EXHIBITIONS EDUCATION PERFORMANCE 2020 FALL LIVE TALKS Tony Ortega, Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures Cholo, Vato and Pano, 1998, pastel. Photo courtesy of the artist. 2

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Dear all, THIS FALL FOR EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, TALKS, AND CLASSES FOR KIDS & ADULTS This year, the Longmont Museum commemorates 20 years of celebrating Día de los Meurtos. Over these years, we have maintained strong commitment to a community committee in order to uphold authenticity and respectful implementation of the Day of the Dead activities. While Coronavirus has forced us to shift our plans, we remain steadfast in our deference and are up for the challenge.

We will feature our annual altar installation in the main gallery this year. Members of the community their loves ones through traditional (and some not-so- traditional) assemblies of offerings, symbols, photographs, and mementos. These are deeply moving memorials that celebrate the lives of dearly departed and seem to have particular relevancy in our current times. We will also be featuring the work of acclaimed artist Tony Ortega—painter, printmaker, designer, illustrator, muralist, and professor. The gallery will feature a comprehensive body of work, including illustrations from book collaborations with George Rivera. Additionally, Art in Public Places has generously commissioned Tony to create a downtown mural as an enduring tribute to this auspicious year.

We’ll also be bringing you the very best Día de los Muertos virtual festival imaginable! In the following pages, you’ll discover an array of online activities and programs to celebrate the holiday that will culminate with a final live-streamed celebration of dance, music, and poetry on November 1. You won’t want to miss it!

In fact, we have become pretty adept at virtual programming. Check out how we have creatively reinvented Thursday Nights @ the Museum, Discovery Days, and Art & Sip. This may be the best lineup in the Stewart Auditorium to date: programs on race and social justice, Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, Cleo Parker Robinson, Colorado’s Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre, our Annual Holiday Show as a web-a-thon, and the launch of a new talk show: The Longmonster.

Despite these trying times, we continue to be excited about enriching lives through cultural programming and contemplative exhibits, and providing a place of solace. This isn’t the fall any of us expected, but this season’s inventive slate is testament to silver linings. Join us (safely!) in the galleries, in the Stewart, or online soon!

Respectfully,

Kim Manajek Museum Director Tony Ortega, Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano, 1998, pastel. Photo courtesy of the artist. 4 VIRTUAL DAY OF THE DEAD EVEN MORE DÍA DE LOS CELEBRATION MUERTOS PROGRAMMING OCTOBER 2—NOVEMBER 1 Sunday, November 1, 2:30–4pm, free, live-streamed to Facebook, LongmontPublicMedia.org, VIRTUAL LOCAL TALENT SHOWCASE and Local Comcast Channel 8/880 Sunday, October 4, 2:30–4 pm, free, We won’t be able to gather together for our usual downtown live-streamed to Facebook, LongmontPublicMedia.org, DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS: festival due to COVID-19, but you can celebrate Day of the and Local Comcast Channel 8/880 Dead from with all of the performances you love Enjoy cultural performances of music and dance to kick off DAY OF THE DEAD live-streamed right to your computer, tablet, or phone. your month-long Día de los Muertos celebration by some of Performers include Las Dahlias singing Mexican trio, Longmont’s most talented local groups inluding Nahucalli Grupo Folklorico Mexico Lindo dance, mariachi, poetry by This year marks the 20th anniversary of Folklorico youth dance, Skyline and Timberline Mariachi bicultural community leader Laura Soto, and much more! the Longmont Museum’s annual Día de los Bands, Bailes de me Tierra dance, and more! Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibition and CELEBRATION SUPPLY KIT DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS ROCK ART: SUGAR programs, and a global pandemic won’t To help you get your Día de Muertos celebration started at

