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Preserving
Union Station
Denver's LoDo District kicked off a fundraising campaign to pave
the way for the renovation and beautification of historic Union
Station. Officially named "All Aboard! Preserve Union Station,
Colorado's Past and Future," the campaign gives Coloradoans
the opportunity to immortalize their support of this historic icon
with the purchase of approximately 8,000 engraved bricks. These
bricks will form a plaza at the entrance of Union Station and are
expected to cover 3,000 sq. ft. Proceeds will aid in the restoration
of historic Union Station. For information on how to purchase an
engraved brick call 1 800 750-2339.
Historic
Denver partners to help Historic Greeley
Historic Denver, in partnership with the newly formed Historic Greeley,
Inc., (HG) helped the organization receive its first State Historical
Fund for a redevelopment project in the Greeley community. HD met
with HG and the owner of the Greeley Tribune building last summer
to discuss how funding could be applied for locally to restore perhaps
the most important structure in Greeley's downtown historic district.
Because the State Historical Fund no longer allows co-applications,
Historic Denver wrote and prepared the grant on behalf of Historic
Greeley and will assist them on the grant management of the project.
Historic Denver hopes to be the recipient of a perpetual easement
on the building. This is the beginning of a long-term partnership
that will help a new preservation organization benefit from HD's
31 years of experience.
New Leadership
for CPI
Mark Rodman, the new Executive Director of Colorado Preservation,
Inc. (CPI), comes to Denver from North Carolina where he served
as Chief Operating Officer of Preservation North Carolina. Rodman
holds a Master of Arts degree in Historic Preservation Planning
from Cornell University, and an MBA and BA from Winthrop University
in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
DAM Meets
the Press, Online
The Denver Art Museum has established an online press office at
www.denverartmuseum.org/pressoffice.
At this site, electronic press kits are available as are an exhibition
and events calendar published twice a year. Boxed listings show
special exhibitions with ticketed and timed entry. To confirm dates
and titles with the Museum's public relations department, call 720
913-0000.
Hire a Colorado
Historian
Endowment for the Humanities is developing a grant line for Community
History projects. They invite you to be part of a resource directory,
which would be available to grant applicants seeking expert assistance
on their projects. The CEH Community History Resource Directory
will allow people within Colorado to identify humanities scholars
and other professionals willing to work with them on community history
projects. Professionals who participate are paid honoraria, consulting
fees or evaluator fees for all projects as well as travel expenses.
If you are interested in being added to the CEH Community History
Resources Directory contact Mark Skinner (mskinner@ceh.org) or Betty
Jo Brenner (brenner@ceh.org or fax them at 303 864-9361.
Fairmount
Heritage Foundation to Educate
The newly formed Fairmount Heritage Foundation is a public charity
whose mission, according to Fairmount Cemetery Co. President and
Foundation Board member Frank Hegner is "to protect and preserve
the rich and diverse historical assets, resources and values of
Fairmount and Riverside Cemeteries and to educate the community
about them." Expanded activities at both cemeteries will include
living history tours such as "Governors and Gunslingers"
at Riverside Cemetery in June and an arborist's study of Fairmount's
"Amazing Trees" in October. For further information about
upcoming events, membership, volunteering and contribution opportunities,
call Mary Sue Hyslop at 303 399-0692.
Onward and
Upward
After ten years as an educator, historian and researcher, MBH docent
and "guide extraordinaire" Modupe Labode has moved on
to become Director of Publications and Chief Historian for the State
of Colorado. Modupe, a Rhodes scholar who earned her Ph.D. from
Oxford University, is a published author of many academic articles.
Amongst her research topics, Modupe investigated the missionary
movement in Africa and examined African/Brazilian relations. We
wish her well in her new and very prestigious position.
Keep 'Em
Laughing
For comedy lovers, downtown is the perfect location for a drink
and a chuckle. The Rattlebrain Theater Co., located in the renovated
basement of the historic May D&F Tower on the 16th St. mall,
opened its doors in February to applause from audiences and historians
alike. Denver based Architectural Workshop designed the new theater
described as "urban chic." Rattlebrain owners Kirk Anderson
and Dave and Jane Shirley plan to offer acting, comic writing workshops
and theater classes in the space. They spent $300,000 on the stage,
bar, lighting and seating for 170. For reservations to Denver's
new comedy theater, call 720 932-7384.
Take a Walk
on the Historic Side
With the help of Regine Peeples, formerly of The Denver Architectural
Foundation, the Molly Brown House Museum will sponsor a series of
neighborhood walking tours starting in 2002. The two-hour tours
are designed to show visitors and history buffs some of Denver's
most interesting and historic neighborhoods. A trained guide will
take a maximum of 25 people to visit 15-20 stops in Denver neighborhoods.
Cost: $10 for adults. $8 for Seniors and HD members. $5 children.
$4 for HD members' children. A combined ticket is also available
for any of the following tours and a ticket to the Molly Brown House
Museum for any date chosen. Cost for a combined ticket is $15 adults,
$11 Seniors and HD members, $5 children and $4 HD members' children.
A possible series pass is also under consideration.
For reservations
and information, please call 303 832-4092 ext. 16 May 1 Geology
Tour (tentative), 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. May 11 LoDo, 2-4 p.m. May 15
Golden Triangle, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. June 12 LoDo, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
July 17 Molly Brown Neighborhood, 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 31 Geology
(tentative), 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. August 7 LoDo, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. August
24 Civic Center 2-4 p.m. Sept. 14 Molly Brown Neighborhood, 2-4
p.m. Sept. 18 City Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m. MBH is also looking into
a series of year round lunch tours in the downtown Denver area.
A one-hour guided tour of historic landmarks like the Brown Palace
or the AT&T building would be followed by lunch. Cost $5.00.
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