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ONLINE COURSE: Sketching Spain: All About Vino
Join Judith Cassel-Mamet and Danny Adler for a six-part, one-time purchase online course, THAT YOU CAN VIEW WHENEVER IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU (once you purchase the course, you will own it forever). The course combines an introduction to Spanish wine with art journaling techniques using wine tasting and virtual wine travel experiences as a […]
Western Student Juried Art Show in the Kinder Padon Gallery
The Art and Music Departments at Western Colorado University are proud to present the 2021 Western Student Juried Art Show at the Center. This exhibition of visual art features finely-crafted paintings, photos, prints, ceramics, jewelry, and installation work by 27 current art students at Western Colorado University. This exhibition was juried by Rosalind Cook, an […]
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Laura Elm’s The Next BIG Thing
In the Kinder-Padon Gallery, May 4 – 29. Opening reception Friday, May 7, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Large scale and small works highlight the interaction of visual variety in Laura Cooper Elm’s recent work. Included are paintings, photographs, digitally generated works and pottery. The pottery is strategical situated under the 2-dimensional pieces in still-life arrangements […]
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Gallery Reception for Laura Elm’s The Next BIG Thing
Gallery Reception for Laura Elm’s The Next BIG Thing
Join us for the opening reception of Laura Elm's "The Next BIG Thing" in the Kinder Padon Gallery from 5 – 8 pm. Information on the show HERE If you […]
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After School Art Class
After School Art Class
This is a general art class for our artist who wishes to try something new every class. Our amazing art teacher, Sarah Beabout, will take your child through different mediums […]
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CBCS Film Club’s “Red Carpet Screening”
CBCS Film Club’s “Red Carpet Screening”
Please join us for a special "Red Carpet Screening" of short films written, filmed, edited and produced by budding CBCS filmmakers. The evening includes short films, popcorns, and awards. The CBCS Enrichment Program, Center for the Arts, Crested Butte Film Festival, GCSAPP, and the Crested Butte Creative District joined forces to provide the six-week “Filmmakers’ […]
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After School Art Class
After School Art Class
This is a general art class for our artist who wishes to try something new every class. Our amazing art teacher, Sarah Beabout, will take your child through different mediums of art allowing them to immerse themselves in multiple art genres. This program includes pick up from CBCS. K-5 Register here.
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Mountain Words Literary Festival
Mountain Words Literary Festival passes + tickets are on sale now! Join us for a three-day literary celebration at nine-thousand feet. Featuring 25 authors and presenters for readings, workshops, kids events, parties, panel discussions, live theater, and more. In-person and safely distanced in Crested Butte and Gunnison. Authors include Nate Marshall, Rachel Monroe, Scott Carney, […]
Writers in Residence Read + Reception
Writers in Residence Read + Reception
The 2021 Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence Chris La Tray, Chelsey Johnson, Lee Anderson and Adam Valen Levinson read from work produced during their monthslong residency in Crested Butte. Drinks and bites […]
Friday Night Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award
Friday Night Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award
Friday Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. Readings from Colorado Poet Laureate, Bobby Lefebre; author of the memoir, Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High […]
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“Faith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters” with Nick Arvin
“Faith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters” with Nick Arvin
Faith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters Characters who want something and who have something at stake in a story are more interesting characters -- but what if […]
“The Physical Stuff of Your Life” writing workshop with Pam Houston
“The Physical Stuff of Your Life” writing workshop with Pam Houston
The Physical Stuff of Your Life (and how to use it to gain access to the emotional stuff); A Generative Workshop with Pam Houston. In this generative workshop we will […]
“From Prose to Song”with Joshua Mendrala
“From Prose to Song”with Joshua Mendrala
Bring your prose and poetry to life in song! We’ll examine what differentiates song from poetry, and what the two have in common, and reference “How to Write One Song” […]
Panel discussion “Writing in Place, Place in Writing”
Panel discussion “Writing in Place, Place in Writing”
