#fort collins
Anyone in the Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley area that want to hookup? ;) I want to write new stories! I’ve been quarantined and extremely bored! Obviously I’m covid free in case you were wondering!
The newest title from Tree Light Books, C.J. Opperthauser’s Cloud the Shape of Bedroom, is now available for pre-order! The cover art we’re both in love with, and we have local Fort Collins artist Mary-Ann Kokoska to thank for that. The image, “Eclipse,” is from her stunning Fire and Rain Series.
We decided to up the ante on the pre-order and throw in free postcard-size prints of Chicago mural artist Sick Fisher’s “Mangy Bear,” which he painted in response to Kathleen Rooney & Elisa Gabbert’s “A Bear with a Severe Case of Mange,” which first appeared way back in Ghost Ocean 3, which was before Bernie Sanders was a household name and before Donald Trump clogged hearts and national news coverage. Simpler times.
It’s been invigorating working on this chapbook with C.J., and the praise the chapbook has garnered is both well-deserved and truly connected to the spirit of the book. You can add the book to your Goodreads (and why wouldn’t you?), so that after you finish the wild ride that is Cloud the Shape of Bedroom, you can be sure that all your other bookish buds know just how much fun you had.
And in case you need further convincing, remember these limited edition chapbooks are hand-sewn with love, and I’ve endured numerous paper cuts to get C.J.’s high octane poetry into your hands.
Purple Haze
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 8x8".
Charles Morgenstern, 2022.
Sunrise in Laporte, Colorado.
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Just completed commissioned piece for a beer and Belgium lover. New Belgium Brewing’s 1554 label. I included lots of fun details, the sign on the pub is an old New Belgium crown, the bike is the logo, one of the building numbers is 1554.
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Reminiscing About the Magic of Shooting Film in the Forest with Friends(on Instagram) by Marisa Renee
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Protestors stand at the intersection of Mountain and College Ave. in Old Town Ft. Collins to fight against Rape Culture.
Photograph taken by Megan FischerToday –Monday December 8th – in Ft. Collins, the decision on the Andre Alders case was made, allowing an alleged rapist to walk free. In response to the decision, an immediate protest took place organized by a few people who had been following…
Illegal Pete’s is a restaurant with establishments in Boulder and Denver for over a decade, has come under fire from members of the Ft. Collins community recently for the use of the word “illegal” in their name. This has created somewhat of a PR shit-storm of back and forth debates and discussions between Pete (the owner) and people opposing the use of the name, both online and in public forums.
Appropriation: Dear White People, Mastadon, and Halloween.
Note: This you may want to check out last week’s post on appropriation of “booty,” which this post will somewhat be a continuation of.
On the lead in to Halloween, college campus student organizations and social media outlets of more liberal minded folk attempt to raise as much awareness as they can about the racism behind dressing up as another culture as a Halloween costume. This usually…
