Tag: Events
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Steamboat’s Screamboat 14 haunts a new venue at CMC
Annual CMC Steamboat event raises fund for Sky Club scholarship fund This article first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. By Nicole Inglis. Steamboat Springs — On a wooden gravestone outside the new Colorado Mountain College academic center was carved the words “R.I.P. Bogue, Monson and Willet halls.” But the memory of the now-demolished…
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‘Live in HD’ opera season features ‘Otello’ Oct. 27
Met Opera brings tale of jealousy and murder to CMC in Breckenridge The New York Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi’s Shakespearean drama “Otello” comes to Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge as part of this year’s “Live in HD” simulcasts. Renée Fleming and Johan Botha star in the towering tragedy of jealousy and murder, which will…
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Campus Sustainability Day
Campuses across the nation commit to sustainabl CMC is one of hundreds of colleges and universities working to increase sustainability on campus. Recently, according to Rifle Campus Vice President Nancy Genova, the coilege submitted its “Climate Action Plan” to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, and was told it was one…
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Common Reader puts Colorado writer in spotlight
Program features Poet Laureate David Mason’s award-winning ‘Ludlow’ In the past, the Colorado Mountain College Common Reader program has explored books on topics ranging from the integration of Little Rock Central High School to the genocide in Darfur. This year’s selection hits a little closer to home, with a verse novel based on a tragic…
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Cast your vote for comedy at CMC Theatre’s ‘November’
Pre-election parody offers irreverent take on politics By Kristin Carlson Just when we all need a sense of humor about the elections, Colorado Mountain College presents David Mamet’s searing satire about a bombastic, incumbent president desperate for reelection. “November,” a comedy about a fictional president’s desperate bid for reelection, opens at Colorado Mountain College in…
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Galaxy of paintings formed by alchemy
Abstract exhibit opens at CMC Gallery Oct. 12 By Debra Crawford When Ellen Zagoras was 70, she looked at the 132 paintbrushes she’d accumulated over decades of working in other media. “I put a fortune into those brushes,” she says. “And I thought, ‘I could be dead before I use those things.’ So if not…
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Metropolitan Opera broadcasts return to CMC Breckenridge
The first show is Donizetti’s ‘The Elixir of Love’ This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. By Elmer W. Koneman Opera season has arrived in Summit County, as the National Repertory Orchestra and Colorado Mountain College join to bring the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcasts to the High Country starting Saturday, Oct.…
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Get Your Lightning Legs on
Join in the fun of the inaugural Jack o’ Lead Lightning 5K Trail Run on Saturday, October 27th! All CMC staff, students and faculty are invited to participate. On-site registration takes place at 3 PM in the Climax Gym at the Leadville Campus; the race starts at 4 PM. You can also register at the…
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Westlake to speak about poetry, stars
National award-winner at CMC-Edwards Sept 26 Some people try to capture the beauty and majesty of the starry sky with a camera or on canvas. Others try to capture it with words. In an evening called “The Poets and the Stars,” Colorado Mountain College astronomy Professor Jimmy Westlake will present verses about the stars written…
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Get Ready for CMC Day!
CMC Day is just around the corner. The Day begins at 8:30 AM ending at 3:00 PM and will be held at the 4 Eagle Ranch on September 25th. The day starts off with an early morning run with Benedictine Jeanson from 7:30 to 9:00 AM, followed by breakfast and networking from 9:00 to 9:45…