Tag: arts & entertainment
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Celebrating Vance Kirkland, Colorado artists, decorative art at Denver’s Kirkland Museum
The celebrated Colorado artist Vance Kirkland was a man of many dots. And the Denver museum The Kirkland celebrates each one of them, as well as its robust collection of international decorative art and a wealth of artists affiliated with Colorado, including Artus Van Briggle, Chuck Parson, Collin Parson, Emilio Lobato, Sushe Felix and Tracy…
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Dozens of aircraft on display, perform at Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs
Twenty-two performer aircraft, 17 exhibitor aircraft and eight vehicles. Pikes Peak Regional Airshow, the state’s largest airshow, returns with an assortment of rare warbirds, airshow performers, static aircraft displays and the popular interactive kids zone. The event, hosted by the National Museum of WWII Aviation and the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation, is Saturday and Sunday…
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Colorado Springs powwow attracts more than 100 Native American dancers
Fancy dance, jingle dress dance, prairie chicken dance. More than 100 Native American dancers from Colorado and surrounding states will participate in about half a dozen dances at the annual Garden of the Gods Rock Ledge Ranch Powwow. The event is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, with grand entry at noon, at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic…
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Q&A with Ali Siddiq: Bringing his award-winning stories to Colorado Springs
There are some comedians who just tell jokes. Then there’s Ali Siddiq, who might spend 20 minutes telling you about one thing that happened 20 years ago and, somehow, you’re completely invested in how it ends. Siddiq has made a career out of storytelling, turning family drama, fatherhood, childhood memories and some of life’s most…
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Oddity & Fear Fest brings all things strange and spooky to Colorado Springs
Skulls, taxidermy and tarot cards — oh my! Colorado Springs’ Oddity & Fear Fest is bringing a little bit of everything strange and spooky to town this weekend. Returning to the Colorado Springs Event Center at 3960 Palmer Park Blvd., the festival will bring together artists, vendors and performers specializing in all things unusual and…
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Weekend events around Colorado include blues festival, pirates, Oktoberfest
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival: For more than three decades, blues musicians and fans have flocked to the mountain haven just in time to see the leaves turn. This year’s lineup boasts Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, the Marcus King Band, Jon Batiste, G. Love & Special Sauce, Tab Benoit and a battalion of others. There’s…
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New Colorado Springs Wild West-themed expo to offer more than 80 vendors
Ilse Venter does it all and then some. And now she’s about to throw open the doors to her inaugural Wild West Home & Homemade Expo at Norris Penrose Event Center on Sept. 19-20. Venter, who moved with her family to the U.S. from South Africa in 2020, is the owner of Wagon Trail Mercantile,…
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Country, Christian, chamber music up for grabs this week in Colorado Springs
The Rush Tribute Project: For more than a decade, RTP has recreated four decades of progressive rock band Rush’s material in shows across the globe. This time, RTP will bring to life the band’s 1981 album “Moving Pictures,” which includes the hits “Tom Sawyer,” “YYZ” and “Limelight.” The concert will also have deep cuts performed…
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Colorado Springs film festival to screen 80 films in 10 genres
More people than ever are making films. And Ralph Giordano couldn’t be happier about that. As festival director for the Colorado Short Circuit Film Festival, put on by the nonprofit Independent Film Society of Colorado Springs, he watched 150 short films in anticipation of this year’s 10th annual event. “Independent film is thriving and everyone…
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Colorado Springs theater company to mount bloodiest Tony Award winner ‘Sweeney Todd’
The costume shop is a bloody mess. Blood in the sink. A bloody tunic in the washing machine. A nearly empty plastic container of vampire blood on a work table. And Kaya Cogger’s palms are stained red. There isn’t a secret serial killer on the loose in the second-floor shop at the Ent Center for…