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Month: August 2014

  • A Little More About Cafe Americana

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    Dan Burke

    (Mosaic, our 2014 fund-raising event, will be held from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, September 5 here at the Center. We’re especially excited out our main musical guests, Café Americana, and we want you to be excited too! Here’s a bit more about them, and don’t forget to buy your tickets using the link…

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  • Art Instructor Cunningham Demos Stone Carving at Denver Art Museum

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    Dan Burke

    Colorado artist Ann Cunningham has been teaching art to blind students at the Center since … well, it feels like she’s always been with us! That’s why we’re excited to spread the word. For the next two weekends, Ann will be demonstrating stone carving at the Denver Art Museum as part of their weekend artist…

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  • Announcing Mosaic

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    Dan Burke

    An Evening of Art, Cuisine and Entertainment Purchase Tickets for Mosaic Tickets are just $30, $10 for children under 12. Proceeds benefit the programs at the Colorado Center for the Blind. From youth to seniors, we teach our students that blindness is just a characteristic. It’s all about confidence! Join us at the Center: Friday,…

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  • Students & Staff close CCB Summer ’14 with ‘You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful’

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    Dan Burke

    Watch the video of the July 30 Talent Show finale: Summer Youth Programs ended July 30 with a student talent show featuring solo singing and duets, Native American flute, songs in Spanish, Mandarin and Thai, as well as lively and funny Emceeing. The finale of the show – and the summer – was was ‘You…

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  • Summer 2014 StudentNow Knows She Can

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    Dan Burke

    Editor’s Note: Annalyn, a 17-year-old from South Carolina, was part of our Earn and Learn Program in 2014. She worked at the Auraria Childcare Center with infants and toddlers, taking a 20-minute light rail ride to work early each morning. She wrote this thank-you letter in perfect contracted Braille with her slate and stylus. The…

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