/ The Aspen Ideas Festival will continue to be virtual this summer. Organizers said they ll return to an in-person event next summer, with a virtual option available for online audiences.
As more people get vaccinated and temperatures warm up across the country, people have nostalgia for the before times before the pandemic, that is. Recent data suggest that nearly two-thirds of Americans are intending to travel for vacations, and some are planning overdue family gatherings. Others still are getting back into specific summer habits, and looking forward to the many summer-long festivals the region has to offer.
Earlier this spring, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater announced a return to in-person concerts with limited attendance, and in the Roaring Fork Valley, some beloved events will once again be in-person. Others will wait out another summer online while public health orders remain in flux, and some will offer a little bit of both. Some organizers say that latter hybrid mo
Edmonds-Woodway student, teacher selected for 2021 Bezos Scholars program Posted: May 6, 2021
Owen Lee
Edmonds-Woodway High School student Owen Lee and educator Nick Wellington have been selected for the 2021 cohort of the Bezos Scholars program.
The Bezos Family Foundation launched the Scholars program in 2005 to provide young people a platform to design solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing their communities.
Lee is passionate about climate justice and mutual aid, and hopes to use this opportunity as a Bezos Scholar to fight some of the root causes of food insecurity in his community. “I’m most excited to meet people who are passionate and engaged in their communities and can teach and inspire me,” he said.
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In the runup to Sunday, April 25, 2021, ID Africa has confirmed Big Cabal Media, Hip TV and 7even Interactive as media and creative partners for the eighth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference.
Big Cabal Media, an indigenous digital media company, creates super-engaging content that resonates with the African youth. Founded in 2014 by Bankole Oluwafemi and Seyi Taylor, and currently led by Tomiwa Aladekomo, the company drives the most engaging conversations around culture, innovation, entrepreneurship, entertainment, and everything that matters to today’s youth. Zikoko, one of its products, creates timeless and original text, images, memes, and video-based content across a range of genres. With over 1.9 million page views per month, and over 130,000 subscribers to its newsletter, the publication develops original content such as The Couch, Naira Life, and Zikoko Elevator, among others.