Category: News Releases
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Backcountry Film Festival features 90 minutes of stunning shorts
The Colorado Mountain Club – the other CMC – is bringing the 10th annual world tour of the Winter Wildlands Alliance’s Backcountry Film Festival to Colorado Mountain College in Leadville. This year, the event is on Friday, Feb. 13, as part of its Colorado tour, which wraps up in Grand Junction Feb. 25. Get ready…
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‘The Women of Lockerbie’ shows that love can come from hate
The next production of Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, formerly CMC Theatre, illustrates the kindness which can come from a horrific act. “The Women of Lockerbie” is a play based on the actual 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Written by Deborah Brevoort and directed by Wendy S.…
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Stranahan Collection comes to CMC in Edwards
Some of finest photography of 20th century travels to campus for viewing By Carrie Click For Coloradan George Stranahan – educator, photographer, physicist, philanthropist, purveyor of good beer and finer whiskey – the collection of world-renowned black-and-white photographs he and his wife Patti have collected over several decades should be seen by as many people…
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Jake Black to compete at international games in Spain
Snowboarder, CMC student among 2,000 at WWUG By Kate Lapides Snowboarding and sustainability: Jake Black has weaved the two together seamlessly throughout his college years, successfully balancing a career as a professional snowboarder while studying for a bachelor’s degree at Colorado Mountain College. Black has an opportunity to compete specifically as a college student this…
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Adult learning labs grant 30 years of second chances
This CMC Corner Column appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Suzanne W. Kirch. Community colleges are, “an American invention, designed to give people a second chance,” according to Charles “Chick” Dassance, former interim president at Colorado Mountain College. The Adult Learning Lab in Glenwood Springs is just one way that CMC has been reinforcing…
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‘The Glorious Ones’ comes to Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House in January
When the X Games comes to Aspen in January, Colorado Mountain College’s theater troupe, Sopris Theatre Company (formerly CMC Theatre), will offer up an entirely different kind of spectacle when it presents “The Glorious Ones,” a fun and bawdy musical about a 16th century Italian Commedia dell’arte troupe. Directed by Brad Moore, seven archetypal characters…
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‘Traces of Place: Sculpture by Alix Knipe’ opens on Jan. 9 at CMC ArtShare Gallery
Internationally recognized ceramic artist Alix Knipe will be the focus of “Traces of Place: Sculpture by Alix Knipe,” a solo exhibit of her work, opening Jan. 9 at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs. Based in Carbondale, Knipe has taught ceramic arts at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle and Aspen. She has received…
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It’s time for spring (registration)
Many classes start week of Jan. 12 The snow’s starting to fly – which means that registration for spring classes at Colorado Mountain College is well underway. Many classes start the week of Jan. 12, a few in Aspen start sooner and others start throughout the spring semester. Remember that new students and those who…
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Not too early to plan for financing college
College Goal Sunday returns Feb. 8 If you are a college-bound student, it’s not too early to begin looking at the options available to you for paying for college next fall. Mark your calendar for 1-3 p.m. on Feb. 8, when Colorado Mountain College hosts its second annual College Goal Sunday, a national event that…