Author: Mark Arnest
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Expect the unexpected with Ormao
The audience for Ormao Dance Company has every right to expect the unexpected, and this weekend’s fall concert will be no exception. As usual, the modern dance company focuses on new works, and, as usual, there are some new faces in the company. “We have a number of new dancers, and we have to blend…
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Expect the unexpected with Ormao
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The audience for Ormao Dance Company has every right to expect the unexpected, and this weekend’s fall concert will be no exception. As usual, the modern dance company focuses on new works, and, as usual,…
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Dance company moves to the pace of the rat race
The audience for Ormao Dance Company has every right to expect the unexpected, and this weekend’s fall concert will be no exception. As usual, the modern dance company focuses on new works, and, as usual, there are some new faces in the company. “We have a number of new dancers, and we have to blend…
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Pianist, singer and composer is keyed in to current events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ronald Reagan was president when David Scheel created “Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player” — but the Australian comedian and pianist said he has no trouble keeping the show fresh. “I watch TV,…
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Pianist, singer and composer is keyed in to current events
Ronald Reagan was president when David Scheel created “Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player” — but the Australian comedian and pianist said he has no trouble keeping the show fresh. “I watch TV, read the newspapers, and watch the Internet,” said Scheel, who brings the show to the Manitou Art Theater today and…
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CC celebrates new home for its presses
Colorado College recently moved its printing presses, and it’s throwing an open house and presenting a lecture Thursday to show off its new home in Taylor Hall. To most of us, that’s a shrug, right? But in the printing world, The Press at CC has made its mark in a big way. “The CC press…
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Massive, eclectic art mix fills hall
PUEBLO If you’re an art lover, the Colorado State Fair’s annual Fine Art Exhibit will amply repay the trip to Pueblo, even if nothing else at the fair attracts you. No other exhibit in the state provides such a clear snapshot of what artists all over Colorado are up to, and there’s enough strong work…
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Unique art background included
Ask Mike Velez about one of the pieces in Velez Gallery, and he’ll have a story.Point to some brightly colored baskets. “Those are made by the Huichol Indians,” he said, referring to the Western Mexican culture. “The beads are held on with beeswax. There are probably 800 beads, maybe more,” he said, pointing to a…
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Artistic drive to success
Making art comes naturally to Sylvia LaBel – but it doesn’t come easily.The 51-year-old artist is visually impaired, the result of an incubator mishap that occurred after she was born prematurely.”I was four months premature and weighed a pound, and survived,” said the Woodland Park artist. “I survived 15 foster homes.”The abuse she says she…
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20th-century wars shape professor’s books
In early 1969, Peter Brumlik returned from his second tour of duty in Vietnam wondering just what it was he’d been through.”I had to study it,” said the 67-year-old author, who recently published “Three Into Nine,” his first novel. “I had to study it prior to America’s involvement.”Brumlik’s curiosity has had numerous results, such as…