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Culture and Community

The Fort Collins Fringe Festival held their opening night at the Lyric Cinema in Fort Collins, Colo. July 26. (Sara Graydon | Collegian)

Fort Collins Fringe Festival to liven local art scene

Elena Waldman July 23, 2019

Fort Collins locals don’t have to go all the way to Edinburgh for an art festival; in fact, they may not even have to leave town. The Fort Collins Fringe Festival will be coming to town for the seventh...

Welcome tent set up at the French Nest Open Air Market in Civic Center Park on July 20. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

French Nest Open-Air Market promotes Colorado-based artisans

Elena Waldman July 21, 2019

This past Saturday, the French Nest Open-Air Market came to the Fort Collins Civic Center Park, bringing in dozens of artisans to promote their hand-made goods. The fair, which occurs every third Saturday...

Matt Mullins, co-curator of Juteback Productions and curator Randy Perkins hosted the 2018 Juteback Poetry Film Festival Friday night at the Wolverine Farm Letterpress and Publick house. Perkins is a filmmaker who began the poetry film festival in 2013 under the name Body Electric. The festival had over 200 international poetry film submissions this year. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

‘Déjà vu and other Strange Memory Experiences’ highlights psychological phenomena

Ty Davis July 15, 2019

Colorado State University professor of cognitive psychology Anne Cleary presented “Déjà vu and other Strange Memory Experiences” at the Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House Thursday afternoon,...

Ginger and Baker located in Fort Collins has a teaching kitchen that is catered toward showing the public how to cook snacks to full meals. (Matt Begeman | The Collegian)

Ginger & Baker’s Teaching Kitchen serves up food and fun in afternoon classes

Lauryn Bolz July 3, 2019

As Fort Collins residents know very well, food curates community. This idea is the basis of the Teaching Kitchen at Ginger & Baker, which is home to farm-to-table cooking classes and events for all...

Firework display over City Park on July 4, 2017. (Chapman 
Croskell | Collegian)

4 Fort Collins Fourth of July ideas to please the patriotic

Graham Shapley July 3, 2019

The Fourth of July is fast approaching, the time for the firework-laden festival of barbecued patriotism. Unfortunately for explosion enthusiasts, private use of fireworks is illegal in Fort Collins, meaning...

Recently engaged couple Brian Merlin and Aneka Jensen take in the view from atop Arthurs Rock in the Lory State Park on Saturday. The 2,492 acre State Park is located along the Rocky Mountain Foothills adjacent to the Horsetooth Reservoir and includes over 20 miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.

5 summer date ideas for Fort Collins romantics

Elena Waldman June 30, 2019

While winter is the bona fide “cuffing season,” or the time to find a significant other to stick with during the colder months, summer has unfairly been marked as the season of break-ups and casual...

The front desk of Dogtopia May 8. Ashley Todd, the owner, explained that Dogtopia has a“noble cause” which is to “enhance the joy of dog parenthood and enable dogs to positively change our world.” (Ryan Schmidt | Collegian)

Dogtopia opens, provides various services to local dog-owners

Walker Discoe May 8, 2019

It's safe to say Colorodoans love their dogs, given that this year Colorado animal shelters reported a combined intake of 94,361 dogs, with an adoption or return rate of over 90% according to statista.com....

Mother holds child in the mountains

5 Mother’s Day gift ideas for students on a budget

Matt Campbell May 8, 2019

Finding a Mother’s Day gift that truly says thank you for the late-night phone calls and last-minute RamCash requests can be difficult, especially if you’re on a budget. Moms are special and deserve...

Students seek to bring mental health day to campus

Students seek to bring mental health day to campus

Maddie Wright May 7, 2019

When it comes to spreading awareness on issues across an entire university, sitting in a composition class may not be the first place one would think to find the first steps towards legitimate change....

A group from Fort Collins Marimba plays music for the crowd gathered at Africa and Ale at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art on May 3, 2019. (Alyse Oxenford | Collegian)

The Africa Center celebrates African culture, sustainability for fourth year

Lyra Wiley May 5, 2019
The Africa Center holds its fourth annual "Africa and Ale" as a celebration of African culture, African studies and sustainability research in Africa.
Sad Uwu performs their song “The sheer feeling of being unwanted,” at the R.E.D. zine and mixtape release party April 24 at the Ramskeller. Organized by the Red Whistle Brigade, the R.E.D. zine is an anti-oppression mini magazine created to support student voices though different mediums of art.  (Colin Shepherd | Collegian)

Students raise oppressed voices with R.E.D Zine and mixtape

Lauryn Bolz April 28, 2019

The fourth edition of R.E.D. (rebel, empower, dismantle) Zine, released in conjunction with a mixtape, aims to strike down oppressors and lift underrepresented voices on campus. A release party was...

CSU fraternities respond to the recent shut down of the CU Boulder chapter of the Sigma Pi fraternity due to a sexual assault investigation. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital collaborates with CSU’s campus

Maddie Wright April 17, 2019
Organizations who need volunteers and need donations come to college campuses to get those resources. A handful turn to Fraternity and Sorority Life to seek aid and assistantship. With this connection, Delta Delta Delta seems to be doing something right in terms of helping St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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