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Campus & Local Arts

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Spring Dance Concert makes social statements with movement

Nicole Towne April 24, 2017

Over 20 dancers took the stage at the University Center for the Arts Dance Theater this weekend for Colorado State University’s Spring Dance Concert. The concert featured 10 separate pieces choreographed...

Representatives from Ethiopia display their cultural dress during the Council of International Student Affairs organized fashion show. (Davis Bonner | Collegian)

Photo story: International students put on fashion show

Davis Bonner April 24, 2017

International students came together Friday night in the LSC ballroom to share with their audience both old and new traditions of their home country. Hosted by Council of International Student Affairs,...

Wolverine Farm Publishing at the Bean Cycle Roasters (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

Wolverine Farm Publishing Co. and Bookstore to announce 2017 Fort Collins Poet Laureate

Emma Turner April 18, 2017

The Fort Collins 2017 Poet Laureate contest has narrowed down its candidates to just three individuals. Wolverine Farm Publishing Co. and Bookstore introduced the laureate program as a means to showcase...

The Dazzle Room is one of the two new lounges at the Downtown Artery. Photo credit: Christian Johnson

Downtown Artery opens event spaces that double as art

Mq Borocz April 17, 2017

Beyond stairs, art studios, a gallery and a door fixed with the golden lettering “Z/A” lie two secret rooms at the Downtown Artery. The rooms, designed by the Downtown Artery’s Assistant...

Annual Student Art Exhibition opens at the Curfman Gallery

Annual Student Art Exhibition opens at the Curfman Gallery

Ashley Potts April 13, 2017

Student artists have taken over the Curfman Gallery in the Lory Student Center. The end of the year Student Art Exhibition has opened and will run through the end of the semester. “The show is comprised...

Denver Public Art opens request for qualifications for new Red Rocks project

Emma Turner April 10, 2017

Denver Arts and Venues' Public Art Program opened a request for qualifications on April 6 for a Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater art project. A selection panel will choose artwork(s) based on originality...

Bas Bleu Theatre presents CSU professor's must-see play

Bas Bleu Theatre presents CSU professor’s must-see play

April 5, 2017

Colorado State University professor Eric Prince’s play “Blue Kitchen” premiered on April 1 at Bas Bleu theatre just north of Old Town, celebrating the theatre’s 25th anniversary. “Blue Kitchen”...

Image courtesy: Debut Theater Company

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ to come to Fort Collins

Nate Day April 4, 2017

Many students have read and loved Madeline L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" at one point or another. Now the story is coming to life. Before the film adaptation is released next year, the Lincoln Center is...

Elsa Riffe's "Bacon," which is both a comment on the sexualization and objectification of women and just a sexy pig drawn for fun.

New Hallery exhibit features artwork by LSC Arts Program employees

Ashley Potts April 3, 2017

New art is on display at the “Hallery” in the Lory Student Center. The new exhibit features political, personal and whimsical art made by seven employees of the LSC Arts Program. Some of the artists...

Photo credit: Matthew Smith

‘Xpression!’ dance exhibition brings vibrant hip-hop culture to CSU

March 28, 2017

Fort Collins is not the place one would think of as being home to a vibrant hip-hop dance community. But with Sunday night's "Xpression!" dance exhibition at Colorado State University's Lory Student Center,...

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Pop Up Art Cart program to bring local art to Old Town Square

Ashley Potts March 27, 2017

Old Town Square is set to be filled with art this Saturday, April 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The square will be the location for the Pop Up Art Cart program’s seasonal kick off. Pop Up events will then...

Art historian and critic, Jenni Sorkin, gives a talk for the Critic and Artist Residency Series. (Ashley Potts | Collegian)

Jenni Sorkin visits CSU for Critic and Artist Residency Series

Ashley Potts March 26, 2017

Jenni Sorkin, an art historian, writer and professor at UC Santa Barbara, is this year’s visitor for the Critic and Artist Residency Series at Colorado State University. Sorkin has an impressive background....

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