Category: News Releases

  • Isaacson School Workshops kick off Friday, Sept. 21

    The first in a dynamic series of workshops sponsored by the Isaacson School for New Media kicks off this week at CMC in Aspen. The Isaacson School’s Digital Black Diamond Workshops start Friday September 21, 2012.  The workshops are designed to get both beginners and mid-career professionals up to speed in new media, with short-term…

  • One-woman show roller-coaster ride of ‘Bad Dates’

    CMC production explores thrills, spills of modern romance in one-weekend run By Kristin Carlson Theresa Rebeck’s “Bad Dates,” a poignant comedy about a single mom who braves the world of modern dating, armed only with her high-heeled shoes, opens at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley Sept. 20. The one-woman play has a one-weekend…

  • CMC-Rifle features free showing of ‘Half the Sky’

    New film aims to turn oppression into opportunity for women around the globe Colorado Mountain College in Rifle and Chevron kick off the third year of free PBS Community Cinema screenings on Sept. 28 with “Half the Sky,” the story of turning oppression into opportunity for women throughout the world. The linked problems of sex…

  • Energy abuzz at Colorado Mountain College

    New faculty and integrated energy technology at CMC’s Rifle campus This article was first published in the Rifle Citizen Telegram. By Nancy Genova A new school year has started, marked by a new burst of energy from students and instructors alike. But there’s a different kind of energy bubbling at Colorado Mountain College – integrated…

  • Thomas Smiley to lead new CMC restaurant program

    This news brief first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. Steamboat Springs — Thomas Smiley will lead the new restaurant/culinary management program at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus, according to a news release. “We are delighted to have Tom lead our new program and share his extensive experience and knowledge with our students,” instructional chairperson Sam…

  • Philanthropists commit $100K to potential degree

    [EDWARDS] — Bachelor’s degrees at Colorado Mountain College have generated so much interest on the Western Slope that donors from Eagle County are supporting a proposed new degree that is in the planning stages. Women in Philanthropy, a group of philanthropists in the Vail Valley who have united to support Colorado Mountain College, voted recently…

  • Eclectic quartet melds string improvisations, voices

    Bay area musicians to play at three Colorado Mountain College locations How did an all-female group of musicians and vocalists from San Francisco’s Bay Area end up shattering preconceived notions of string quartets, folk harmonies and world music? Real Vocal String Quartet began with violinist Irene Sazer’s inspiration to combine her musical passions: chamber music,…

  • Acclaimed writer, speaker Paul Loeb at CMC

    Learn civic engagement in free speech at Steamboat Springs campus Paul Loeb, internationally acclaimed writer and speaker on civic engagement, will present a free talk Sept. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the Allbright Family Auditorium in the new academic and student services building at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. Loeb’s books “Soul…

  • Pivotal force in indigenous flute, traditional hoop dance to electrify Rifle

    Kevin Locke performs for free at CMC in Rifle Sept. 7 Kevin Locke is known throughout the world as the preeminent player of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, as well as an inspiring hoop dancer, traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador and educator. His memorable performance is coming to Colorado Mountain College in Rifle Sept. 7, and…

  • Explore Historic Leadville Weekend Sept. 14-16

    Discover Leadville and Lake County’s colorful and wild past   Miners, cowboys, ranchers and madams helped shape the colorful history of Leadville, Colo., one of America’s richest and long-lived mining boomtowns. History buffs can learn more about the lives of these hardworking, rough-and-tumble settlers during the fun and educational Explore Historic Leadville weekend, Sept. 14-16,…