EXHIBITIONS SKULLS, MARIGOLDS, AND MONARCHS stop us. Attracting more than 8,000 people home, the Longmont Museum is offering free custom supply Thursday, October 29, 7:30 pm; annually, it’s the largest and longest-standing kits for curbside pickup. Keep your eyes peeled for signup $30, $8 optional supply kit fee (494022.01) information, kit details, and our pickup party day in early Day of the Dead community celebration in the WebEx virtual meeting space October. state of Colorado. Community participation Paint colorful rocks while you learn about the history and is an essential part of this holiday full of life, WEEKLY WEB CONTENT significance of the calavera (skull), cempasuchil (marigold), reflection, food, family, and fun. The exhibition LongmontDayoftheDead.com (English) and monarca (monarch butterfly) in Day of the Dead and celebration demonstrate how our diverse celebrations. Place your finished rocks on your family altar to LongmontDiadelosMuertos.com (Spanish) community comes together to share a honor your departed loved ones on November 1. Our authentic and thoughtful weekly web content will common experience—to honor our ancestors DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS prepare you and your family to create your own Día de and keep their memories alive. EXHIBITION Muertos celebration at home. Every week in October, you can visit Longmont’s Day of the Dead website for newly Presented by: October 2–January 9; $8 adults, $5 students/seniors released thematic content highlighting the origins and Día de los Muertos makes its return to the Museum’s traditions that make Day of the Dead a meaningful holiday. main gallery this fall for a special exhibition of community ofrendas (altars) and the artwork of renowned Colorado September 29: History of Día de Muertos artist Tony Ortega. Ortega’s lifelong goal is to contribute October 6: Ofrendas y Altares (offerings and altars) to a better understanding of diversity by addressing the culture, history, and experiences of Latinx people through October 13: Music, Arts, & Crafts his vibrant art. The exhibition will include paintings, October 20: Día de Muertos Regional Specialties illustrations, prints, mixed media works, and a newly October 27: Food and Drinks—Cooking with Family commissioned original downtown mural in honor of our 20th Día de los Muertos anniversary. VIRTUAL OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, October 1, 7:30–9 pm, free, live-streamed to Facebook, LongmontPublicMedia.org, Visit and Local Comcast Channel 8/880 LongmontDayoftheDead.com (English) or Join us from home for live performance by Grupo LongmontDiadelosMuertos.com (Spanish) Azteca Tlahuitzcalli, an artist talk with Tony Ortega, and to learn more about everything conversations with altar builders from the gallery. happening around Longmont to celebrate this special holiday! 6 MEMBERS: THURSDAY NIGHTS safe distancing. Free, reservations required. to 45membersperevent inorder to maintain this season.This special opportunityislimited person for our Stewart Auditorium programming Museum membersare invited to joinusin Channel 8/880 Channel 8/880 or LocalComcast LongmontPublicMedia.org, Facebook Live, How towatch: All auditoriumprogramsareFREE! September 17–November17 Every Thursdaynightat7:30pm, from ourStewart Auditorium. conversations, adult Art&Sipclasses aswell aspanels, (virtual) Longmont Museumthisfall for your Thursday evenings at the VIRTUAL @ Bridget Law THEMUSEUM

