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GET READY FOR A WEEK OF HOT JAZZ!

Inaugural Jazz Experience to Delight Wide Audience

Some Highlights of A Fort Collins Jazz Experience include:

Thursday, July 10 - New Belgium Brewing Co. presents a "Bike-In Movie" night featuring the film "Jazz on a Summer's Day" about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival plus a live jazz quartet.

Friday, July 11- Beet Street will present an eye-opening presentation "Jazz in the 21st Century" by Dr. Scott DeVeaux, an Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Graduate Studies at University of Virginia (UVA). DeVeaux is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Jazz, African-American and American Music. Immediately following the presentation is a swing dance with the Fort Jazz Big Band - Swing to this 19 piece band - ALL FREE - Sunset Event Center

DOWNTOWN SESSIONS: Arts Alive and the Downtown Business Association present: All day Saturday, July 12, enjoy a community celebration of jazz, featuring 16 live jazz groups playing great live jazz music in Downtown Fort Collins. Stages are the Zydeco's Old Town Square Stage, Oak Street Plaza Stage & Library Park Stage. Also enjoy Odell beer in Old Town Square, special presentations, a Childrens' Jazz Experience at the FC Museum and so much more!

Saturday, July 12 - 8:00pm Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis presented by Beet Street and Official Music Sponsor Bohemian Foundation.

DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE COMPLETE JAZZ EXPERIENCE PROGRAM HERE

CHARLIE HUNTER JOINS FORT COLLINS JAZZ EXPERIENCE AT AGGIE

Not to miss performance a guaranteed hot ticket!

First coming to prominence in the early '90s Hunter has since become one of the leading names in jazz, recording 17 albums. Hunter is noted for playing custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he simultaneously plays basslines, rhythm guitar, and solos. Hunter's innovative guitar technique is described as "mind-boggling ... he's an agile improviser with an ear for great tone, and always has excellent players alongside him in order to make great music, not to show off."

Hunter plays a custom-made, eight-string guitar made by luthier Ralph Novak of Novax Guitars. He plays the lead guitar on the top five strings (tuned ADGBe) and bass guitar (tuned EAD) on the bottom three strings simultaneously. With the addition of a Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (a Leslie rotary speaker simulator), his unique style produces a sound similar to that of a Hammond organ -- an instrument he set out to imitate.

In 2006, Hunter removed the top guitar string and had the neck of his guitar reworked and now plays a modified 7-string on the formerly-8 string body. Hunter has mentioned that because of his small hands, he had to move out of position to make use of the 8th string and thus wasn't using it much. A change in Hunter's style away from the organ sound into a more blues and distortion based sound happened at the same time. After removing the 8th string, Hunter retuned all of the strings up a half-step: F-Bflat-Eflat on the bass and Bflat-Eflat-Aflat-C on the guitar.

TONIGHT: SCIENCE CAFE A BRIGHT SPOT FOR AMATEUR SCIENTISTS

Extreme Light in Nano-Technology

Beet Street presents July Science Cafe focusing on the surprising use of intense light in advanced science on Wednesday, July 9 beginning at 6pm. Carmen S. Menoni will lead the discussion on The Use of Bright Extreme Ultraviolet Laser Beams in Nano-Science & Nano-Technology at Starry Night Espresso Cafe, 112 South College in Fort Collins.

Carmen S. Menoni is a professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Colorado State University where she her PhD in Physics from Colorado State University in 1987. There are many applications in science and technology that are beyond the reach of visible light but can be accessed with extreme ultraviolet light. With wavelengths between 5-50 nm, extreme ultraviolet light is well suited to 'see' and 'print' smaller features. In this talk, Dr Menoni will describe exciting new applications that make use of the high brightness and short wavelength output from extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lasers and specialized EUV optics to demonstrate imaging, patterning and ablation with nanoscale (<100 nm) spatial resolution. The talk will cover the basic concepts that are exploited in the implementation of these systems and the applications being pursued.

The monthly Cafes have been quite popular, and it is recommended to arrive by 5:30pm to order a snack and get a good seat. Details on speakers, topics and location of future Science Cafes will be posted on the web, *http://www.beetstreet.org/en/Science-Cafe.html*.

Held on the second Wednesday of each month, Science Cafe Fort Collins hosts expert scientists from a diverse range of disciplines, who make a short presentation followed by questions, answers and discussion among those in attendance. Science Cafes are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

The Science Cafe concept originated in English pubs in Leeds, U.K. in 1988. Since then, over 160 cafes, including the newest one in Fort Collins, have emerged around the world, stimulating dialog and aha!-moments as people connect science to their everyday world. Other Science Cafes in Colorado are held regularly in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs.

BIO for Carmen S. Menoni
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
Faculty Member NSF Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology
Carmen S. Menoni received her PhD in Physics from Colorado State University in 1987. Since 1991, she has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at CSU where she is presently Professor. C.S. Menoniâ€™s research interests bridge from optics to material science across the infrared to the extreme ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. C.S. Menoni has co-authored over 100 archival journal papers, numerous conference proceedings and presentations, and three book chapters. Prof. Menoni was a National Science Foundation Career Awardees from 1995-2000. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and member of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. Prof. Menoni is presently member of the Board of Governors of IEEE-Laser and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) in which she also serves as Vice-President for Publications.

LAURA SIMMS PERFORMS/LEADS WORKSHOP IN FORT COLLINS

Acclaimed storyteller - author - activist

The New York Times calls Laura Simms a major force in the revival of storytelling in America. Simms is not only acclaimed in the United States but her exploration of social issues, peacemaking and community dialogue has her traveling the globe as a spokesperson for the healing properties and meaning of the oral tradition.

As a recording artist, Simms has created collections of stories with music for adults and children alike, including Women and Wild Animals, Making Peace, The Gift of Dreams, Four-legged tales, Moon on Fire and many others. Simms is also the adopted mother of Ishmael Beah, author A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, the story of boy soldiers in Sierra Leone and a book that has been hailed as an important advocacy against war.

Her appearance in Fort Collins will include a performance on Friday evening, July 11, 7:00 â€“ 9:00 p.m. called Moments of Mercy, stories of outrageous acts of kindness combining traditional tales with true life stories to be held at The Fort Collins Shambhala Meditation Center, 126A W. Mountain Ave. There will also be a workshop on Saturday, July 12, from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the Grey Rock Room, Lory Student Center, CSU called I Want to Fly where participants will create a story based on the fundamental structure of a fairytale.

Both the performance and workshop is geared toward anyone who tells stories; educators, parents, grandparents, childcare workers, writers, musicians, womenâ€™s groups and anyone who has ever told a story or has a story to tell.

For more information or to pre-register, go to www.invitingwisdom.wordpress.com or call 970-221-2189.

Cost for Friday night is $12 and the workshop is $35. Attend both the talk and workshop for $40.

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