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The Big Something Radio Programme, Episode 1: Drop City, Sylvia Nasar, and Senga Nengudi

50 years ago this year, two young artists from Lawrence Kansas, Gene and Jo-ann Bernofsky, joined forces with their friend Clark Rickert, a student at University of Colorado Boulder, and […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 4: Growing Up With Gay Parents in Colorado Springs

On this episode of Wish We Were Here, Producer Noel Black tells the story of a small community of kids who grew up in Colorado Springs with gay parents.
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

The Middle Distance 1.30.15: That Beckoning Horizon — A Fond Farewell to The Middle Distance

After more than 200 episodes and nearly five years, Kathryn Eastburn has decided to retire The Middle Distance.
By Jake Brownell and Noel Black
Arts

The Middle Distance, 1.9.15: Migrations

The plan was to fly, but at the last minute I decided to drive instead.
By Noel Black and Kathryn Eastburn
Arts

The Middle Distance, 12.12.14: The Dark That We Must Blind

It is nearly mid-December and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
By Noel Black
Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 3: The Beginning of the End of Homelessness?

At an old prison in southeastern Colorado, an experimental new program is working to help chronically homeless people from around the state rebuild their lives.
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

The Middle Distance 11.28.14: All The Light We Used to Have

Audio Pending… Nearly every wall of my mother’s house is lined with tables, bookcases, or a chest with drawers.
By Noel Black and Kathryn Eastburn
Arts

The Middle Distance 11.21.14: Word to the Birdman

There are plenty of good reasons to see the Alejandro Inarritu film Birdman, currently enjoying the kind of pre-Oscar buzz that, once you’ve seen the movie, will make you giggle.
By Noel Black and Kathryn Eastburn
Arts

The Middle Distance 11.14.14: Migrants

Audio Pending… I was reunited with a friend this week.
By Noel Black and Kathryn Eastburn
Arts

The Middle Distance Celebrates 200 Episodes

This week’s Middle Distance marks the 200th episode. Congratulations and thank you, Kathryn, for all you have done, and continue to do in the community!
By Noel Black and Kathryn Eastburn
Arts

Youth Documentaries to Premiere at FAC: An Interview with Tom Shepard

Tomorrow night at the Fine Arts Center, the Youth Documentary Academy will premiere films produced by their first class of local high school students.
By Noel Black
Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 2: Ludlow and its Legacy

This episode of Wish We Were Here was originally broadcast in November of 2014   On April 20th, 1914, just north of Trinidad, Colorado, one of the bloodiest, most overlooked events […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

The Middle Distance 10.24.14: More Than a Feeling

A tectonic shift occurs with aging.
By Noel Black
Arts

Embracing the Dark: Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad on the Creative Process

Radiolab Producer and MacArthur Genius Award Winner Jad Abumrad will give a live presentation at Armstrong Hall on the Colorado College campus this coming Monday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m.
By Noel Black
Arts

Creek Week to Raise Awareness of Regional Flood and Drainage Issues

The first annual Creek Week begins tomorrow with Colorado Springs Sustainability Conference.
By Noel Black
Arts

The Middle Distance 9.20.14: A Grand Market?

When my son died in the summer of 2007, his brother was scheduled to head off to Budapest, Hungary that fall to study math.
By Noel Black

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