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LongmontColorado.gov. Readers will be selected randomly. LongmontColorado.gov. Readerswillbeselected randomly. interested inreading shouldemailStewartAuditorium@ work. Theevening willbebeginwithanopenreading. Poets Boulder-based poetEmilyMarie PassosDuffyreadfromtheir Colorado’s PoetLaureateBobby LeFebreandup-and-coming many diversepeoplewhocallLongmonthome. to createamorejust,equitable,andinclusivecommunityforthe on Longmont’shistoryofracerelationsandtheongoingefforts Local civicleadersandactivistsgathertosharetheirperspectives Moderated byRossanaLongo,KGNUCommunityRadio and BrettLeeShelton,NativeAmericanRightsFund Glenda Robinson,LongmontMulticulturalActionCommittee; Louie Lopez,CommunityCoordinator,CityofLongmont; Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom,BoulderCountyLatinoHistoryProject; Featuring LorneJenkins,CEO,MiniMoneyManagement; Thursday, September17,7:30pm Co-presented withtheLongmontMulticulturalActionCommittee SOCIAL JUSTICE INLONGMONT VOICES OFCHANGE:AHISTORY OFRACE & PANEL DISCUSSION conversations withthealtarbuilders.Readmoreonp.4. Live performance,artisttalkbyTonyOrtega,and Thursday, October1,7:30pm DÍA DELOS MUERTOS VIRTUAL OPENINGRECEPTION community, andprovidesavoiceofsocialchange. institution thatcelebratesAfricanAmericantraditions,fosters acclaimed, cross-cultural,dance-artsandeducational Robinson Dancehasbeenrecognizedbyaninternationally- director CleoParkerRobinson.Forfivedecades, founder, pioneeringdancer,choreographer,andartistic Robinson Dancewithanintimateconversationits Join usaswecelebratethe50thanniversaryofCleoParker Thursday, September24,7:30pm YEARS OFDANCE LEGACY! ROBINSON: CELEBRATING 50 AN EVENINGWITHCLEOPARKER CONVERSATION Thursday, October 8, 7:30 pm Thursday, October8,7:30pm with guestpoetEmilyMariePassos Duffy COLORADO POETLAUREATE AN EVENINGWITHBOBBY LEFEBRE, POETRY READING

Thursday, October 29, 7:30 pm Thursday, October29,7:30pm Moderated byMaeveConran,KGNUNewsDirector County LeagueofWomenVoters Co-presented withKGNUCommunityRadioandtheBoulder ARE WENOW ANDWHAT LIESAHEAD? 100 YEARSOFWOMEN’S SUFFRAGE: WHERE PANEL DISCUSSION their wildestimaginings. as theyreflectonhowthepresentmomentfaroutstripseven little toofamiliarwithlately.Jointhreeaccomplishednovelists “truth isstrangerthanfiction”aphrasewe’veallbecome polarization, andahighlycontentiousU.S.Presidentialrace, Amidst COVID-19,climatechange,civilunrest,historic Thursday, October22,7:30pm with novelistsErikaKrouse,DanielLevine,andT.Wurth STRANGER THANFICTION AUTHOR TALK segregation intheU.S. the longhistoryofslaveryand helping othersmakesenseof on theirjourneysofactivism, professors astheycomparenotes between twosenioruniversity Join usforalivelyconversation Thursday, October15,7:30pm Keasley, Jr.andPeterH.Wood with professorsAlphonse RACE, &SOCIALJUSTICE ACTIVISTS &ALLIES:ONSLAVERY, CONVERSATION remains to be done. remains tobedone. 100 yearssince, andwhatwork suffrage, what’shappenedinthe struggle thatledtowomen’s they reflectonthecentury-long four civically-engagedwomenas generational paneldiscussionwith citizenship. Joinusforamulti- the rightsandresponsibilitiesof women, likemen,deservedall for thefirsttimethatAmerican Constitution wasratified,declaring 19th AmendmenttotheU.S. On August18,1920,the

