Author: John Moore
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Cheap Perfume: These grrrls are about to punk you in the face
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “It’s OK to punch Nazis.” There, somebody had to say it. And Cheap Perfume did just that (in song) back in 2019. Cheap Perfume — not to be confused with the all-female NYC punk band from the late 1970s — is a feminist punk-rock band…
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Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson dies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s poet laureate, Andrea Gibson, died Monday at age 49 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. The Boulder-based queer activist, author and slam poet was named the state’s poet laureate in September 2023. “It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss…
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Two Henry Awards for Colorado Springs theaters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsL2UvYWMvZWFjYWMyZTQtNGY3Yi0xMWVmLWJiNDItNmJmZDc4YzY5NTIzLzY2YWE5ZjM3MGNjNDAuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”MjAyNCBIRU5SWSBBV0FSRFMgMDctMjktMjQ=” caption=”U3RldmUgRW1pbHkgYWNjZXB0cyBvbmUgb2YgdGhlIENvbG9yYWRvIFRoZWF0cmUgR3VpbGTigJlzIEhlbnJ5IEF3YXJkcyBmb3IgYmVzdCBhY3RvciBpbiBhIGRyYW1hIGZvciBoaXMgd29yayBpbiDigJxBbm5hcHVybmHigJ0gZm9yIFNwcmluZ3MgRW5zZW1ibGUgVGhlYXRyZS4gVGhlIGF3YXJkcyB3ZXJlIGhlbGQgSnVseSAyOSBhdCB0aGUgTG9uZSBUcmVlIEFydHMgQ2VudGVyIGluIExvbmUgVHJlZS4=” credit=”Sk9ITiBNT09SRSwgVEhFIEdBWkVUVEU=”] Steve Emily accepts one of the Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Awards for best actor in a drama for his work in “Annapurna” for Springs Ensemble Theatre. The awards were held July 29 at the Lone Tree Arts Center in Lone…
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Icons and Josh Franklin: You can go home again | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsL2QvMmUvZDJlNjI3NDQtMzdjNi01MTBjLWFiNzktNzZjOTYwOGZmNjM5LzYzNzkyN2ZiMmYzM2IuaW1hZ2UucG5n” alt=”Sm9obiBNb29yZSBDb2x1bW4gc2ln”] When I was coming of age, my uncle ran a longstanding neighborhood bar in Arvada called the Red Lion Lounge, and my dad ran a longstanding neighborhood bar in Lakewood called Eddie’s Cordial right across the street from Casa Bonita. Whenever I…
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Benefit show will support effort to reopen Colorado Springs’ Icons nightclub
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Give Five Productions is hosting a talent-filled benefit show at Denver’s gay-friendly Hamburger Mary’s on Monday in an effort to help reopen Colorado Springs’ Icons nightclub. The Club Q shooting in November 2022 followed by a downtown Colorado Springs fire that took out Icons and other businesses this…
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Will ‘Barbenheimer’ bring back the Oscar ratings? | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsL2QvMmUvZDJlNjI3NDQtMzdjNi01MTBjLWFiNzktNzZjOTYwOGZmNjM5LzYzNzkyN2ZiMmYzM2IuaW1hZ2UucG5n” alt=”Sm9obiBNb29yZSBDb2x1bW4gc2ln”] Two years ago in this space, I said the Oscars have a big, boring problem. Then along came Will Smith a few hours later to slap me – and Chris Rock – right in the face. Whatever that was – it was…
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A ‘talented musician who had a delightful spirit’: UCCS arts community mourns Sam Knopp | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs arts community is mourning Sam Knopp, a senior studying music at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs who was shot to death in his dorm Feb. 16. [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsL2QvMmUvZDJlNjI3NDQtMzdjNi01MTBjLWFiNzktNzZjOTYwOGZmNjM5LzYzNzkyN2ZiMmYzM2IuaW1hZ2UucG5n” alt=”Sm9obiBNb29yZSBDb2x1bW4gc2ln”] “We are all reeling with the news of the death of our…
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Memorial for Colorado Ballet’s Kresten Wolff will be streamed today
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A memorial celebration will be held at 4 p.m. today (Thursday) for Kresten Wolff, the Colorado Ballet Academy composer who died Feb. 5 in an auto collision in Arvada. The family has asked that only family, friends and those who knew Wolff personally attend the…
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Jim Havey, lovingly known as Colorado’s Ken Burns, dies at 74
Documentarian, who has died at 74, educated Coloradoans for decades with his films.
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What every kid should know about Martin Luther King Jr. | John Moore
‘Stand up for something that is righteous with strength and integrity,’ legendary dancer Cleo Parker Robinson tells young people on eve of MLK birthday