Patty Limerick
What Colorado History Teaches Us for the Future
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August 6, 7:00 pm-8:30pm |
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Crested Butte Center for the Arts |
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Patty Limerick is the Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado, where she is also a Professor of History. Limerick has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between academics and the general public and to demonstrating the benefits of applying historical perspective to contemporary dilemmas and conflicts. In recognition of her life’s work Professor Limerick was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995 and in 2001, the Hazel Barnes Prize, the University of Colorado’s highest award for teaching. In January 2016 she was appointed the Colorado State Historian and served until August 2018. Also in January 2016, she was appointed to the National Endowment for the Humanities advisory board, the National Council on the Humanities. Professor Limerick was nominated by President Obama in Spring 2015 and was confirmed by the United States Senate in November 2015. Click here for the event website |
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Upcoming Events
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TIME |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
Tuesday, Aug 6 |
7:00pm-8:30pm |
Patty Limerick |
Crested Butte Center for the Arts |
7:30pm-9:00pm |
Tuesday Science Talk Series |
Gothic, CO. At the billy barr Community Center |
Wednesday, Aug 7 |
8:30am-4:00pm |
HCCA Hike - Scarp Ridge |
Crested Butte Visitors Center Parking Lot |
5:00pm-8:00pm |
Pull Up A Chair |
GAC Courtyard |
5:30pm-10:00pm |
Reverend Horton Heat in concert at the I Bar |
I Bar Ranch |
7:00pm-8:00pm |
Meal Planning Workshop & Recipe Swap |
Gunnison Library |
7:30pm-10:00pm |
Subject to Change Improv Troupe |
Crested Butte Mountain Theatre |
Thursday, Aug 8 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
Summer Science Tours |
Gothic, CO, Gothic Visitors Center |
9:00am-12:00pm |
Summer Science Tours |
Gothic, CO, Gothic Visitors Center |
7:00pm-10:00pm |
APOLLO 11 |
Center for the Arts |
7:30pm-10:00pm |
Charlie Daniels Band |
I Bar Ranch |
Friday, Aug 9 |
8:00am-5:00pm |
Gunnison Valley Literary Festival |
Various |
1:30pm-4:30pm |
Rachel VanSlyke |
Crested butte Center for the Arts |
2:00pm-5:00pm |
Paint Your Own Pottery |
GAC Clay Studio |
4:30pm-7:00pm |
Ladies Bike Night at CBMR |
CBMR |
4:30pm-7:00pm |
Ladies Bike Night |
Crested Butte Mountain Bike Park |
5:30pm-6:30pm |
Rachel VanSlyke |
Center of the Arts |
6:30pm-8:30pm |
Apollo 11 Screening |
Crested Butte Library |
Saturday, Aug 10 |
9:00am-10:30am |
Themed Historic Tour |
331 Elk Ave., Crested Butte, CO 81224 |
5:00pm-8:00pm |
ArtWalk |
Downtown Crested Butte |
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