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VIDEO: "A Gift From One Historic Theatre to Another." The Colonial Fox Theatre receives a donation of marquee letters, once used on the Dupage Theatre in Illinois.
KOAM/ FOX TV - May 9, 2011

ARTICLE: Colonial Fox receives marquee letters from another historic theater...
May 9, 2011

EVENT: Friends of the DuPage Theatre in Lombard, IL, Lillian and Paul Mundt, deliver a set of marquee letters saved from the demolition of their theatre.
May 9, 2011

ARTICLE: Sister theatre to deliver marquee letters to Fox. Come Monday, it will be easier for the Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation to spell out for the public what's been done or what's coming up at the historic theatre -- literally.
Joplin Globe
May 7, 2011

ARTICLE: The Commission approved the $7,500 grant, which will be used for east and west facade improvements, as part of the meeting’s consent agenda.
April 27, 2011

ARTICLE: The Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation and Memorial Auditorium staff are requesting approval from the city for grant applications at tonight’s city commission meeting.
April 26, 2011

ARTICLE: Colonial Fox Receives $500K Grant. "There are things in life that deserve to be funded."
April 14, 2011

ARTICLE: Now it's History -- "When a new phase of restoration begins next week at the Colonial Fox Theatre, the sign out front will read: “Funded in part by Save America’s Treasures program."
Joplin Globe
April 5, 2011

EVENT: The Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation will be partnering with the Pittsburg State University Department of Construction Management and Construction Engineering Technologies and Sika Corporation to present a seminar on fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) used in construction on Tuesday, March 29th, at 7pm in Room S102 - Auditorium of the Kansas Technology Center on Pittsburg State University's campus. This is a very exciting collaboration of Non-Profit Corporation, Higher Education, and Industry and we are pleased to be able to bring it together. 
March 29, 2011

EVENT: Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony (and the CFTS's 91st birthday), at 6:30 p.m. in The Corner Bistro.  We will not only present our Most Valued Volunteer Awards and our very special Ralph E. Wallace Award for Volunteer Excellence, but we will also preview our new website and the exciting plans and panoramic color image that we have received from Westlake Reed Leskosky.
March 17, 2011

Kansas Senate will vote to stop the governor’s ERO to disband the Kansas Arts Commission.
March 16, 2011

ARTICLE: And the Winner Is… “What could be more fitting? Ralph E. “Rack” Wallace will be the first recipient of the Ralph E. Wallace Award. It will be presented during the Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation membership meeting…”
March 16, 2011

ARTICLE: Pittsburg residents fear plan would undermine arts support » The ...
... In Pittsburg, Memorial Auditorium, the Colonial Fox Theatre and Little Balkans ... The Colonial Fox, which is undergoing restoration, ...
Januray 21, 2011

ARTICLE:  Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Theater's future as layered as its ..... Vonnie Corsini, director of the Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation, knows about layers. The restoration work has chipped away at layers upon ...
January 16, 2011