Longmont’s memory lane with the guy who wrote the book on it. Longmont’s memorylanewiththe guywhowrotethebookonit. streets arenamedPratt,youwon’t wanttomissthisstrolldown Longmont’s complicatedrelationship withalcoholtowhysomany to everwingoldinbothasummer andwinterOlympicGames History, ErikMason.FromtheCity’s connectiontotheonlyathlete Years withthebook’sauthorandLongmont MuseumCuratorof Join usaswecelebratethepublicationofLongmont:TheFirst150 Thursday, November19,7:30pm of History A conversationwithErikMason,LongmontMuseum’sCurator LONGMONT: THEFIRST 150 YEARS AUTHOR TALK City ofLongmont’s SustainabilityProgram. Presented incollaborationwithNCAR’s ExplorerSeries andthe pilot duringfieldcampaigns. and instrumentationusedtodoso,whatit’slikebeinga experience studyingclouds,thespecializedscientificaircraft McCluskey andNCARchiefpilotScottyMcClainsharetheir Center forAtmosphericResearch(NCAR)scientistChristina important andcomplexroleinEarth’sclimatesystem.National exist physicalandchemicalprocessesthatplayanincredibly we knowit.Amidstthebeautifullandscapesofcloudsinsky Clouds providefreshwaterandshadearecriticaltolifeas Thursday, November12,7:30pm pilot ScottyMcClain featuring NCARscientistChristinaMcCluskeyandchief DAY SCIENCE,RESEARCH,&AVIATION CATCHER INTHESKY: TALES OFMODERN NCAR EXPLORER SERIES Stewart AuditoriumJustinVeachandfeaturingahouseband. of ourThursdaynightofferings.HostedbytheManager us forthepremierofwhatwehopetobealong-runningstaple and whatitmeanstobedoinghereindearoldColorado.Join featuring localfolkstalkingaboutwhattheydo,howdoit, What’s TheLongmonster?!It’salate-nightstyletalkshow Thursday, November5,7:30pm Revival Musical GuestBridgetLaw,foundingmemberofElephant Johnson, PoetandPerformanceArtist;morewithSpecial Featuring PeterAdeney(akaMr.MoneyMustache);Norma THE LONGMONSTER! CONVERSATION 8 SPECIAL ONE-WEEK-ONLY DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS ART & SIP Supply kit for 1 class: $8

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS ROCK ART: SUGAR SKULLS, MARIGOLDS, AND MONARCHS WATERCOLOR PAINTING SERIES Thursday, October 29 (494022.01) ADULT CLASSES Supply kit for 3 classes: $30 Paint colorful rocks while you learn about the history and Join us for this watercolor series taught by our own Leigh significance of the calavera (skull), cempasuchil VIRTUAL ART & SIP Putman to explore the whimsical nature of watercolor. (marigold), and monarca (monarch butterfly) in We will be learning a few techniques each class. This Day of the Dead celebrations. Place series is intended to instruct and inspire painters of all your finished rocks on your Thursday nights, September 10–November 19, levels from beginner to well practiced. family altar to honor your WebEx Virtual Meeting Space, 7:30 pm departed loved ones and to ACRYLIC PAINTING SERIES welcome back on November 1. $30 each or $85 for a three-class thematic bundle, RAINBOW LEAVES Supply kit for 3 classes: $45 Thursday, September 10 (494020.01) plus optional supply kit fee In this acrylic painting series taught by Leigh Putman, One of the reasons that watercolor is so loved is that the Treat yourself to an evening of art making in medium naturally lends itself to a chaotically organic we will be experimenting with different styles and BOHO HOLIDAY techniques. Explore the medium of acrylic paint as we the company of other creative minds online! expression. That is the perfect way to say that we will let DECORATION SERIES the watercolor paint guide us as it mixes and swirls in these create a landscape, a nature scene, and an abstract art Longmont Museum offers a variety of virtual Supply kit for 3 classes: $30 rainbow leaves. piece. This series is intended for painters of all levels. workshops for crafters of all kinds on Thursdays Create bohemian style for your home this holiday from September through November. Gather season in our series of holiday décor workshops. FOREST MUSHROOMS GOLDEN FALL ASPENS your own supplies or purchase a custom supply Together we will handcraft tastefully trendy tassels Thursday, September 17 (494020.02) Thursday, October 8 (494021.01) kit from the Museum. Kits include supplies to and pompoms to create garlands, wreaths, and There is something so inspiring about watching the leaves complete all three classes in each thematic Mushrooms: not a vegetable, not exactly a fruit, some are ornaments. Hints of glitzy gold and ruby red will change. Let’s to capture that in this acrylic painting class, delicious, others poisonous… Join us as we use watercolor and highlight natural materials. bundle and can be picked up at the Museum’s ink pens to paint a scene of these fascinating fungi on a forest as we paint a golden fall aspen scene together. front desk beginning the week before your class. floor. WREATHS PURPLE MOUNTAIN’S MAJESTY: NIGHT SKY IN THE WOODS 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF Thursday, November 5 (494023.01) Make one wreath that can be styled multiple ways for a Thursday, September 24 (494020.03) STEPHEN LONG EXPEDITION Thursday, October 15 (494021.02) seamless transition from the fall to winter holidays. Humankind has long stared th up at the stars and wondered. This year is the 200 anniversary of Stephen H. Long’s Together we will create a place 1820 expedition up the Platte which mapped the mountain GARLANDS that your mind can wander, in called Longs Peak. Let’s remember Thursday, November 12 (494023.02) the watercolor painting of a this historic time by creating an acrylic Build strands and strands of decorative holiday night sky in the woods. landscape starring Longs Peak. cheer. This workshop will feature three techniques to create garlands that are perfect for hanging on a GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT hearth, a tree, or any cheerful spot in your home. Thursday, October 22 (494021.03) Abstract art gives the viewer a chance to ORNAMENTS & SNOW GLOBES interpret his or her own impressions and Thursday, November 19 (494023.03) meanings from art. Together we will paint a Who doesn’t love a handmade ornament or snow geometric-inspired abstract acrylic painting globe to commemorate the year past and welcome using the principles of design to guide us in the new year ahead? Learn three techniques to create creating a balanced and intriguing artwork. beautiful and trendy ornaments for your home. Use the Activity Code to register for programs on our website or call 303-651-8374 10 MUSEUM CALENDAR

