News & Events in 2009
ARTICLE: Outdoor movie presentation slated for Saturday...The Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation will present an outdoor showing of “Polar Express” at 5 p.m. Saturday in the south parking lot of M&I Bank in Pittsburg. An admission donation of $3 is encouraged...
Fri Dec 04 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox: The Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation couldn’t be more thankful for the recent news that our efforts to secure funding from a resource dedicated solely to historical preservation were rewarded...
Sun Nov 29 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox to get $500K funding: The Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation’s request for $500,000 survived the House Conference and is in the final conference report...
November 2009
ARTICLE: Now Showing – The Pittsburg community is working to restore the Colonial Fox Theatre...Southeast Kansas Living Magazine
Winter 2009
ARTICLE:...Related Agencies Appropriations Conference Report is $500000 for restoration projects at the Colonial Fox Theater in Pittsburg, Kansas...
October 29, 2009
ARTICLE: Artists take part in Colonial Fox festival...Creating art on asphalt is challenging, and trying to do it on an overcast, chilly day doesn’t make it any more pleasant...
Sun Oct 18 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
EVENT: Off-Broadway Festival with Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox Theatre to sponsor 2009 Off-Broadway Festival today...Colonial Fox Theatre will sponsor its 2009 Off-Broadway Festival today, featuring sidewalk art, a Chautauqua-style performance, Kids Art Fest and bands...
Sat Oct 17 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Art and nature...Part of a fourth generation Kansas farm family, artist Kim Casebeer has been connected with the land for a long time. Now she spends most of her time painting it...
Sun Oct 11 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Challenge ahead for Colonial Fox funding...Vonnie Corsini said she was encouraged by the U.S. Senate’s passing of an appropriations bill that included a $500,000 allocation for the Colonial Fox Theatre restoration project...
Sat Sep 26 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox receives $500K in funding...Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed the 2010 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which included $500,000 allocated for the Colonial Fox Theatre restoration project...
Fri Sep 25 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
EVENT: Over 500 people tour theatre on Little Balkans Days...
September 2009
ARTICLE: Diverse subjects...Topeka artist Brian Slawson was especially pleased to be invited to attend the Colonial Fox Theatre’s Festival on Broadway...
Wed Sep 23 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox Theatre now accepting submissions for Festival on Broadway
Colonial Fox Theatre is now accepting submissions of work from artists for entry into a street painting event in conjunction with the annual Festival on Broadway on Oct. 17...
Wed Sep 09 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Original arch inside Fox uncovered...It was always part of the vision for the future of the Colonial Fox Theatre in downtown Pittsburg, and on Tuesday, it became a reality....
Wed Aug 12 2009 05:29:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
EVENT: Original 1920 proscenium arch is revealed.
August 2009
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox program gaining steam...A Post-it note sits by the phone on Vonnie Corsini's desk at the Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation office. On it is the phone number for the Mall 8 Pittsburg Theatre at Meadowbrook Mall...
Sat Jul 25 2009 05:57:12 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox Theatre - “On Broadway,” the 1963 hit song by the Drifters, claimed there was “always magic in the air” in New York City’s theatre district. Forty-six years later and over a thousand miles...
July 2009 Show Me the Ozarks
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox to be on Senate bill: When the U.S. Senate rolls out its upcoming appropriations bill, don’t be surprised to see the Colonial Fox Theatre as a slated recipient for a $500,000 earmark...
Fri Jul 10 2009 05:28:34 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Joplin's Fox Theatre among early screen gems still thriving today...The Colonial Fox Theatre is located at 407 N. Broadway in Pittsburg, Kan. To set up a tour, contact the foundation at (620) 235-0622...
Jul 5, 2009
ARTICLE: LABOR OF LOVE--Historic preservation is a labor of love...
Sun May 31 2009 05:41:09 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
EVENT: Friday Flix Series begins
May 2009
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox looks for federal money--Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation members see the theater as an American treasure...
Sun May 03 2009 04:19:22 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
EVENT: Second Sunday Theatre Tour Series begins
April 2009
ARTICLE: Nearly $400K awarded by Pritchett Trust--A total of $388,869 was awarded to Crawford County charities, organizations and schools Thursday by the Pritchett Trust...
Fri Mar 13 2009 04:44:22 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Professional storyteller tells tales in Pittsburg; After Rosie Cutrer earned her degree in theater from Washburn University in 1971, she had a tough decision to make...
Sun Mar 08 2009 05:29:39 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
ARTICLE: Parade kicks off Shamrock Festival...There were 23 entries in the inaugural St. Paddy’s Do-Da Parade, part of the first Shamrock Festival...
Sun Mar 08 2009 05:28:57 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
EVENT: Shamrock Festival with St. Paddy’s Parade.
March 6, 2009
ARTICLE: Things we would like to see happen this week; High attendance for the Colonial Fox Theatre Shamrock Festival. The event begins 1 p.m. Saturday...
Tue Mar 03 2009 04:52:37 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Colonial Fox to host Shamrock Festival; The Colonial Fox Theatre will celebrate its 89th birthday on St. Patrick’s Day next month, and the Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation is planning a shamrock of a celebration...
Tue Feb 24 2009 06:01:46 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Thank you for support...I recently wrote about the scrapbook event for Colonial Fox...
Sat Feb 21 2009 05:40:06 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Scrapbooking event set for Sunday--“Crop for Colonial Fox Theatre,” an all-day scrapbooking event, will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Kansas Probation and Parole Office, 1008 W. Fourth...
Wed Feb 04 2009 05:08:14 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Memories and design; As a scrapbooker, I have found a great way to relax and enjoy life through memories and design...
Wed Jan 28 2009 05:00:35 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
ARTICLE: Committee talks Fox Theatre, Streetscape-- Tuckpointing work has started on the Colonial Fox Theatre, and Vonnie Corsini said roof work is only some good weather away...
Fri Jan 09 2009 05:27:54 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
|
