
The Middle Distance 8.30.13: September Morning
I have a friend in New Mexico who used to rope off the entire month of September and keep it for nothing but hiking in the mountains, hunting grouse and […]

By Noel Black

Interview with Manitou Mayor Marc Snyder and Andrea Chalfin, Part 3: RMJ
In this third and final installment of my interview with Manitou Mayor Marc Snyder and KRCC News Director Andrea Chalfin, we discuss recreational marijuana and how revenues may or may […]

By Noel Black

Interview with Manitour Mayor Marc Snyder, Part 2
Last week, I interviewed Manitou Mayor Marc Snyder and KRCC News Director Andrea Chalfin about mitigation efforts related to the Waldo Canyon burn scar flooding.

By Noel Black

Waldo Burn Scar Mitigation: An Interview with Manitou Mayor Marc Snyder and Andrea Chalfin
Much of the work being done to help prevent another disaster like the August 9 flood in Manitou Springs can’t be seen.

By Noel Black

The Middle Distance 8.23.13: Summer of 1971
Summer of 1971. Our hip-hugger bell-bottom jeans are worn thin in the seat and we like to wear them with flimsy halter tops.

By Noel Black

The Ins and Outs of Disaster Photography: An Interview with Bryan Oller
Local Freelance Photojournalist Bryan Oller took some of the most memorable photos of the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires, and he’s been covering the flooding in Manitou.

By Noel Black

Aftermath of the Manitou Flood: An Interview with Kelly Snyder, Farley McDonough and Hannah Rockey
It’s been just over a week since the August 9 flood in Manitou Springs.

By Noel Black

Build Ivywild Part 2: An Interview with Jim Fennell and Mike Bristol
Beginning today and continuing through the weekend, Ivywild School celebrates its grand opening.

By Noel Black

The Middle Distance 8.16.13: Ripe for Transformation
Several lifetimes ago, when I was the mother of three young boys, I understood the concept of escapist reading in the summertime.

By Noel Black

Symbiosis Part 1: An Interview with Ivywild Partners Mike Bristol and Architect Jim Fennell
[Listen to Part 2 HERE] Beginning tomorrow and continuing through the weekend, Ivywild School will celebrate its grand opening.

By Noel Black

Video of Manitou Flood on Lovers Lane
If you haven’t already seen this video by Cheyene Grow of Grow Motion Video of last Friday’s flood as seen from a home just above Lovers Lane in Manitou, do […]

By Noel Black

MODBOCO School of Art Opens This Weekend At Ivywild: An Interview with Lauren and Brett Andrus
Modboco, a new art school founded by Brett and Lauren Andrus, will celebrate its grand opening tomorrow from Noon to 8 P.M. at the Ivywild Building.

By Noel Black

The Middle Distance 8.9.13: Summer in Full
The clock is ticking and it’s making me uneasy. I’ve got those back-to-school, back-to-work, back-to-reality, check it off the to-do list, end-of-summer blues.

By Noel Black

COS Native Scores Role in Margaret Cho’s New Web Series
As Hollywood moves to the Web, we’re fascinated with the ways that distribution is changing and, in some cases, changing the way films and TV shows are made.

By Noel Black

Breaking Good: Martile Rowland’s Strange Road to Opera Stardom
In celebration of this Wednesday’s Opera Theatre of the Rockies POPera concert, here’s our feature on Martile Rowland and her amazingly circuitous road to fame.

By Noel Black

An Interview With GOCA Curator Daisy McConnell
The Galleries of Contemporary Art at UCCS open a new show called “Visual Environments” tonight, Friday, August 2 at their downtown gallery featuring the work of Pattie Lee Becker and […]

By Noel Black