Tag: History Colorado Center
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New exhibit honors Colorado’s plains and late, great nature photographer
Another exhibit has debuted in celebration of Colorado’s most famous nature photographer. John Fielder’s work across the state’s eastern plains is now on display in the John Fielder Mezzanine Gallery at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. The exhibit is called “Horizon: On the Plains with John Fielder.” The panoramic spread of large prints…
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Colorado Day is coming up. Here’s where to celebrate around the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This Thursday, August 1 will mark the 148th anniversary of Colorado joining the union. The Centennial State was the 38th state to be founded, in between Nebraska at No. 37 and North Dakota at No. 39. While there are many Colorado-esque attractions, restaurants and activities…
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Colorado celebrates its birthday with upcoming festivals and events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is quickly approaching its 148th birthday, and the state is ready to celebrate with a slew of events. Celebrate Colorado — a statewide birthday celebration coordinated by Gov. Jared Polis’ office — returns Friday through Aug. 4, bringing in the state’s birthday with more than 400 festivals,…
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History Colorado hosts art from Danielle SeeWalker to showcase Indigenous urban living, commodities
History Colorado just unveiled a new exhibit, “But We Have Something to Say,” showcasing artwork from Lakota citizen Danielle SeeWalker from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The exhibition hosts SeeWalker’s contemporary artwork side-by-side archival items from the museum’s collections. Using various mediums, including acrylic on canvas and beadwork, SeeWalker uses art to explore issues important…
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John Fielder’s favorite place in Colorado the focus of upcoming exhibit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a lifetime of photographing every square mile of Colorado from peaks to plains, as John Fielder has claimed, it would seem impossible to choose a favorite place. But that is the promise of a new exhibit coming to the History Colorado Center in downtown…
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New History Colorado series aims to educate on Black history, foster conversations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In order to more fully tell the Black history story in Colorado, Dexter Nelson II knew he wanted to take a different approach. “A lot of times the Black experience is reduced to slavery, and then Martin Luther King, and then Obama,” said Nelson II,…
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Governor’s Citizenship Medal: Former Denver Mayor Federico Peña lands Vanguard Legacy award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Denver Mayor Federico Peña, whose legacy touches every traveler going to and coming from Denver International Airport on Peña Boulevard, will receive a Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal Thursday for his lifetime of service to Denver. Gov. Jared Polis awarded Peña with the Vanguard Legacy Medal, which…
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Colorado’s 2022 Governor’s Cup Wine winners announced
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cheers to the Colorado winery winners of the 2022 Governor’s Cup Wine Collection, announced Tuesday by the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board. Wineries — 38 of them — from around the state submitted 279 wines for tasting. Judges included “sommeliers, chefs, writers and wine experts from around…
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New Denver museum exhibit to feature history of horses in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What would we lose in a world without horses? Hippophiles, don’t hyperventilate at the thought. (That’s a fancy word for horse lovers.) It’s one of the questions staff at History Colorado, a Denver museum that specializes in telling the stories of our fair state, asked…
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3 Denver mayors to discuss city’s history at History Colorado Center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three Denver mayors will meet next month to discuss the past four decades of the city and how their work shaped Colorado’s growing capital city. The event, “A City Imagined,” will feature current Mayor Michael…