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Chicano Artists Repair Whitewashed Mural at Sun Valley Dispensary
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Denver May Soon Create the Country s First Historic District Honoring the Chicano Movement
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‘Building Denver’: History Colorado Exhibit Explores City’s Development & Latino Heritage
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DENVER (CBS4) – Denver is constantly changing, but if you know where to look you can see the remnants of the city’s past.
“There’s a very long history here,” said Lucha Martinez de Luna, Associate Curator of Latino Heritage at History Colorado. © Provided by CBS Denver
Lucha Martinez de Luna (credit: CBS)
Her father painted murals in Denver’s La Alma and Auraria Neighborhood, which is now the site of Auraria Campus. A few murals remain from 60 years ago when it was a very different place.
Denver projects aim to protect city s Latino, Chicano history and culture
The city will hold virtual meetings on April 28 and May 15 to present the proposed designation of the La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood. Author: Victoria De Leon Updated: 7:41 PM MDT April 18, 2021
DENVER One of Denver s oldest neighborhoods is on track to become a Historic Cultural District. According to Historic Colorado, the La Alma Lincoln Park (LALP) neighborhood was at the heart of Denver s Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
The city of Denver s landmark preservation team drafted design guidelines to appropriately reflect the history and culture of the La Alma neighborhood. The city will hold virtual meetings on April 28 and May 15 to present those plans to the community. Lucha Martinez de Luna, the director of the Chicano/a Murals of Colorado Project, encourages community members to attend to show support or share their own stories about La Alma s history
The pandemic hit Denver’s arts and culture scene hard, forcing many businesses, performance spaces, museums and galleries to close, at least temporarily, at the end of March. In the months since, artists and curators have rallied to keep culture alive, to comment on social injustice, and to inspire us all to appreciate essential workers and health-care providers.
Along the way, the scene has shown its grit and ability to stay relevant through the toughest of times, though some longstanding cultural institutions have been wrangling with their own inner demons.
Here are the ten biggest arts and culture stories in Denver in 2020:
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