Dave Moore welcomes Elissa Ball with the Pueblo Art Consortium and Andy Sanchez the CEO of the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center.

On May 10, 2024, the Creative Consortium of Pueblo (CCP) is sponsoring the first Faux-First Friday Art, Food & Drink Crawl. Perfect timing as the Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) annual two-day Summit runs from May 8 to May 10.

Additionally, the First Friday Art Walk events began March 1 and are ongoing.

The First Friday Art Walk is about making art accessible for everyone. Start a self-guided tour of the galleries! FREE admission to all the galleries. This event provides an opportunity to see all of the galleries and experience the amazing work of the artists.

To make transportation between galleries easier, you can catch the Van Gogh Van between 4 and 6 p.m.

You can also catch the van at the Art Center or different places on the route, of course you can still drive yourself to the different locations.

Dave Moore speaks with Riya Singh on the podcast. She is a senior at Pueblo West High School with a bright future. She is involved with the debate team, Future Business Leaders of America, and Youth in Government. Youth and Government is where students take part in a mock government and congress and discuss potential bills and pass laws.

She is also planning a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet the President & other government officials to see the innerworkings of our government even more.

Next Year, she plans to attend Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island to double major in Political Science and Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies.

Her motivation has set her up for a bright future, she says her drive comes from people turning up their nose when she tells them she is from Pueblo. Now she strives to show others parts of the state Pueblo people can be successful and encourage other students they can do that same.

Sherrie Baca executive director of Pueblo County Libraries joins Dave on the Podcast.
They discuss the seven libraries Master Vision Plan to renovate and refresh public libraries across Pueblo Counties. That plan includes the Barkman library that's current closed, where $4.5 million in investments and 2,700 square feet will be added.

Since 2003 they have checked out more than 14 million library materials. Baca also reminds Puebloans that most things have gone digital, people can stream music, movies, and read e-books and audio books free with a library card.

The library has also received a grant through the state to allow Colorado City and Rye residents can access telehealth services through the library system. Meeting rooms are available at no cost with the exception of the Ryals Grand Event Space at the Rawlins library. More than 1,000 laptops, tablets and hotspots are checked out currently.

They are currently asking for the public to help fund the library renovations for Barkman & Lucero libraries.

For more information go to pueblolibrary.org