23 Wed 5:30 pm Talks: Historic 3rd Avenue Walking Tour (p. 14)

24 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Watercolor Painting Series— Night Sky in the Woods (p. 8)

24 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: An Evening with Cleo Parker Robinson—Celebrating 50 Years of Dance Legacy! (p. 6) Talks: Catcher in the Sky, p. 7 OCTOBER 19 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: Longmont—The First 150 Years 1 Thurs 7:30 pm Special Events: Virtual Día de los Muertos (p. 7) Opening Reception (p. 4) 24 Tues 9:30 am Fall Break Camp: Thinking Games with Virtual Discovery Days, p. 12 4 Sun 2:30 pm Special Events: Virtual Día de los Muertos 25 Wed 9:30 am Grey Havens (p. 13) Local Talent Showcase (p. 5) Talks: Activists & Allies, p. 7 ONGOING 8 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Acrylic Painting Series—Golden DECEMBER Fall Aspens (p. 9) Virtual Discovery Days Crafting & Story Time Sessions 5 Sat 2 pm Special Events: Annual Holiday Show 8 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: 22 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: Stranger than Fiction (p. 7) with Ms. Leigh An Evening with Bobby LeFebre, Web-a-Thon (p. 17) Colorado Poet Laureate (p. 6) September 9–December 11 (except Thanksgiving week) 29 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Día de los Muertos Rock Art Wed, Thurs, and Fri (p. 9) 10:30 am & 12:30 pm (p. 13) 15 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Acrylic Painting Series—Purple Mountain’s Majesty (p. 9) 29 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage SEPTEMBER 15 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: Activists & Allies—On Slavery, (p. 7) Race, & Social Justice (p. 7) 10 Thurs 7 pm, Special Events: Frequent Flyers Aerial NOVEMBER 7:30 pm & 8 pm Dance–Because the Sky is Blue (p. 17) 22 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Acrylic Painting Series— Geometric Abstract (p. 9) 1 Sun 2:30 pm Special Events: Virtual Day of the Dead 10 Thurs 5:30 pm Art & Sip: Watercolor Painting Series— Celebration (p. 5) Rainbow Leaves (p. 8) 5 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Boho Holiday Decoration 15 Tues 5:30 pm Adult Programs: Historic Downtown Series—Wreaths (p. 9) Walking Tour (p. 14) 5 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: The Longmonster! (p. 7) 16 Wed 10 am Adult Programs: Historic Downtown Walking Tour (p. 14) 12 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Boho Holiday Decoration Series—Garlands (p. 9) 17 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Watercolor Painting Series— Forest Mushrooms (p. 8) 12 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: Catcher in the Sky—Tales of Modern Day Science, Research, 17 Thurs 7:30 pm Talks: Voices of Change: A History of & Aviation (p. 7) Race & Social Justice in Longmont (p. 6) 19 Thurs 7:30 pm Art & Sip: Boho Holiday Decoration 22 Tues 10 am Talks: Historic 3rd Avenue Walking Tour Series—Ornaments & Snow Globes (p. 9) (p. 14)

