FRIDAY FOLDER 12/18/09: A roundup of regional school news

Literacy tutors needed

The Children’s Literacy Center is calling for volunteers aged 14  and up to provide reading tutoring to children two hours a week.

Training sessions are 5:30-8 p.m. Jan. 19, 20 and 21  at the center, 2928 Straus Lane, Suite 100. For information visit peakreader.org.

CC to offer lectures, exhibits in January

If you’re dreading the January doldrums, check out some of the events open to the public and sponsored by Colorado College.
•Jan. 18: Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,  celebration with workshops and gospel music. The free events start at noon in Gaylord Hall, Worner Campus center, 902 N. Cascade. The evening program is at 8 p.m. in Cornerstone Arts Center South Theater.
•Jan. 19: “The House is Small But the Welcome is Big,” a free exhibit that focuses on the HIV/AIDS experience of women and children in Africa. Photographers working with UNICEF and other groups helped their  subjects document their lives in stories and photography. Exhibit opens at 12:30 p.m., Coburn Gallery, Worner Campus Center. Continues through March 27.
•Jan. 21: “Sugar Rush,”  a free lecture and demonstration on how to  sculpt using sugar, by James Gallo, executive pastry chef, Brown Palace Hotel, 4:30 p.m., I.D.E.A. Space, Cornerstone Arts Center.

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