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Thursday May 6th 7:30pm, 2010

KRCC presents A Live Radio Show taping of NPR's Wait, wait... don't tell me!
Location: Pikes Peak Center, 190 South Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903( map )
Tickets ~KRCC IS SOLD OUT OF MEMBER DISCOUNT TICKETS~ General Public reserved seating is available ONLY through Ticketswest www.Ticketswest.com . (General public tickets will NOT be available at the studio)

Sunday March 7th 7pm, 2010

KRCC presents Tommy Castro
Location: Crystol Roadhouse( map )
Tickets KRCC member tickets $12 at the KRCC studios. General public tickets available for $18 at www.AMusicCompanyInc.com $23 day of show

Saturday March 20th 8pm, 2010

KRCC presents The Haunted Windchimes
Location: Stargazers Theater( map )
Tickets ~ KRCC member tickets available for $6 at the KRCC Studios. $10 General public tickets ONLY available at www.StarGazersTheater.com

Friday March 26th 8pm, 2010

KRCC presents Tab Benoit
Location: Stargazers Theater( map )
Tickets KRCC member tickets $16 at the KRCC studios. General public tickets available for $22 www.AMusicCompanyInc.com $30 day of show.

Tuesday April 20th 8pm, 2010

KRCC and Maven Productions present Ani DiFranco
Location: Armstrong Hall, Colorado College Campus( map )
Tickets A limited number of KRCC member tickets on sale for $28 at the KRCC Studios. General Public tickets on sale for $32 ONLY AT www.MavenProductions.com or by calling Maven Productions Box Office at 303-786-7030 (General public tickets will NOT be available at the KRCC Studios.)

Memorial Weekend, May 28th-30th, 2010

KRCC presents The MeadowGrass Music Festival
Location: La Foret Conference Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado ( map )
Tickets $15 single day tickets, $40 full festival passes for KRCC members at the KRCC Studios. $20 Single day tickets, $50 full festival passes for General Public. General Public tickets at all Independent Records and Video locations, and on-line at www.ticketweb.com

October 1, 2009

A Tour of The New Press at CC

Founded by Jim Trissel in the late-1970s, The Press at Colorado College has long been a little-known sanctuary for the dying art of letterpress printmaking. But up until this past summer, the press was housed in a cramped and somewhat dank basement of a campus residence hall. After a nearly-190,000 pound move, the Press has now settled comfortably into its new home in Taylor Hall (the low stone building just east of Bemis Hall on the Colorado College Campus). We met with printer and teacher Colin Frazer for a quick tour of the press, which will open to the public tonight between 6 and 7 p.m. before a lecture by Betty Bright , the former curator and program director for the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, at the Cornerstone Theater.

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Filed under: Art!, Ideas, Local History — Noel Black @ 6:00 am
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  1. I love the way you mix ambient sounds with the slide-show. It has a way of putting the taste of the place in your mouth per say. Very cool.

    Comment by John Sondericker — October 1, 2009 @ 9:38 am

  2. Ohhhh, this wonderful video and great news of the resurrection of The Press warms my heart. Having figuratively been born with “ink in my veins”, I was lucky enough to have met Jim Trissel, worked with him on some off-site print projects and visited him in that “dank” basement back in the early ’80’s. I still remember some of the beautiful hand bound books they were working on then. It’s certainly gratifying that Colorado College continues to support the continued art and craft of the printer in this digital age.

    Comment by Diann @ Rainy Days — October 1, 2009 @ 10:55 am

  3. The Press sure is looking good in that new space!

    Comment by ele — October 5, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

  4. Great to see this update on The Press and know that it is again in operation. I have an edition of poems printed by Jim Trissel in the early 80’s, and it’s a real treasure. Thanks for tour.

    Comment by S. McClow-Kinsey — October 6, 2009 @ 10:24 pm

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