Spotlighting visual artists from across the region\, the Artists Association of Northern Colorado (AANC) will host the Celebration of Color Art Show and Sale opening June 4\, 2010 at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins.
The Show provides the opportunity for approximately 40 local artists and high school students to exhibit and sell their work as they vie for awards for Best of Show\, first\, second\, third place\, and honorable mention. In addition\, the Show offers viewing and purchase opportunities for community members. A variety of mediums and styles are included along with photography\, photo art and jewelry.
The event is only one of several annual opportunities provided by the AANC\, a non-profit 5-1(c)(3) organization. It is the oldest art-oriented organization in Fort Collins\, Colorado\, founded in 1955. As an organization of artists and supporters of the arts\, AANC represents artists working in any media within the visual arts. Members range from beginners to professionals.
Because it has developed a national reputation\, the AANC is able to draw high quality artists as judges. For this event\, the work will be judged by Billie Colson\, a well-known artist and owner of the Independence Gallery in Loveland. Colson\, who is known for her support of other artists\, organized A Night on the Town and the Loveland Art Studio Tour and Sale\, a self-guided tour held for the first time in October 2009. Colson also teaches art classes\, including basic drawing and introduction to pastels.
The AANC The Show will kick off with a reception and awards ceremony on Friday\, June 4th at 6 p.m. with the exhibit running through June 14\, 2010. Old Firehouse Books is located at 232 Walnut Street in Fort Collins. For additional information\, contact Helen Cook at (970) 223-8297.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/book-release-party-secret-lying-todd-mitchell URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/book-release-party-secret-lying-todd-mitchell SUMMARY:Book Release Party for The Secret to Lying by Todd Mitchell DESCRIPTION:Join us at Everyday Joe's and help us celebrate Fort Collins author Todd Mitchell’s new book\, The Secret to Lying. A teenage boy’s self-reinvention gets out of control in a sharp\, funny\, poignant\, and compulsively readable novel. This book examines the consequences that can come from reinventing oneself.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T223000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/author-signing-craig-johnson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/author-signing-craig-johnson SUMMARY:Author Signing with Craig Johnson DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100622T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100622T000000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trench-coats-book-club-meeting-death-stocks-georgette-heyer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trench-coats-book-club-meeting-death-stocks-georgette-heyer SUMMARY:Traps and Trench Coats Book Club Meeting\: Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer DESCRIPTION:This month\, we’ll be reading and discussing Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer. This book was written by one of the great 20th century mystery writers of the country house murder. Witty and caustic\, the book is great fun. Join us for amusement and mystery solving.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T030000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/old-firehouse-books-anniversary-party URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/old-firehouse-books-anniversary-party SUMMARY:Old Firehouse Books Anniversary Party! DESCRIPTION:This is a big year for Old Firehouse Books! It is our 30th year as a business\, our 10th year with the current owners\, Susie Wilmer and Dick Sommerfeld\, and our first full year as Old Firehouse Books downtown! To celebrate\, we invite you to a party at the store. We’ll have food and drink\, music\, and a trivia contest with great prizes! We’ll start serving the eats at 6pm and trivia will begin at 7pm. Please come into the store to buy your ticket\, or sign up for our newsletter on our website to find out how you can buy online. Cost is $5.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T170000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/kids%E2%80%99-event-wanted-perfect-pet URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/kids%E2%80%99-event-wanted-perfect-pet SUMMARY:Kids’ Event - Wanted\: The Perfect Pet DESCRIPTION:June is Adopt-A-Pet month\, and Old Firehouse Books wants to support our local animal charities. Meet some of the adoptable animals of Animal House and bring your kids to a reading and activity event!
Animal House will be featuring some of their adoptable animals in front of our store from 11am to 2pm. At noon\, we will be doing a reading of Wanted\: The Perfect Pet and then a drawing activity with kids. We’ll even raffle off a copy of Wanted\: The Perfect Pet to a lucky family!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100709T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100709T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/strange-worlds-book-club URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/strange-worlds-book-club SUMMARY:Strange Worlds Book Club DESCRIPTION:This month we’re discussing Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory. This highly original novel is a mash-up in the best sense of the word\: it references demon possession\, comic books\, H.P. Lovecraft\, Philip K. Dick\, and Jungian archetypes. Nominated for the World Fantasy\, Locus\, and Mythopoeic Awards\, this book does not disappoint.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100710T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100710T200000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/kids%E2%80%99-birding-event-blues-go-birding-across-america URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/kids%E2%80%99-birding-event-blues-go-birding-across-america SUMMARY:Kids’ Birding Event with The Blues Go Birding Across America DESCRIPTION:Bring the kids to a fun interactive birding event! Sandy Fuller\, Colorado author of The Blues Go Birding Across America will be here to sign books. We'll also have some great activities. Shop the sidewalk sales and bring the kids to Old Firehouse Books!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120526T214635Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100711T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100711T200000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/open-book-club URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/open-book-club SUMMARY:Open Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Nancy Pickard’s Virgin of Small Plains. This modern Gothic novel is set in Kansas. It revolves around the mystery of a young girl’s death in 1987 and her mother’s murder in 2004. The girl’s grave has also become a site of possible miracles. This book won the Reader’s Choice\, Agatha\, and Macavity Awards.
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