WHAT’S NEW
2025 Black History Live – Save the Date!
While the year is quickly coming to a close, preparations for next year’s Black HIstory Live are in full swing! Chautauquans Becky Stone and Marvin Jefferson will portray Harriet Tubman and Louis Armstrong in several performances throughout Colorado. Events will be posted very soon on our website, so keep an eye out for a performance near you.
Submissions and volunteer judges/selector applications are open for the 2025 Colorado Book Awards. The 34th annual Colorado Book Awards season begins September 9, 2024 for books published for the first time between November 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024. The submission deadline is January 3rd, 2025.
Salute our five decades of championing the public humanities in Colorado. Your donation makes you a part of that legacy. Gifts made through our ColoradoGives online profile now through Dec. 10 will count toward Colorado Gives Day.
Museum on Main Street to Open in Gunnison
Join us in Gunnison on January 8 at the Gunnison Arts Center for the opening of Crossroads: Change in Rural America. This traveling Smithsonian exhibit takes a broad look at the characteristics of rural America, how an attraction to and interaction with the land formed the basis of rural America, and how these communities and small towns have evolved. This is the last stop on the Crossroads tour, so be sure to stop by!
On December 19, Bemis Public Library in Littleton will host a free presentation of Susan Marie Frontczak as Erma Bombeck. With paring-knife-sharp humor, Erma Bombeck captured the daily life of a new American phenomenon: the suburban housewife.
PROGRAMS
Inspiring conversation and exploration of our shared cultural heritage
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
Community Conversations Are you interested in tackling difficult topics with your community? Host a facilitated community conversation with Colorado Humanities! Our facilitators are located in all parts of Colorado and have been
FACILITATOR TRAINING
Learn How to Facilitate Community Conversations Free Facilitator Training for Reflective Conversations prepares people to plan and facilitate conversations about vital issues and questions across different beliefs and backgrounds. Coloradans who complete
THE FIVE STATES OF COLORADO
Revealing the historic development of a population as diverse as the land itself. In 1861, the U.S. Congress carved Colorado’s boundaries representing no river, mountain range, tribe, or language group to enclose
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS
Celebrating the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and photographers.
CHANGING THE LEGACY OF RACE & ETHNICITY
These community conversations are designed to dive deeply into how we might change the legacy of race.
COSHARP
Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (COSHARP) grants
HISTORY LIVE DURANGO
A community round-table of organizations work together to plan this annual month-long series of events.
AUTHOR TALKS
These experienced, engaging local authors are available to come to your cultural center or school.
HIGH PLAINS CHAUTAUQUA
Enjoy education and entertainment presented through a unique combination of theatre and history.
COLORADO POET LAUREATE
Award-winning poet Andrea Gibson uses words to empower and forge connections.
MOTHEREAD/FATHEREAD COLORADO
Help your children be better communicators by implementing these family reading practices.
BLACK HISTORY LIVE
A prominent African American scholar portrays an important historical figure during this February tour.
CHANGE IN RURAL COLORADO
Loving Our Land Colorado Humanities and the Regional Economic Development Institute at Colorado State University offer a series of free, online conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing rural Colorado. Loving Our