Voices of Change: A History of Race & Social Justice in Longmont, p. 6 Art & Sip: Boho Holiday Decoration, p. 9 12

KIDS CLASSES & CAMPS

V I R T U A L MONTHLY AT-HOME CRAFT KITS Purchase a monthly craft kit and enjoy learning and VIRTUAL FALL BREAK CAMP playing together at home. THINKING GAMES WITH GREY HAVENS The kits include an easy-to-understand guide to help support your child’s learning, individual bags Tuesday, November 24, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, ages 10–13; $35 (494118.01) of supplies needed to make three thematic crafts per week in the monthly bundle, instructions and Wednesday, November 25, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, ages 10–13; NOVEMBER: FOODS, FARMS, & $35 (494118.02) Discovery Days encourages children ages 2–6 and photos of completed craft examples, and special HARVEST These creative camps feature multi-media art, epic their caregivers to learn together through engaging items to create your own sensory bin at home. $27, $24 Museum members (494002.04) hands-on activities. To keep our littlest visitors and storytelling, collaborative thinking games, movement We’ll email you with details on when to pick up your November 4, 5, 6: Candy & Bakery Treats activities, and a crazy scavenger hunt! Campers will be families as safe as possible during this strange time, monthly kit at the Museum’s front desk purchase. November 11, 12, 13: On the Farm encouraged to think critically in these camps hosted by the we are shifting Discovery Days into a virtual format November 18, 19, 20: Thanksgiving Harvest creators of our ever-popular summer Hogwarts camp. Sign up for the fall. Virtual Discovery Days will continue for one or both days. The cost of each camp includes a custom SEPTEMBER: DINOSAURS to support early learners in the development of supply kit for pickup at the Museum the week before camp. & ANIMALS DECEMBER: WINTER critical pre-school and fine motor skills. Activities WONDERLAND & ORNAMENTS KIDS CLASSES & CAMPS CLASSES KIDS $27, $24 Museum members (494002.01) are designed to meet the Colorado Early Learning September 9, 10, 11: Dinosaurs $18, $16 Museum members (494002.05) & Development Guidelines. September 16, 17, 18: Animals of the Sea December 2, 3, 4: Winter Wonderland September 23, 24, 25: Animals of the Sky December 9, 10, 11: Ornaments & Decorations

OCTOBER: TRANSPORTATION, VIRTUAL CRAFTING & STORY TRACTORS, & MACHINES TIME SESSIONS WITH MS. LEIGH $45, $40 Museum members (494002.02) Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays, September 30, October 1, 2: Tractors & September 9–December 11 (except Thanksgiving week) Construction 10:30 am–11 am October 7, 8, 9: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles 12:30–1 pm October 14, 15, 16: Robots Free with your purchase of a monthly craft kit October 21, 22, 23: Outer Space Craft kit purchases come with an invitation to join live virtual October 28, 29, 30: Halloween (included) drop-in crafting and story time sessions in a secure WebEx meeting room with Ms. Leigh for no extra fee. Ms. Leigh will SPECIAL ONE-WEEK-ONLY read your family a story and guide you in making one of the HALLOWEEN KIT crafts from the kit for as many or as few sessions as you wish. No registration is necessary! $9, $8 Museum members (494002.03)

