Author: Tracy Mobley-Martinez

They started like every band does: in small venues playing for friends and waiting for the day they could quit their day jobs.These days, though, the Haunted Windchimes are more than hometown heroes. The tight-knit group — Inaiah Lujan, Sean Fanning, Mike Clark, Chela Lujan and Desirae Garcia — are on something of a roll.…

(This story first appeared in The Gazette in December, 2010.)   Don’t ask Lindzey Martucci about “Burlesque,” the film featuring Cher and Christina Aguilera, dancing in a style best described as Fosse meets “Glee.”“Dancers hate that film,” Martucci says with disdain. “What they’re doing is not burlesque.”Martucci, who’s stage name is Lola Spitfire, should know.…

(This story first appeared in The Gazette in December, 2010.)   Don’t ask Lindzey Martucci about “Burlesque,” the film featuring Cher and Christina Aguilera, dancing in a style best described as Fosse meets “Glee.”“Dancers hate that film,” Martucci says with disdain. “What they’re doing is not burlesque.”Martucci, who’s stage name is Lola Spitfire, should know.…

Painter Douglas Rouse is ending his year on a high — atop a scaffold, in fact. His third mural of 2011, a 25 by 70 foot work for the lobby of the Space Foundation’s new home, is nearly done. “By Tuesday,” he said firmly. “It’s been a really good, full year, and I’m ready for…

About an hour before dawn Sunday, Manitou Springs will be the site of the largest artwork in the history of the Pikes Peak region. By then, artist Sean O’Meallie and the Manitou Chair Project will have closed Manitou Avenue from South Path to Park Avenue. And a cast of many Manitou locals will fill the…

This year All Pikes Peak Reads explores the proliferation of media — from reality TV to social media and almost everything in between — and its influence on those who consume it. The communitywide effort to improve literacy and “foster dialogue across social, cultural and generational lines” has engaged more than 300,000 readers since it…

On April 20, 1936, the doors of the Fine Arts Center swung open to the public for the first time and Colorado Springs was ground zero for cutting edge. The names involved in that weekend fete of fetes are emblematic of modernity now. Sculptor Alexander Calder designed a set for composer Erik Satie’s “Socrate.” Architect…

Editor’s note: Kynan Johns is the final of six candidates to replace Lawrence Leighton Smith as music director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. He takes the podium on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10. KYNAN JOHNS Age: 36Current position: Director of Orchestras, Rutgers UniversityHometown: Adelaide, AustraliaHome today: North Brunswick, New Jersey Question: What’s been the high…