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Chasing the Cambrian Explosion: How the Fossils of Newfoundland Defined the Greatest Biological Revolution in Earth History
FeaturedFine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesAs a young PhD student in Newfoundland, I helped propose, and win acceptance of, the definition of the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary in rocks on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. This boundary […]
A Victorian Gentlewoman in Colorado’s Mines: Mary Hallock Foote’s Extractive Imagination
FeaturedFine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesWhen Wallace Stegner mined the letters of the writer and illustrator Mary Hallock Foote for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Angle of Repose, he continued a longstanding association between mining and men. […]
The Bones of Tradition: The Many Lives of the Day of the Dead
FeaturedFine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesIn 2015, a James Bond movie introduced millions to a spectacularly staged Día de los Muertos parade in Mexico City. Two years later, the Pixar movie Coco depicted some of […]
Dreaming of a White Christmas: A Behind the Scenes Look at Irving Berlin’s Classic Holiday Film and Stage Play
FeaturedFine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesStep behind the curtain of Irving Berlin’s beloved holiday classic in this festive Libation Lecture exploring the journey of White Christmas from iconic 1954 film to celebrated stage musical. Discover behind-the-scenes stories […]