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Aurora Fox Arts Center
The Aurora Fox Arts Center is located at 9900 E Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colorado in thAurora Cultural Arts District It is the City of Aurora's performing arts center run by the City of Aurora Cultural Services Division and supported by the many theater-goers. Building Originally a movie theater, the building first opened on October 30, 1946. The building, a modified Quonset hut A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel having a semi cylindrical cross-section. The design was developed in the United States, based on the Nissen hut introduced by the British during World War ..., was first used for military purposes at the nearby Lowry Army Air Force Base. StormyHistory of the Aurora Fox Theater Resident Organizations * Aurora Symphony Orchestra - As of October 2017, the Aurora Fox Arts Center once again became the home of the Aurora Symphony Orchestra (ASO). External linksAurora Fox Arts Center- official site References {{Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora, CO
Aurora (, ) is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 386,261 at the 2020 United States Census with 336,035 residing in Arapahoe County, 47,720 residing in Adams County, and 2,506 residing in Douglas County. Aurora is the third most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 51st most populous city in the United States. Aurora is a principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. History Before European settlement, the land that now makes up Aurora was the territory of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) tribes. Aurora originated in the 1880s as the town of Fletcher, taking its name from Denver businessman Donald Fletcher who saw it as a real estate opportunity. He and his partners staked out east of Denver, but the town - and Colorado - struggled m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
