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"Who Gives a Scrap" is an recycle art store located off Shields and Drake. They accept donations of used art supply including dolls, paints, stamps, wood, fabrics and more. (Clara Scholtz | Collegian)

Who Gives a SCRAP reduces, reuses and recycles art materials

Graham Shapley November 7, 2018

A table of uncanny dolls rests near a bin full of old computer parts and a rotating magazine stand full of unused sheet music. Game pieces and cards are in another bin, and a whole wall of stamp bins...

Ammons Hall, where the University Welcome Center and Office of Admissions are located, is claimed by some to be the most haunted building on campus. (Anna von Pechmann | The Collegian)

The science of debunking ghosts: paranormal claims investigator disproves bumps in the night

Claire Oliver October 30, 2018
Although Bonner looks at things in a very practical light, he rides the middle line between skeptic and believer. Going into every case not looking for a ghost but not trying to disprove either.
A traditional apothecary kit decorates a table of snacks outside Paul Noffsinger's magic and illusion show in Fort Collins on Friday October 19, 2018. Paul is a renowned magician and story teller. (Alyse Oxenford | Collegian)

Master magician stuns audiences with ‘mystery entertainment’

Graham Shapley October 22, 2018

The term ‘magic show’ conjures up images of card tricks and young women being sawed in half. Paul Noffsinger, a professional magician operating out of Greeley, is reluctant to use that phrase to...

An employee in The 13th Floor Haunted House gets her makeup sprayed on before the touring of the house opens to the public. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

All trick, no treat: 13th Floor Haunted House frightens visitors with chainsaw-handling monsters

Elena Waldman October 18, 2018
The only thing scarier than the thought of climate change completely wiping out all of humanity within the next century, is 13th Floor Haunted House- but with this spooky attraction, folks may actually make it out alive.
Bach in Black performs live at the Lyric Cinema. Liam Kimball serenades the crowd with the song City of Stars from La La Land during the Fort Collins Fringe Festival in Fort Collins, Colo. July 29. (Sara Graydon | Collegian)

Bach in Black performs classical renditions for Lincoln Center anniversary

Walker Discoe October 15, 2018

Seated in a small room off the main reception center at The Lincoln Center, the cello and percussion-fusion band Bach In Black awaits their next performance. They had just played at the gala celebrating...

Jacob Bielmaier, a sophmore theatre student, performs as Steven Mead Johnson in CSU's production of 'The Laramie Project.' (Lauryn Bolz | Collegian)

CSU remembers the life and death of Matthew Shepard in their production of ‘The Laramie Project’

Walker Discoe and Lauryn Bolz September 27, 2018
Approaching the 20th anniversary of Shepard’s death, The Colorado State Theatre program is bringing the story back where it started, and performing "The Laramie Project."
Glassblowing artist, Sky Perry heats up and spins glass to create a honeycomb designed bubble cap for a dab at Kind Creations. Perry is a self taught glassblower for the past 17 years. "Something I love about this job is seeing the smile on peoples face when they pick up a piece of glass. There's no other feeling like that. (Matt Begeman | Collegian)

Kind Creations continues legacy of quality glassware in Fort Collins

Walker Discoe September 24, 2018

Inside Kind Creations, a shimmering display of glass, LED lights and neon signs dazzles the eye. Every useable inch of the walls are massive glass cases filled with intricately blown bongs, pipes,...

Accent Modification Services, LLC is a company whose goal is to eliminate accents as a barrier of understanding and communication. Accent Modification Services offers online private coaching or in person group sessions. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

Fort Collins speech pathologist helps bridge international language gaps

Walker Discoe September 20, 2018

Anyone who went through four full years of a high school foreign language course knows how difficult learning a second language can be. Those who learn English for business or cultural reasons may feel...

Photo courtesy of Timberline

CSU junior releases 20-song album ‘Harmony’ after year and a half of recording

Miles Parrish September 11, 2018

Jesse Sanders, a 23-year-old Colorado native and junior at Colorado State University,  spent the last year and a half recording his first album for the public, and now it has been released with an impressive...

Some view the media and science as inherently opposed, but the two institutions need each other and need to work on improving their relationship. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

MISSion Innovation empowers women to pursue STEM

Julia Trowbridge September 10, 2018

Women studying science, math, engineering and technology are on a mission to empower young women and girls to pursue the same path. On Sept 22-23 from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., Pretty Brainy will be hosting...

Employee Hailey Moy serves a donut through the order window. . (Collegian | Lauryn Bolz)

FoCoDoCo reinvents the doughnut game with local and fresh ingredients

Lauryn Bolz September 10, 2018
Fort Collins’ first local, farm-fresh, fry-to-order donut shop is open for business.
Fort Collins band The Salmon Famine was created in 2016 by four Colorado State University alumni and one University of Colorado Student. (photo provided by The Salmon Famine, photo credit to Mckenna Shanholtz and Matt Sully)

The Great Salmon Famine is making waves in alt music

Miranda Moses September 5, 2018
The Great Salmon Famine has one rule: don't take yourself too seriously.  The Fort Collins-based band and 2018 Bandwagon Magazine Battle of the Band Champion is made up of Adam Bell, Camden James, Gabe Neymark, Jack Vulcani and Evan Waring and a collective love of grooving.
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