Carrie Saldo
A native of Stamford, VT, I call(ed) the Berkshires of western Massachusetts my home. The Berkshires are a culturally rich area -- I鈥檓 talking pass the butter and heavy cream -- rich.
Degrees in English and Theatre from Manhattanville College (thanks mom) have been useful when I need to look good on paper. Toss in life-long dance lessons and two failed attempts at guitar mastery (sorry, dad) and you鈥檝e got the broad brush strokes of how I landed here in Colorado.
I am the arts and culture maven for KUNC, RMPBS, and KUVO, which means I have a business card that folds out. The nuts and bolts of the gig go like this: host the weekly arts magazine television show, on RMPBS. Report on all things arts and culture for NPR member stations and .
Colorado鈥檚 arts and cultural scene is robust and diverse, at least that鈥檚 what Google tells me, and I suspect that鈥檚 the reason the bosses at all three organizations saw fit to craft this Transmedia position.
Before I packed up my stuff, drugged my cat, and said 鈥淲estward, ho!鈥� I was the host, writer, and a producer of Connecting Point, WGBY-Springfield鈥檚 nightly magazine program. While there, I busted out my backpack and video equipment to report on some serious stuff, , and some seriously fun stuff, .
Nitty gritty: More than a decade of journalism experience, first for something called a daily newspaper and then on the airwaves of WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
Shout outs from: the Associated Press and the Edward R. Murrow foundation.
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With three large pots on the stove, you might think a multicourse meal is forthcoming. But artist Sheron Rowland is stewing bugs.鈥淎nytime you see sort of鈥� -
The Greeley Blues Jam has long had a dual cause: To party and to support local charities. Now in its 10th year, event organizers expect an eightfold鈥� -
The notion that Pow-wows are only for Native Americans would be like saying rodeos are just for cowboys.For more than two decades the Northern Colorado鈥� -
Suzanne Heintz鈥檚 husband Chauncey lay on the living room floor, dismembered. She, unmoved, applied makeup nearby. This is not the scene of a grisly crime.鈥� -
Public art has a long history of sparking controversy. Take the case of the recently repaired Washington Monument in D.C. Now iconic, it weathered funding鈥� -
Union Station was the home Friday for a day-long ceremonial opening, replete with everything you'd expect as Denver celebrated its future transit hub. The鈥� -
Inside the lobby of this particular Ramada Inn, among oversized lounge furniture and decorative plants, are the makings of an ad-hoc studio: A charcoal鈥� -
Computers have been designed to take over mundane tasks. But can creative expression be programmed too? A new study found the majority of people think鈥� -
It seems Denver Comic Con and Literary Conference caught on faster than a speeding bullet. In two years, it has soared past all other trade shows making鈥� -
Science can be confusing. But so can love. The one-woman show Einstein鈥檚 Girl looks at the weird science that is dating in the 21st century."If there is鈥�
