{"id":1192,"date":"2012-11-29T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T22:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2012-11-30T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T23:11:34","slug":"uccs-heller-center-to-host-stitches-and-stories-a-san-luis-valley-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=1192","title":{"rendered":"UCCS Heller Center to host \u201cStitches and Stories: A San Luis Valley Christmas\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2013 The heritage and holiday traditions of Colorado\u2019s San Luis Valley will be celebrated in workshops and presentations Dec. 7-8 at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Heller Center for the Arts & Humanities.<\/p>\n

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Josie Labato demonstrates the Spanish colonial embroidery technique Colcha. Photo by Carol Dass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beginning at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 7, luminarias will be made and placed around the Heller Center property on the northwest side of the UCCS campus, with a traditional posole supper following. Posole is a corn-based soup or stew from Mexico that is popular in the Southwest. After supper, Rick Manzanares, storyteller and former director of the Fort Garland Museum, Pueblo poets Maria Melendez and Juan Morales and UCCS faculty members Janice Gould and Mary Jane Sullivan will present stories, poetry music and film focused on the culture of southern Colorado and the San Luis Valley.<\/p>\n

From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 8, Josephine (\u201cJosie\u201d) Lobato, originally from the San Luis Valley, will host a stitching workshop inspired by the Spanish Colonial embroidery techniques \u201cColcha.\u201d \u201cColcha\u201d embroidery, has been practiced in the Southwest for more than a century. During the embroidery workshop session, Josie Lobato and her husband, Eugene, will share stories based on local legends, family memories, and cultural observances such as Las Posados and Mis Crismes. Las Posados is a nine-day celebration with origins in Spain that is celebrated in the Southwest Dec. 16-24. Mis Crismes is a tradition where children collect candy from neighbors on Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

All events are open to the public and free of charge, though reservations are required. To attend, please call Perrin Cunningham, (719) 330-3463\"\"<\/a><\/span> or email arts@uccs.edu<\/a> by Dec. 5. When emailing, please use \u201cstitching resv\u201d in the subject line and include name and contact information in the email body.<\/p>\n

This event is sponsored by the President\u2019s Fund for the Humanities, the UCCS Office of the Chancellor, the UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and the Heller Center for Arts & Humanities.\u00a0 Donations to the Heller Center for Arts & Humanities will be accepted.<\/p>\n

To reach the Heller Center, enter from North Nevada Avenue and turn east onto North Campus Heights Road. For more information about the Heller Center or to see a map, please visit http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~heller\/contact.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 36 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 19 master\u2019s and five doctoral degrees. UCCS enrolls about 9,800 students on campus annually and another 2,000 in online programs. For more information, visit www.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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