Author: By JENNIFER MULSON
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JENNIFER’S PICK: ‘Les Miserables’ by Pine Creek High School
Yes, it’s a high school musical production. And yes, it hasn’t opened, so I haven’t seen it. However, I was so impressed by Pine Creek High School’s professional production of “Grease” last fall, that I feel good about giving it a pre-show thumbs up. Showtimes are 7 p.m. April 4-April 5, 2 and 7 p.m.…
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Madigan is still having fun making us laugh
Stand-up comedian Kathleen Madigan is a workhorse. She has been on the circuit for 24 years, and she says she still does every interview she’s invited to do. Her dry, working-class and sarcastic material can go head to head with that of any of her male counterparts. And it did in 2004, when she was…
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Madigan is still having fun making us laugh
Stand-up comedian Kathleen Madigan is a workhorse. She has been on the circuit for 24 years, and she says she still does every interview she’s invited to do. Her dry, working-class and sarcastic material can go head to head with that of any of her male counterparts. And it did in 2004, when she was…
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JENNIFER’S PICK: ChitChat
I never thought geography was much fun in school, but I’m willing to revisit the topic at “ChitChat,” the mini-lecture series by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ GOCA. “Magical Geography,” with UCCS instructor Mike Larkin, and magic tricks by Mark Modeer, who is the owner of Zeezo’s, are on the docket Wednesday, March…
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Bluegrass banjo, rock guitar commune in Big Daddy Love
Americana music is trending. At least, Brian Swenk hopes so. He’s the banjo player for the quintet Big Daddy Love, an Appalachian rock band from North Carolina. They played at MeadowGrass Music Festival at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center last year, and will be at the Ancient Mariner on Friday. Big Daddy Love got…
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JENNIFER’S PICK: Babette’s Night of Amore
If you blew it and forgot to take your special somebody out on Valentine’s Day, here’s your chance to make it up to your sweeties. Millibo Art Theatre co-founder Birgitta De Pree, as her alter ego Babette, hosts this variety show. Comedy and musical guests will include Hannah Rockey, Sara Barad, Amy Sue Lambert and…
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JENNIFER’S PICK: Willy Porter
One man. One guitar. That’s pretty much all it takes to get my attention. Fingerstyle guitarist and singer/songwriter Willy Porter cites guitarists Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges as influential in his musical development. That makes sense when you hear him pick the heck out of his guitar and wail through some lyrics. He’s opened for…
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Star Bar Players and Theatre ‘d Art open ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
A rebel with a cause will never go out of style. A rebel without a cause might just land in a mental institution. Jack Nicholson won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Randle P. McMurphy in the 1975 film, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The film, which was based on the Ken Kesey’s…
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Weaver Klaus Anselm finds his bliss in a loom
It was love at first weave. Klaus Anselm practiced medicine in Pueblo for decades. In 1998, when he was 63 and one year away from retirement, he followed a whim and signed up for a weaving workshop with Marianne Cardinal at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center. Anselm, now 77, never looked back. He quickly…
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The FAC’s ‘Prelude to a Kiss’ poses questions about the nature of love and loss
They say a kiss is just a kiss, but sometimes it’s more. Sometimes it changes your life. Or on a rare occasion, deposits you directly into another’s person’s body. Whichever comes first. On a cold Saturday afternoon in January, there’s a lot of kissing going on. The two leads of the Fine Arts Center production…