They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway and so too is the glow at Pueblo’s Memorial Hall where three Broadway musicals will light up the stage starting Nov. 14 after a year in the dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Broadway Theatre League Pueblo President Leslie Nazario said the group is “so excited and it’s about time,” to bring live theater back. The 61st season of high-caliber shows will feature the 7 p.m. Nov. 14 performance of “Cats,” the 7 p.m. Dec. 7 performance of “Hairspray” and the 4 p.m. Jan. 9 performance of “Waitress.”
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats,” one of the longest running Broadway productions, which launched in the early 1980s, features tales of cats like Grizabella the Glamour Cat, a lonely mangy cat who is an outcast and Asparagus the Theater Cat, an old and rundown former famous actor.
The coronavirus pandemic has put a heavy burden on education and teachers in particular.
One local teacher saw the pandemic as an opportunity to utilize her time at home by continuing her education and moving up the ladder in her career.
Lori Ann Jones, a special education teacher at Pueblo County High School, used the stimulus check she received from the CARES Act to return to school and get her second master s degree in order to move up the pay scale at Pueblo County School District 70. As a single mom, I m always looking for ways to support my daughter and myself, Jones said. Having an additional master s degree would bump up my salary level at the school district.
It s a good thing the school year is almost over: The latest report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment lists 58 new COVID-19 outbreaks at K-12 schools, the most in a single week since the department began releasing weekly outbreak lists over a year ago.
Of the 859 outbreaks currently under active investigation by the CDPHE, K-12 schools account for 251, or just over 29 percent of the total. That appears to be a record, too.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
Turnout remains low at FEMA Mass Vaccination Clinic in Pueblo
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) Turnout at the Mass Vaccination Clinic at the Colorado State Fairgrounds remains low. On Sunday, only 138 people came out to get a dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine.
According to FEMA, the clinic has the capacity to vaccinate 3,000 people a day. Unfortunately, since the federal government took over operations at the clinic on April 14th, only 1,916 doses of the vaccine were administered on the clinic s busiest day.
A breakdown of vaccinations administered at the Colorado State Fairgrounds according to FEMA. Across the country, we ve seen reports of hesitancy to get vaccinated, but really what s driving that is hard to know at this point, said Julie Brooks with FEMA. What s going to happen after you get the vaccine are you going to get sick or are you going to miss work. We ve heard anecdotally a lot of that.