Daisy Bates was a “troublemaker.” The Supreme Court ordered the integration of schools in 1954. With the community divided on whether integration should be gradual, beginning with the first grade, or all at once, integration did not happen in... more... |
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — People who are pregnant, or just thinking about conceiving, may want to attend a film festival in Grand Junction Nov. 12, sponsored by BirthSmart, a Grand Valley nonprofit dedicated to empowered birth through education.
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The Avalon Theatre is mixing up its downtown movie offerings.
It's long been a venue where independent film lovers can go see something different than the typical Hollywood fare. |
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — If asked, “who are the Wampanoag people?,” a tribal elder will explain they are the Indian nation that met the Pilgrims.
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Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert called it “a film that can save your life.”
Television host and prominent cardiac surgeon Dr. Oz said, “I loved it and I need all of you to see it.” |
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It may sound crazy, but some times have a color to them. Oct. 28, 1929 will always be remembered as “Black Monday,” thanks to that day's precipitous stock market plunge, which inaugurated the Great Depression. During the 1950s, both Ernest...
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mesa County Libraries and Welcoming Colorado, a Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition initiative, are hosting a film screening of “Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness” — a documentary about a hate crime...
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A new season of Community Cinema in the Grand Valley starts back up in September.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Light Gives Heat, a local nonprofit that provides jobs for people in Uganda by commissioning them to create jewelry and cloth handbags, has created a documentary of its work and will show the film at the Avalon Theatre...
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — In “Stories from the Land: McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area,” filmmaker Mara Ferris documents the landscape west of Grand Junction through the eyes of those who've settled, ranched, and recreated in the...
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mesa State College graduate and filmmaker Justin Hunt won praise and acclaim for his 2007 documentary “American Meth.”
Four years later, the accolades are still rolling in. |
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — “In another time, he would have been honored instead of murdered.”
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So another season of “Dancing With the Stars” has wrapped, with Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver Hines Ward hoisting high the prized glitterball trophy amidst confetti and ovations and a wildly convulsing Bruno Tonioli.
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“This isn't Mayberry anymore!” exclaims one resident of Shelbyville, a small town in the heart of the Bible belt, 83 miles from Knoxville, Tenn.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — “You Can't Murder A Legacy” is the subtitle of this film and Benazir Bhutto leaves an undying legacy of a Muslim woman who defies sharia law using the Koran to uphold her beliefs, fights for democracy and,...
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — When Peter and Marilyn Robinson began planning their vacation to China in fall 2007, their middle daughter Sofia surprised them by announcing she wanted to search for her birth parents while they were there.
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