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Denver PrideFest is back with a hybrid event schedule for 2021 Evan Semón Posted at 2:44 PM, Apr 23, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-23 16:44:57-04 DENVER – After having to move to a virtual celebration last year during the pandemic, Denver PrideFest will be back this summer with a hybrid model that will allow people to celebrate one of the city’s favorite traditions together in person. This year’s PrideFest, hosted by The Center on Colfax, will take place June 26-27 and involve a variety of both in-person and virtual activities, including an in-person and virtual 5K race, a ...

Denver Pride returns June 26 and 27, with a mix of in-person and virtual offerings. For the second year in a row, though, COVID-19 has forced the annual parade, which typically brings out 450,000 revelers, entirely online. The blockbuster gathering that normally takes place at Civic Center Park will be dispersed throughout the city in 2021. The hub locations include the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which will be a family-friendly Pride destination with outdoor music, storytimes and booths for children, along with discounted tickets for DMNS's indoor offerings. The parking lot at the Ce...

Originally published on April 8, 2021 2:30 pm Oregon’s oldest public university, Western Oregon, in the small Willamette Valley city of Monmouth, will be cutting multiple programs and the equivalent of more than a dozen full-time faculty, hoping to get ahead of falling enrollment that’s only been worsened during the pandemic. Administrators say it’s a necessary move to protect the financial health of the university, and a way to keep the 165-year-old institution affordable for prospective students. But employees, current students and alumni say they’re worried about a change in camp...

Cuts Hit Faculty, Philosophy at Western Oregon By   Western Oregon University has notified some faculty members of layoffs amid cost-cutting efforts that include the elimination of its philosophy major and minor, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The public university in Monmouth, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, plans to lay off four tenured professors in the cuts, which will also affect the equivalent of 11 nontenured faculty members through layoffs or class reductions, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. A collective bargaining agreement requires those being laid off to be employ...

Rejected by her family, this woman has been ‘Queer Santa’ for 22 years Sydney Page Linda Warren, 77, has been known as “Queer Santa” for 22 years. Each Christmas, she fundraises for The Center on Colfax in Denver to buy holiday presents for LGBTQ youths who feel rejected by their families. (Courtesy of Linda Warren) For the past 22 years, Linda Warren has called herself “Queer Santa.” Each December, the 77-year-old woman suits up in a classic Santa Claus outfit for an elaborate gift-giving operation in Denver, where she distributes gifts to LGBTQ youths who f...