Author: Jennifer Mulson jen.mulson@gazette.com
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5 hot picks for streaming during dog days of August
“Elle” is streaming on Prime Video, giving “Legally Blonde” fans a look at Elle Woods before she became Harvard’s most fashionable law student. The prequel series stars Lexi Minetree, who gives a spot-on impression of Reese Witherspoon’s iconic character while bringing her own charm to the role. Elle is still bubbly, determined and the most…
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Live Well: Burp your house, other fun cultural rituals from around world
Please excuse me while I go burp my house. Following that, I plan to do some dusking. The cultural habits, traditions and rituals of other countries are often quite delightful. And they often have such delicious words for them, like lüften, the German word for the idea of giving your house a proverbial pat on…
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5 streaming options to get you through the weekend
I’m sorry if you missed “Project Hail Mary” in theaters. It’s one of those dazzling space movies best viewed on the big screen. It’s also just a good, fun movie that will more than satisfy on your home screen. Now streaming on Amazon Prime, see what had critics and audiences raving in the spring, when…
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Music festivals, drone show, ode to Buffalo Bill, Blucifer round out weekend offerings in Colorado
Underground Music Showcase: Bored of your Spotify playlists? This three-day festival is the antidote. More than 200 shows by emerging and indie artists from around the world will converge on outdoor stages and inside indoor venues throughout Denver’s River North Art District (RiNo). It’s Friday through Sunday, $75 one-day pass, $120 weekend pass; undergroundmusicshowcase.com. Illuminate…
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The little theater that could
Once upon a time, a clown and an actress fell in love and built a theater in a tiny Colorado town. That fairy tale is still unspooling today, a quarter of a century later. Jim Jackson and Birgitta De Pree were two sweethearts and solo theater makers when they dreamed up the Millibo Art Theatre.…
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New Colorado Springs exhibit pays homage to motherhood
The path to motherhood is a definite yes for some, a murky maybe for others and a hard no for the rest. Colorado Springs artist Jen Meyer was in the maybe column until her mid-30s, when time suddenly didn’t seem so endless, and she wanted to make a choice before it was made for her.…
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New Colorado Springs theater company aims to do edgier productions
Family-friendly shows have their place, but Stephen Bauers leans edgier. The theater landscape was pretty bleak when the Colorado Springs native returned to town in 2020 after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Granted, most of that was due to the pandemic, but as theater opportunities began to grow back, as the…
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Pikes Pick: Who is Rosebud?
The only time I’ve watched the classic 1941 Orson Welles-directed film “Citizen Kane,” there seemed to be a puzzling goof: Nobody seemed to be within hearing distance of 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane as he uttered his final dying word, “Rosebud.” And yet, Welles based an entire movie around the premise of that word choice, as…
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A handful of movies and series worth streaming
After two years, the wait is almost over. The third season of “House of the Dragon” premieres Sunday, returning us to the world of Westeros. Back we go to this fantastical land of Medieval drama and war where we have escaped since 2011, when “Game of Thrones” began its streaming rule over us. “House of…
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5 trending options to stream on Netflix this weekend
The Duffer brothers became household names with “Stranger Things,” the hit Netflix series that explored youth in a mysterious, monster-filled world. Now the brothers are producers behind “The Boroughs,” another Netflix series featuring mysteries and monsters. But this time, old age is the theme. Our characters live in a scenic retirement community, where nothing is…