Tag: arts & entertainment
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New Colorado Springs exhibit commemorates state’s 150th anniversary, asks what’s next
You’ve heard the story of Colorado Springs founder Gen. William J. Palmer, but have you heard the story of Joyce Gilmer, the city’s first Black female real estate broker who opened her own company in the mid-1970s? You also likely haven’t heard about Charles Banks, a Buffalo Soldier who mobilized civil rights action in the…
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Commonwheel Art Festival, First Friday openings bring new exhibits to Manitou Springs, Colorado Springs
– Commonwheel Art Festival by Commonwheel Artists Co-Op: Instead of forest bathing, why not art bathing? Walk the outdoor aisles of the annual Labor Day weekend festival and allow it to nourish you with hundreds of pieces of fine art and contemporary crafts by dozens of artists in all mediums, including pottery, painting, photography, glass…
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Inaugural Dot Days festival honors Colorado Springs arts advocate
Dorothy “Dot” Heller was a connoisseur of the arts and humanities. Married to the acclaimed Colorado Springs artist Larry Heller, Dot also led a noteworthy life, becoming the city’s fifth social investigator, and essentially an officer, with the Colorado Springs Police Department in 1914. The couple lived in a white adobe ranch house east of…
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New Colorado Springs exhibit features multimedia works by Barbadian artist Annalee Davis
We can’t help but be shaped by the places we live and frequent. For artist Annalee Davis, that’s Barbados, a southern Caribbean nation first colonized by the British in 1627 and used as its first sugarcane plantation experiment. The small island was transformed into a monocrop worked by imported indentured and enslaved labor to create…
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Denver-area auto museum stands as a shrine on wheels
ARVADA — Novelist Clive Cussler’s fictional character Dirk Pitt was a swashbuckling, car-loving, shipwreck-seeking sort of hero. Pretty much like the man who created him. Cussler, the New York Times best-selling author who died in 2020 at 88, left behind an impressive legacy. Not only did he write around 80 thrillers by the time of…
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10 things not to miss at Colorado State Fair in Pueblo
It’s a fair to remember. As a way to honor the country’s 250th anniversary and Colorado’s 150th anniversary, the Colorado State Fair is calling its 11-day event a “Fairitage.” Fun fact: The fair is four years older than the state. And it attracts between 400,000 and 500,000 visitors from around the state and the country.…
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Earth-centered film festival to offer short films, “Dr. Strangelove” in Colorado Springs
What does it mean to live on this planet right now? That’s the question the daylong film festival Radiant Blue Marble will ask and ponder through short films by six Colorado arts, film and academic organizations at the Ent Center for the Arts. The event will conclude with a screening of the 1964 political satire…
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Local rising musician Mayor Grey headlines at The Black Sheep
It was three years ago at the Wild Goose Meeting House, back when the doors were still open and the downtown coffee shop was still a gathering place for open-mic nights. Onstage, a 21-year-old singer was working his way through an original song. “I see a girl who writes but doesn’t show her face,” Mayor…
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Check out Dragon Boat Races, Durango beer festival, Denver fine dining, wine events this weekend across Colorado
Park After Dark: You’ve been on the Royal Gorge Bridge under the high sun, but the ambiance hits differently during golden hour. For three hours, visitors will have access to select rides and attractions while listening to live music. The evening ends with a drone show, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Royal Gorge Bridge & Park, Cañon…
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Pikes Pick: A window on the world
Tagoloan, Philippines. St. Petersburg, Russia. Samborondon, Ecuador. These locations have one thing in common: I’ve been able to look out someone’s window onto the city. The website WindowSwap allows you to click the tab “Open a window somewhere in the world” 250 times for free every week, each time opening a new window in some…