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Anderson Ranch Teaches Intellectual Skills Through Art (ARTISTA) Program Gaining Momentum at Crystal River Elementary School

A fourth grade student in Nan Fields’s class at Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) raises her hand, “I notice that the light in the bottom looks like night light and the top part has sky so it must be day.” Students continue to raise their hands, offering observations and thinking critically, while teaching artist, Sarabeth Berk, leads an inquiry session about an artwork by Renee Magritte that relates to ideas of electricity and natural light.

The inquiries about artworks are part of bigger lessons that five teaching artists are currently facilitating at CRES with different third and fourth grade classes. In its second year, the ARTISTA program sponsored by Anderson Ranch Art Center will reach approximately 100 elementary students through projects that are designed to integrate school standards, targeted areas of the curriculum—like the solar system or circuitry—and also develop critical thinking and visual literacy.
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Mike Wolf has recently been named to a newly created position within the Destination Services Corporation (DSC), taking the role of Director of Industry Relations and Business Development as well as a role as the president of the corporation’s board of directors. Wolf plans to leverage DSC through the development of new business as well as the development of strategic corporate partnerships, allowing him to drive more group business into Colorado.

Mike Wolf has been forging relationships with the Denver Community as the DSC’s Denver division’s General Manager since 2002. He has been involved in every step of the process as Denver became a premiere, tier-one convention city. He has played a vital role in many of the successes that Denver has experienced, including numerous citywide conferences that have catered to tens of thousands of guests, as well as high end corporate events for board of directors.

In addition to serving his role at DSC, Wolf has also become the president elect for Destination Colorado, a statewide organization that aims to make the site selection and planning experience for inventive buyers and meeting planners both straight forward and convenient, and he has devoted himself to expanding the Colorado tourism industry.

Hotel known for Alpine-Chic mixes in swank sophistication and mountain energy

Vail Resorts, Inc. just recently announced that they would be expanding the lodging division for RockResorts in conjunction with the recent grand opening of The Osprey, a Beaver Creek based resort as well as a RockResort. The Osprey at Beaver Creek, which was previously known as the Inn at Beaver Creek, recently experienced a $7 million dollar expansion, and is the closest ski in and ski out hotel to a chairlift in all of North America. The Osprey is the home to 45 luxury style guest rooms, a trendy bar and cutting edge amenities and services.

Vail Resorts is committed to providing top notch experiences in all of the most iconic locations, and The Osprey is one of these exceptional experiences. The Osprey has been an exciting and welcomed addition to the RockResorts portfolio as it offers a coveted locale and a perfect combination of edginess and elegance. It’s trendy bar is already on track to becoming the hottest après ski scene at Beaver Creek.

The hotel transformation was overseen by Looney & Associates, based out of Dallas, Texas. The transformation includes warm colors, surfaces with rich textures and more.

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Largest Culinary Event in City’s History

Denver Restaurant Week Site Features Live Menus

There are more than 200 different restaurants that will be participating in Denver Restaurant Week 2009, the largest culinary event in the history of the city. The menus for these restaurants will be posted on the Denver Restaurant Week website beginning on Tuesday, January 20, and can be viewed at www.denverrestaurantweek.com.

The Mile High City’s largest ever culinary event is marking a record-setting grand total of 208 participating restaurants, which is 20 percent more than 174 from last year, where special meals were purchased by an estimated 160,000 diners. Each of the restaurants is going to offer a multi-course once again, selling their meals at $52.80 for two or $26.40 for one during this event, which is slated to run between February 21 and February 27 of 2009.

Denver Restaurant Week is being presented by Visit Denver, which is the city’s Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, in conjunction with the Denver Newspaper Agency. The purpose of the event is to experience and celebrate everything that Denver’s culinary scene has to offer, encouraging diners in Denver to get out and experience new restaurants and what they have to offer.

Destination Colorado announced that they have selected their 2008 Member of the Year; and the lucky honoree is Joanne Melser!

Joanne Melser has made a name for herself throughout her tenure as the national sales manager for Keystone Resort and Conference Center. Not only has she assisted meeting planners in finding the perfect meeting spot at her own location, but also at several other meeting venues throughout the state.

“Prior to the Springtime in the Park tradeshow in Washington, D.C., this woman contacted Destination Colorado to explore ways to promote Destination Colorado as part of her individual efforts at the show,” said Destination Colorado spokesperson Janie McCullough. “She coordinated an entire block of Colorado properties, produced shirts with the Destination Colorado logo, distributed the Destination Colorado Meeting Planners Guide and shared leads with our Destination Colorado membership. She performed these duties with no compensation, and used her cooperative spirit and expertise to highlight Colorado as the No. 1 resort destination in the country.”

Melser’s award was given during the Front Range Showcase, hosted by Destination Colorado on December 3, 2008 in Denver. For more information on Destination Colorado, visit the Destination Colorado Homepage.

It’s Not Too Late to Take Advantage of the Mile High Campaign!

The very popular Mile High Campaign which ran through the holidays has been extended throughout the month of January 2009 and will continue to offer special pricing on select hotel accommodations. 

Jayne Buck, the vice president of Tourism for sponsoring organization VISIT DENVER The Convention & Visitors Bureau stated,  “Winter is a great time to come downtown, go to the Denver Performing Arts Complex for theater or to hear a concert, dine in one of 300 downtown restaurants, or ride the Ski Train to Winter Park.”
Buck added.  “On top of that, you have the excitement of the National Western Stock Show in two weeks. Because of all this, we continue to run the Mile High Holidays promotion throughout January with more than 55 metro Denver hotels offering special rates that start as low as the mile high price of $52.80 a night.”  

The Mile High Campaign has been a huge success, and partners across the city have taken part in the effort to raise tourism awareness. More information about the campaign can be found at the Denver Mile High Website.

With more than 55 hotels throughout Denver taking part in the Mile High Campaign, meeting planners are guaranteed of finding the deal.