After budget shortfalls and a failed ballot initiative in Colorado Springs, cultural services found itself on the chopping block. That means the Pioneers’ Museum, Rock Ledge Ranch, and other facilities and programs were facing closure. KRCC’s Kate Jonuska recently checked in with the museum and the ranch to see how they’re faring.
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Governor Bill Ritter has submitted a revised state petition to the federal government on how to manage millions of acres of remote national forest land in Colorado…and, True West Magazine has named Cripple Creek District Museum in its top 10 western museums for 2010.
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Agricultural historian Bonnie Lynn-Sherow closes Colorado College’s State of the Rockies series tonight, with a talk on “The Mythological Power of the Family Farm.” The Kansas State University history professor connects the history of the family farm ideal with Jeffersonian principles. KRCC’s Michelle Mercer spoke with Lynn-Sherow about that history, and met up with some eastern Colorado farmers to see how the Jeffersonian ideal holds up today.
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The Colorado Springs’ City Auditorium joins many programs and facilities throughout the city facing cuts and possible closure due to a significant budget shortfall. This weekend, the first of several benefit concerts seeking to raise money to help save the auditorium takes place. KRCC is a sponsor. But inside the building sits a relic from another time…a Wurlitzer Theater organ, and a local treasure for many. KRCC’s Michelle Mercer visited the auditorium for a rare demonstration of the Mighty Wurlitzer from some area musicians…one seasoned on the organ, another, a novice.
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Hear Tom O’Boyle play Stephen Foster’s “Beautiful Dreamer” on the Wurlitzer organ:
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An analysis finds a gap in disciplining students…and lawmakers seek creating jobs in Colorado’s creative industries.
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Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet looks for improving the newest version of the health care reform bill…Colorado Springs is set to get its first Immigration and Customs Enforcement office…and, Jeanne-Claude, half of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude artistic team planning to suspend fabric over the Arkansas River, has died.
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