Panel: “Writing in Place, Place in Writing” with Nate Marshall, Steven Dunn, Laura Krantz, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and Pam Houston in conversation with Arvin Ram Nate Marshall is a writer, rapper, […]
Live Theater at Lunch: “Indiana” by Steven Cole Hughes
Live Theater at Lunch: “Indiana” by Steven Cole Hughes
Indiana by Steven Cole Hughes On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Justine, who just lost her job and her boyfriend in New York City, goes back to her parents’ house in Indiana. Old patterns and arguments emerge, and all she wanted was to go home so her voice could be heard. Live performance […]
“[American Journal] Entries” workshop with Nate Marshall
“[American Journal] Entries” workshop with Nate Marshall
Using Robert Hayden’s classic Colorado-influenced poem as a guide, we will use this workshop to generate poems, rants, stories, and narrative experiments. In Hayden’s he embodies an extraterrestrial speaker to […]
Panel: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America”
Panel: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America”
Panel Discussion: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America” with Rachel Monroe, Chris La Tray, Nick Bowlin, Chelsey Johnson in discussion with Brian Calvert. Rachel Monroe’s writing […]
Happy-hour open mic readings
Happy-hour open mic readings
Enjoy drinks and readings from local and visiting writers. Bring a piece to read (no longer than 2 minutes) and read in a supportive, lively atmosphere. In the Steddy Theater. […]
Saturday Night Festival Readings
Saturday Night Festival Readings
Join us for some heavy-hitting readings by Rachel Monroe, Nick Arvin, Laura Pritchett, and Nate Marshall. Drinks available. Rachel Monroe’s writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York […]
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Fierce Writing from the Heart
Fierce Writing from the Heart
"Let’s get fierce on the page! I help people who don’t fancy themselves writers, to go ahead and write. Let’s revel in the mess and wriggle free from the ego. […]
“Book Length Considerations” with Laura Pritchett
“Book Length Considerations” with Laura Pritchett
Book Length Considerations (a.k.a. Actually Thinking Through Your Book and Thus Save Supremely Important Things Such As Time, Energy, and Backaches from Typing) Half-day workshop with Laura Pritchett This half-day […]
Audio Storytelling; education, resources, and the industry
Audio Storytelling; education, resources, and the industry
This workshop is for print writers and journalists who want to try their hand at audio reporting and podcasting. Journalist, editor, and producer, Laura Krantz, and KBUT morning show host […]
“Capturing Voice and Rhythm in Your Writing” with Manuel Aragon
“Capturing Voice and Rhythm in Your Writing” with Manuel Aragon
In this seminar, we’ll examine the trick of pace, the landscape of silence, and percussive elements of voice using examples from Jesmyn Wards, Bryan Washington, Tommy Orange, and the music […]
“High Altitude Lunch” discussion + slideshow with Scott Carney
“High Altitude Lunch” discussion + slideshow with Scott Carney
High Altitude Lunch: Scott Carney "Positive Stress and Environmental Training" discussion + slideshow with food available from Sherpa Cafe Sunday, May 30, 12:15 - 1:15 pm Investigative journalist and New […]
“Author Deep Dive: Jhumpa Lahiri” with Candace Nadon
“Author Deep Dive: Jhumpa Lahiri” with Candace Nadon
Jhumpa Lahiri's stories - from those contained in her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut collection, Interpreter of Maladies, to her most recent New Yorker story, "Casting Shadows," are quietly transformational and manage to be both micro […]
“Wild Reading” hike + discussion with Leath Tonino
“Wild Reading” hike + discussion with Leath Tonino
Celebrated nature writer and essayist Leath Tonino leads you on a gentle hike exploring the intersection of text and place. Read classic and contemporary nature prose while contemplating your own […]
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Gallery Show – Splash by the Colorado Watercolor Society
In the Kinder-Padon Gallery, 4 – June 2 - 25. Opening reception Thursday, June 17, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., which kicks off the Center's weekend long Watercolor Symposium. Show juried by Dan Marshall. Show information The Splash of Colorado is a juried exhibit open to all Colorado artists working in water media (watercolor, acrylic, […]
After School Art Class
After School Art Class
This is a general art class for our artist who wishes to try something new every class. Our amazing art teacher, Sarah Beabout, will take your child through different mediums of art allowing them to immerse themselves in multiple art genres. This program includes pick up from CBCS. K-5 Register here.
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Pride Film Series: But I’m a Cheerleader
Pride Film Series: But I’m a Cheerleader
Rated R Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan, who considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she […]
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