October 28, 29, 30: Halloween

Thanks to generous support from the Dodge Family Fund, scholarships are available! Email Leigh.Putman@ Use the Activity Code to register for programs LongmontColorado.gov for more information and to renew on our website or call 303-651-8374 your scholarship for this year. ADULT PROGRAMS 15

In celebration of the City of In celebration in anniversary 150th Longmont’s Museum is the Longmont 2021, 150 First The publishing Longmont: filled with book a hardcover Years, the first from and stories pictures history. of Longmont’s 150 years of History Curator by Written a Erik Mason, the book provides of Longmont, history comprehensive from photos plus nearly 300 historic collection. the Museum’s edition book will be limited The for 2020 mid-November available 13 begin October Pre-sales $39.95. of $35.95. price the discounted at sell out! they Buy one before LONGMONT: THE FIRST 150 YEARS FIRST THE LONGMONT: CURATOR BY BOOK A NEW ERIK MASON OF HISTORY LONGMONT HISTORY HISTORY LONGMONT MOBILE IS NOW The Longmont Museum’s popular historic downtown fromwalking tour is now available year-round, right your smartphone! The content of this new mobile tour was developed by Longmont Museum Curator of History Erik Mason and other Museum staff, audioand includes historic photographs, text, and a dozenrecordings that walk you through more than downtown locations. You’ll hear how the agricultural boom, coming of the railroad, and other factors shaped commercial and retail economy in downtown JCLongmont; explore the Dickens Opera House, Penney’s first store, and the longest continuous business in the City; and learn about the Masonic Temple fire of 1905, the evolution of many downtown buildings, and the fall in fortune of hotelier George Zweck. The text and audio are available in both English and Spanish. It is free to use, and doesn’t require any downloads. Visit https://tourlongmont.oncell.com to access the tour from your smartphone and explore history downtown! HISTORIC 3RD AVENUE 3RD AVENUE HISTORIC 22, 10 am, $10 (494151.04)Tuesday, September 23, 5:30 pm, $10 (494151.05)Wednesday, September stately homes of Third Avenue inTake a stroll along the Museum Curator of History ErikLongmont with Longmont industrialists and bankers, plus talesMason. Hear stories of while seeing the exterior of homesof tragedy and murder, wealthiest early citizens.built by some of Longmont’s HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN HISTORIC $10 (494150.04) 15, 5:30 pm, Tuesday, September am, $10 (494150.05) September 16, 10 Wednesday, downtown tour through the historic Take a walking with Museum Curator of Old Town Longmont businesses the buildings of Discover the stories behind Erik Mason. the colorful characters whodowntown, and learn about what it is today.helped to make this community

