An edition of the Littleton Independent
WEEK OF APRIL 4, 2024
VOLUME 23 | ISSUE 18
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Recognizing a cultural legend, Sonya Ellingboe BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Littleton Museum was packed with more than 150 artists, business owners and city leaders on the evening of March 27. It was the city’s third annual State of the Arts event, where leaders shared local and regional metrics on arts and cultural activity in the city. But this year, the attendance was over double the previous two years’ turnout. “That’s what happens when you’re honoring a local legend,” Museum Director Tim Nimz said. During the event, the Arts and Culture Board presented the city’s first-ever Arts and Culture Award to Sonya Ellingboe, a longtime force in Littleton’s civic and cultural life and a regular writer and columnist for our newspapers. Until her retirement in late 2023, her arts and culture writing appeared in the Littleton Independent, Centennial Citizen, Englewood Herald and other south metro newspapers. SEE ELLINGBOE, P10
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Sonya Ellingboe smiles with her award, which is a piece of artwork by by local glass artist PHOTO BY NINA JOSS and sculptor Dianna Whitlock.
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