Author: Jen Mulson
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Colorado Springs man becomes first to do 4,000 F45 classes
Vince Provencio is a one-man cheerleading squad. The sun is just starting to warm the pavement outside F45 Training at University Village in Colorado Springs, where the global workout chain offers 45-minute functional exercise classes. Inside the large, mirrored room, more than two dozen exercisers are doing knee circles and hamstring stretches, as they prep…
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New branch of Colorado Springs Philharmonic seeks to develop new audiences through community, school programs
All eyes are locked onto the dark-haired French woman seated at the podium in the Coronado High School auditorium. It’s not every day high school students get trained under the baton of an award-winning, world-class conductor, who happens to be Chloe Dufresne, the newest music director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. “I started playing viola…
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Pikes Pick: ‘Mary Poppins’ at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center a delight
I can confirm the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Mary Poppins” at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is indeed a sweet, heartwarming treat for the holidays. Liza Piccoli, as the titular character, has a beautiful voice, and John T. Wolfe, co-owner of the downtown gay bar Icons, works every last muscle in his…
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Holiday event to highlight Down syndrome, special needs community in Colorado Springs
Almost 150 performers in the Pikes Peak region have been in the holiday spirit since September. Included among them are 60 people with Down syndrome, who will sing, dance and perform during “Christmas This Year: Holiday Spectacular,” an annual family-friendly variety show by Friends of Club 21, a non-profit that celebrates the Down syndrome community.…
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Pikes Pick: Bluegrass band Mr. Sun to riff on 1960 ‘Nutcracker Suite’ album in Colorado Springs
Partake in a non-traditional holiday concert with Mr. Sun, a bluegrass group, as the four musicians put their own jazz and bluegrass spin on Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker Suite.” The 1960 album featured jazz interpretations of Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet “The Nutcracker.” The concert kicks off the Ent Center Artist Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the…
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New Christkindlmarket to open in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs will soon add a bit more German culture to its repertoire. The inaugural Old Colorado City Christkindlmarket, created by the Colorado chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC), will open Thursday and run over two weekends through Dec. 23 in Bancroft Park. “There’s so much German heritage and a lot of…
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Pikes Pick: Spend holidays with Bon Jovi tribute band
Already tired of holiday-related events? Here’s one that’s decidedly not holiday – Halfway There, a Bon Jovi tribute band. How could you not love the Grammy Award-winning ’80s hair band’s classics, like “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Wanted Dead or Alive?” The Denver-based band will play at 8 p.m.…
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Colorado Springs students to stage ‘Anastasia’ this weekend
Broadway has a knack for bringing even the most sensationalized tales to life via song and dance. “Anastasia” is one such musical. Based on the 1997 animated film of the same name, the 2017 Broadway show adapts the legend of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who was rumored to have escaped the execution…
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Live Well: The art of getting lost
It never fails. Put me behind the wheel and I will get lost. I get lost going home from work. OK, that’s an embellishment. However, I did get lost recently driving back from Denver, a drive I’ve made countless times. One moment I’m heading back to Colorado Springs, and the next I’m headed toward Limon.…
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Popular Colorado Springs chuckwagon, Western stage show returns for annual Christmas event
Smoked Angus strip steak? Check. Five-piece cowboy band and 13-piece orchestra? Check. Holiday songs and clean, comic banter? Check. Flying W Ranch, known for its chuckwagon suppers and Western stage show, decided to scale up its Christmas Chuckwagon Supper Show – A Cowboy Christmas Jubilee a few years ago by adding the Marian L. Wolfe…