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Circus offers ringmaster a place to be himself – with an audience
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Maybe it’s different these days. Kids still fantasize, of course — but now, it’s about fronting a mega-selling boy band, becoming an Internet mogul or grabbing fame for … well, does it really matter? But…
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Renowned Springs opera star set for final bow
It’s only a rehearsal, but Martile Rowland sparkles in the light of the Colorado College stage. It’s the purple sequins — and that still-exquisite voice. “What can anyone expect, except to recollect?” sings Rowland, who plays a sour dowager in Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music,” an Opera Theatre of the Rockies production that begins…
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Renowned Springs opera star set for final bow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s only a rehearsal, but Martile Rowland sparkles in the light of the Colorado College stage. It’s the purple sequins — and that still-exquisite voice. “What can anyone expect, except to recollect?” sings Rowland, who…
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‘Underpants’ creates scandal, romance in adaptation by Steve Martin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Steve Martin has probably always done his own thing.In the early days, it was his astonishingly accomplished banjo playing, “King Tut,” “The Jerk” and that Mark Twain white suit.Over time, though, Martin has peppered his…
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‘Underpants’ creates scandal, romance in adaptation by Steve Martin
Steve Martin has probably always done his own thing.In the early days, it was his astonishingly accomplished banjo playing, “King Tut,” “The Jerk” and that Mark Twain white suit.Over time, though, Martin has peppered his keen sense of comedy with more serious stuff, including building a A-list art collection, recording a bluegrass album (“Rare Bird…
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PBR KILL
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In world that’s all about stats, even professional bull rider Austin Meier is boiled down to the basics.Age 25, the PBR website says, 165 pounds, 5 feet 11 inches and seven years a pro. A…
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PBR KILL
In world that’s all about stats, even professional bull rider Austin Meier is boiled down to the basics.Age 25, the PBR website says, 165 pounds, 5 feet 11 inches and seven years a pro. A Top 10 rider, he’s scored almost a million dollars since he joined the PBR in 2006.Meier, who is a third-generation…
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Ukulele master has a surprise for audience
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Once limited to Tiny Tim and golden age recordings of Hawaiian music, the ukulele has evolved into something quirky-cool. That’s thanks, in part, to up-and-coming performers like Jake Shimabukuro, a self-proclaimed goodwill ambassador for the…
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Ukulele master has a surprise for audience
Once limited to Tiny Tim and golden age recordings of Hawaiian music, the ukulele has evolved into something quirky-cool. That’s thanks, in part, to up-and-coming performers like Jake Shimabukuro, a self-proclaimed goodwill ambassador for the instrument and the aloha spirit who plays Stargazers Theatre and Event Center next Thursday. “You don’t come to a ukulele…