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SPECIAL EVENTS

LONGMONT MUSEUM PRESENTS FREQUENT FLYERS AERIAL THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW: DANCE: BECAUSE THE SKY WEB-A-THON EDITION IS BLUE Saturday, December 5, 2–10 pm SPECIAL EVENTS Thursday, September 10 Free; live-streamed to Facebook, LongmontPublicMedia.org, 7 pm | 7:30 pm | 8 pm (staggered start times to and Local Comcast Channel 8/880 accommodate physical distancing) $25 general admission, $23 students/seniors, An epic fundraiser extravaganza broadcast live and direct from our Stewart Auditorium $20 Museum members featuring a dozen musical acts over eight hours. Join us as we celebrate the launch of our fall Enjoy some of your favorite local musicians as programming with a special performance by they perform original tunes and holiday standards the nationally-acclaimed aerial dance company, to help get us into the mood of the season. The Frequent Flyers. Drawing inspiration from Terry evening will be interspersed with live interviews Maker’s Because the World is Round exhibition, and the unexpected. And, in classic telethon Frequent Flyers has tailor-made this site-specific style, we’ll be taking donations online and over performance especially for the Museum. Small the phone for the duration of the show in support groups of audience members will be led through of the Longmont Museum. the Museum, with performances in the Atrium, classrooms, and courtyard. Staff will ensure plenty of room for distancing, and all visitors, performers, and staff will be required to wear masks for the duration of the event. 18 LONGMONT MUSEUM’S BECOME A PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP YOU SAFE MUSEUM MEMBER After being closed since mid-March, the Longmont NEWS Museum reopened its doors in July! We opened with BECOME A MEMBER AND MEMBER BENEFITS a host of new procedures in place to help ensure ENJOY EXHIBITIONS FOR FREE! your safety, including enhanced cleaning, limitations • Free admission to special exhibitions, on the number of people allowed in the building at The Longmont Museum is a center for culture in Northern including Because the World is Round a time, signage for physical distancing, and reduced Please note, visitors age 3 and Colorado where people of all ages explore history, and Día de los Muertos, and opening hours. Our temporary reopening hours are from older are required to wear masks at experience art, and discover new ideas through dynamic receptions 9 am–3 pm Tuesday through Saturday; the Museum the Museum. Disposable masks are programs, exhibitions, and events. Your membership • 10% discount on adult and children’s is closed Sunday and Monday. available free of charge for people provides vital support for the Museum, while giving you classes and camps

who arrive without one. access to transformative cultural experiences that engage • Discounts on select programs in our and inspire. Stewart Auditorium • 10% discount in the Museum Gift Shop ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP COST With a contribution of at least $30: Senior/Student Individual $200, GIVING CLUB MEMBERSHIP COMING UP has additional benefits, including $40: Individual complimentary guest passes, NEXT SEASON $50: Dual invitations to private regional arts excursions and exhibition previews, ENDURING IMPRESSIONS: $60: Family and reciprocal admission to more than 850 North American museums. DEGAS, MONET, PISSARRO $200 and above: Giving Club & THEIR PRINTMAKER GEORGE THORNELY WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DRS. MORTON AND TOBIA MOWER January 29–May 16, 2021 LongmontMuseum.org Impressionism is perhaps the most well-known movement 303-651-8374 in the history of art. Its irresistible allure is in the seductive 400 Quail Rd., Longmont, CO 80501 vision of life’s fleeting moments distilled to their essence portrayed in these paintings. This unique exhibit features TEMPORARY REDUCED HOURS original paintings, charcoal illustrations, and prints by Tuesday–Saturday, 9 am–3 pm quintessential impressionists Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Closed Sunday & Monday and Camille Pissaro, generously on loan from the collection of Drs. Morton and Tobia Mower. All three painters produced ADMISSION a prodigious amount of stunning lithographs in collaboration $8 adults, $5 students/seniors, with printmaker George Thornely. This exhibition is among children 3 and under free, the first to examine these remarkable relationships and Museum members free to showcase the works that emerged from this influential Claude Monet, Rivière et moulin près de Giverny, 1885, oil moment in time. Guest-curated by Simon Zalkind. on canvas. Photography courtesy Denver Art Museum. 3. 4. 400 Quail Road | Longmont, CO 80501

TERRY MAKER: BECAUSE THE WORLD IS ROUND Through September 12, 2020 $8 adults, $5 students/seniors, children 3 and under free, Museum members free You only have a few more weeks to explore Terry Maker’s awe-inspiring transformation of our gallery before it leaves our planet. Maker mines commonplace materials, cutting and re- combining them into dense and tactile wall reliefs and large- scale freestanding sculptures. For this show, she focused on a recurring theme in her work—the circle. Circles have a host of symbolic meanings, and Maker wants to invoke them all—cosmic, cyclical, universal, sacred.

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