Extra! Extra! At left, UMWA coal miners (not pictured) and their sons pose holding Trinidad Free Press newspapers covering the strike against Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Ludlow. Headlines read:

• Charges Hatched by the Military Officers
• “Mother” Jones Sent to Denver During Night
• Owners Stole Public Lands from Colorado

September 2014

• Sep 11–28 – Ludlow, 1914, a play created by Brian Freeland and the LIDA Project, performed at TheatreWorks in Colorado Springs

Ongoing

• Through Sep 19, 2015 – Children of Ludlow: Life in a Battle Zone, 1913–1914 Exhibit, El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N Union Ave, Pueblo

March 2014

Louis Tikas, a Greek immigrant, was a key organizer of the Ludlow strike camp. Above, the cover of Buried Unsung: Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre by Zeese Papanikolas. The illustration is based on a work by John French Sloan produced for The Masses.

• Thu, Mar 13 – An Adjunct at Ludlow (and other Colorado stories), performed by the Romero Troupe, Oriental Theater, 44th & Tennyson, Denver
• Thu, Mar 13 thru Sat, Mar 30 – Ludlow: El Grito de las Minas (The Cry of the Mines), written and directed by Anthony J. Garcia with music direction by Daniel Valdez, Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
  • The El Grito production celebrates Louis Tikas Night on Sat, Mar 15, with a reception at 6:30 before the 7:30 pm performance
• Thu, Mar 13 – The Ludlow Tragedy, A Colorado Militia Retrospective, by Major Adam Morgan, Colorado National Guard, an event sponsored by the Lafayette Historical Society, Lafayette Library, 775 W Baseline Rd, Lafayette
• Tue, Mar 18 – Memories of Ludlow Lecture, by Dr. Fawn-Amber Montoya of CSU Pueblo, History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, presented at 1–2 pm and 7–8 pm
• Thu, Mar 20 – Excavating—and Remembering—Ludlow, by Dr. Dean Saitta, Professor of Anthropology, University of Denver, El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N Union Ave, Pueblo

Ruins of the Ludlow Colony. Photo shows ruins in the aftermath of the Ludlow Massacre, during which a tent camp of striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado was attacked by the Colorado National Guard on April 20, 1914. (Photo: Bain News Service via Library of Congress)

April 2014

• Thu, Apr 10 – A Colorado Independent Event: Ludlow, 100 Years Later, a panel discussion on the Ludlow Massacre and the Colorado Coalfield War; panel members: Bob Butero (United Mine Workers), Frank Petrucci (son of a Ludlow striker), Dave Mason (Colorado’s Poet Laureate), and Wil Smith (employment attorney); Open Media Foundation, 700 Kalamath Street, Denver
• Mon, Apr 14 – Discussion of Killing for Coal, by its author Dr. Thomas Andrews, an award-winning historian from University of Colorado at Boulder, will discuss his book about the Ludlow massacre titled Killing for Coal
• Tue, Apr 15 (see also Apr 22) – Reading of Ludlow, an award-winning verse novel, read by the author, David Mason, Poet Laureate of Colorado, LARC Auditorium, CSU Pueblo
• Wed, Apr 16 – Matewan, directed by John Sayles, InfoZone News Museum, Rawlings Library, 100 E Abriendo Ave, Pueblo; the film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners’ strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia
• Thu, Apr 17 – Gary Ball Memorial Concerts (yes, two) featuring John McCutcheon (who will help commemorate the Ludlow Massacre), Vince Herman, Andy Thorn, Alice DiMicele, Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave, Boulder
• Thu, Apr 17 – Reading of Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West, read by its author Scott Martelle, InfoZone, Rawlings Library, 100 E Abriendo Ave, Pueblo

• Fri, Apr 18 – Denver Ludlow Centenary, featuring speaker Scott Martelle, author of Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West, and the screening of two documentaries by local filmmakers, Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 7–10 pm; free admission

• Fri, Apr 18 – Exhibit Opening: Reports from the Field, InfoZone News Museum, Rawlings Library, 100 E Abriendo Ave, Pueblo
• Fri, Apr 18 – Ludlow in Requiem: Labor & Coal Mining Concert featuring Daniel Valdez, Chela Lujan, The Fanning Brothers, John McCutcheon, David Volk & Lily Zhang, Memorial Hall, 1 City Hall Pl, Pueblo
• Sat, Apr 19 – LaborFest Academic Symposium, CSU Pueblo
• Sat, Apr 19 – Daniel Valdez: Using Music to Organize (aka Creative Response to History) with Tony Garcia, El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N Union Ave, Pueblo
• Sun, Apr 20 – Ludlow Memorial Service, Ludlow Massacre Memorial, Ludlow, Colorado
• Mon, Apr 21 – Remembering Ludlow Today Panel, led by History Colorado’s Dr. William J. Convery; panel: Thomas Andrews, Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the American West; Fawn Amber Montoya, Associate Professor of History and Director of Chicano Studies Program at Colorado State University, Pueblo; Major Adam Morgan, Colorado National Guard Historian; and Robert Butero, Director of the United Mine Workers of America, Region 4; History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver
• Mon, Apr 21 – Statewide Ludlow Proclamation Day
• Tue, Apr 22 (see also Apr 15) – Reading of Ludlow, an award-winning verse novel, read by its author, David Mason, Poet Laureate of Colorado, CU Denver
• Tue, Apr 22 – Pilgrimage Labor Reading, by Juan Morales, editor and publisher of the literary journal, Bessemer Historical Society Community Room, 215 Canal Street Pueblo, CO
• Sat, Apr 26 – Mt. Carmel Wellness Center’s Second Annual Run/Walk for the Fallen Coal Miners, Ludlow Memorial, Ludlow

May 2014

• Thu, May 1 – The Road to Ludlow: Breaking the 1913–14 Southern Colorado Coal Strike, by Dr. Anthony DeStefanis, Asst. Professor of History, Otterbein University, InfoZone News Museum, Rawlings Library, 100 E Abriendo Ave, Pueblo
• Sat, May 10 thru Sat, May 17 – Can’t Scare Me…The Story of Mother Jones, a one-person show by Kaiulani Lee, to be performed in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo (El Pueblo History Museum), and Trinidad (Middle School Auditorium); schedule forthcoming
• Sat, May 16 – Night of Remembrance, Mt. Carmel Wellness Center, 911 Robinson Ave Trinidad
• Sat, May 17 & Sun, May 18 – Ludlow Massacre Centennial Remembrance Weekend, sponsored by UMWA, Ludlow Memorial, Ludlow, Colorado
• Sat, May 31 – Ludlow Art Poster Contest, Fremont County

See Also

• CSU-Pueblo events are collected in this flyer
• Many Ludlow Centennial Commemoration events are collected in this flyer

Solidarity Forever! Photograph shows Rebecca Edelsohn (c. 1889 or 1892–1973) after her arrest for attempting to hold an open air mass meeting in Fountain Square, Tarrytown, New York on May 30, without a permit. Edelsohn and fellow I.W.W. members were protesting labor violence in Ludlow, Colorado and went to Tarrytown to denounce John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (Photo: Bain News Service via Library of Congress)