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Nestled in a picturesque brick building off of Pine Street in Old Town Fort Collins sits Nuance Chocolate, a store dedicated to high-quality treats and the world’s largest selection of single-origin chocolate, so named for the beans that come from a single source.  Founders Toby and Alix Gadd never imagined they would become chocolatiers, and...

As Black History Month approaches, the Black/African American Cultural Center at Colorado State University prepares for a series of events that will celebrate students and their heritage. Guided by the theme “Blackprint: The Original Blueprint,” this year’s unique set of events will bring student identity to the forefront. Ad

Looking around Meno Home Studios, it is evident a lifetime of artistic development went into the curation of Leroy Twarogowski’s “In Retrospect” exhibition. With a focus on family, the natural world and Twarogowski’s own emotional journey through a lifetime of life-changing events, his work is as v…

Colorado is a famously active state, and Colorado State University is an even more motivating environment. Between yoga on the Intramural Fields, bikers zooming through campus without concern and the whole scene being framed by the stunning foothills, it isn’t shocking that the CSU community has an…

While some students are living in standard residence halls and some are living at Fort Collins’ Best Western University Inn, others have opted to live in Learning Communities. Academic Village houses one of the best-known living communities: Honors. The Academic Village Honors residence halls are m…

Netflix’s new romance “Purple Hearts” starts with the promise of health care and increased income from a fake military marriage. It ends with one of the more concerning messages you could project to impressionable young people: If you love someone, sacrifice all your values and become submissive to…

Diverse, inclusive, kind and accepting — these words were written in repetition in front of the Poudre River Public Library’s stand at Fort Collins’ annual NoCo Pride in the Park. Returning full swing after two years of COVID-19, Saturday’s festival created a space with all of these traits. Betwee…

As COVID-19 continues to spread across Fort Collins,  the intensive onset of boredom that permeates into every aspect of isolation is alive and thriving. 

Here are books you should read if you are interested in learning about Indigenous history and modern Indigenous practices.

It is so easy to practice mindless advocacy: speaking on behalf of groups you don’t understand and can never be a part of. Indigenous groups are often included in this kind of allyship.  It is easy to defend groups that have been treated like relics — long gone pieces of history that can’t defend themselves....