 2007 4:30 PM
If there's one defining characteristic of the American West, its aridity, dryness of climate. The continuing challenge of dealing with aridity is a big theme at this year's State of the Rockies conference at Colorado College. And perhaps no city in the Rocky Mountain West faces greater challenges in meeting its water needs than Las Vegas. It may be just down the road from Lake Mead, but it doesn't have the rights to use much of the water in that reservoir, so its had to be very creative about acquiring it from elsewhere.
To hear the four minute report aired on KRCC click below:
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To hear all of Kay Brother's speech click below:
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April 9, 2007
The West: A Dry Thirsty Tinderbox
April 9, 2007 5:21 PM
The Rocky Mountain West is growing fast, thirsty and poised to burn on a massive scale. Those are some of the conclusions from this year's State of the Rockies Report Card, unveiled today at Colorado College.
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April 5, 2007
New Verse Novel Recounts 'Ludlow Massacre'
April 5, 2007 4:40 PM
Its called the Ludlow massacre, a day in 1914 when the Colorado militia confronted a group of striking coal miners and their families at a settlement south of Pueblo. Twenty people - mostly women and children - were killed.
The massacre is the basis of a new verse novel by Colorado College Professor David Mason. Mason will read from his new verse novel, Ludlow tonight (4.5.07) at 7:00 in Colorado College's McHugh Commons. For directions, call the Worner desk at 389-6607
He recently spoke with Colorado College student Matthias Barker.
To hear Colorado College student Matthias Barker interview Mason, click the link below.
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Author Dave Mason reads from his new verse novel "Ludlow" tonight (4.5.07) at 7:00 in Colorado College's McHugh Commons.
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April 2, 2007
Donna Brazile: "The Lessons of 2000 and 2004 and the Way Forward"
April 2, 2007 5:30 PM
Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Donna Brazile: "The Lessons of 2000 and 2004 and the Way Forward"
Donna Brazile is founder and managing director of Brazile and Associates, LLC, chair of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute (VRI) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. She also is a senior political strategist and former campaign manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000 - the first African American to lead a major presidential campaign. Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN's Inside Politics and American Morning.
Listen to Noel Black's interview [ LISTEN HERE ].
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March 29, 2007
Allan Savory: Stopping Global Warming Starts With Mind, Soil
March 29, 2007 4:26 PM
Stopping global warming is going to take more than expensive, high-tech solutions, it's going to take a new way of making decisions. So says research biologist Allan Savory, founder of Holistic Management International. He says changing the overabundance of carbon dioxide in the air starts with choosing better ways to manage the soil under our feet.
Alan Savory speaks tonight at 7:30 p.m., in Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall on the Colorado College campus, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) free.
[ To hear Eric Whitney's conversation with Allan Savory, CLICK HERE ]
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"Savoring the Sacred in a Secular World"
March 29, 2007 4:06 PM
Julia Becker is associate professor of art and art department chair at the University of Great Falls, Great Falls, Mont. She earned a B.A. from Evergreen State College and an M.F.A from Montana State University. She is a painter, printmaker, installation artist, sculptor and award-winning filmmaker. She has exhibited her work at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Mont., University of Great Falls, University of Montana, Camberwell College of Art, The London Institute, University of West England, University of Utah and the Plains Art Museum. Becker has an installation up at the Worner Center of Colorado College. The installation will remain up until Friday (3.30.07) Morning
[ To hear Becker's conversation with Colorado College student Tay Wiles, CLICK HERE ]
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March 12, 2007
Reading: Clifford Chase, author of WINKIE
March 12, 2007 1:18 PM
Noel Black's interview with Clifford Chase [ LISTEN ]
Cliff Chase stunned the literary world with the 2006 release of WINKIE, his first novel, which has garnered rave reviews from editors and readers alike. How did a mild-mannered teddy bear come to life - and why was he arrested as a suspected terrorist? With its audacious plot, brilliant social satire, and deeply moving, emotionally honest writing, WINKIE is a book unlike any other. There will be a book signing after the reading; CC Bookstore also will have books available for sale. Sponsored by the CC National Endowment for the Humanities Professorship and the Pikes Peak Library District.
Location: Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
Tickets: free
This event is open to the general public.
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Media Ecology: Technology Shaping the Human Environment
March 12, 2007 1:00 PM
How is technology shaping the human environment?
Professor Lance Strate explores that question at Fordham University in New York. Tonight (3.12.07) Strate will talk about Media Ecology and digital culture at Colorado College. His lecture, Eight bits about Digital Culture happens at 7 O clock in the Worner Centers WES room located on the corner of Cache La Poudre and Cascade. CC student Matthias Barker recently interviewed Strate.
[ Listen to CC student Matthias Barker interview Strate here ]
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March 7, 2007
Eating Locally, Thinking Globally, Sustainability and the Food System
March 7, 2007 2:38 PM
University of Wisconsin Professor of Rural Sociology Jack Kloppenburg will discuss the sustainability of our food system. Kloppenburg is the author of the award-winning book "First the Seed" and has successfully developed a farm-to-cafeteria food program in Madison, Wis. A reception will follow. RSVP to Spencer Wood at swood (at) coloradocollege (dot) edu or 719-227-8221. Sponsored by the sociology department, dean's advisory committee and EnAct.
Hear CC Student Tay Wiles interview Kloppenburg here
Location: Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
Tickets: free
This event is open to the general public.
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