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The Butterfly Pavilion, a new public art installation in Longmont, celebrates over 25 years of partnership between the cities of Longmont and Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico.
The Butterfly Pavilion, a new public art installation in Longmont, celebrates over 25 years of partnership between the cities of Longmont and Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico, through the Longmont Sister Cities Association.
The 12-foot pavilion in Flanders Park is colored in vibrant blues, reds and yellows and gives visitors a full view of nearby McIntosh Lake. Guests who sit on its covered benches can look up to see monarch butterflies made of hand-forged steel perched across the roof, as if ready to take flight at any moment.
Visitors sit inside the Butterfly Pavilion. The piece celebrates the 26-year relationship between the sister cities of Longmont and Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico. (Matthew Jonas - Staff Photographer) Visitors sit inside the Butterfly Pavilion. The piece celebrates the 26-year relationship between the sister cities of Longmont and Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico. (Matthew Jonas – Staff Photographer) “To me, butterflies are a wonderful symbol of growth and transformation,” said Jodie Bliss, the artist who created the pavilion. “I think that the idea of crossing borders and the evolution that happens when we travel is really well-represented in the form of the butterfly.”
On Friday, the city held a ceremony at the park, 2115 N. Shore Drive, to welcome “El Pabellón de las Mariposas” into the Longmont community and thank Bliss for her work.
“In this expansive setting, this pavilion exemplifies the importance of bridging cultures and countries,” , Longmont Art in Public Places commission member Susan Horowitz said to dozens of guests Friday afternoon.
Bliss, a Monument resident, was inspired by the buildings and culture of Ciudad Guzmán that she researched for the project. The colors, she said, are reminiscent of Mexican folk art, and the pavilion’s arches invoke those from a cathedral in the city.
Butterflies and their silhouettes cut into metal are seen on the roof inside the Butterfly Pavilion at Flanders Park near McIntosh Lake in Longmont on Friday. (Matthew Jonas - Staff Photographer) Butterflies and their silhouettes cut into metal are seen on the roof inside the Butterfly Pavilion at Flanders Park near McIntosh Lake in Longmont on Friday. (Matthew Jonas – Staff Photographer) The pavilion’s roof holds a metal sphere that can be seen both outside and inside the structure. Outside, Bliss explained, the sphere reflects the sky and nature; inside, it is meant to make visitors, especially exchange students who come to Longmont from Ciudad Guzmán and visit the installation, consider their relationships with other people.
“When the students are visiting — if they’re gathering here and enjoying each other — they get to see themselves with the people around them,” Bliss said.
LSCA president Janice Rebhan explained the idea for the pavilion came from a desire to create a monument that represented the city’s longstanding relationship with Ciudad Guzmán. The Mexican city is the second to become a sister city after Chino, Japan, over 30 years ago.
“The mission of Sister Cities is to promote peace one friendship at a time,” Rebhan said. “…These friendships last for a long time.”
Both Longmont and Ciudad Guzmán exchange students attended the ceremony and were joined by Marisol Mendoza Pinto, a government representative of the Mexican city.
“Longmont for us is an ally in growth, culture and friendship,” Mendoza Pinto said through a translator. “When a person from (Ciudad Guzmán) comes here, we feel at home.”
Longmont mayor Joan Peck officially dedicated the pavilion to the past, present and future residents of both Longmont and Ciudad Guzmán.
“May this space of gathering be full of peace, joy and enlightenment,” Peck said. “May it stand to celebrate many years of successful student exchange, cultural understanding … and the power of people-to-people citizen diplomacy.”
Dish Network said on Wednesday its unit Boost Infinite had partnered with Amazon.com to sell postpaid wireless plans through the e-commerce platform in the United States.
The Boost Infinite Unlimited SIM kit will be available to Amazon Prime subscribers at $25 a month for unlimited talk, text and data services. Dish and Amazon did not disclose their financial arrangement
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have achieved a major breakthrough in plastic recycling, using electricity and chemical reactions to break down bottles and other packaging.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have achieved a major breakthrough in plastic recycling, using electricity and chemical reactions to break down bottles and other packaging.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have achieved a major breakthrough in plastic recycling, using electricity and chemical reactions to break down bottles and other packaging.
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have achieved a major breakthrough in plastic recycling, using electricity and chemical reactions to break down bottles and other packaging.
In Colorado and U.S., year-over-year rent growth fell to zero for the first time since the early pandemic.
When it comes to great places for bicycling along Colorado’s Front Range, Boulder and Fort Collins are often touted for their long histories as bike-forward cities. However, thanks to recent population shifts bringing more people to surrounding suburbs, a new wave of Colorado cycling cities is emerg...
You read that right: Denver's had more total precipitation since the start of the year than Seattle.
The roughly 100 employees of Pumphouse Brewery currently own 10% of the business.
For months on end, Metro by T-Mobile has had an under-the-table, unadvertised offer running. Subscribers could get an unlimited talk, text, and high-speed
> Customers that use over 35GB of high-speed data during a billing cycle may have their data speeds temporarily slowed down compared to other customers on the same network when the network is congested
The project has been conducted in over 60 U.S. cities, including Boulder.
TextNow is now offering, in addition to free OTT unlimited talk and text via the T-Mobile network, 2GBs of high-speed data that can be used in the US, Mexico, or Canada at a rate of $10.99/mo. SIM ...
No experience with this provider, but seems like a really great rate for low data users who travel into Canada or Mexico
The skies of Frederick will be filled with color this weekend during the 12th annual “Frederick in Flight” hot air balloon festival.
There's a full-blown moral panic about AI right now. But the real risk is losing the race to global AI technological superiority.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1353899
> > Article summarized by AI below: > > The article argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is not a threat to humanity, but a powerful tool to solve global challenges such as climate change, poverty, disease, and inequality. It gives examples of how AI is already being used to improve health care, education, agriculture, and energy efficiency. It also discusses the ethical and social implications of AI, and how we can ensure that it is aligned with human values and goals. The article concludes that AI will save the world if we use it wisely and responsibly.
Hadn’t heard of paperless, looks really interesting. Thanks for sharing!