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I was about five days into working from home when I noticed something very odd. I couldn’t, for the life of me, retain information from phone calls and meetings I had earlier that day. My mind was an alphabet soup of jumbled, noodled thoughts that were getting grainier as the day went on. “What is...

The day before Youth on Record decided to halt in-person activities at our Youth Media Studio and in our school programs, our team was looking really fancy. Not fancy like they’ve been for the past few weeks – showing up to team zoom meetings in animal prints and funny hats and lounge-wear (ok –...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE YOUTH ON RECORD TO SUSPEND IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING AND WILL CONTINUE TO PAY LOCAL ARTISTS; ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, March 12, 2020 Rationale for closure and commitment to community: Youth on Record will suspend in-person programming at our Youth Media...

Kait Corrado is the Operations & Development Associate at Youth on Record. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Songwriting from Berklee College of Music and has written and recorded two albums under her family name, Kait Berreckman. Listen here. My position at Youth on Record is often described as...

Thank you… To Jefferson County Open School, for instilling your six goals, and not giving up on me. To Minor Disturbance, and the greater poetry communities, for giving me a home to become myself. To First Wave, and the greater UW arts and scholarship communities, for being family. To YOR, for your...

A word from our friends at Ratio Beerworks! To commemorate five incredible years of beer, music, and partying on Larimer Street, we've assembled three massive days of music from February 14-16 featuring Joyce Manor, MakeWar, Kali Masi, Major Sports, Junior Drag, The Gamits, as well as a special...

The sounds of Colorado’s finest local musicians have come together once again all on one vinyl. Big Gigantic, The String Cheese Incident, 10 other talented artists and this year's chosen cover artists, Denver’s well-known muralist Rumtum, have teamed up for 303 Music Vol. 3. This special vinyl...

This past Thursday as we prepared to begin our weekly development meeting (Weekly Wokely), I sat back for a moment in awe. I was caught and struck by the number of program staff we now have, the diversity of strength and insight reflected among us, and the deep loving commitment to our students and...

Youth on Record Hires Celebrated Poet, Author, and Arts Advocate Suzi Q Smith as Executive Teaching Artist If you paid attention to Denver’s art scene in 2019, you know about Suzi Q. Smith. A born and raised Denverite from Park Hill, Ms. Smith is currently the Co-Chair of Denver’s Cultural Affairs...

CBCA Announces 2020 Business for the Arts Awards Honorees Denver - Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) announces 12 honorees for its 2020 Business for the Arts Awards, the only statewide event honoring companies and individuals for their outstanding partnerships and engagement with the...