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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

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This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. As your hands move through the records, the music changes to whatever record you are currently checking out.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Denver Nonprofit Institute. Denver Nonprofit Institute. Nonprofit Learning Lab / Denver, CO / $90. This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 32+ year history. PEAK Grantmaking / Denver, CO / $1320. Nonprofit Management.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Denver Nonprofit Institute. Denver Nonprofit Institute. Nonprofit Learning Lab / Denver, CO / $90. This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 32+ year history. to support our work. Nonprofit Management / @usdsoles. Mar 9 - 18.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. They have an open collections policy, and they see media artifacts as objects that connect people--to art, to history, to politics, and to each other.

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Creature Comfort: Where are the Couches in Museums?

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I visited a friend last weekend who works at a coffee shop in downtown Santa Cruz, right next to the Museum of Art and History. There was funky music. Why doesn’t the whole Museum of Art and History look and feel like the coffee shop? The Denver Art Museum has some spaces like that. There were lovely couches.

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